La Bergamasque — Episode 4

Announcing Gaetano Donizetti’s Larghetto “Una furtiva lagrima” for Piano Solo What follows is an extract from M° Fabrizio Capitanio’s notes at the beginning of this edition. Find the full edition here and watch the promo video here. NOTE EDITORIALI “Larghetto” [Una furtiva lagrima] Coming back to the composition of the playful melodrama Elisir d’amore, everythingContinue reading “La Bergamasque — Episode 4”

Dotzauer Project – Episode 11:

announcing the “Pot-Pourri” for cello and guitar, Op. 21 This article is an expanded version of the Editorial Notes that can be found in the published edition, available at this link. A promotional video of this score can be watched here. EDITORIAL NOTES For the second episode of Phase 2 of the Dotzauer Project, dedicatedContinue reading “Dotzauer Project – Episode 11:”

La Bergamasque — Episode 3

Together with Gioachino **Rossini** (1792–1868), Gaetano **Donizetti** (1797–1848) was one of the greatest Italian opera composers of the first half of the XIX century to dedicate himself with assiduity and commitment to instrumental music, a production almost entirely relegated to his years of apprenticeship.

Arrangements — Episode 3

_Goyescas,_ an opera in one act and three tableaux by Spanish composer Enrique **Granados** (1867–1916), saw the light in 1915, based on the libretto by Fernando **Periquet** y Zuaznaba and based on melodies taken from the eponymous Suite for piano solo written by Granados himself four years before.