Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Dies Natalis, Prelude (CD)

Gerald Finzi 1901-1956

DIES NATALIS Op.8

Cantata for Soprano (or Tenor) solo and string orchestra

words by Thomas Traherne (1636/37–1674)

1. I. Intrada 5’31
2. II. Rhapsody 7’10
3. III. The rapture 4’12
4. IV. Wonder 4’48
5. V. The salutation 3’58

6. PRELUDEfor string orchestra 4’59

CLARINET CONCERTO Op.31

7. I. Allegro vigoroso 8’42
8. II. Adagio, ma senza rigore 10’55
9. III. Rondo, Allegro giocoso 8’53

Susanna Rigacci soprano Roberta Gottardi clarinet

Benedetto Marcello Chamber Orchestra*

Flavio Emilio Scogna conductor