Gioachino Rossini
ll Barbiere di Siviglia, sinfonia 7’ 34”
L’Italiana in Algeri, sinfonia 8’ 29”
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca: Te Deum (dal 1° atto) 4’ 43”
Franz Liszt
Dall’Alma Roma per coro e organo 3’ 36”
O Roma Nobilis per coro e organo 3’ 27”
Felix Mendelssohn
Sinfonia n. 4 in La maggiore op. 90 (“Italiana”)
Allegro vivace 10’ 28”
Andante con moto 6’ 25”
Con moto moderato 6’ 40”
Salterello. Presto 5’ 53”
Anomino
Fior de granato 1’ 01”
stornello romano elaborato a tre voci bianche da Arnaldo Boreggi
Renato Rascel
Arrivederci Roma 4’ 54”
elaborato per coro misto a cinque voci da Concezio Panone
Conceived, recorded and produced by Giulio Cesare Ricci
Recording: Rome, March 1997
Location of the recording: Auditorium of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia
Recording: made with Neumann U 47 and M 49 valve microphones, Nagra microphone preamplifiers, Studer C37 (1950) and Nagra 4S analog recorders, Nakamichi 1000 20-bit digital recorders, Signoricci microphone, digital, and line cables
Producer and Sound Engineer: Giulio Cesare Ricci
Musical Assistant: Edoardo Ogando
Production Assistant: Paola Maria Ricci
Photograph by M° Chung Vivianne Purdom
The selection of pieces that, under the direction of Myung-Whun Chung, the Orchestra and Choir of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia recorded as a tribute for the 2750th anniversary of the founding of Rome, made within the vast sea of inspirations that the city has had on the art of sound, could only be extremely diverse…