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Bellini - I puritani
Riccardo Frizza, Lisette Oropesa (soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Anthony Clar...
£18.95
I puritani – Vincenzo Bellini’s final opera before his death at the age of 33 – is one of the greatest jewels of the bel canto repertoire. Despite the composer’s misgivings over the quality of Carlo Pepoli’s libretto, its premiere on 25 January 1835 at Paris’s Théâtre-Italien was nothing short of sensational, and its leading soloists (Giulia Grisi, Giovanni Basttista Rubini, Antonio Tamburini and Luigi Lablache) were remembered ever after as the ‘Puritani quartet’. During the bel canto revival of the mid-20th century, recordings starring Callas... read more
I puritani – Vincenzo Bellini’s final opera before his death at the age of 33 – is one of the greatest jewels of the bel canto repertoire. Despite the composer’s misgivings over the quality of Carlo Pepoli’s libretto, its premiere on 25 January 1835 ... read more
Bellini - I puritani
Riccardo Frizza, Lisette Oropesa (soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Anthony Clark Evans (baritone), Riccardo Zanellato (bass), Martin-Jan Nijhof (bass), Simeon Esper (tenor), Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo-soprano), MDR-Rundfunkchor, Dresdner Philharmonie
The Spin Doctor Europadisc's Weekly Column
A Seasonal Selection 10th December 2024
10th December 2024
Towards the end of every year the record companies add to the vast catalogue of Christmas- and winter-themed albums, tapping into the market for music to play during the season of long dark nights and festive lights. What continues to impress us every year is the sheer variety of music on offer, from seasoned choral favourites (carols and larger-scale works associated with Christmas) to a seemingly limitless supply of early music and new compositions. This year is no exception, and here we highlight a few of the releases that have caught our ears in the run-up to Yuletide 2024.
Back in May 2023 the many musical talents of the Bevan family (of whom the best known are star sopranos Mary and Sophie) released ‘Vidi speciosam: Sacred Choral Music’, with the Bevan Family Consort under the direction of Graham Ross. With Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Missa Vidi speciosam, such was... read more