Luigi Gazzotti (1886-1923)
Alla luna
L’infinito
Il sabato del villaggio
Povera foglia
Non mi destar ch’io sogno
O giovinezza... addio!
Mi farai morir
Marcia funebre
La canterina
Canta, che vien l’aprile!
Per te!
Ad un fiore
Stelle
Madrigalino
Petite berceuse
Alzati o bella
Sognando
Fiore appassito
Sola!
Fata della casa
Se mai!
Lieto incontro
Vieni, t’aspetto sul mar

Cristina Barbieri, soprano
Luca Slatini, piano

An absolute re-discovery! Soprano Cristina Barbieri (winner of the Luciano Pavarotti prize in Philadelphia) and pianist Luca Saltini (first prize at the “Czerny” prize in Turin and “Viotti” of Vercelli) are dedicating this CD to the lyrics of the composer Luigi Gazzotti from Modena. His wealthy family and the father passion for music allowed him to receive a very solid musical skill at the Bologna Conservatory where he graduated in composition with honors. Fascinated by poetry - especially that by Leopardi - he composed several chamber arias in a style ranging from romanticism to realism that in those days was experiencing its peak with the great Puccini, Mascagni and Leoncavallo. His music never comes to radical and innovative solutions (in those days taking place overseas or in Italy with the Generazione dell’Ottanta), yet is always characterized by effective expressiveness and great refinement with the introduction of small elements of innovation and research.