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La Straniera, opera
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
with Alan Ord, Bianca Maria Casoni, Vicente Sardinero, Clifford Billions, Amadeo Zambon, Montserrat Caballe, Don Yule
Conducted by Anton Guadagno
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Il Pirata, opera Nel furor della tempesta
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
with Bernabe Marti
Conducted by Anton Guadagno
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Il Pirata, opera Tu! Sciagurato! Ah fuggi
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
with Bernabe Marti, Montserrat Caballe
Conducted by Anton Guadagno
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Il Pirata, opera Eccomi a te, Gualtiero
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
with Bernabe Marti, Montserrat Caballe
Conducted by Anton Guadagno
Bellini: La Straniera,Vincenzo Bellini,Anton Guadagno,Alan Ord,Amadeo Zambon,Bernabe Marti,Bianca Maria Casoni,Clifford Billions,Don Yule,Montserrat Caballé,Vicente Sardinero,Melodram,Classical,Italian Romantic Opera,Opera,Opera / Operetta / Oratorio
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Sigismond Thalberg: Fantasies on Operas by Bellini
Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005K3P8 Release Date: 2001-07-17 |
Tracks:
- Grande Fant Et Vars Sur Des Motifs De La Norma, Op.12
- Grande Fant Et Vars Sur Des Motifs De I Capuletti, Op.10
- Fant Sur Des Motifs De Beatrice Di Tenda, Op.49
- Fant Sur Des Motifs De La Straniera, Op.9
- Grande Caprice Sur Des Motifs De La Sonnambula, Op.46
Customer Reviews:
"More perfect as a real virtuoso".......2006-06-27
Thalberg's Grande Fantaisie on Bellini's Norma Op. 12 is an exceptional work, and Robert Schumann gave it a positive review in his New Journal of Music. Being familiar with Liszt's Norma Fantasy, I found a lot in common between the two. But while Liszt's dramatic mood far exceeds Thalberg's, the virtuosic thrill and beautiful thematic material makes Thalberg's Fantasy as equally memorable as Liszt's. In his insightful book, From Paris to Peoria: How European Piano Virtuosos Brought Classical Music to the American Heartland, R. Allen Lott observes that in Thalberg's fantasia writing "Instead of merely assembling a string of mechanical variations, Thalberg [molds] the work into a dramatic unity, gradually building toward a grand climax through various restatements of the unchanging theme while the accompaniment [shifts] kaleidoscopically." I concur, especially after relistening to the two Fantaisies on Bellini's I Capuletti and Beatrice di Tenda. These majestic fantasies exude enough emotional ideas from their inherent operatic themes, but Thalberg's cantabile writing and electrifying embellishments somehow enhances the sensationalism of the music.
R. Allen Lott also believes "Thalberg's emphasis on a singing tone and brilliant virtuosic display [coalesces] in his opera fantasias, in which a lyrical melody from an operatic source is surrounded by the most severe technical demands." The Fantaisie on Bellini's La Straniera is a perfect example. Thalberg's innate sense of vocality and aria-like melodic line comes across in his pianistic treatment. Needless to say, Thalberg also works in dazzling embellishments and virtuosic fanfares. It is with the Grande caprice on Bellini's La Sonnambula that I am most taken with, though. The Introduction is full of incredible angst and orchestral sonorities and the subsequent themes from Bellini's opera gush with beauty. Thalberg uses all of his tricks of textured trills, sequenced chords, trickling arpeggios and other decorations. Yet somehow the emotional strength of Bellini's themes is never compromised. With typical Romantic bravura, the piece climaxes with fortissimo restatements and whirling energetic ornamentations. The whole fantasy is a lovely tour-de-force and a strong case for Thalberg's compositions.
Bottom line: The American critic John Sullivan Dwight didn't think there was much profundity in Thalberg's music but made the point that these fantasies "illustrate the possibilities of the piano, in a way to strike and astonish, but above all to please the general ear of music lovers." I think Thalberg's music deserves more credit than this and I believe Francesco Nicolosi proves there is more to this music than mere pianistic display. Nicolosi's robust virtuosity enables him to focus on interpretation, and I think his performances shed new light on Thalberg.
