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Bellini: Il Pirata / Carmen Giannattasio, José Bros, Ludovic Tézier, Brindley Sherra, Mark Le Brocq

3 CD / Opera Rara / 2012-06-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera
Conductors: Parry, David
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

The third opera by the twenty-seven-year-old Sicilian Vincenzo Bellini, Il pirata marked an important step forward in his career. His first score written for La...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (03/2010/04/2010)....continue...

Bellini: La straniera / Parry, Ciofi, Shkosa, Hall, Schmunck, Stone, Wood, Broadbent, London PO, et al

2 CD / Opera Rara / 2008-10-14

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La Straniera, opera
Performers: Broadbent, Graeme; Ciofi, Patrizia; Hall, Aled; Hardwick, Ian; Schmunck, Dario; Shkosa, Enkelejda; Stone, Mark [Baritone Vocals]; Stone, Mark [Baritone Vocal]; Wood, Roland
Conductors: Parry, David

Three of Bellini's operas - 'La Sonnambula' and 'Norma' (both 1831) and his last work, 'I Puritani' (1835) - remain classics of the bel canto...continue...

Il Salotto Vol 8 - Notturno - Music for the Night

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-03-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Notturno, for 3 voices, flute & piano; Vincenzo Gabussi: Il voto, for two voices & piano; Venise, for two voices & piano; Gaetano Donizetti: L'alito di Bice ("O profundo delicato"), n...
Performers: Biccire, Patrizia; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Kelly, Paul Austin; Larmore, Jennifer; Martin, Jaime; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]

Literally translated as 'nocturne,' the songs on this disc bear little resemblance to the piano pieces of the same name as exemplified by those of...continue...

The Opera Rara Collection Vol 2

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2000-05-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide; Mosè in Egitto; Otello; Gaetano Donizetti: Zoraida di Granata; L'Assedio di Calais; Gianni da Calais, opera; Alfredo il Grande, opera; Maria di Rudenz; ...
Performers: Antoniozzi, Alfonso; Banks, Barry; Biccire, Patrizia; Blake, Rockwell; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cullagh, Majella; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Dolton, Geoffrey; Fleming, Renee; Focile, Nuccia; Ford, Bruce [Te...
Conductors: Parry, David

The success of the first Opera Rara Collection created the demand for this second disc of highlights from their catalog of 19th century rarities. Once...continue...

100 Years of Italian Opera 1820-1830

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Margherita d'Anjou; L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama) in 2 acts; Simon Mayr: Fedra, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Le nozze in villa, opera; La zingara, opera; Chiara e Sera...
Performers: Ambrogi, Antonio; Angeli, Signor de; Ansiglioni, Pietro; Ashman, David; Bassi, Nicola; Bastianelli, Cristoforo; Bayley, Clive; Belloc, Teresa; Benedetti, Michele; Bertozzi, Angela Maria Silvestri; Bi...
Conductors: Parry, David