Gioachino Rossini - La donna del lago - "Oh! quante lagrime" (1819) & Variations (1810) (Lucia Valentini-Terrani & Ludmila Peterkova)

I'm uploading two of Rossini's early sets of variations for clarinet and orchestra, dating from 1809-1810. Both of them are connected by two things: Rossini's extremely elaborate musical language, involving rather breathtakingly virtuoso lines for the soloist; and some of their musical ideas which would then find their way into Rossini's more mature operas.

The first concerto, in C major, is a tremendously delightful affair: starting with a decidedly dramatic introduction, the piece soon settles into Rossini's exorbitant treatment of a pastoral theme that is quickly turned into an ever-difficult solo for the clarinet. Interestingly, two musical ideas are recognizable: the very first orchestral flourish is also used to set up Ramiro's and Angelina's duettino from "La Cenerentola", while the strings' passages at 7:00 also seem familiar, though I am not sure where I've heard them.

The second piece or, more accurately its' second section, a theme and variations that are derived from it, while written in 1810, was used later for Malcolm's stunning cavatina in 1819 (although I once thought that it was the other way around). I've presented both treatments of the musical material, as it provides an interesting opportunity not only to compare them but also to think over a hypothesis that some of the clarinet writing could be used as base for ornamenting the later cabaletta.

Ludmila Peterkova plays the clarinet spectacularly is each of the variations and Lucia Valentini-Terrani's Malcolm is heard in the 1810 concerto. Hope you'll enjoy :)!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rossini
• belcanto
• classical
• coloratura

[MsMacbeth22]

Thank you for posting this.I love it.•.¸(¯`'•.¸*♫♥♥♪♫♪*¸.•'

[lguaItieri]

Grande Valentina Terrani, grande tutto il cast, grandissimo Maurizio Pollini nella sua prima ed unica direzione operistica.

[ALEXISVASSILIEV]

Quelle douceur! Merci! AV