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Rossini: Opera Arias and Overtures with Maria Bayo and Rinaldo Alessandrini

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Maria Bayo has one of the clearest, most flexible voices I have ever heard. She follows in the footsteps of her teachers, the late Teresa Berganza and Pilar Lorengar, with her Spaniard approach to Bel Canto and coloratura phrasing. This compilation has some rarities, excellent overtures, and the last aria (Track 8) really stands out as the jewel from the album. This is worth the price, being an import, and be sure to get her Mozart Arias and Handel Arias as well. She's one of the most up and coming singers in Zarzuela (Spanish bel canto) and lyric opera of Verdi, Rossini, Donizetti. I would not be surprised to hear her as the new greatest Lucia di Lammermoor after Anna Moffo or Natalie Dessay's recent attempt (which isn't bad, I might add, albeit different).

Now this is what I am talking about! A wonderful voice, a great period instrument orchestra, an HIP approach and a beautifully recorded CD. What more could anyone want?

This marvellous and sexy recording of Rossini arias is just my cup of tea. Maria Bayo is just wonderful. Her period instrument orchestra is just wonderful and Rinaldo Alessandrini deserves a gold medal for this recording. The sounds are great and the music is just wonderful.

There are no other recordings like this one. This one is unique and there are no other recording of this repertoire on period instruments. So this is the only one available. But it is a wonder, nontheless.

Please consider buying this recording if you're a music lover - especially if you love Early Music and if you love 19th century opera - both come together on this recording.

Definitivamente, la gran soprano española Maria Bayo ha dado un paso atras en su limpia carrera discografica, con este trabajo donde presenta una seleccion de arias de Rossini con suma correccion (lejos del excelso nivel de sus otros trabajos), y con algun que otro preocupante fallo técnico (tendencia a calar, graves poco consistentes...) En resumen, yo esperaba mucho mas de este disco por parte de Bayo.
Tampoco parece que sea Concerto Italiano la orquesta adecuada para este repertorio, los instrumentos de epoca desafinan aqui mas de lo debido, lo que desluce la grabacion.
La direccion de Rinaldo Alesandrini es lo mejor de un disco que solo es apto para fans de Bayo, o para aquellos que aun no conozcan el aria de Rosina tras la tormenta en 'El barbero de Sevilla', que Bayo recupera para el disco aquí, bastante bien interpretada.