The Art of Belcanto

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Album Summary

Performers

• Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano)
• Alfredo Kraus
• Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Sona Ghazarian (Vocals)
• Roberto Scandiuzzi (Bass)
• Giuseppe Sabbatini (Tenor)
• Stefano Rinaldi-Miliani (Bass)
• Mariana Nicolesco (Soprano)
• Giovanni Angelis (Voice)
• Lucia Aliberti
• Monika Martel-Bittner (Mezzo Soprano)

Conductor

• Paternostro, Roberto

Ensemble

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Composers

• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Notes & Reviews:

A few years ago, a singer at a top German opera house was begged by a conductor devoted to belcanto with the words: 'Don't just give me single pearls, give me a whole necklace!' The pearl necklace puts us on the track of what belcanto is: It is not beautiful individual sounds in succession without any link, but rather the art of forming fluid lines, of legato, of phrases in which the sounds merge to a constant intensity which makes this art hat it is. - Excerpt from the liner notes

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Works Details

Liszt, Franz : Pace non trovo (Sonnetto no 104), song for voice & piano (I & II), S. 270/1 (LW N14/1-2/1)

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Notes: Composition written: 1846-83.
• Running Time: 6 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1883

Liszt, Franz : Benedetto sia'l giorno (Sonetto 47), song for voice & piano (3 versions), S. 270/2 & S. 270a (LW N14

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Notes: Composition written: 1843-64.
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843-1864

Liszt, Franz : I vidi in terra (Sonetto 123), song for voice & piano (I & II), S. 270/3 (LW N14/1-2/3)

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Notes: Composition written: 1843-64.
• Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843-1864

Donizetti, Gaetano : La corrispondenza amorosa (Cifre d'amore / Les Billets doux), song for voice & piano

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Donizetti, Gaetano : Amore e morte ("Odi d'un uom che muore"), arietta for voice & piano

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Donizetti, Gaetano : La dernière nuit d'un novice (L'ultima notte di un novizio), ballad for voice & piano

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 12 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Donizetti, Gaetano : Le crépuscule

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Notes: Composition written: Italy.
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Mascagni, Pietro : La tua stella, song for voice & piano

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1882

Mascagni, Pietro : Pena d'amore, song for voice & piano

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1883

Mascagni, Pietro : Rosa, song for voice & piano

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890

Respighi, Ottorino : Notte, song for mezzo-soprano & piano (from Liriche (6) Series II)

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1912

Respighi, Ottorino : Stornellatrice, song for soprano & piano, P. 69 (from opera "Re Enzo")

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 1 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1906

Respighi, Ottorino : Canti all'antica :: Ma come potrei

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1906

Respighi, Ottorino : Nebbie

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1906

Respighi, Ottorino : Tanto bella!, song (romanza) for voice & piano, P. 12

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1897

Verdi, Giuseppe : Ad una stella ("Bell'astro della terra"), song for voice & piano

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1845

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Tramonto II, song for voice & piano

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1845

Verdi, Giuseppe : Lo spazzacamino, song for voice & piano

• Performers: Edelmiro Arnaltes (Piano); Alfredo Kraus
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1845

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni, KV 527 :: Madamina, il catalogo è questo

• Performer: Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni, KV 527 :: La ci darem la mano

• Performers: Renato Bruson (Baritone); Sona Ghazarian (Vocals)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le Nozze di Figaro, KV 492 :: Hai gia vinta la causa

• Performer: Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Donizetti, Gaetano : Don Sebastiano :: Gioco di rea fortuna - O Lisbona

• Performer: Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Notes: Composition written: 1843.
• Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843

Donizetti, Gaetano : Gemma di Vergy :: Qui un pugnale! - Ah! nel cuor

• Performer: Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1834

Donizetti, Gaetano : Caterina Cornaro :: Non turbati a questi accenti

• Performer: Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842-1843

Donizetti, Gaetano : La Favorita :: Ma de' malvagi - Vien, Leonora

• Performer: Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Running Time: 6 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1840

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Di Provenza il mar, il sol

• Performer: Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Perfidi! All'anglo contra me v'unite!

• Performer: Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : I Vespri Siciliani :: In braccio alle dovizie

• Performer: Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Running Time: 6 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1855

Verdi, Giuseppe : Simon Boccanegra :: Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo

• Performers: Roberto Scandiuzzi (Bass); Giuseppe Sabbatini (Tenor); Stefano Rinaldi-Miliani (Bass); Mariana Nicolesco (Soprano); Giovanni Angelis (Voice); Renato Bruson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1857

Verdi, Giuseppe : Simon Boccanegra :: Ecco la spada - Sia maledetto

• Performers: Giovanni Angelis (Voice); Renato Bruson (Baritone); Roberto Scandiuzzi (Bass); Giuseppe Sabbatini (Tenor); Stefano Rinaldi-Miliani (Bass); Mariana Nicolesco (Soprano)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1857

Bellini, Vincenzo : I Puritani, opera :: Son vergin vezzosa

• Performer: Lucia Aliberti
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Notes: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (08/02/1988-08/10/1988)
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1835

Bellini, Vincenzo : I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera :: Eccomi in lieta vesta - Oh! quante volte

• Performer: Lucia Aliberti
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Notes: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (08/02/1988-08/10/1988)
• Running Time: 10 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1830

Donizetti, Gaetano : Don Pasquale :: La morale in tutto questo

• Performer: Lucia Aliberti
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Notes: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (08/02/1988-08/10/1988)
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Donizetti, Gaetano : Don Pasquale :: Tornami a dir che m'ami

• Performers: Lucia Aliberti; Giuseppe Sabbatini (Tenor)
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Notes: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (08/02/1988-08/10/1988)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Donizetti, Gaetano : Anna Bolena :: Come, innocente giovane

• Performers: Monika Martel-Bittner (Mezzo Soprano); Lucia Aliberti
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Notes: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (08/02/1988-08/10/1988)
• Running Time: 7 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1830

Donizetti, Gaetano : La figlia del reggimento :: Convien partir

• Performer: Lucia Aliberti
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Notes: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (08/02/1988-08/10/1988)
• Running Time: 6 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1840

Donizetti, Gaetano : La figlia del reggimento :: Deciso è dunque - Le ricchezze ed il grado fastoso

• Performer: Lucia Aliberti
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Notes: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (08/02/1988-08/10/1988)
• Running Time: 7 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1840

Bellini, Vincenzo : I Puritani, opera :: O rendetemi la speme - Vien, diletto

• Performer: Lucia Aliberti
• Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
• Notes: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (08/02/1988-08/10/1988)
• Running Time: 16 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1835