Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook (1997) [FLAC]

Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook (1997) [FLAC]


Release Date
September 16, 1997
Duration
01:07:13
Genre
Classical
Styles
Vocal Music


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For an operatic superstar, Cecilia Bartoli has invested an unusual amount of energy into the musicological pursuit of researching (and then performing) obscure repertoire, particularly of the Italian Baroque and Romantic eras. In this release, she brings to light songs by Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Gioachino Rossini, composers known almost exclusively for their operas. Each was a prolific song composer, but few of their works in this genre are known, and only a handful are published in modern editions. The songs represented here are mostly fairly simple strophic songs, but they reflect the same gift for melody and penchant for florid vocal display that characterized their operas. In fact, many of these songs could be slipped into their operas without causing any sense of stylistic or aesthetic disruption. Among the most striking are Bellini's haunting L'abbandono, Donizetti's boisterous "Me voglio fà 'na casa," Rossini's manic La danza, and his profound and moving A ma belle mère. Bartoli delivers the music with her characteristic gusto and full commitment, which, while it may not always result in technically immaculate performances, always packs a visceral punch. James Levine provides a chaste, subdued, and immaculate piano accompaniment. The sound is clear and clean, but seems just a little close.




Track Listing:

1
Aragonese, for voice & piano (Péchés de vieillesse, book 11), QR iv/44
Gioachino Rossini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
3:30
2
Vaga luna, che inargenti, song for voice & piano
Vincenzo Bellini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
4:02
3
Il barcajuolo ("Voga, voga, il vento tace"), for voice & piano
Gaetano Donizetti

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
2:47
4
Ah, rammenta, o bella Irene, cavatina for voice & piano
Gaetano Donizetti

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
5:38
5
L' abbandono (L'ultima veglia), for mezzo-soprano & piano
Vincenzo Bellini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
4:16
6
La passeggiata ("Or che di fiori adorno"), for voice & piano
Gioachino Rossini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
4:02
7
Malinconia, ninfa gentile for voice & piano (6 ariette da camera)
Vincenzo Bellini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
1:16
8
Amore e morte ("Odi d'un uom che muore"), arietta for voice & piano
Gaetano Donizetti

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
3:28
9
L' invito ("Vieni o Ruggiero"), song (bolero) for voice & piano (Soirées Musicales)
Gioachino Rossini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
3:31
10
La conocchia ("Quann'a lo bello mio voho parlare"), song for voice & piano
Gaetano Donizetti

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
2:19
11
Il fervido desiderio, for voice & piano
Vincenzo Bellini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
2:35
12
Torna vezzosa Fillide, for soprano & piano
Vincenzo Bellini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
7:53
13
Vanne, o rosa fortunata, for voice & piano (6 ariette da camera)
Vincenzo Bellini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
2:06
14
Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano
Vincenzo Bellini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
3:15
15
La farfalletta, song for voice & piano
Vincenzo Bellini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
2:01
16
A ma belle mère (Requiem eternam), for piano in A major (Péchés de vieillesse, book 11), QR xi/58
Gioachino Rossini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
2:58
17
Per pietà, bell' idol mio, for voice & piano (6 ariette da camera)
Vincenzo Bellini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
2:03
18
Amor marinaro ("Me voglio fà na casa"), canzonetta napoletana for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Gaetano Donizetti

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
2:12
19
L' esule ("Qui sempre ride in cielo"), for voice & piano (Péchés de vieillesse, book 3), QR iv/25
Gioachino Rossini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
4:13
20
La danza. Tarantella Napolitana ("Già la luna è in mezzo al mare"), for voice & piano (Soirées musicales)
Gioachino Rossini

Cecilia Bartoli / James Levine
3:08



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