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Composed in Salzburg in August 1777, the aria was written for Josepha Duschek, for whom Mozart later wrote Bella mia fiamma, addio, K528 in Prague. [4] Mozart recommended Ah, lo previdi! to his beloved Aloysia Weber, writing "I advise you to observe the expression marks—to think carefully of the meaning and the impact of the words—to put yourself in all seriousness into Andromeda’s ...
Sacred Arias (Italian: Arie Sacre), is the sixth studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.. Released in 1999, the album, featuring music composed in traditional Christian styles, is not only Bocelli's most commercially successful classical album to date with over 5 million copies sold, [1] but also the biggest selling classical album by any solo artist in history.
Ella giammai m' amò! No, quel cor chiuso è a me, amor per me non ha! Io la rivedo ancor contemplar triste in volto il mio crin bianco il dì che qui di Francia venne.
The journalist Bruce Scott considers that "Dove sono" is one of the best known and most loved arias in the operatic repertoire. [4] Beyond performances of the opera, it is frequently performed in recitals [ 3 ] and featured in anthologies of vocal music for lyric soprano, often with the preceding recitative.
Written in B minor, it is one of the most famous opera arias.The vocal range extends from F ♯ 3 to A 4.The aria is considered part of the spinto tenor repertoire. [1]The aria is introduced by a somber clarinet solo.
[4] [5] [6] His album Romanza is one of the best-selling albums of all time, while Sacred Arias is the biggest selling classical album by any solo artist in history. [7] My Christmas was the best-selling holiday album of 2009 [8] [9] [10] and one of the best-selling holiday albums in the United States. [11]
The Orchestra of St. Lukes is most effective wrapping its lushness around the tenor on a dramatic rendering of Puccini's "Donna Non Vidi Mai." Bassist Ron Carter and pianist Billy Childs complete a beautiful trio. This isn't Grover at his most inventive or exciting, but like everything he did, it's full of pure heart". [1]
As far as known, the opera is his most extended composition: it contains over seventy arias, eight duets and six choruses, totalling over hundred movements. [5] The 1720s manuscript with the five arias does not name the instruments for which it is scored: these are assumed to be strings, that is violins (vl), viola (va) and basso continuo (bc).