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Javier Camarena (tenor), \u00c1ngel Rodr\u00edguez (piano)<\/p>
Pentatone PTC 5187 184 81:51 mins<\/em><\/p> The higher minded may wrinkle their noses at Francesco Tosti\u2019s songs as being too sugary, yet singers from Enrico Caruso<\/strong><\/a> to Maria Callas<\/a><\/strong> have always loved them. You can tell it\u2019s a Tosti song within four bars and, in the best Italian tradition, he offers a singer every opportunity for personal interpretation.<\/p> All credit to Mexican tenor Javier Camarena and \u00c1ngel Rodr\u00edguez, his keyboard companion, for putting together a programme that makes it clear that not all Tosti songs are the same, despite the rippling arpeggios that run through so many of them. There are salon numbers like \u2018Mali\u00e0\u2019, which is not beyond the abilities of a musically educated Victorian family. There are Neapolitan-style flourishes like \u2018Marechiare\u2019 which effortlessly carry you south across the Alps. And there are heavy-duty late Romantic songs, with texts by the poet D\u2019Annunzio that invoke Wagnerian<\/a><\/strong> thoughts of Night and Death.<\/p> Camarena undoubtedly feels an affinity with this repertoire. In the story of Nina in \u2018L\u2019ultima canzone\u2019, who is marrying someone else, he artfully blends nonchalance with hints of a broken heart. The French songs are elegantly done too with Tosti chronicling a complete love affair in just three stanzas in 3\/4 time in \u2018Petite valse romantique\u2019. There are times when a lighter tone would have benefitted interpretation, and Camarena hits his top notes pretty hard with a tad too much vibrato. However, Rodr\u00edguez is an exemplary partner. The extended postlude to \u2018Che dici, o parola del Saggio\u2019 is masterly and proof, were it needed, that a whole album of Tosti songs is not like consuming a whole box of rose and violet creams at a single sitting.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Christopher Cook Published: Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 12:28 PM Javier Camarena (tenor), \u00c1ngel Rodr\u00edguez (piano) Pentatone PTC 5187 184 81:51 mins The higher minded may wrinkle their noses at Francesco Tosti\u2019s songs as being too sugary, yet singers from Enrico Caruso to Maria Callas have always loved them. You can tell it\u2019s a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":39624,"template":"","categories":[1,82,19],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/sogno-songs-by-tosti.jpg",900,900,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/sogno-songs-by-tosti-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/sogno-songs-by-tosti-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/sogno-songs-by-tosti-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/sogno-songs-by-tosti.jpg",800,800,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/sogno-songs-by-tosti.jpg",900,900,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/sogno-songs-by-tosti.jpg",900,900,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Christopher Cook Published: Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 12:28 PM Javier Camarena (tenor), \u00c1ngel Rodr\u00edguez (piano) Pentatone PTC 5187 184 81:51 mins The higher minded may wrinkle their noses at Francesco Tosti\u2019s songs as being too sugary, yet singers from Enrico Caruso to Maria Callas have always loved them. You can tell it\u2019s a…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/39623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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