Cecilia Bartoli, John Osborn, Sumi Jo, Michele Pertusi, Orchestra La Scintilla, Giovanni Antonini – Bellini: Norma (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Cecilia Bartoli, John Osborn, Sumi Jo, Michele Pertusi, Orchestra La Scintilla, Giovanni Antonini – Bellini: Norma (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:23:04 minutes | 2,60 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.

In collaboration with Giovanni Antonini, Riccardo Minasi and Maurizio Biondi, Cecilia Bartoli restores the sound and spirit of Norma in a landmark Decca recording based on the opera’s original sources. Cecilia Bartoli leads a fabulous cast in Decca’s groundbreaking new recording, which presents Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma in a form that is complete with the exquisite mix of vocal and instrumental colours that Bellini intended for his ‘tragic opera’.
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Orchestra La Scintilla & Riccardo Minasi – Vivaldi/verdi: The four seasons (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/176,4kHz]

Orchestra La Scintilla & Riccardo Minasi – Vivaldi/verdi: The four seasons (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176,4 kHz | Time – 01:08:19 minutes | 2,07 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Philharmonia Records – Opernhaus Zürich

Internationally renowned violinist and conductor Riccardo Minasi and the Orchestra La Scintilla, based at Opernhaus Zürich, enjoy a close working relationship. Together with the ensemble’s superb musicians, who specialize in historically-informed performance, Minasi has recorded two very different compositions, both entitled «Vier Jahreszeiten» («Four Seasons»), for Philharmonia Records. In addition to the four famous concerti by Antonio Vivaldi, in which Minasi proves himself to be a brilliant soloist, the recording features ballet music by Giuseppe Verdi, written 125 years later. This pairing gives the ensemble the opportunity to showcase both the breadth of its repertoire and its considerable flexibility. Verdi on period instruments: a completely new aural experience!

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