Domenico Laboccetta: A Tenor Cellist (CD)

Domenico Laboccetta 1823-1896

A tenor cellist

1. Il Marinaro Little Duet Op.50

for cello and harp                                                                                                                                                          6’49

(dedicated to Nunziatina Lombardi)

2. Notturnino in G minor

for two cellos and piano                                                                                                                                                5’15

3. Melodia in D minor

for cello and piano                                                                                                                                                        5’47

(dedicated to Luigi Filiasi)

4. Romanza in C

for cello and piano                                                                                                                                                        5’14

(dedicated to Enrico Scognamillo)

5. Al chiaro di luna

for cello and harp                                                                                                                                                          5’48

(dedicated to Adolfo Zingaropoli)

6. Tristezza Melodia in D minor

for cello and piano                                                                                                                                                        5’07

(dedicated to Gaspare Giacomo Bischoff)

7. Cosetta in C for cello and piano 4’14

(dedicated to Federico Raffaele)

Quatre Morceaux pour chant, avec accompagnement de violoncelle et piano

(words by Vincenzo Tronconi)

8. La speranza [The Hope] 7’46

Romance for Soprano, cello and piano

9. L’abbandonata

[The abandoned one]                                                                                                                                                    6’16

Romance for Soprano, cello and piano

10. L’invito [The invite] 4’38

Romance for Soprano and piano

11. Il pescatore [The fisherman] 5’04

Barcarola for Tenor and piano

12. Andante sostenuto

for cello quartet                                                                                                                                                            4’25

(dedicated to H. E. D. Pedro Alvarez de Toledo Marquis de Casafuerte)

13. Il Poveretto [The poor fellow]

for 4 cellos and double bass                                                                                                                                          4’32

(dedicated to Federico Raffaele)

14. Il Rimprovero [The reproach]

for 4 cellos and double bass                                                                                                                                          3’52

(revised by Mercadante, June 1857)

15. La zingara [The Gipsy]

for 4 cellos and double bass                                                                                                                                          6’31

(all’egregio amatore violoncellista Paolo Rotondo)

Matteo Malagoli cello solo

Lisa De Polo piano · Cristina Centa harp

Yukiko Shimizu soprano · Raffaele Giordani tenor

Ginevra Matteo 2nd cello (Notturnino)

ENSEMBLE:

Matteo Malagoli, Alan Dario, Marta Storer, Tosca Storer cellos

Letizia Da Lozzo double bass

Recording: 11 November 2022 – 3 January and 12 February 2023, Zanotto’s Red Studio, Silvelle (PD); 24 March 2023, Pius 10th Patronage, Castelfranco Veneto (TV), Italy