| Label: DG Catalog: 4776633 Format: CD Placido Domingo: tenor / Lang Lang: piano
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Alberto VeronesiRuggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919): La Nuit de mai / Songs - Aprile!, C'e nel tuo sguardo, Hymne a la Lyre, La Chanson des yeux, L'addio / Solo piano pieces - Barcarola veneziana, Vals mignonne Gramophone CD of the Month - August 2010
Conductor Alberto Veronesi’s inspiration to celebrate Leoncavallo’s work results in a revelatory recording by uniting Plácido Domingo, the world’s most celebrated living tenor, with virtuoso pianist Lang Lang.
A relatively unknown masterwork recounting the passionate vis-à-vis of a poet with his muse, La Nuit de Mai is a romantic symphonic piece for tenor based on Musset’s poem of the same name. Plácido Domingo’s emotion laden tenor negotiates La Nuit’s lyric and dramatic demands with characteristic impact and bravura.
Suavely accompanying Plácido Domingo in a selection of short songs, Lang Lang concludes this novel album with two dazzling solo piano pieces.
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