Millico / Maniya / Nuzzoli - Harp Sonatas / Canzonets for Voice & Harp - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Liliana Safikhanova, young harpist from Moscow and winner of the fifth edition of the International Competition InchSuoni d'ArpaInch in 2015, in this album performs a beautiful anthology of Italian music for harp that embraces the entire Twentieth Century history up to our days from Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi to Barbara Giuranna, through Alfredo Casella, Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco and Nino Rota, in a miscellany that contains interesting world premiere recordings. This is the result of the collaboration between Tactus and the Italian Harp Association and very well represents the double objective set within the InchSuoni d'ArpaInch competition by the two institutions on one hand support, value and promote young talents, and, on the other, rediscover the Italian musical heritage dedicated to the harp.

Nana Coupeau is a beautiful woman, able to attract men of enormous wealth with the crook of her finger. Part-time prostitute, part-time actress, she makes her debut in a mediocre operetta The Blonde Venus at the bustling Paris World's Fair of 1867. She can't sing, act or dance, yet she is stunning. Nana soon rockets through elite Parisian society, and, blinded by desire, men crawl to her feet, yielding to her every demand. Affections are manipulated, hearts are broken; fortunes are gutted and inheritances squandered. The poverty and violence of Nana's upbringing have led her to a cold and profligate life - a metaphoric indictment of the excesses of France's Second Empire, and a striking example of Zola's Naturalism.

Ciccozzintonella - Harp Music [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/10/2000