Tosti: The Song of a Life

Casucci, Romina;
Milhofer, Mark;
Menghini, Maura

95201

This set inaugurates the first complete recording of Tosti’s songs on the occasion of the first centenary of his death. As such it is a project of considerable historical and cultural significance. Most of the performers are native Italians, and all have the command of language which so marked Tosti’s contribution to the world of song, and sees him still performed around the world today. His style recognised no barriers between ‘popular’ and ‘art’ music, and was all the more commercially successful for it. Perhaps that success has contributed since his death to a certain snobbery which has led to his songs being neglected in the concert hall and more familiar from recordings, particularly those made in a Golden Age of Italian singing from the first decades of the last century. Where would Caruso be without Tosti? Singer and song, each fitted the other, hand in glove.

CD x 5

Muzyka klasyczna

Brilliant Classics

13-11-2019

5028421952017