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Bella Italia - Steven Mead (Digital Download)
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£6.75
Reference: DLCDBM02
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| 1 | Dulcamarata (Donizetti Variations) For Euphonium And Symphonic Band | 12.56 | |
| 2 | Caro Mio Ben Aria Antica | 02.25 | |
| 3 | Aria Di Chiesa | 03.34 | |
| 4 | Vaga Luna Che Inargenti (Aria Da Camera) | 03.37 | |
| 5 | VI Ravviso, O Luoghi Ameni | 02.43 | |
| 6 | Ah, Non Credea Mirarti | 03.28 | |
| 7 | Ah, Non Giunge ~ From The Opera "La Sonnambula" | 03.14 | |
| 8 | A Fors\' É Lui ~ From The Opera | 02.53 | |
| 9 | Di Provenza Il Mar, Il Suol ~ From The Opera "La Traviata" | 03.49 | |
| 10 | Ave Maria ~ From The Opera "Otello" | 04.30 | |
| 11 | Vissi D'arte ~ From The Opera "Tosca" | 03.08 | |
| 12 | Serenata (Aria Da Salotto) | 03.57 | |
| 13 | Preghiera ~ From The Opera "Lo Scudiero Del Re" | 04.23 | |
| 14 | Alla Czardas For Euphonium (Originally For Clarinet) And Band | 06.46 | |
| 15 | Variations On "Carnival Of Venice" | 07.49 | |
Steven Mead has for some years visited Italy regularly, bringing his instrument to this country of music lovers who, it must be said, seem to have fallen in love with the sound of the euphonium. Thanks to his numerous visits to Italy (including Aosta, Milan, Trento, Bolzano, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Ancona, Bari, Calabria and Sicily), he has developed a musical affinity with the country, the people and their music. This unique CD is another landmark in the relationship between Mead and this country and for the growth of the popularity of the euphonium in Italy.
It has always been part of the Italian band music tradition to play pieces from the operatic repertoire using instruments, especially those of the saxhorn family, to "imitate" the human voice. This tradition began in the nineteenth century when, given the lack of radio and records, the band was the medium of broadcasting the fashionable melodies of operatic music in the town squares. Today Italian bands are following many different musical paths, including the current extensive repertoire of original pieces. Dedicating almost an entire CD to operatic Romances and Arias therefore has a double meaning: on the one hand it pays homage to this genre, whose intrinsic beauty defies description and on the other hand it does that which virtuosi and instrumental soloists all over the world have always done, that is to give a ‘voice' to these immortal works through their instruments. Please enjoy the unique, inimitable sound of Steven Mead, who for the first time has recorded a CD with an Italian military band on this stunning album of Italian classics!
