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Bellini: | Son vergin vezzosa (from I Puritani) Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh! quante volte (from I Capuleti e I Montecchi) Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna (from I Puritani) | Donizetti: | La Corrispondenza amorosa Amore e morte La dernière nuit d'un novice Le crépuscule O toi, Lisbonne (from Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal) Sung in Italian Qui un pugnale!...Ah! nel cuor (from Gemma di Vergy) Non turbati a questi accenti (from Caterina Cornaro) Vieni, amor...Leonora! A' piedi tuoi (from La Favorita) La morale in tutto questo (from Don Pasquale) Com'é gentil…Tornami a dir (from Don Pasquale) Come, innocente giovane (from Anna Bolena) Convien partir (from La figlia del reggimento) Deciso è dunque...le richezze (from La Figlia del Reggimento) | Liszt: | Sonetti di Petrarca (3) for voice & piano, S270 | Mascagni: | La tua stella Pena d´amore Rosa | Mozart: | Madamina, il catalogo è questo (from Don Giovanni) La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) Hai gia vinta la causa! (from Le nozze di Figaro) | Respighi: | Notte, P. 97 No. 1 Stornellatrice Ma come potrei Nebbie Tanto bella | Verdi: | Ad una stella Il tramonto Lo spazzacamino Di provenza il mar (from La Traviata) Perfidi!…Pietà, rispetto, amore (from Macbeth) In braccio alle dovizie (from I Vespri Siciliani) Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo! (from Simon Boccanegra) |
This set includes the most famous recording of Alfredo Kraus, Lucia Alberti and Renato Bruson with arias by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Mascagni etc. Also included are rare opera scenes such as Donizetti’s “Gemmy di Vergy” and Bellini’s “I Capuleti e I Montecchi. A highly recommended collection for fans of opera and these Belcanto artists. “Kraus is in fine voice at 62...Aliberti peals out secure, clean-toned ardour...Bruson is a skilled exponent of [bel canto]...His more emphatic, dramatic side is met in the wonderful Council Chamber scene, especially as Boccanegra launches his curse. The Mozart pieces are good, yet I shall place them behind the Donizetti and Verdi on this laudable CD.” International Record Review, December 2011 | | | (also available to download from $17.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Bach, J S: | Magnificat in D major, BWV243: Et exsultavit Magnificat in D major, BWV243: Esurientes implevit bonis Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Schlafe, mein Liebster St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Erbarme dich Bist du bei mir, BWV508 | Beethoven: | Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (from Fidelio) | Bellini: | Lieto del dolce incarco…Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio (from I Capuleti e i Montecchi) | Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Près des remparts de Séville (Séguedille) (from Carmen) Adieux de l'hotesse Arabe Chanson d'Avril Vieille chanson Absence | Copland: | Old American Songs: excerpts | Debussy: | Trois chansons de Bilitis | Donizetti: | Deciso è dunque...le richezze (from La Figlia del Reggimento) | Falla: | Siete Canciones populares españolas | Gluck: | J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orphée et Eurydice) Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) | Gounod: | Ô ma lyre immortelle (from Sapho) | Handel: | Messiah: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion Messiah: I know that my Redeemer liveth Scacciata dal suo nido (from Rodelina) Dove sei, amato bene? (from Rodelinda) Vivi, tiranno, io t'ho scampato (from Rodelinda) | Mahler: | Rückert-Lieder (5 songs, complete) Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (4 songs, complete) Kindertotenlieder | Massenet: | Ces lettres! (from Werther) Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (from Werther) | Meyerbeer: | Ah, mon fils! (from Le Prophète) O prêtres de Baal (from Le Prophète) Nobles seigneurs, salut! (from Les Huguenots) | Mozart: | Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio (from La Clemenza di Tito) | Nin: | Villancico Castellano (from Villancicos Españolas) Jesus de Nazareth (from Villancicos Españolas) Villancico Asturiano (from Villancicos Españolas) Villancico Andaluz (from Villancicos Españolas) | Rossini: | Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Assisa a' piè d'un salice (from Otello) Di tanti palpiti (from Tancredi) Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide) Pronti abbiamo...Amici in ogni evento...Pensa alla patria (from L'Italiana in Algeri) Eccomi alfine in Babilonia (from Semiramide) Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! (from L'Italiana in Algeri) Nacqui all'affanno, al pianto...Non più mesta (from La Cenerentola) L'ora fatal s'appressa ... Giusto ciel! (from L'Assedio di Corinto) Mura felici (from La donna del lago) Tanti affetti in tal momento (from La donna del lago) Non temer, d' un basso affetto (from Maometto II) | Saint-Saëns: | Printemps qui commence (from Samson et Dalila) Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) | Schubert: | Im Frühling, D882 Nacht und Träume, D827 Die junge Nonne, D828 Fischerweise, D881 (Schlechta) | Schumann: | Die Lotosblume, Op. 25 No. 7 Aus den hebräischen Gesängen, Op. 25 No. 15 Die Kartenlegerin, Op. 31 No. 2 Abendlied, Op. 85 No. 12 | Strauss, R: | Schön sind, doch kalt die Himmelssterne, Op. 19, No. 3 Für fünfzehn Pfennige Op. 36 No. 2 Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4 | Thomas, Ambroise: | Connais-tu le pays (from Mignon) Me voici dans son boudoir 'Gavotte' (from Mignon) Elle est là! Près de lui! (from Mignon) | Verdi: | Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) Condotta ell’era in ceppi (from Il Trovatore) | Wagner: | Wesendonck-Lieder (5) | Wolf, H: | Auf einer Wanderung (No. 15 from Mörike-Lieder) Der Genesene an die Hoffnung (No. 1 from Mörike-Lieder) Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen (No. 25 from Italienisches Liederbuch) |
and traditional American folk songs
The great American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne celebrated her her 70th birthday in January 2004 and that year also marked 50 years since her professional debut. Horne’s debut in 1954 was in in Los Angeles. That same year her name and voice was brought to many more people than could ever hear her in the opera house through the 1954 film Carmen Jones in which she sang the dubbed voice of Dorothy Dandridge. Her Covent Garden debut was as Marie in Wozzeck (sung in English at that time) in 1964 – she had made her San Francisco debut in 1960 with the same role. It was with Joan Sutherland that Marilyn Horne found the perfect vocal partner and their performances in the great bel canto operas by Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti took the opera world by storm in the 1960s and early 1970s. By the time she retired in 1998, Marilyn Horne’s long and distinguished career embraced an enormous variety of operatic roles, as well as a wide variety of solo song ranging from Schubert, Schumann and Mahler through to modern American songs. Such a wide repertory was due to the sheer range of her voice and its remarkable flexibility, a voice that could sustain long lines of melody as well as negotiate the most florid vocal pyrotechnics. Marilyn Horne participated in a number of complete opera recordings (among them classic recordings of Norma and Semiramide with Joan Sutherland) for Decca and also made ten recital programmes. The complete recitals are now reissued in their entirety as a Collector Edition on 11 CDs and preserve the original sequence of music as presented on vinyl; the original LP cover art is reproduced for the CD sleeves. “When every single item brings wonderment it is impossible to single out one above the rest, and the recording is outstandingly vivid...her Rossini recital is one of the most cherishable among all Rossini records ever issued. The voice is in glorious condition, rich and firm throughout its spectacular range, and is consistently used with artistry and imagination, as well as brilliant virtuosity in coloratura. By any reckoning, this is thrilling singing.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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