• Michael Nyman
  • I Sonetti Lussuriosi (2007)

  • Chester Music Ltd (World)

Commissioned by the Venice Biennale

  • 2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2/2.2.2.1/vib+mba.pf/str
  • version available for Michael Nyman Band and piano quintet and voice
  • soprano
  • 30 min
  • Pietro Aretino (1492-1556)

Media

Questo cazzo voglio Io
Fottiamci anima mia
Io 'l voglio in cul tu mi perdonerai
Tu pur a gambe in collo in cul me l'hai
Dammi la lingua
E saria pur una coglioneria
Mettimi un dito in cul caro vecchione
Apri le coscie, accio ch'io Veggia Bene

Scores

Reviews

I Sonetti Lussuriosi sets graphic erotic texts by the Renaissance poet and iconoclast Pietro Aretino...[The work] set the words in Nyman's straight-forward way for the equally down-to-earth soprano Marie Angel. The question was, what could the music add? In the end, it served to dissolve the male-female differences as Angel voiced both participants' demands and satisfactions with the same energy and delight. Composed around the same time as 50,000 Pairs of Feet..., it did similar time-bending things although the emotional climate was more heated, achieving an exultant grandeur.
Robert Maycock, The Independent
11th December 2007

Discography

8 Lust Songs: I Sonetti Lussuriosi

8 Lust Songs: I Sonetti Lussuriosi
  • Label
    MN Records
  • Catalogue Number
    MNRCD114
  • Ensemble
    Michael Nyman Band
  • Soloist
    Marie Angel

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