Mark Milhofer - Britten & Shostakovich: Music based on texts by Michelangelo - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Transcending the barriers of time, two 20-th century composers dialogue with a genius who lived centuries earlier. An immense painter, sculptor, architect, Michelangelo (1475-1564) wrote poetry expressing turmoil, restlessness, personal and professional anger, written in an energetic and passionate language. Both Dimitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten found inspiration in his texts, and by setting them to music they show their own feelings in a highly personal and characteristic way.- This new recording presents the Inch7 Sonnets Op. 22Inch by Benjamin Britten, and the Michelangelo Suite Op. 145 by Dimitri Shostakovich, both intensely expressive and dramatic, each in his own unique musical language. - Sung by Mark Milhofer and Mirco Palazzi, Marco Scolastra is their piano partner. Mark Milhofer's recording of the Folk Songs by Britten for Brilliant Classics received many excellent reviews, including a InchRecommended Recording of the MonthInch on Musicweb. Album Tracks 1. Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op. 22 for tenor and piano~Sonetto XVI Sì come nella penna - Tempo giusto 2. Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op. 22 for tenor and piano~Sonetto XXXI A che più debb'io mai - Con moto appassionato 3. Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op. 22 for tenor and piano~Sonetto XXX Veggio co'bei vostri occhi - Andante tranquillo 4. Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op. 22 for tenor and piano~Sonetto LV Tu sa' ch'io so - Poco preto ed agitato 5. Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op. 22 for tenor and piano~Sonetto XXXVIII Rendete a gli occhi miei - Allegretto quasi una serenata 6. Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op. 22 for tenor and piano~Sonetto XXXII S'un casto amor - Vivace 7. Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op. 22 for tenor and piano~Sonetto XXIV Spirto ben nato - Largo 8. Suite su versi di Michelangelo Buonarroti Op. 145 for bass and piano~Verità (Sonetto IIOI per il