This disc of highlights from Virgin's complete recording of La Sonnambula is attractive (and significant) for a number of reasons. It's the first to use the critical edition of the score by made Alessandro Roccatagliati and Luca Zoppelli, to which some music has been restored and which has corrected the orchestration and restored the original keys of various numbers for which transposition has become routine. The edition was unveiled at Santa Fe, in a production featuring soprano Natalie Dessay and conductor Evelino Pidò, ...
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This disc of highlights from Virgin's complete recording of La Sonnambula is attractive (and significant) for a number of reasons. It's the first to use the critical edition of the score by made Alessandro Roccatagliati and Luca Zoppelli, to which some music has been restored and which has corrected the orchestration and restored the original keys of various numbers for which transposition has become routine. The edition was unveiled at Santa Fe, in a production featuring soprano Natalie Dessay and conductor Evelino Pidò, both of whom perform here, and they are two of the other main reasons for the success of this CD. Pidò leads the Orchestra and Choirs of l'Opéra de Lyon in an exceptionally supple and rhythmically fluid performance. His reading of Bellini's accompaniments is never perfunctory, but attuned to the drama and to driving the action on-stage. The orchestra and chorus both perform with exquisite intonation and precision. Dessay seems born to sing Amina, both musically and dramatically. The...
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Add this copy of La Sonnambula Highlights to cart. $18.58, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Virgin Classics.