Vincenzo bellini compilation cds

Here’s a treat–more than two and one half hours of heart-stopping Bellini melodies sung by many of the best voices of the first half of the 20th century.

The first disc is of acoustic recordings, the second, of electrics.

Vincenzo bellini compilation cds

With the exception of Claudia Muzio’s gorgeous “Sorgi, o padre” from Bianca e Fernando, all selections derive from La Sonnambula, Norma, and I Puritani. The usual suspects are found on these 40 tracks, from sopranos Amelita Galli-Curci and Selma Kurz, whose amazingly fluent “Ah!

non credea mirarti” from La Sonnambula is a highlight, to Rosa Ponselle and Maria Callas, the latter represented by her 1949 Cetra recording of “Qui la voce. . .

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Vien diletto” from I Puritani. Tenors range from collectors’ favorites of the bel canto era such as Fernando De Lucia’s wildly free 1908 version of “Ah! perché non posso odiarti” from La Sonnambula and Alessand