MUSIC FOR GUITAR & CHOIR Nicola Jappelli, Nicola Campogrande, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (CD)

MUSIC FOR GUITAR & CHOIR

Nicola Jappelli b.1975

Nulla Sors Longa Est *

Text: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BCE–CE 65)

1. I. 10’16
2. II. 6’10
3. III. 8’45

Nicola Campogrande b.1969

Materna *

Text: Marco Vacchetti (1960)

4. I. Piero della Francesca, Madonna del parto 3’44
5. II. Caravaggio, Natività con i Santi Lorenzo e Francesco d’Assisi 4’09
6. III. Bernardo Luini, The Virgin holding the sleeping Child 3’22
7. IV. Andrea Solari, Madonna del cuscino verde 1’43

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1895-1968

Romancero Gitano Op.152 (1959)

Text: Federico García Lorca (1898–1936)

8. I. Baladilla de los tres rios 4’44
9. II. La guitarra 4’23
10. III. Puñal 1’31
11. IV. Procesión 6’51
12. V. Memento 1’53
13. VI. Baile 2’06
14. VII. Crótalo 1’37

Nicolò Spera guitar

St. Martin’s Chamber Choir

Timothy J. Krueger artistic director & conductor

Soloists

Nulla Sors Longa Est Mvts. 1 & 3:Laura Tribby soprano solo

Materna Mvt. 3:Elise Bahr soprano solo

Romancero Gitano Mvt. 1:solo quartet: Laura Tribby soprano · Kate La Cava alto

Westin Sorrel tenor · Sean Fox baritone

Mvt. 4:Matt La Cava baritone solo

Mvt. 6:Tony Domenick baritone solo · Patrick Knaubert tenor solo

* World premiere recording

Recording: 3-4 June 2019, King Center Concert Hall, Denver, CO, USA