Norma [Import]

Vincenzo Bellini (Composer), Oliviero de Fabritiis (Conductor), Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra (Orchestra), Leyla Gencer (Performer), Ivo Vinco (Performer), Fiorenza Cossotto (Performer), Anna Lia Bazzani (Performer), Gastone Limarilli (Performer), Vittorio Pandano (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Leyla Gencer, Ivo Vinco, Fiorenza Cossotto, Anna Lia Bazzani, Gastone Limarilli, et al.
• Orchestra: Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra
• Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
• Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
• Audio CD (September 9, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Myto Records Italy
• ASIN: B0000061DE
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #480,015 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Norma, opera: Act One: Ouverture

2. Norma, opera: Act One: Ite sul colle, o Druidi

3. Norma, opera: Act One: Svanir le voci! e dell'orrenda selva

4. Norma, opera: Act One: Meco all' altar di Venere

5. Norma, opera: Act One: Odi?...I suoi riti a commpiere

6. Norma, opera: Act One: Me protegge, me difende

7. Norma, opera: Act One: Norma viene: le cinge la chioma

8. Norma, opera: Act One: Sediziose voci

9. Norma, opera: Act One: Casta Diva, che inargenti

10. Norma, opera: Act One: Fine al rito, e il sacro bosco

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Norma, opera: Act One: Oh! di qual sei tu vittima

2. Norma, opera: Act One: Perfido!...Or basti

3. Norma, opera: Act One: Vanne, si, mi lascia, indegno

4. Norma, opera: Act Two: Introduzione

5. Norma, opera: Act Two: Dormono entrambi

6. Norma, opera: Act Two: Me chiami, o Norma?

7. Norma, opera: Act Two: Deh! con te, con te li prendi

8. Norma, opera: Act Two: Mira, o Norma, a' tuoi ginocchi

9. Norma, opera: Act Two: Si, fino all'ore estreme

10. Norma, opera: Act Two: Non parti?

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars genceritis, February 27, 2000

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rafael garcia (Madrid Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norma (Audio CD)

This was my first introduction to Leyla Gencer and it took me a little time to get used to her-she is a cross between Callas and Scotto - wonderful high notes held aloft for ages - full dramatic dedication with equally wonderful low notes - she really interprets the `part. Cossotto also too is at her peak. The only draw back and it is a big one is that the prompter also too plays a very big part in this recording!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Singalong-a-Leyla, January 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Norma (Audio CD)

This is a wonderful recording. It is the best and worst of Italian opera on pirate recordings.

The best is the individual singing of Gencer and Cossotto. There is a frisson about their duets which makes me wonder if it wasn't just a little bit of a contest maybe, like seeing who can out last the other?

Gencer's overall interpretation is affective and affecting. I almost prefer it to another FAMOUS INTERPRETATION. Almost.

The worst part is that someone close to the tape machine is singing along with it at times. Either when the recording was made or when the transfers to cd were made, and this is a major distraction.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gencer in Norma worth hearing and owning, August 25, 2000

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S. Phillips (Brooklyn, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Norma (Audio CD)

Gencer makes a wonderful Norma--from throaty and guttural to sublime in pianissimos. Cossotto is solid, and the duets with her and Gencer are wonderful musicianship. The major drawback to the ensemble is Limarilli, whose voice is sometimes thin and reedy--a hard change from the Corelli/DiStefano recordings.