Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Label: Angel Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 077776484624
EAN: 0077776484624
ASIN: B000002S54

Release Date: 1994-09-20

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Bellini, Vincenzo

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My favorite Bellini's opera recordings
EMI Classics Mid-price Opera Series - 1
Some Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini
Vincenzo Bellini, The Gentle Melodies
Bel Canto Heaven!
The Divine Gruberova

Tracks:

Sinfonia - Choir Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Aggiorna Appena...
O Di Capellio, Generosi Amici
E Serbata A Questo Acciaro
Si: M'abbraccia
L'amo Tanto, E M'e Si Cara
Vanne Lorenzo
Lieto Del Dolce Incarco
Ascolta. Se Romeo T'uccise Un Figlio
Riedi Al Campo
La Tremenda Ultrice Spada
Eccomi In Lieta Vesta
Oh! Quante Volte
Propizia E L'ora
Si, Fruggire: A Noi Nin Resta
Odi Tu? L'altar Funesto
Vieni, Ah! Vieni

Tracks:

Lieta Notte, Avventurosa
Deh! Per Pieta, T'arresta
Tace Il Fragor
Che Miro?
Soccorso, Sostegno Accordagli
Accorriam...Romeo!
Ne Alcun Ritorna!
Morte Io Non Temo Il Sai
Prendi, Gl'istanti Volano
Deh! Padre Mio
Deserto E Il Luogo
Chi Sei Tu
Qua' Voci! Oh Dio!
Ella E Morta, O Sciagurato
Siam Giunti
Ecco La Tomba
Tu Sola, O Mia Giulietta
O Tu, Mia Sola Speme
Ah! Crudel! Che Mai Facesti?

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Customer Reviews:

Almost unbearable beauty - Bellini sung to the point of ecstasy.......2006-03-13

This is a magical recording... From the opening to the heartbreaking end, one is caught, captivated, spellbound. In fact, "spellbinding" is so completely the word I must use that I have to fight not to repeat myself.

Edita Gruberova is, of course, one of the world's most superb bel canto singers. Her voice is a lyric dramatic coloratura - no hint of strain in her top notes, beautiful gleaming colour all the way down, with agile facility and a superb way of stringing her vocal line along the radiance of a rising sun.

Agnes Baltsa is so unbeatable as Romeo that it is a privilege to hear her. There is such an almost... ferocious quality in her voice... a ferocity that is strictly disciplined within a superb technique. In her duet work with Gruberova, oh!! Oh! It's the stuff of legends!

The rest of the cast is very good indeed.

There are other recordings of this gorgeous opera - but believe me, not ONE of them approaches even the outer limits of this unmatched recording. I am unable to listen to "O quante volto" as sung by Gruberova without feeling tears start. It's simply that beautiful.

Beautiful Bel Canto Romeo And Juliet.......2006-02-09

This is one of the few recordings of Bellini's bel canto opera I Capuleti E I Montechi (Capulets and Montagues) which has long been overshadowed by Gounod's Romeo Et Juliette, an opera still staged in opera houses, while this one has gone on the wayside. This one stars Edita Gruberova as Juliet and Agnes Baltsa as Romeo, with Piero Cappuccilli rounding out the cast. Ricardo Muti conducts. The strength of this recording is the fine digital remastered sound and the glorious voices. Edita Gruberova is a very sweet-voiced, coloratura goddess with all the right vocal make-up to essay the role of Juliet. She feminine, delicate but never acidic or thin in her voice. Hers is a rich, creamy voice, though not at all Italian since Miss Gruberova is East European. Agnes Baltsa goes above and beyond as Romeo. Her versatility as a mezzo soprano has given us fine Ebolis, Queen Elisabeth I in Maria Stuarda, Dalilahs, Venus from Tannhauser and on this recording the trouse role of Romeo. She is wholly convincing as a passionate man! Her voice is dark, rich but flexible and high-flying. She makes a far better Romeo than even Janet Baker in the EMI recording with Beverly Sills. Piero Cappuccilli is a phenomenal singer but bel canto is not really his thing. He sings with flair but he loses all sense of this particular musicality and for all we know could be singing Verdi instead of Bellini. Muti knows how to make the score alive with color and subtleties. But really, the only reason I even bought this recording was because Agnes Baltsa is such a terrific singer-actress. Her Romeo is unbeatable. You have to hear it yourself. I first heard it from a broadcast on the internet radio station Viva La Voce. Miss Baltsa is a mezzo-soprano whose likes we'll never see again.

Bellini a plagiarizer!!!.......2004-01-17

The harp-accompanied section of Giulietta's aria, "O quante volte, quante", sounds suspiciously like Desdemona's harp-accompanied Willow Song from "Otello". Even the introductory harp notes of the Bellini aria resemble the introductory harp notes of Rossini's aria! Shame on Bellini for copying Rossini!

Good, but not excelent.......2003-09-11

I bought this because I like very much the Gruberova interpretations of Bel Canto Repertoire and I consider Balsa a great Mezzo. They don't disappoint here. Gruberova quite good and Balsa is a convincing Romeo.
I'm always septic about Muti. His obsession about the "come scrito" interpretation can be quite boring. Gruberavova's great high notes are missing here.
Sometimes during the interpretation it seems this is a studio record. This can be good and bad, good because of the sound quality and bad because we don't fill the public emotion (applauses only in the end of the acts).

The best recording so far..........2003-07-17

Initially I was a bit sceptical of this recording since I usually keep away from live recordings. I had listened to the Hong/Larmore recording (Teldec) numerous times but found it a bit lifeless. In my opinion Larmore doesn't cut it for Bellini.

So I finally decided to buy this mid-priced recording - NO REGRETS! There are only minimal flaws, such as microphone placing (the orchestra is a bit loud) and some audience noise. Aside from that, Baltsa and Gruberova give a most convincing performance. Giulietta's 'Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh! quante volte' is totally sublime! Muti delivers a most Italianate interpretation. Highly recommended!!!

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