Giordano: Marcella

This hour-long, forgotten work from 1907 is highly recommendable for lovers of agonised separation, with a lovely if implausible setting. Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:25 pm

COMPOSERS: Giordano
LABELS: Naxos
WORKS: Marcella
PERFORMER: Daolio, Formaggia, Dilengite; Italian International Orchestra/Benzi; dir. Alessio Pizzech (Martina Franca, 2007)
CATALOGUE NO: 2.110263

This hour-long, forgotten work from 1907 is highly recommendable for lovers of agonised separation, with a lovely if implausible setting. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.

Giordano: Marcella

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