Rossini’s Rivals – with Elinor Amlen
From: $4.95
Music by Then-Famous, Now-Obscure, Italian Composers–Vaccai, Valentino Fioravanti, Mercadante, Pacini, Federico Ricci.
Elinor Amlen, soprano. Mayne Miller, piano. Contains a 32-page booklet with composer biographies by Stefan Zucker + translations.
If you order a total of five or more qualifying DVDs, videos, CD sets or photos at the same time, you can receive a sixth item of your choice for FREE from this list. After you have placed the required five items in your shopping cart, you can select your free item from the list that will appear at the bottom of your shopping cart page.
“exceptional musicality and ease “possesses a beautiful coloratura soprano.”–Novoye Russkaye Slovo
Elinor Amlen has appeared in recital, opera and as a chamber soloist in most of the major New York area concert halls. Her repertory extends from pre-baroque to contemporary, and she has given many world premieres of works by American composers.
Mastered with an AD122-96MKII Gold, from Lavry Engineering.
Rossini by 1813, at age 21, after Tancredi and L’Italiana in Algeri, in a sense had no rivals, so complete was his triumph. Yet he was the ultimate rival against whom all others were measured. With this album we are tracing the careers of some of the most prominent.
Selections:
Ah, mio prence!* Giovanni Pacini
Io d’Imen m’affretto all’ara,* from Furio Camillo Giovanni Pacini. With chorus, Kathleen Martin, chorus conductor
Il desiato ritorno: Vieni, la barca è pronta (barcarola)* Saverio Mercadante
Io di sua cara immagine,* from Il marito e l’amante Federico Ricci. With Jill Bosworth, mezzo-soprano
Quanto è dolce,* from Pietro il grande Nicola Vaccai
Sono amabil, son graziosa,* from I virtuosi ambulanti Valentino Fioravanti. With chorus, George Rothman, chorus conductor
Vieni almeno, o mia speranza,* from Il posto abbandonato Saverio Mercadante
In questo semplice, from Betly Gaetano Donizetti
*First Recording