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Collectible : Benvenuto Cellini
Benvenuto Celliniby: Berlioz, Bonisolli, Zylis-Gara, Brendel, Ozawa Release Date February 04, 2003 Although this is a live (concert?) performance in Rome, the audience is very well behaved and the sound very acceptable: bright and clear, only occasionally edgy (the microphones catching Teresa Zylis-Gara's fleet, fluent soprano unkindly in the higher passages); this clear sound is particularly important if you can follow the French, as of course no libretto is provided, only a brief plot summary and relatively few cues. The performance is wonderful; Ozawa is a first-class Berlioz conductor who keeps the whole comic affair zipping along but takes time to caress the beautiful melodies in the love music. Bonisolli is a revelation for those who know him only as a preening "can-belto" specialist; his French is excellent and he often sings most ... Read More: |
