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In this tribute to the great nineteenth century mezzo-soprano, Maria Malibran, Cecilia Bartoli sings selections from the repertoire for which Malibran was known. Malibran also ventured into soprano roles, and Bartoli bravely and entirely successfully follows her into that territory. In fact, the primary impression the CD creates is astonishment and awe at the extraordinary range of these selections, and Bartoli's ease, absolute security, and seamless delivery, from above the treble staff to the middle of the bass staff. Hummel's Air à la Tirolienne avec variations may not be a musical masterpiece, but as a showcase for Bartoli's range, dizzying coloratura, and yodeling ability, it is breathtaking. The collection is made up of much music written especially for Malibran, and besides giving Bartoli a chance to dazzle, the pieces are irrefutable testimony to how remarkable an artist Malibran must have been. Some of the most striking pieces are the recitative and aria from her father's opera La Figlia dell'aria, a concert scena and aria by Mendelssohn, and a song by Malibran herself, which requires both a command of extended vocal techniques and a sense of humor, and Bartoli brings it off with panache. One of the strengths of the collection is its inclusion of so much repertoire that's virtually unknown today. Only three excerpts from Bellini operas and one by Rossini are likely to be familiar to most opera lovers. Bartoli's "Casta Diva" is a marvel of purity, restraint, and emotional vulnerability, and is by itself worth the price of the album. Adam Fischer conducts Orchestra La Scintilla in lively accompaniments to Bartoli's vibrant and supple performances. The CD should be of strong interest to any fans of early nineteenth century coloratura repertoire.
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Irene, o L'Assedio di Messina
Giovanni Pacini, Composer - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Giacomo Rossi, Author - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - International Chamber Soloists, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Giovanni Pacini, Composer - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Giacomo Rossi, Author - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - International Chamber Soloists, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Una Prelle, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Ines di Castro
Salvatore Cammarano, Author - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Maria Goldschmidt, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Una Prelle, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Giuseppe Persiani, Composer - Daniel Pezzotti, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Infelice
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maxim Vengerov, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
El Poeta Calculista (Manuel Garcia)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ricardo Espinosa, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manuel Garcia, ComposerLyricist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elena Vicini, Castanets, AssociatedPerformer - Claudio Mermoud, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Isabel Amaya, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
La Sonnambula
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Felice Romani, Author - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Celso Albelo, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - International Chamber Soloists, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Felice Romani, Author - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Celso Albelo, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - International Chamber Soloists, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Air à la Tirolienne avec Variations
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Composer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Maria Goldschmidt, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Pickup, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
La Figlia dell'Aria
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Giacomo Rossi, Author - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - International Chamber Soloists, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manuel Garcia, Composer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Rataplan (Maria Malibran)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Maria Malibran, ComposerLyricist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Benjamin Forster, Drum, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
'Dopo tante e tante pene' (Giovanni Pacini)
Giovanni Pacini, ComposerLyricist - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
I Puritani
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luca Pisaroni, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Carlo Pepoli, Author - Celso Albelo, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luca Pisaroni, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Carlo Pepoli, Author - Celso Albelo, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Clari (Fromental Halévy)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Fromental Halévy, Composer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pietro Giannone, Author - Ada Pesch, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Amelia ovvero otto anni di costanza
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - International Chamber Soloists, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Calisto Bassi, Author - Lauro Rossi, Composer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Pickup, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
L'elisir d'amore
Felice Romani, Author - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Maria Malibran, Composer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Norma
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Felice Romani, Author - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - International Chamber Soloists, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Maria Goldschmidt, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
The Maid of Artois
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael William Balfe, Composer - Alfred Bunn, Author - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - International Chamber Soloists, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antoine-François Prevost, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Overture : 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cesare Sterbini, Author - Christopher Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Adam Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giuseppe Petrosellini, Author, Original Text Author - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Cecilia Bartoli: Maria interview (Various Composers)
Cecilia Bartoli, Narrator, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Cecilia Bartoli, Narrator, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Cecilia Bartoli, Narrator, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Cecilia Bartoli, Narrator, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Cecilia Bartoli, Narrator, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Cecilia Bartoli, Narrator, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Cecilia Bartoli, Narrator, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Cecilia Bartoli, Narrator, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Cecilia Bartoli, Narrator, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
In this tribute to the great nineteenth century mezzo-soprano, Maria Malibran, Cecilia Bartoli sings selections from the repertoire for which Malibran was known. Malibran also ventured into soprano roles, and Bartoli bravely and entirely successfully follows her into that territory. In fact, the primary impression the CD creates is astonishment and awe at the extraordinary range of these selections, and Bartoli's ease, absolute security, and seamless delivery, from above the treble staff to the middle of the bass staff. Hummel's Air à la Tirolienne avec variations may not be a musical masterpiece, but as a showcase for Bartoli's range, dizzying coloratura, and yodeling ability, it is breathtaking. The collection is made up of much music written especially for Malibran, and besides giving Bartoli a chance to dazzle, the pieces are irrefutable testimony to how remarkable an artist Malibran must have been. Some of the most striking pieces are the recitative and aria from her father's opera La Figlia dell'aria, a concert scena and aria by Mendelssohn, and a song by Malibran herself, which requires both a command of extended vocal techniques and a sense of humor, and Bartoli brings it off with panache. One of the strengths of the collection is its inclusion of so much repertoire that's virtually unknown today. Only three excerpts from Bellini operas and one by Rossini are likely to be familiar to most opera lovers. Bartoli's "Casta Diva" is a marvel of purity, restraint, and emotional vulnerability, and is by itself worth the price of the album. Adam Fischer conducts Orchestra La Scintilla in lively accompaniments to Bartoli's vibrant and supple performances. The CD should be of strong interest to any fans of early nineteenth century coloratura repertoire.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:33:47
- Main artists: Cecilia Bartoli Orchestra La Scintilla Ádám Fischer
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical Opera Opera Extracts
© 2007 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2007 Decca Music Group Limited
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