Episode 4
Donald Macleod focuses on Menotti's move to Scotland, following the break-up of the composer's 30-year relationship with Samuel Barber.
A major transatlantic move for Menotti to Scotland's most expensive house. Following the break-up of the composer's thirty year relationship with Samuel Barber, Menotti opted for solitude and a total change of scene, moving from upstate New York to East Lothian where he bought Yester House, a huge, imposing Palladian mansion he fell in love with at the foot of the Lammermiur Hills. He said he went to Scotland because he loved the country and he loved silence: "In my country silence is too expensive. I love the cold". The locals in a nearby village were immediately intrigued, awarding him the nickname 'Mr McNaughty'. With Donald Macleod.
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Gian Carlo Menotti
The Unicorn, the gorgon and the manticore for choir
Conductor: Donald TEETERS Performer: BOSTON CECILIA(Main Artist)
- NEWPORT CLASSIC.
- NPD-85621.
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Canti della lontananza for high voice and piano
Performer: Judith Howard (soprano) Performer: Malcolm MARTINEAU(Piano)
- Chandos.
- Chan 9605.
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Finale 'We're coming' from Help, Help, the Globolinks! [1968]
Performer: Erin Windle (singer) Performer: Rachel Joselson (singer) Performer: Terry Kiss Frank (singer) Performer: Madison Opera children�s chorus Performer: Madison Symphony Orchestra Performer: John DeMain (conductor)
- Newport Classic.
- NPD 85633.
- 15.
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Concerto in A minor for violin and orchestra
Conductor: Richard HICKOX Performer: Jennifer KOH (Violin) Performer: Spoleto Festival Orchestra
- CHANDOS.
- chan-9979.
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