Credits:

Gabrielle Haigh (soprano)

Description:

The album includes songs by Respighi and composers who were closely associated with him. Elsa San Giacomo Respighi, wife of Ottorino Respighi, was formerly his pupil and a singer, but also left several works as a composer. Martucci was Respighi's teacher. The relationship between Rimsky-Korsakov and Respighi may seem surprising, but Respighi studied with Korsakov as a young man. The songs in this collection are all full of the mature harmonic writing and graceful, elegant melodies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and are enjoyable. Soprano Gabrielle Hague's lyrical voice is also wonderful. Tobu Shoji Co.