Orchestra e Coro del Teatro, Massimo Bellini di Catania & Fabrizio Maria Carminati – Bellini: Il Pirata (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:41:23 minutes | 2,93 GB | Genre: Classical
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The new recording features an uncut edition including all the repetitions, original cadenzas and variations written by the singers, as well as the rarely performed finaletto.
In a statement Prima Classic, noted, “This relatively rarely performed opera stands out in the bel canto repertoire for its original musical resources applied by a young but undeniably genius Bellini, who was pushing the limits of the musical traditions of his time. Particularly original is the chorus of the Pirates with the echo effect: this genial page drew a clamorous success and was defined by a critic at La Scala ‘…a masterpiece of musical science.’”
“[Rebeka] displays a nimble coloratura from a voice that sits happily in the middle register but with a nice ripe top…A word of praise, too, for the villainous baritone Ernesto. Franco Vassallo eschews eyerolling melodrama in search of a character who is genuinely divided against himself.” (BBC Music Magazine)
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