Partner - In Search Of Lost Time - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ivan Repusic, who made his debut as Principal Conductor of the Munchner Rundfunkorchester in the autumn of 2017 with Giuseppe Verdi's InchLuisa MillerInch, now presents a further and lesser-known masterpiece by the famous Italian opera composer. The concert performance of Verdi's early stage work InchI due FoscariInch was recorded on November 25, 2018 at the Munich Prinzregententheater. Outstanding performers provide an authentic atmosphere and vocal magnificence, and no less a person than the multiple-award-winning Italian baritone Leo Nucci was successfully engaged for the role of the Doge of Venice. This highlight of the Munich music scene from late last year is now available from BR-KLASSIK as a double album. Verdi's early masterpiece InchI due FoscariInch was the first of the operas he wrote for the Teatro Argentina in Rome. He had already worked on the material (Lord Byron's drama InchThe Two FoscariInch), and, after a first subject had been rejected by the Roman censors, Verdi returned to it and had the libretto written by Francesco Maria Piave. Although the opera's premiere on November 3, 1844 was only moderately successful and Verdi would even distance himself from it later on, the work was still frequently performed up to the 1870s. It was rediscovered during the early 1950s and has since become a fixed part of the international opera repertoire. The concert performance (sung in the Italian original) in Munich's Prinzregententheater received great acclaim from audience and critics alike, again justifying the Munchner Rundfunkorchester's strategy of successfully reviving underrated music-theatrical works by means of standard-setting performances. Ivan Repusic conducts a genuine theatrical Verdi here vital, robust, fiery and extremely lively.

Partner is the Ontario, Canada based duo of best friends Josée Caron and Lucy Niles. Their 2017 debut album, 'In Search of Lost Time' made NPR Music, Stereogum, Noisey, Exclaim, CBC Music, Indie 88 and many more Best of 2017 lists, was shortlisted for the Polaris Prize, and Partner were the recipients of the SOCAN songwriting prize for their song InchPlay the Field.Inch 'Saturday the 14th' is the band's latest offering, a refreshing and vital twist on their quirky brand of rock, influenced by acts as varied as Tegan and Sara, Melissa Etheridge, Ween, and kd lang.

Album Tracks 1. Fun for Everyone (Minions) 2. Stoned Thought 3. Tell You Off 4. Long and McQuade 5. Les Ailes D'un Ange 6. Angel's Wings [Bonus Track]