Passione di Napoli (Baritone Arias) Dmitri Hvorostovsky

• Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento (Come back to Sorrento) (orch. G. Chiaramello)
• 1 Torna a Surriento (Come back to Sorrento) (orch. G. Chiaramello) 03:39
• Ernesto Tagliaferri: Passione (arr. for baritone and orchestra)
• 2 Passione (arr. for baritone and orchestra) 03:37
• Eduardo di Capua: Maria, Mari (orch. G. Chiaramello)
• 3 Maria, Mari (orch. G. Chiaramello) 03:06
• Riccardo Cordiferro: Core 'ngrato (orch. G. Chiaramello)
• 4 Core 'ngrato (orch. G. Chiaramello) 03:13
• Cesare Andrea Bixio: Parlami d'amore, Mariu (orch. L. Logi)
• 5 Parlami d'amore, Mariu (orch. L. Logi) 03:16
• Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me (orch. G. Chiaramello)
• 6 Non ti scordar di me (orch. G. Chiaramello) 03:33
• Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio (orch. G. Chiaramello)
• 7 O sole mio (orch. G. Chiaramello) 04:40
• Francesco Paolo Tosti: Marechiare (orch. G. Chiaramello)
• 8 Marechiare (orch. G. Chiaramello) 02:56
• Ernesto de Curtis: Voce'e notte (orch. G. Chiaramello)
• 9 Voce'e notte (orch. G. Chiaramello) 03:14
• Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie (orch. L. Logi)
• 10 Dicitencello vuie (orch. L. Logi) 03:56
• Salvatore Gambardella: Comme facette mammeta? (orch. A. Medvedev)
• 11 Comme facette mammeta? (orch. A. Medvedev) 02:53
• Stanislas Gastaldon: Musica proibita, Op. 5 (orch. L. Logi)
• 12 Musica proibita, Op. 5 (orch. L. Logi) 04:11
• Francesco Paolo Tosti: A vucchella, Arietta di Posillipo (orch. G. Chiaramello)
• 13 A vucchella, 'Arietta di Posillipo' (orch. G. Chiaramello) 02:50
• Ernesto de Curtis: Canta pe' me (orch. W. Mnatsakanov)
• 14 Canta pe' me (orch. W. Mnatsakanov) 02:45
• Traditional: Funeste ca lucive (arr. for baritone and orchestra)
• 15 Funeste ca lucive (arr. for baritone and orchestra) 03:22
• Teodoro Cottrau: Santa Lucia (Saint Lucy)
• 16 Santa Lucia (Saint Lucy) 04:44
• Enrico Cannio: O surdato 'nnamurato (orch. G. Chiaramello)
• 17 O surdato 'nnamurato (orch. G. Chiaramello) 03:36
• Total Runtime 59:31

Info for Passione di Napoli (Baritone Arias)

Dimitri's first release for Delos is Passione di Napoli, a collection of Neapolitan songs including such all-time favorites as O Sole Mio and Santa Lucia.

Famed Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, acknowledged by critics as one of the greatest voices of all time and adored by audiences the world over, will record three new solo discs with Delos International including a disc of Great Scenes from The Queen of Spades. Dimitri's first release for Delos is Passione di Napoli, a collection of Neapolitan songs including such all-time favorites as O Sole Mio and Santa Lucia. With a voice of burnished beauty, warm and liquid in tone, and a superb capacity for eloquent phrasing, Dimitri is a natural for this passionate repertoire. Recorded in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Hvorostovsky is partnered with Maestro Orbelian and the Philharmonia of Russia.

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone
Constantine Oberian, Conductor
Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Dmitri Hvorostovsky
was born and studied in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. In 1989, he won the prestigious Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. From the start, audiences were bowled over by his cultivated voice, innate sense of musical line and natural legato. After his Western operatic debut at the Nice Opera in Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame, his career exploded to take in regular engagements at the world’s major opera houses and appearances at renowned international festivals, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, New York’s Metropolitan Opera, the Paris Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Teatro alla Scala Milan, the Vienna State Opera, and the Chicago Lyric Opera.

A celebrated recitalist in demand in every corner of the globe — from the Far East to the Middle East, from Australia to South America — Hvorostovsky has appeared at such venues as Wigmore Hall, London; Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh; Carnegie Hall, New York; the Teatro alla Scala, Milan; the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Moscow; the Liceu, Barcelona; the Suntory Hall, Tokyo; and the Musikverein, Vienna. The singer regularly performs in concert with top orchestras like the New York Philharmonic and the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and conductors, including James Levine, Bernard Haitink, Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Yuri Termikanov and Valery Gergiev.

Dmitri retains a strong musical and personal contact with Russia. He became the first opera singer to give a solo concert with orchestra and chorus on Red Square in Moscow; this concert was televised in over 25 countries. Dmitri has gone on to sing a number of prestigious concerts in Moscow as a part of his own special series, ‘Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Friends.’ He has invited such celebrated artists as Renée Fleming, Sumi Jo and Sondra Radvonosky. In 2005 he gave an historic tour throughout the cities of Russia at the invitation of President Putin, singing to crowds of hundreds of thousands of people to commemorate the soldiers of the Second World War. Dmitri now tours the cities of Russia and Eastern Europe on an annual basis.

Constantine Orbelian, Conductor
The brilliant pianist and conductor Constantine Orbelian is the first American ever to become music director of an ensemble in Russia. His appointment in 1991 as Music Director of the celebrated Moscow Chamber Orchestra was a breakthrough event, and came in the midst of Orbelian's successful career as a concert pianist. In September, 2000, Orbelian was named Permanent Guest Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic, putting him in a unique leadership position with not only Moscow's outstanding chamber orchestra but also its most illustrious symphony orchestra. In January, 2004 President Putin awarded Orbelian the coveted title 'Honored Artist of Russia,' a title never before bestowed on a non-Russian citizen.

Booklet for Passione di Napoli (Baritone Arias)