The Italian Intermezzo - FRANCESCO CILEA (1866-1950): Adriana Lecouvreur, GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924): Manon Lescaut, Suor Angelica, Edgar, ALFREDO CATALANI (1854-1893): Loreley, La Wally, UMBERTO GIORDANO (1867-1948): Siberia, Fedora, AMILCARE PONCHIELLI (1834-1886): La Gioconda, PIETRO MASCAGNI (1863-1945): L'Amico Fritz, GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901): La traviata, ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI (1876-1948): I Quattro Rusteghi, Jewels of the Madonna, RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO (1857-1919): I Pagliacci.
Catalogue Number: 02M065
Label: Chandos
Reference: 10634
Format: CD
Price: $18.98
Description: It looks odd coming from Chandos but this 72-minute collection of mostly act-preludes and Intermezzi must have been a desire of the departing chief conductor of this orchestra (Catalani's is the "Dance of the Water Nymphs" and Ponchielli's the evergreen "Dance of the Hours". BBC Philharmonic; Gianandrea Noseda.