Munich Radio Orchestra, Ivan Repušić - Giacomo Puccini: Orchestral Works (Crisantemi, Preludio sinfonico, Capriccio sinfonico) (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Preludio sinfonico, SC 32 (Arr. for String Orchestra by Lucas Drew)
02. Capriccio sinfonico, SC 55 (Arr. for String Orchestra by Lucas Drew)
03. Crisantemi, SC 65 (Arr. for String Orchestra by Lucas Drew)

Puccini's enthusiasm for Wagner shimmers through unmistakably in the "Preludio sinfonico". In the "Capriccio sinfonico" one can hear a whole reservoir of later opera melodies, the most striking of which (almost note-for-note) is the opening of "La bohème". Puccini's funeral music "Crisantemi", composed for string quartet, was written before his first resounding success with "Manon Lescaut", where melodies from it recur. Puccini wrote the piece in memory of Amadeo di Savoia, Duke of Aosta, who died on January 18, 1890, and the morbid scent of the cemetery flowers pervades the three-part Andante movement.

Munich Radio Orchestra
Ivan Repušić, conductor

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