Re: [mascagni-interest] Sendemi...???

[Jon H. Rydne]

Nice that Mascagni gets some PR - and Boccelli sells big, so that's fine.
IMO his operatic singing stinks, though; I heard his opera arias album, it was
terrible. Sad that the broad masses has come to believe that Boccelli is how a
tenor should
sound ...

Jon H. Rydne

michael zinkin wrote:

> Hi Erik,
>
> Many thanks for your Email.  I hope to hear the Andrea Boccelli CD soon.  I
> have two of his other CD's which are pretty good.  Funnily enough, I am not
> over keen on the Intermezzo from Cavilierer Rusticana, to my ears it's
> certainly pleasant but it lacks that Mascagni magic.  The melody lacks bite
> and subtle twists and turns which is normally so inherant in Mascagni's
> music. I feel the intermezzo could have been written by any competent
> composer but is wasted when written by someone of Mascagni's talent.

This is why this piece has reached the masses; it has that broad film score
feel, it
was used in The Godfather, wasn't it?
The intermezzo in "Amica" is very good, though, IMO. And loooong! Great opera,
"Amica", music-wise, anyway. Again thank you, Erik! "Orfani e senza pan" must be

the most underrated tenor aria ever written! A great piece of music! Truly
original!

>
>
> I am still looking for the Montpelia recording of Parisina.  I was unable to
> locate a copy in Florida which I have just come back from.  If you comre
> across a copy maybe I could pay you to buy it and post it to me if it's not
> too much trouble.
>
> I look forward to seeing your new website.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Michael
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erik Bruchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 10:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [mascagni-interest] Sendemi...???
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'll use the opportunity of this spam for a quick update :-)
> >
> > Has anybody listened to the song "Mascagni" sung by Andrea Bocelli on
> > his latest album, "Cieli di Toscana"? The music is mostly from the
> > intermezzo of Cavalleria Rusticana. Although I far prefer the original
> > this is a wonderful homage to the man, his life and his music, that
> > can potentially reach a very large audience. "Mascagni vive tra di
> > noi"! It always amaze me how much love and passion Mascagni can
> > suscitate. I'm not sure who actually wrote the lyrics, but Carlo
> > Botteghi, who wrote an impressive volume entirely dedicated to
> > Parisina, is among the people credited.
> >
> > The lyrics with translation are available here:
> >
> >    http://abmusica.home.mindspring.com/cieli_di_toscana.htm#Track%205
> >
> > For those who haven't visited www.mascagni.org in a while, not much
> > has changed in the last few months. This is partly because I've been
> > working on a new version of the web site which I hope I'll be able to
> > release in a few weeks!
> >
> > -Erik
> >
> > Jon H. Rydne wrote:
> >  > Well, deep down I ALWAYS knew that the Mascagni crowd had that
> >  > secret passion for Turkish! :-)
> >
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