Florio

Rosenberg's musical language in this dreamplay of reaching out for the unattainable is tugged between the poles of Sibelian cool and warm Gallic impressionism. As an opera this is not another Pelléas. It is far too mercurial and word-responsive for that. If anything it has subject connections with other operas: Korngold’s Die Kathrin (CPO) and Schreker’s Die Ferne Klang (Naxos and Capriccio). It occupies a surreal littoral between Puccinian verismo and modernistic objectivity; neither one nor the other……Most warmly recommended.

Rob Barnett @ Musicweb-international.com

Le jeune Ignazio Florio quitte Palerme pour Rome et ses intrigues politiques puis voyage à travers les cours européennes. Sa réussite lui permet d'acheter les îles Egades. Son fils hérite de l'empire Florio mais refuse d'abandonner ses rêves pour poursuivre l'aventure familiale. …

The two works presented on this CD represent the chronological heart of Banchieri's most typical production, shedding light on Italian "minor" musical history of the end of the 16th century.
The unconventional yet impassioned interpretations by Delitiæ Musicæ and Marco Longhini are seen as an important element in the regeneration of Italian Renaissance and Baroque music. The ensemble is under exclusive contract to Naxos for the fourteen-CD collection of the Complete Madrigals by Monteverdi and now for a six-CD collection of the Complete Madrigals by Gesualdo.