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It's understandable that Plácido Domingo has waited until the end of his career to release an album of Neapolitan songs; he required, the liner notes say, "intensive language coaching" to master the Neapolitan dialect in which most of these songs were written. All the better, then, that he hasn't tried to deliver a volume of Naples' greatest hits but has taken more specific aim: he is interested, he says, in the "incredibly touching sense of melancholy" that can be heard in Neapolitan songs, and in (now quoting liner note writer Jörg Königsdorf), "the concentrated emotional intensity that makes up this music's lifeblood, as much as in a Verdi aria." Thus Domingo selects pieces that lie on the tragic side and have a bit of operatic sweep, singing them new orchestral arrangements (done by various arrangers). He avoids the common romantic numbers of the Neapolitan song repertory; the only real chestnut here is Core 'ngrato, at the end. Instead he selects meatier pieces from various eras of Neapolitan song; some of the songs are quite recent, and one, Quarant' anni, was composed by one Plácido Domingo Jr.
These decisions make sense. Domingo's voice still has plenty of expression in its top ranges, but to ask it to do hot-blooded romance in these songs would not show it at its best. The rather soft melancholy of many of these songs fits the current color of the singer's voice. And it's nice to hear the music in orchestral arrangements; as the notes point out, the interaction between opera and popular song in Italy is longstanding, and dressing up songs like these from time to time is an essential part of the process. If Domingo does not have quite the kick that Mario Lanza (whose example he cites, perhaps surprisingly) had in this repertory, and even if he risks disappointing both those who want the sentimental bonbons and operatic purists, he has nevertheless delivered an unusual disc that anyone who likes Neapolitan songs should hear.
© TiVo
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Robert Sadin, Arranger, Work Arranger - Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Antonio Pugliese, Author - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Furio Rendine, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Executive Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Roger Holmes, Arranger, Work Arranger - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Andreas N. Tarkmann, Arranger, Work Arranger - Stanislao Gastaldon, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Alder, Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - Michael Rot, Arranger, Work Arranger - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Cesare Andrea Bixio, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Executive Producer - Bruno Cherubini, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Sadin, Arranger, Work Arranger - Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Ernesto Tagliaferri, Composer - Ernesto Murolo, Author - Christopher Alder, Producer, Executive Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - LEE HOLDRIDGE, Arranger, Work Arranger - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Christopher Alder, Producer, Executive Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Lorena Tassinari, ComposerLyricist - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - LEE HOLDRIDGE, Arranger, Work Arranger - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Libero Bovio, Author - Ernesto De Curtis, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - Eldo Di Lazzaro, ComposerLyricist - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Andreas N. Tarkmann, Arranger, Work Arranger - Christopher Alder, Producer - Bruno Cherubini, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Sadin, Arranger, Work Arranger - Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Christopher Alder, Producer, Executive Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Emanuele Nutile, Composer - Ferdinando Russo, Author - Roger Holmes, Arranger, Work Arranger - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - LEE HOLDRIDGE, Arranger, Work Arranger - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Rodolfo Falvo, Composer - Enzo Fusco, Author - Christopher Alder, Producer, Executive Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Sadin, Arranger, Work Arranger - Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - Paolo Tosti, Composer - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Christopher Alder, Producer, Executive Producer - Carmelo Errico, Author - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - LEE HOLDRIDGE, Arranger, Work Arranger - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Christopher Alder, Producer, Executive Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Plácido Domingo Jr., ComposerLyricist - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Alfredo Mazzucchi, Composer - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - LEE HOLDRIDGE, Arranger, Work Arranger - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Eduardo Di Capua, Composer - Vincenzo Russo, Author - Christopher Alder, Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - Michael Rot, Arranger, Work Arranger - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Christopher Alder, Producer, Executive Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Reinhard Pobel, MainArtist - Virgilio Panzuti, Composer - Tito Manlio, Author - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - Michael Rot, Arranger, Work Arranger - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Giuseppe Cioffi, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Egidio Pisano, Author - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - Michael Rot, Arranger, Work Arranger - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Libero Bovio, Author - Ernesto Tagliaferri, Composer - Nicola Valente, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eugene Kohn, Conductor, Artist - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - Michael Rot, Arranger, Work Arranger - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Salvatore Cardillo, Composer - Riccardo Cordiferro, Author - Christopher Alder, Producer, Executive Producer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
It's understandable that Plácido Domingo has waited until the end of his career to release an album of Neapolitan songs; he required, the liner notes say, "intensive language coaching" to master the Neapolitan dialect in which most of these songs were written. All the better, then, that he hasn't tried to deliver a volume of Naples' greatest hits but has taken more specific aim: he is interested, he says, in the "incredibly touching sense of melancholy" that can be heard in Neapolitan songs, and in (now quoting liner note writer Jörg Königsdorf), "the concentrated emotional intensity that makes up this music's lifeblood, as much as in a Verdi aria." Thus Domingo selects pieces that lie on the tragic side and have a bit of operatic sweep, singing them new orchestral arrangements (done by various arrangers). He avoids the common romantic numbers of the Neapolitan song repertory; the only real chestnut here is Core 'ngrato, at the end. Instead he selects meatier pieces from various eras of Neapolitan song; some of the songs are quite recent, and one, Quarant' anni, was composed by one Plácido Domingo Jr.
These decisions make sense. Domingo's voice still has plenty of expression in its top ranges, but to ask it to do hot-blooded romance in these songs would not show it at its best. The rather soft melancholy of many of these songs fits the current color of the singer's voice. And it's nice to hear the music in orchestral arrangements; as the notes point out, the interaction between opera and popular song in Italy is longstanding, and dressing up songs like these from time to time is an essential part of the process. If Domingo does not have quite the kick that Mario Lanza (whose example he cites, perhaps surprisingly) had in this repertory, and even if he risks disappointing both those who want the sentimental bonbons and operatic purists, he has nevertheless delivered an unusual disc that anyone who likes Neapolitan songs should hear.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:22
- Main artists: Plácido Domingo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2006 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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