Bel Canto Spectacular

by Juan Diego Flrez

Overview

Bel Canto Spectacular, a recital featuring tenor Juan Diego Florez, delivers exactly what it promises: a spectacular release of vocal showpieces by one of the rising superstars of the early 21st century, singing scenes and arias by the great bel canto composers, Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. Florez's voice is not particularly large, but he has a terrific, agile technique, a warmly enveloping tone, and a dramatic flair for fully inhabiting these operatic characters. He also has a sure grasp on the stylistic conventions of this repertoire and knows how to exploit them without going overboard. The album opens with "Amici mei," from La figlia del reggimento, an aria that helped secure his reputation because of his confident delivery of its multiple high Cs. He is equally impressive in the more lyrical selections, such as Una furtive lagrima, to which he brings an especially sweet, limpid tone. Florez is joined in some of the scenes by artists of the caliber of Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, and Mariusz Kwiecien; mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona is not quite in their league in a rare but delightful duet from Il viaggio a Reims. Domingo is featured on a bonus track in the duet Ah, vieni, nel tuo sangui, from Otello. Daniel Oren leads Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana in sensitive accompaniment. Decca's sound is clean and present with good balance. ~ Stephen Eddins

Product Details

Release Date:	01/13/2009
Label:	UNIVERSAL MUSIC DISTRIBUTION
UPC:	0028947803157
Rank:	8457

Tracks

1. La fille du r¿¿giment~Amici miei, che allegro giorno!
2. I puritani~Fini...Me lassa
3. La Favorita~La maitresse du roi?... Ange si pur
4. L' Elisir d'Amore~Venti scudi!
5. L' Elisir d'Amore~Una furtiva lagrima
6. Linda di Chamounix~Da quel d¿¿, che t'incontrai
7. Linda di Chamounix~Se tanto in ira agli uomini
8. Il viaggio a Reims~Di che son reo?... D'alma celeste
9. Lucrezia Borgia~Partir degg'io...T'amo qual dama un angelo
10. Otello~Ah, vieni, nel tuo sangui

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Juan Diego Fl¿¿rez   Primary Artist,Tenor (Vocal)
Orquesta de Valencia   Orchestra
Pl¿¿cido Domingo   Tenor (Vocal)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana   Ensemble
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana   Choir/Chorus
Fernando Bonete Piqueras   Baritone (Vocal)
Patrizia Ciofi   Soprano (Vocal)
Daniel Oren   Conductor
Lorin Maazel   Musical Direction
Mariusz Kwiecien   Baritone (Vocal)
Daniela Barcellona   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Anna Netrebko   Soprano (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Felice Romani   Librettist
Jean-Fran¿¿ois Bayard   Librettist
Vincenzo Bellini   Composer
Gioachino Rossini   Composer
Carlo Pepoli   Librettist
Phillip Siney   Balance Engineer
Kenneth Chalmers   Booklet Editor,Libretto Translation
Avril Bardoni   Libretto Translation
David Ylla-Somers   Libretto Translation,Liner Note Translation
Joanne Baines   Production Coordination
Michael Walters   Art Direction
Luigi Balocchi   Librettist
Gustave Vaez   Librettist
Roger Pines   Liner Notes
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges   Librettist
Ren¿¿ M¿¿ller   Engineer,Tape Editor
Uli Weber   Photography
Alphonse Royer   Librettist
B¿¿ro Dirk Rudolph   Art Direction,Graphic Design
Gerd Uekermann   Libretto Translation
Friedemann Engelbrecht   Producer
Peggy Cochrane   Libretto Translation
Christiane Frobenius   Liner Note Translation
Gudrun Meier   Libretto Translation
Calisto Bassi   Libretto Translation
Philip Siney   Balance Engineer
Nina Lesieur   Libretto Translation
Gaetano Rossi   Librettist
Nina O'Rourke   Product Manager
Val¿¿rie Gross   Executive Producer
Brigitte Pinaud   Libretto Translation
Gaetano Donizetti   Composer