Child Prodigy to Student Triumph
Donald Macleod introduces some of Bellini's early works, including a song written at the age of 12, an oboe concerto and an excerpt from his first opera, Adelson e Salvini.
Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini, famous for his bel canto era operas, was born into a musical family in Catania, Sicily in 1801. If papers are to be believed, he could sing an aria at 18 months old, and began composing at the age of six.
Donald Macleod introduces some of Bellini's early works, including a song written at the age of 12, an oboe concerto and an extract from his first opera Adelson e Salvini, that so impressed his fellow students and professors it was performed at the conservatory in Naples every Sunday for a year. We hear about his lifelong friend and biographer Francesco Florimo, and an early romance. We will also hear music from Norma, one of Bellini's most successful operas, and his last opera I Puritani.
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Vincenzo Bellini
I Puritani Di Scozia - Act 1 scene 3: Ad Arturo onore (chorus) & A Te, O Cara (aria)
Performer: The Rome Opera Chorus. Singer: London Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Singer: Joan Sutherland. Singer: Nicola茂 Ghiaurov.- DECCA 417588-2.
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I Puritani di Scozia - In the castle's Hall of Arms
Performer: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Singer: London Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Singer: Joan Sutherland. Singer: Nicola茂 Ghiaurov.- DECCA 417588-2.
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I Puritani Di Scozia - Act 1 scene 3: Ad Arturo onore (chorus) & A Te, O Cara (aria)
Performer: The Rome Opera Chorus. Singer: London Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Singer: Joan Sutherland. Singer: Nicola茂 Ghiaurov.- DECCA 417588-2.
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Vincenzo Bellini
La Farfalletta - Canzoncina For Voice And Piano
Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Conductor: James Levine.- DECCA : 455 513-2-.
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Vincenzo Bellini
La Farfalletta
Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Conductor: James Levine.- DECCA : 455 513-2-.
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Vincenzo Bellini
La Farfalletta - Canzoncina For Voice And Piano
Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Conductor: James Levine.- DECCA : 455 513-2-.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Salve Regina In A Major For Chorus And Orchestra
Orchestra: Prague S O. Choir: Radiotelevision Tcheque. Conductor: Eduardo Brizio.- STUDIO: SM D24444.
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Salve regina
Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Brizio.- STUDIO: SM D24444.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Salve Regina In A Major For Chorus And Orchestra
Orchestra: Prague S O. Choir: Radiotelevision Tcheque. Conductor: Eduardo Brizio.- STUDIO: SM D24444.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Dolente Immagine Di Fille Mia - Arietta For Voice And Piano
Performer: Giorgio Favaretto. Singer: Renata Tebaldi.- DECCA : 452-472 2.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Dolente immagine di Fille mia
Performer: Giorgio Favaretto. Singer: Renata Tebaldi.- DECCA : 452-472 2.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Dolente Immagine Di Fille Mia - Arietta For Voice And Piano
Performer: Giorgio Favaretto. Singer: Renata Tebaldi.- DECCA : 452-472 2.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Oboe concerto
Performer: Diego Dini Ciacci. Orchestra: Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto.- CPO 777715-2.
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Oboe Concerto in E flat major
Performer: Diego Dini Ciacci. Orchestra: Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto.- CPO 777715-2.
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Oboe concerto
Performer: Diego Dini Ciacci. Orchestra: Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto.- CPO 777715-2.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Adelson E Salvini - Act 1 Romanza: Dopa l鈥檕scuro nembo
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.- ERATO: 2564636562.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Adelson e Salvini
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.- ERATO: 2564636562.
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Adelson E Salvini - Act 1 Romanza: Dopa l鈥檕scuro nembo
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.- ERATO: 2564636562.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Norma - Act 2 Scene 3 finale Qual cor tradisti鈥� Deh! Non volerli vittime
Performer: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Nicola Rossi鈥怢emeni. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.- NAXOS 811032527.
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Deh! non volerli vittime (Norma)
Performer: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Nicola Rossi鈥怢emeni. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.- NAXOS 811032527.
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Norma - Act 2 Scene 3 finale Qual cor tradisti鈥� Deh! Non volerli vittime
Performer: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Nicola Rossi鈥怢emeni. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.- NAXOS 811032527.
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