The fifth volume in Opera Rara’s Il Salotto series explores the musical world of London and Milan. More Info

Throughout 19th-century Europe, one of the most important institutions of social and artistic life was the salon. Here Opera Rara presents the music enjoyed by Europeans at home nearly 200 years ago. More Info

One of the most delightful things about any Italian song is how it describes a problem in great detail, with the most vivid colours but, charmingly, you are not meant to get depressed by any of it. More Info

This recording focuses on a single work designed for intimate performance: J B Wekerlin’s ‘opérette de salon’, La Laitière de Trianon (The Milkmaid of Trianon).

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Il Sibilo (The Whisper) is the title of a popular mid 19th century weekly Neapolitan journal, which served not only to report on the literary, musical and theatrical news of the day, as did many of its competitors, but also, as the name suggests, filled its pages with news of society scandals and gossip in and around Naples. More Info

In the seventh volume of its Il Salotto series, we decided to programme Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets – but they do not appear in the conventional way. More Info