Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Verismo - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

An album of dramatic and passionate Preludes and Intermezzos from some of the most popular Italian operas, from Domingo Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Translations of works by early French and Russian realists, Stendahl, Pushkin and Balzac among them, crossed international borders to inspire new homegrown styles of literary realism. The trend took hold in Italy in the 1870s where it was promoted by the authors Luigi Capuana and Giovanni Verga under the banner of verismo, the Italian word for realism, and drew inspiration from the naturalism of Émile Zola and his disciples. Verga's short story Cavalleria rusticana ('Rustic chivalry') and the play that arose from it set the foundations for a new wave of Italian operas, with Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana serving as the genre's enduring model. Album Tracks 1. Ponchielli La Gioconda, Act III Dance of the Hours 2. Puccini Manon Lescaut, Act III Intermezzo 3. Mascagni L'amico Fritz Intermezzo 4. Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo 5. Puccini Le Villi, Act II The Witches' Sabbath "La Tregenda" 6. Leoncavallo Pagliacci Intermezzo 7. Wolf-Ferrari Il Segreto Di Susanna Overture 8. Puccini Suor Angelica - Intermezzo 9. Puccini Edgar, Act III Prelude 10. Mascagni Le Maschere Sinfonia 11. Wolf-Ferrari The Jewels of the Madonna 12. Intermezzo No. 1 13. Serenata 14. Cilea Adriana Lecouvreur Intermezzo 15. Puccini Madama Butterfly, Act II Prelude