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Johann Strauss I Edition, Vol. 4
Manufacturer: Marco Polo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001Z65DU Release Date: 2004-06-15 |
Tracks:
- Schwarz'sche Ball-Tanze, Op. 32
- Charmant-Polka
- Vive La Danse! Walzer, Op. 47
- Fortuna-Galopp, Op. 69
- Heiter Auch In Ernster Zeit, Walzer, Op. 48
- Original Parademarsch: Wiener Burger Marsch No. 1
- Das Leben Ein Tanz Oder Der Tanz Ein Leben! Walzer, Op. 49
- Launen-Polka
- Cotillons Nach Beliebten Motiven Aus Der Oper Die Unbekannte, Op. 50
- Venetianer-Galopp, Op. 74
- Hof-Ball-Tanze, Walzer, Op. 51
- Galopp No. 1 Aus Die Stumme Von Portici
- Bajaderen-Walzer, Op. 53
- Galopp No. 2 Aus Die Stumme Von Portici
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Bellini: La Straniera / Scotto, Signor, Trimarchi
Vincenzo Bellini , Ettore Gracis , Renata Scotto , Domenico Trimarchi , Francesco Signor , Elena Zilio , Maurizio Mazzieri , and Florindo Andreolli Manufacturer: Opera D'oro ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000516T1 Release Date: 2000-11-14 |
Tracks:
- Act One: Intro: Voga, Voga, Il Vento Tace
- Act One: Ne Alcum Ritorna?... Oh Cruda, Dolorosa Incertezza!
- Act One: Giovin Rosa, Il Vergin Seno Schiudi Appena Al Ciel Sereno.
- Act One: Oh Tu Che Sai Gli Spasimi Di Questo Cor Piagato.
- Act One: Intro: E Questo Il Loco
- Act One: Qual Suon!... Essa E Alaide
- Act One: Alaide!... Che Miro Iin Queste Soglie
- Act One: Ah! M'odi: Io T'offesi, E Vero, E Vero
- Act One: Ah, Se Tu Vuoi Fuggir Il Mondo E Il Suo Splendor
- Act One: Odi... Qual Suon!... Si Adunano I Caccuatori Intorno
- Act One: Campo Ai Veltri... Il Cervo E Uscito
- Act One: Ti Trovo Alfin... Tu Di Me in Traccia?
- Act One: Eccola!... Cielo!
- Act One: No: Non Ti Son Rivale: Non Io Ti Tolgo Lei
- Act One: Che Mai Penso? Un Dubbio Atroce Mi Rimane
Tracks:
- Act One (Cont'd): Ah! Non Partir: Gia Stende Oscura Notte Il Velo
- Act One (Cont'd): Qual Rumor!... Che Vegg'io?
- Act One (Cont'd): Un Grido Io Sento... Suonar Per L'onda
- Act Two: Udimmo. Il Tuo Racconto Avvalora I Sospetti.
- Act Two: Ti Appressa... E Il Ver Rispondi.
- Act Two: Si, Li Scioglieste, O Giudici, Non Avvi Il Lor Delitto
- Act Two: Meco Tu Vieni, O Misera, Lunge Da Queste Porte
- Act Two: A Tempo Io Giungo... Ei Non Parti, Qui Trasse La Sofferente.
- Act Two: Sulla Salma Del Fretello T'apri Il Passo
- Act Two: E Dolce La Vergine Qual Luna Modesta
- Act Two: Che Far Vuoi Tu? Rammenta I Giuramenti Tuoi.
- Act Two: Sono All'ara... Barriera Tremenda Fra Noi Sorge
- Act Two: Pari All'amor Degli Angioli, Nume, E Il Lor Casto Affetto
- Act Two: Or Sei Pago, O Ciel Tremendo... Or Vibrato E Il Colpo Estremo.
Customer Reviews:
Respectable performance of a lesser Bellini opera.......2006-05-31
Sound: The soundscape of this set is such that I presume it was originally a pirate recording taken at a point approximately mid-theater in La Fenice. The singing voices are distant but in fairly decent balance with the equally distant orchestra. On the other hand, a horny-handed enthusiast is located immediately adjacent to the microphone. For an Italian audience, the crowd at La Fenice was remarkably quiet and self-disciplined.
Overall sound quality is very like an old AM radio broadcast, compressed and a bit thin by current standards, but still capable of providing pleasure.
