Risurrezione Release:Risurrezione and the Quartetto Delfico present

and the Quartetto Delfico present new recordings of three of the later and most richly developed examples of his mastery as a chamber-music composer

• In a NYTimes review of the BAM performance

Once in a Blue Moon

" Widely recognized as one of America's leading composers

some of which were not released until after his tragic and untimely death from a cerebral haemorrhage in 1959 at the age of 34

Risurrezione Release:Risurrezione and the Quartetto Delfico presentFranco Alfano's opera Risurrezione draws it's inspiration from Tolstoy's novel Resurrection and was the work that ensured Alfano's considerable success as a composer. The plot narrates the story of Katiusha and her tragic love for prince Dimitri who seduces and abandons her, condemning her to a life of sacrifice and desperation. Seen here in Fancesco Lanzillotta's acclaimed Florence production, Risurrezione recalls Richard Strauss and Puccini the