Album guide
Umbria Jazz Presents: E lucevan le stelle - Puccini Jazz
Riccardo Arrighini, I Solisti Di Perugia
- Composer
- Puccini
- Released
- 2008
- Label
- Umbria Jazz / Giotto Music
- Forces
- Piano, Strings, Vocal
- Personnel
- Riccardo Arrighini piano and arrangements, Riccardo Fioravanti double bass, Stefano Bagnoli drums, with Annunziata Vestri voice and Simone Frondini oboe, and the string orchestra I Solisti di Perugia
Arrighini made two Puccini albums in 2008.
Recondite armonie was for solo piano; this companion project enlarges his trio with I Solisti di Perugia and was produced by Umbria Jazz.
He dedicated it to his father, Francesco “Franz” Arrighini, who had died the previous October.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Quando m’en vò (From “La Bohème”)La bohème, Act II: ‘Quando m’en vo’ (Musetta’s waltz)
- Vissi d’arte (From “Tosca”)Tosca, Act II: ‘Vissi d’arte’
- Sì mi chiamano Mimì (From “La Bohème”)La bohème, Act I: ‘Sì, mi chiamano Mimì’
- Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire (From “La Bohème”)La bohème, Act IV: ‘Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire’
- O mio babbino caro (From “Gianni Schicchi”)Gianni Schicchi: ‘O mio babbino caro’
- Coro a bocca chiusa (From “Madama Butterly”)Madama Butterfly, Act II: Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
- Che gelida manina (From “La Bohème”)La bohème, Act I: ‘Che gelida manina’
- E lucevan le stelle (From “Tosca”)Tosca, Act III: ‘E lucevan le stelle’
- Addio, fiorito asil (From “Madama Butterly”)Madama Butterfly, Act II: ‘Addio, fiorito asil’