General Note: Sung in Italian and Spanish.LSC 16.55Program notes in English, French, and German, with lyrics with English, French and German translations (55 p. : ill.) inserted in container.A tribute to Maria Malibran, the first female music superstar, featuring songs from her repertoire, including some works composed by or for her.Compact disc (DDD).
Formatted Contents Note: Irene, o, L'assedio di Messina. Se un mio desir-- Cedi al duol (3:45) ; Ira del ciel (2:22) / Giovanni Pacini (Una Prelle, harp ; International Chamber Soloists) -- Ines de Castro. Cari giorni / Giuseppe Persiani (Maria Goldschmidt, flute ; Daniel Pezzotti, cello ; Una Prelle, harp) (4:09) -- Infelice (London version) / Mendelssohn (Maxim Vengerov, violin) (12:14) -- El poeta calculista. Yo que soy contrabandista / Manuel García (Elena Vicini, castanet ; Claudio Mermoud, guitar) (2:23) -- La sonnambula. Ah! Non credea mirarti (4:18) ; Ah! non giunge (3:24) / Vincenzo Bellini (Celso Albelo, tenor ; International Chamber Soloists) -- Air à la troienne avec variations / Johann Nepomuk Hummel (Maria Goldschmidt, flute ; Robert Pickup, clarinet) (7:24) -- La figlia dell'aria. E non lo vedo-- son regina / Manuel García (International Chamber Soloists) (7:02) -- Rataplan / Maria Malibran (Benjamin Forster, drum) (2:26) -- Dopo tante e tante pene / Giovanni Pacini (for Rossini's Tancredi) (3:14) -- I Puritani. O rendetemi la speme-- qui la voce (5:20) -- Vien, diletto (2:48) / Vincenzo Bellini (Malibran version) (Celso Albelo, tenor ; Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone) -- Clari. Come dolce a me favelli / Jacques Fromental Halévy (Ada Pesch, violin) (4:37) -- Amelia, ovvero, Otto anni di costanza. Scorrete, o lagrime / Lauro Rossi (Robert Pickup, clarinet ; International Chamber Soloists) (2:33) -- Prendi, per me sei libero / Maria Malibran (for Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore) (4:15) -- Norma. Casta diva / Vincenzo Bellini (Maria Goldschmidt, flute ; International Chamber Soloists) (6:48)
Participant or Performer Note: Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano ; with vocal and instrumental acc. ; Orchestra La Scintilla ; Adam Fischer, conductor.