Cast: Alaide, the foreign woman - Renata Scotto; Valdeburgo, her protector - Domenico Trimarchi; Arturo, a lovestruck chump - Beniamino Prior; Isoletta, his very badly used fiancee - Elena Zilio; The Prior - Maurizio Mazzieri; Montolino - Francesco Signor; Osburgo - Florindo Andreolli. Conductor: Ettore Gracis with the Orchestra and Chorus of La Fenice.
Documentation: No libretto. Otherwise, there is a typically grim Od'O package in which the always hard working Bill Parker attempts to impart the history of the opera and summarize its lunatic plot in the inadequate couple of pages allotted to him. The track list identifies the main soloist singing but omits timings.
Bellini's reputation rests on three hit operas, "I Puritani," "La Sonnambula" and, of course, evergreen "Norma." "La Straniera" is an earlier work, Bellini's fourth opera, dating from 1829. Like its predecessor, "Il Pirata," "La Straniera" achieved popular success at its premiere, but faded away to a mere operatic footnote by the end of the Nineteenth Century. With the great mid-Twentieth Century bel canto revival, it has been granted occasional performances, but "La Straniera" is far from being a standard repertory work.
"La Straniera" is written in typical Bellini-esque idiom but it lacks that indefinable zing that makes the big three operas stand out. Bellini used a simple musical vocabulary which in "La Sonnambula" and "Norma," at least, is best displayed in a series of exquisite and extraordinary duets. The plot of "La Straniera," an improbable pot-boiler based on a once popular and now justly forgotten novel, a series of wildly unlikely occurrences that makes one long for the Aristotelian unities of "Il trovatore," simply does not allow space for great duets.
This performance strikes me as being respectable, but not much more. The only star is Renata Scotto. While I am not one of her fans, I certainly appreciate that a great many people are. It seems to me that she sang well and in characteristic form on that January evening thirty-six years ago. Her fans would be well-advised to acquire this recording on that basis, alone.
The rest of the cast inhabits that cool grey zone between not bad and not particularly good. They are perfectly adequate and wholly forgettable.
Four stars.
A beautiful sample of bel canto!.......2002-11-08
therefore, not the greatest of quality sound. It is also a live recording which makes it a bit noisy. However, it adds to the excitement of the performance. The singing is first rate. Renata Scotto is at her best. She sings with great flexibility and emotion. All the other singers are also wonderful. This is one of Bellini's forgotten operas but beautifully melodic. If you are a lover of "Bel Canto" this recording should be in your library.
Great music ..........2002-08-21
No libretto with this 2 CD set -- only 6 pages of brief historical notes and synopsis.
A lovely, very tuneful, old-fashioned 'melodramatic' opera. If bel canto opera delights you this treasure certainly will. I wasn't disappointed! 5 stars for performances.
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Bellini - La Straniera / Aliberti, Bello, Frontali, Mingardo, Striuli, Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Masini
Vincenzo Bellini , Lucia Aliberti , Vincenzo Bello , Roberto Frontali , Sara Mingardo , and Carlo Striuli Manufacturer: Bmg Ricordi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004798X Release Date: 1994-11-16 |
Customer Reviews:
The Only Studio Recording of La Straniera -.......2004-07-19
Please, please re-issue this CD, if not for Aliberti's sake, at least for Bellini's sake! It isn't a bad opera! Scotto, Caballe and more recently Fleming have performed it. But only Aliberti has recorded it.
