Bellini - I Puritani / Sutherland [Import]

Vincenzo Bellini (Artist), Joan Sutherland (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Bella Voce Records
• ASIN: B000005SJB
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #309,214 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #56 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Sutherland, Joan

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. I Puritani, opera: Introduzione

2. I Puritani, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. All'erta! All'erta!

3. I Puritani, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. O di Cromvel guerrieri

4. I Puritani, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. A festa!

5. I Puritani, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. Or dove fuggio io mai?

6. I Puritani, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. Ah! per sempre io ti perdei

7. I Puritani, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. T'appellan le schiere... / Bel sogno beato, di pace e contento

8. I Puritani, opera: Act 1. Scene 2. O amato zio, o mio secondo padre!

9. I Puritani, opera: Act 1. Scene 2. Sai com'arde in petto mio...

10. I Puritani, opera: Act 1. Scene 2. Odi... Qual suon si desta?

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Disc: 2

1. I Puritani, opera: Act 2. Ah... dolor! Ah terror!

2. I Puritani, opera: Act 2. Qual novella?

3. I Puritani, opera: Act 2. Cinta di fiori e col ben crin disciolto

4. I Puritani, opera: Act 2. E di morte lo stral non sarà lento

5. I Puritani, opera: Act 2. O rendetemi la speme... / Qui la voce sua soave mi chiamava...

6. I Puritani, opera: Act 2. Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna!

7. I Puritani, opera: Act 2. Il rival salvar tu dêi

8. I Puritani, opera: Act 2. Se tra il buio un fantasma vedra!

9. I Puritani, opera: Act 2. Riccardo! Riccardo!

10. I Puritani, opera: Act 2. Suoni la tromba

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars gorgeous, February 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Bellini - I Puritani / Sutherland (Audio CD)

This is the 1962 version of Puritani that shows the young Australian diva at her most spectacular voice. Back in the early 1960's, she can do no wrong. All of the diva's later droopiness are non existent here, and the voice is so gorgeous that it leaves you breathless. Equally good is the Sonnambula of the same period.

47 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, but what about the Pavorotti/Sutherland effort?, August 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bellini - I Puritani / Sutherland (Audio CD)

The cd here is the masterpiece of our time... the tour de force of bel canto...but what happened to the Sutherland/Pavorotti Puritani they did in 1976??? That was one of the great bel canto recording of the 20th century. Why is Decca not releasing it???????? Granted, the cd here is a force to reckoned with, but we still need to have the 1976 recording.

50 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brava, May 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bellini - I Puritani / Sutherland (Audio CD)

In her first and better Puritani, Sutherland is phenomenal. No one can touch Sutherland when she was in her vocal prime as she is here. Fioritura, trills, staccati all done to perfection as always. But her high notes have to be heard to believe. Unlike Callas, who was terrified of the extreme high notes of "D" and "E", Sutherland is at most glorious there. A must have for the bel canto lover.