Davide Damiani Saverio Mercadante Paolo Arrivabeni - Mercadante La vestale (16 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Davide Damiani, Saverio Mercadante, Paolo Arrivabeni
Mercadante: La vestale
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. La Vestale, opera: Act 1. Prelude and morning prayer. Salve O Dea protettrice di Roma
2. La Vestale, opera: Act 1. Recitative after the prayer. Sì, ministre dell'ara
3. La Vestale, opera: Act 1. Scena and Duet. Ingiusto ciel... Di conforto un raggio solo
4. La Vestale, opera: Act 1. Triumphal Chorus. Plauso al Duce vincitore
5. La Vestale, opera: Act 1. Scena and Largo of the Pezzo Concertato. Padre! - Deccio, m'abbraccia... Quanto mi cinge, qu
6. La Vestale, opera: Act 1. Continuation and Stretta of the Pezzo Concertato. Si compia il rito
7. La Vestale, opera: Act 1. Scena and Duet, Finale 1. Publio, mi sei tu vero amico?... È la patria, è Roma insano!
Track Listings (9) - Disc #2
1. La Vestale, opera: Act 2. Introduction and Prayer. Se fino al cielo ascendere
2. La Vestale, opera: Act 2. Scena and Duet. A te commetto la sacra face... No, l'acciar non fu spietato
3. La Vestale, opera: Act 2. Scena and Aria. Ah, il foco - È spento... Versate amare lagrime
4. La Vestale, opera: Act 2. Scena before the Act 2 Finale. Sull'attonita fronte
5. La Vestale, opera: Act 2. Continuation and Largo of Finale 2. Consoli, più s'aspetta?
6. La Vestale, opera: Act 2. Continuation and stretta of Finale 2. Padre! - Di Roma un Console figli non ha
7. La Vestale, opera: Act 3. Chorus, Scena and Aria. Console ci ascolti... Se non potrà la vittima
8. La Vestale, opera: Act 3. Chorus before the Duet. Ah, questa vittima
9. La Vestale, opera: Act 3. Scena and Duet, Finale 3. Ove tratta son'io... Ah! mira gl'incensi

CD Details

All Artists: Davide Damiani, Saverio Mercadante, Paolo Arrivabeni, Agata Bienkowska, Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra, Danna Glasser, Doriana Milazzo, Dante Alcalá, Ladislav Elgar
Title: Mercadante: La vestale
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Marco Polo
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 10/18/2005
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 636943531020

CD Reviews

Overly unimpressive

Alfredo R. Villanueva | New York, NY United States | 10/24/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"First of all, no libretto. Luckily Naxos provides one on internet--only in Italian--that you can follow onscreen. Second, a rather curious detail. The opera has three arias and one cabaletta, all written for minor characters! Dante Alcala, a Mexican tenor, is outstanding, with a voice reminiscent of the young Domingo. Second best, Davide Damiani, baritone. The other male roles forcefully filled. The women, alas, are not cast as strongly: Doriana MIlazzo in the title role is sweetly voiced, while Agata Bienkova lacks the technique for this kind of music and Donna Glaser as the Grand Vestale howls rather than sings. Very clean sound. I bought it because I know there are no chances of my ever attending a performance of it and I want to explore "the other" non-canonical opera repertory."