OTTORINO RESPIGHI (1879-1936): Deità Silvane, Stornellatrice, 4 Rispetti toscani, Tanto bella, L'ultima ebbrezza, 5 Canti all'antica (Mirko Guadagnini [tenor - song 5]), Scherzo, Antiche cantate d'amore (by Bernardo Pasquini [1637-1710], Benedetto Marcello [1686-1739] and Unknown [17th cen.]), GALUPPI/RESPIGHI: Evviva Rosabella.

Description: A soprano known as a baroque specialist brings special qualities of clarity, freshness and empathy to texts, most of which, after all, are either in Respighi's archaizing style or which, like the Antiche cantate d'amore, are actual "brushing-up"s of original baroque compositions. And can you believe that there's no other version of Deità Silvane on CD now? Italian-English texts. Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Aldo Orvieto (piano).