For no readily apparent reason, 20th-century Italian song is a bit of a wasteland on disc. Perhaps it’s been eclipsed by the late-verismo school of opera, but it seems like only now that we are exhuming the interesting composers from the group who were born around 1880 (the so-called ‘generazione dell’ottanta’ generation of 80) who rebelled against Italy’s traditional focus on all things operatic. Respighi has enjoyed a bit of a monopoly to date, but Alfano, Malipiero and Casella have received attention, and now it’s the turn of the interesting Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968).