Vincenzo Bellini Nello Santi Fenice Theater Orchestra - Bellini La Sonnambula Scotto Kraus Vinco Santi (29 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Vincenzo Bellini, Nello Santi, Fenice Theater Orchestra
Bellini - La Sonnambula / Scotto · Kraus · Vinco · Santi
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Tutto è gioia
2. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Come per me serano
3. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Sovra il son la man mi posa
4. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Perdona o mia diletta
5. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Prendi, l'anel ti dono
6. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Ah! vorrei trovar parole
7. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Domani, appena aggiorni
8. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni
9. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Tu non sai con quei begli occhi
10. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Contezza del pacse avete voi
11. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. A fosco cielo, a notte bruna
12. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Elvino! E me tu lasci
13. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Son geloso del zefiro errante
14. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Davver, non mi dispiace
15. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Che veggio?
16. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Oh ciel! Che tento
17. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. È menzogna!
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
1. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. D'un pensiero e d'un accento
2. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Non più nozze
3. La sonnambula, opera: Act 2. Qui la selva è più folta
4. La sonnambula, opera: Act 2. Reggimi, o buona madre
5. La sonnambula, opera: Act 2. Tutto è sciolto
6. La sonnambula, opera: Act 2. pasci il guardo
7. La sonnambula, opera: Act 2. Ah perchè non posso odiarti
8. La sonnambula, opera: Act 2. E fia pur vero, Elvino
9. La sonnambula, opera: Act 2. Signor Conte, agli occhi miei
10. La sonnambula, opera: Act 2. Oh, se una volta sola
11. La sonnambula, opera: Act 2. Ah, non credea mirarti
12. La sonnambula, opera: Act 2. Ah! non giunge uman pensiero

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All Artists: Vincenzo Bellini, Nello Santi, Fenice Theater Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice, Alfredo Kraus, Ivo Vinco, Marisa Zotti, Renata Scotto, Rosa Laghezza
Title: Bellini - La Sonnambula / Scotto · Kraus · Vinco · Santi
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Opera D'oro
Original Release Date: 1/1/1961
Re-Release Date: 7/10/2001
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 723724115224

CD Reviews

BEAUTIFUL LIVE DOCUMENT OF TWO GREAT SINGERS IN THEIR YOUTH

L. Mitnick | Chicago, Illinois United States | 10/26/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The sound on this live recording is not at all bad ---- prfetty much what you would expect from a 1961 live broadcast. It certainly sounds better than many others of this vintage (and far better than some of the live Callas stuff EMI has seen fit to release), and the ear very quickly becomes adjusted to the actual sound of what must have been a radio broadcast. At this point in her career, Renata Scotto seemed to have a very different vocal destiny from that for which she was later to become noted. The voice, as heard here, is light, agile, and is trippingly used in impressive demonstrations of her coloratura technique. Her Amina is certainly convincing, and if some of the poetry that Callas brings out eludes her, she nevertheless delivers a beautiful and completely valid presentation of the title role. Alfredo Kraus, also very young at this time, sounds as though the role of Elvino were written especially for him. His duet work with Scotto is exemplary bel canto singing, and in his second act aria, he interpolates, I believe, an optional top D which I have not heard attempted before. What a wise singer he was --- to have never strayed from this type of repertoire, and to have sustained a career which took him into his sixties in excellent vocal condition. Nello Santi was not a giant among opera conductors, but he understood the intimate nature of this opera, and he paces the music with grace and elegance. Frankly, I am surprised that this recording is as good as it is. I knew that Scotto and Kraus would be wonderful, but I didn't expect their voices to emerge with such clarity. Since neither Scotto or Kraus recorded their roles in "Sonnambula" commercially in the studio, this live recording is of definite value to anyone interested in these two great artists. Highly recommended."