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Five Sonatas by Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841):

Sonata Sentimentale op. 42
“The loves of Adonis and Venus”
(with reciting voice)

-Introduction: Largo
-Allegro assai
-Larghetto espressivo: Venus and Adonis flirt
-Allegro: Mars jealousy
-Allegretto: Venus and Adonis go hunting
-Allegro: The hunt begins, Adonis gets lost…
A wild boar appears, Adonis fights against him,
The boar kills Adonis.
-Largo: Death of Adonis
-Allegro: Venus looks for Adonis
-Largo: Venus despair in finding Adonis dead
-Largo: Venus with her cry moves Proserpina
-Allegretto:
Proserpina moved promise to bring him back to life
-Largo: Adonis return to life
-Finale: Allegretto

Sonata Sentimentale op. 2
“L’Orage” -The thunder storm
(with reciting voice)

-Introduzione: Largo
-Larghetto con molta espressione:
A shepherd and shepherdess flirt
-Moderato: The weather darkens,
The shepherdess is frightened,
The wind, The rain, The hail,
The lightning, The thunder, The shepherdess moan,
The thunder storm worsens
-Andante: The shepherd gives the shepherdess courage
and they take refuge in a cave, A monster appears,
The shepherdess faints
-Allegro: The shepherd and the monster fight,
The shepherd hits the monster, Monster’s howl,
Monster’s death
-Moderato: The weather clears,
The shepherdess comes to herself
-Andante: The rainbow
-Allegretto: The shepherd and the shepherdess rejoice.

3) Sonata III op. 21:
Moderato - Romance - Rondeau (mp3)

4) Sonatina III op. 7:
Largo - Allegro

5) Divertimento in three parts op. 44:
"Cinderella"
(with reciting voice)

Part One:
-Ouverture - Largo
-Allegro
-Andantino: Cinderella by the fireplace sings Toto carabo.
-Moderato: Cinderella cooks.
-Larghetto: Cinderella’s sweetness.
-Allegro: The young ladies are invited to the ball.
Great preparations begin. At last they go.
-Larghetto Espressivo:
Cinderella, left alone, is crying; A Fairy appears.
-Largo Maestoso: Cinderella in tears tells of her desire
to go to the ball… The Fairy changes a squash into a coach.
-Allegro: Cinderella’s old clothes became a magnificent
dress and she goes to the ball.
-Allegretto

Part Two:
-Allegretto: At the palace, The ball begins.
-Minuetto
-Gavotta
-Valzer
-Quadriglia: The beauty of Cinderella raises general surprise at her arrival,
The ball goes on…Cinderella dances.
-Moderato:
Cinderella talk to her sisters without being recognized.
-Andante: Midnight strikes,
Cinderella runs away and the prince follows her.
-Allegro: She looses her crystal slipper, the prince picks it up.

Part Three:
-Agitato: Cinderella returns home with her old clothes.
-Allegretto non troppo: The prince tells everybody he will marry
the lady whose foot will fit the crystal slipper he found at the ball.
-Moderato: The prince begins his search from the ladies of the court,
princesses and duchesses but with no luck.
At last he makes Cinderella try it and it fits perfectly.
The Fairy changes Cinderella’s old clothes into a magnificent dress…
-Finale - Allegretto: Cinderella and the prince get married…

by F. Carulli
Theme and Variations on
“La Follia di Spagna”

by Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
“Di tanti palpiti”

by Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
“Garyowen” - Allegro con brio
(National Irish Aria )

“Coming through the rye” - Andante cantabile


by Stefano Lentini:

"Il lato sabbioso della strada"
Lyre-guitar ballad op. 14 © (mp3)

"Vado a Giove"
Lyre-guitar ballad n. 2

"La pioggia di Sissy Jupe"
Lyre-guitar ballad n. 3



VOICE AND LYRE-GUITAR

by Pierre Jean Porro (1750-1831):

Six Romances:
Cantique de Venus (traduit de Sapho)
La solitude plait à mon coeur…
Un jour sur la coudrette…
Le besoin d’aimer…
Dans le printemps…
Les sermens oubliés…


by Etienne Jean Battista Pastou (1784-1851):
"Hommage au beau sexe"


by Ferdinando Carulli:

Hymne op. 61 n. 2
Romance op. 61 n. 9
Cavatine op. 61 n. 4
Salut ò divine espérance…
Adieu bosquet…
Arbres témoins…

Grand Air Italien op. 61 n. 14
Recitativo - Largo - Allegro



VIOLIN (OR FLUTE) AND LYRE-GUITAR

by Ferdinando Carulli:

Sonata III op. 23
Allegro - Rondo - Allegretto
(for Lyre-guitar with violin accompaniment )

Eight Arias from "Le Nozze di Figaro" by W. A. Mozart op. 66



VOICE, VIOLIN AND LYRE-GUITAR

by Pierre Jean Porro:

Six Romances Nouvelles op. 34:

Le Saule du Malhereux
La Serenade
L’Amour marchand de co
Chant d’une jeune arabe
Canzonetta
L’Adieu (mp3)


by Stefano Lentini:

Francisca mea laude
(based on a poem by Charles Baudelaire)
Trio n. 1 op. 17
for soprano, violin and lyre-guitar

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