Refice: Cecilia
) | Label: BONGIOVANNI Catalog: GB2472/73-2 Format: CD Gavazzeni; Veneziano; Cappitta; Ristori; Pasquini; Tomingas; Mercurio; Fracassi; Italian Philharmonic Orchestra; La Camerata di CremonaComposed by: Refice, Licinio By the time of his sudden death in Brazil while conducting his most successful opera, the 1934-premiered Cecilia by Don Licinio Refice (1883-1954) had seen more than one thousand performances. With the death of the composer, the work’s “sacred theme” marginalized the work in an increasingly secular Italy. Rather than utilizing vocal “slotting”, he adopted a recurring thematic style and “infinite melody” set into the symphonic tissue, teetering between post-Wagner and Debussy. This 2013 live performance presents the public with this refined yet dramatic work’s First Complete Recording.  Price: $47.98 |