Ninna Nanna: Lullabies

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Release Date: 20th Jul 2018
Catalogue No: 95771
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 50 minutes

Davico: Tre Ninne nanne popolaresche

Work length5:07

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Mirella de Bono (piano), Cecilia Andreis (harp)
Recorded: 15-17 December 2008
Recording Venue: Casale la Pizzichina Todi, Italy

No. 1. Il sonno bimba mia

Track length2:10

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No. 2. Fai la nanna mio tesoro

Track length2:57

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Excerpt, Falla: Siete Canciones populares españolas

Work length2:03

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Rino Alfieri (piano)

No. 5. Nana

Track length2:03

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Excerpt, Milhaud: Chants populaires hébraïques (6), Op. 86

Work length1:30

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Cecilia Andreis (harp)

No. 4. Berceuse (Lullaby)

Track length1:30

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Mozart: Wiegenlied (attr.), K350

Work length1:38

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Mirella de Bono (piano)

Excerpt, Brahms: Lieder (5), Op. 49

Work length1:53

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Mirella de Bono (piano)

Desiderio - 5 Lieder, Op. 49: 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4. Wiegenlied

Track length1:53

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Merula: Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna 'Hor ch'è il tempo di dormire'

Work length8:09

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Cecilia Andreis (harp)

Canzonetta spirituale sopra, "Alla Nanna": Hor ch'e tempo di dormire

Track length8:09

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Chaminade: Berceuse

Work length2:17

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Mirella de Bono (piano)

Puccini: E l'uccellino

Work length1:40

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Mirella de Bono (piano)

del Bono: Ninna nanna del grillo

Work length6:21

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Mirella de Bono (piano)

Schubert: Wiegenlied, D498

Work length2:47

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Mirella de Bono (piano)

Excerpt, Reger: Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76

Work length1:44

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Emanuele Lippi (piano)

Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76: No. 52. Maria vuggesang (Maria Wiegenlied)

Track length1:44

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Tosti: Ninna nanna

Work length3:26

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Emanuele Lippi (piano)

Ninna nanna: Ninna nanna (Lullaby)

Track length3:26

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del Bono: Ninna nanna di guerra

Work length4:29

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Mirella de Bono (piano)

A. Cartoni: Ninna nanna, ninna nanna

Work length1:45

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Emanuele Lippi (piano)

Davico: Tre Ninne nanne popolaresche

Work length1:23

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Ninne nanne popolaresche: No. 3. Vieni o sonno

Track length1:23

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Rino Alfieri: Nonna nonna core mio

Work length3:56

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Letizia Calandra (soprano), Rino Alfieri (piano)

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This collection of 17 lullabies constitutes a particularly charming selection of songs for children, songs about children and indeed songs to send them to sleep. Alongside old favourites such as Wiegenlieder by Schubert, Brahms and Reger, Letizia Calandra has programmed much less frequently encountered examples of the genre.

The album opens with two lullabies by Vincenzo Davico (1889-1969), a one-time student of Reger who wrote in a direct and appealing idiom. These form part of a minicycle of songs, Ninna nanne popolaresche, completed in the penultimate track. There are one or two older works by Merula and Mozart, but by and large the collection focuses on the 20th century, with memorable melodies and tender expressions by Puccini, Chaminade and Tosti.

There are also two lullabies by another lesser-known Italian composer of the last century, Anna Filippone del Bono. The first was written for the birth of her grandson Lello, while the second, the Ninna nanna di guerra, is a more lyrical piece in which the instrumental part and vocal line are deliberately separate, with a text full of echoes of the First World War and a sense of ineluctable sadness.

The delight of this recording owes much to the art of soprano Letizia Calandra, who interprets the individual songs with great intelligence and empathy, delicately differentiating between the moods and intentions of the various composers. A graduate of the Accademia della Santa Cecilia in Rome, Calandra has worked with many of Italy’s foremost early-music directors such as Diego Fasolis and Claudio Cavina.

‘Scarlatti and the Neapolitan Song’ was Letizia Calandra’s debut album for Brilliant Classics (94488). According to MusicWeb International, ‘The performances are convincing in every respect’. Letizia Calandra is a singer who specialises in early music and has a particular interest in Neapolitan song. That is a prerequisite for a good performance of this repertoire in the Neapolitan language. Ms Calandra’s performance is very natural.

Ninna Nanna: Lullabies

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