Lucia Aliberti, La Straniera.......2001-07-01
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Bellini: La Straniera
Manufacturer: Melodram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000001ZR1 Release Date: 1994-06-28 |
Tracks:
- Atto Primo: Intro - Orch Dell' American Opr Society/Anton Guadagno
- Atto Primo: Vaga, Vaga, Il Vento Tace - Chor Dell' American Opr Society/Anton Guadagno
- Atto Primo: Ne Alcun Ritorna? - Bianca Maria Casoni
- Atto Primo: Io La Vidi - Bianca Maria Casoni/Vicente Sardinero
- Atto Primo: Oh Tu Che Sai Gli Spasimi - Bianca Maria Casoni/Vicente Sardinero
- Atto Primo: E Questo Il Loco - Amedeo Zambon
- Atto Primo: Sventurato Il Cor - Montserrat Caballe/Amedeo Zambon
- Atto Primo: Serba, Serba I Tuoi Segreti - Montserrat Caballe/Amedeo Zambon
- Atto Primo: Ah, Se Tu Vuoi Fuggir - Amedeo Zambon/Montserrat Cabelle
- Atto Secondo: Intro - Chor Dell' American Opr Society/Anton Guadagno
- Atto Secondo: Ti Trovo Al Fine - Amedeo Zambon/Vicente Sardinero
- Atto Secondo: No, Non Ti Son Rivale - Vicente Sardinero/Amedeo Zambon/Montserrat Caballe
- Atto Secondo: Che Mai Penso - Amedeo Zambon/Chor Dell' American Opr Society/Anton Guadagno
- Atto Secondo: Ah, Non Partir - Montserrat Caballe/Vicente Sardinero
- Atto Secondo: Leopoldo! - Amedeo Zambon/Vicente Sardinero/Montserrat Caballe/Chor Dell' American Op Society/Anton Guadagno
- Atto Secondo: Un Grido Io Sento - Montserrat Caballe
Tracks:
- Atto Terzo: Udimmo Il Tuo Racconto - Alan Ord
- Atto Terzo: Si, Li Cogliete - Vicente Sardinero/Montserrat Caballe/Alan Ord/Chor Dell' American Op Society/Anton Guadagno
- Atto Terzo: Meco Tu Vieni - Montserrat Caballe/Bianca Maria Casoni/Amedeo Zambon/Vicente Sardinero/Don Yule/Clifford Billions...
- Atto Quarto: A Tempo Io Giungo - Amedeo Zambon/Vicente Sardinero
- Atto Quarto: Su, Sulla Salma Del Fratello - Vicente Sardinero/Amedeo Zambon
- Atto Quarto: Ne, Alcun Ritorna - Bianca Maria Casoni
- Atto Quarto: Ah, Se Non M'ami Piu - Bianca Maria Casoni
- Atto Quarto: E Dolce La Vergine - Chor Dell' American Opr Society/Anton Guadagno
- Atto Quarto: Che Far Vuoi Tu? - Montserrat Caballe/Bianca Maria Casoni/Amedeo Zambon/Vicente Sardinero/Don Yule/Clifford Billions...
- Atto Quarto: Ciel Pietoso - Montserrat Caballe
- Atto Quarto: Pari All'amor Degli Angeli - Chor Dell' American Opr Society/Anton Guadagno
- Atto Quarto: Or Sei Pago - Montserrat Caballe/Chor Dell' American Opr Society/Anton Guadagno
- Nel Furor Della Tempesta - Bernabe Marti/Herman Salerno/Jerry Helton
- Tu! Sciagurato! Ah Fuggi - Montserrat Caballe/Bernabe Marti
- Eccomi A Te, Gualtiero - 0Montserrat Caballe/Bernabe Marti/Jhon Reardon
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La Straniera
Manufacturer: Verona ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000005G60 Release Date: 1993-10-28 |
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La Straniera
Bellini , Scotto , Cioni , Trimarchi , and Sanzogno Manufacturer: Myto Records Italy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00006IZMN Release Date: 2002-09-24 |
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Bellini La Straniera Live Carnegie Hall 1969 Caballe Zambon Sardinero
Manufacturer: Legato Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000019WC Release Date: 1995-11-13 |
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Sigismond Thalberg: Fantasies on Operas by Bellini
Manufacturer: Marco Polo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000045WR Release Date: 1992-12-17 |
Tracks:
- Grande Fantaisie Et Variations Sur Des Motifs De La Norma, Op. 12
- Grande Fantaisie Et Variations Sur Des Motifs De I Capuletti, Op. 10
- Fantaisie Sur Des Motifs De Beatrice Di Tenda, Op. 49
- Fantaisie Sur Des Motifs De La Straniera, Op. 9
- Grande Caprice Sur Des Motifs De La Sonnambula
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Opera Catalogue CD Sampler, Vol. 2
Manufacturer: Verona ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000006NBD Release Date: 1993-10-28 |
Meditation Music:
- Bizet: Carmen
- Bizet: I pescatori di perle
- Cavalieri: Rappresentatione de Anima et Corpo
- Cherubini: Medea
- Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
- Donizetti: La Figlia del Reggimento
- Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor
- Donizetti: Ne m'oubliez pas
- Donizetti: Poliuto
- Dvorak: Rusalka [Highlights]
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