The album La mia letizia infondere (My heart is full of happiness) by Mexican tenor Héctor Sandoval takes us on a journey to Giuseppe Verdi, presenting arias especially from Verdi's early oeuvre or earlier versions of subsequently revised works - precisely because they allow us to hear Verdi at his young and original freshest. As writing for voice was his sole concern, the melodies are simpler, their treatment totally uninhibited, devoid of any mannerism or layers of complexity. With accompaniment by the Philharmonia Baden-Baden conducted by Pavel Baleff, Sandoval interprets excerpts from I Lombardi, Ernani, I due Foscari, MacBeth, I Masnadieri, Don Carlo, Simon Boccanegra, Un ballo in maschera and Luisa Miller. Album Tracks 1. Lombardi~La mia letizia infondere 2. Ernani~Mercè, dilleti amici 3. Don Carlo~Io l'ho perduta!... Io la vidi 4. due Foscari~Brezza del suol natio... Dal più remoto esilio 5. due Foscari~Preludio. Notte! Perpetua notte che qui regni 6. Simon Boccanegra~O inferno! Sento avvampar nell'anima 7. Masnadieri~O mio castel paterno 8. Gustav III - First version of / Erste Fassung von Un ballo in maschera~Forse la soglia attinse 9. Macbeth~Ah, la paterna mano 10. Luisa Miller~Quando le sere al placido