Sir Mark Elder & BBC Symphony Orchestra - Donizetti: Belisario (2013)

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Title: Donizetti: Belisario
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Opera Rara
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 2:04:44
Total Size: 553 MB
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Tracklist:

CD 1
PART ONE
[1] Sinfonia 6’44
[2] ‘Plauso di eterna gloria’ 1’58
[3] ‘Corri, amica, voliam sulla sponda’ 5’26
[4] ‘Plauso! Voci di gioja!...’ 2’20
[5] ‘Sin la tomba è a me negata!...’ 2’53
[6] ‘Ti conforta: dell’eccesso’ 0’56
[7] ‘O desio della vendetta’ 3’57
[8] ‘O Nume degli eserciti’ 3’24
[9] ‘Cesare, hai vinto: e l’itala contrada’ 2’28
[10] ‘Liberi siete... Quando di sangue tinto’ 4’28
[11] ‘Sul campo della gloria’ 3’28 75
[12] ‘Padre!...’ 2’37 77
[13] ‘Che mai sarà?’ 3’38
[14] ‘Sostegni del mio trono, un fero evento’ 3’23
[15] ‘Figlia, consorte...’ 1’58
[16] ‘Ah! da chi son’io tradito!...’ 3’33
[17] ‘Madre tu fosti, e moglie’ 1’43
[18] ‘Sognai... fra genti... barbare...’ 2’23
[19] ‘Ah! Pera l’empio che offese natura...’

CD 2
PART TWO
[1] ‘Oh duce! Oh eccesso orribile!...’ 2’25
[2] ‘Comando fu di Cesare’ 2’33
[3] ‘A sì tremendo annunzio’ 2’43
[4] ‘Vien la figlia’ 1’38
[5] ‘Misera figlia… Irene addio... Trema Bisanzio’ 3’50
[6] ‘Amici, è forza separarci...’ 4’46
[7] ‘Se vederla a me non lice...’ 2’00
[8] ‘Ah! se potessi piangere’ 4’52
[9] ‘Dunque andiam: de’ giorni miei’ 3’58 1

PART THREE
[10] Introduzione 2’29
[11] ‘Qui siedi, o padre, e le tue stanche membra’ 2’24
[12] ‘Diffondasi terribile’ 1’22
[13] ‘Impavidi guerrieri’ 0’56
[14] ‘Fermate! Belisario!’ 2’22
[15] ‘Mi mancano gli accenti...’ 1’35
[16] ‘Se il figlio/fratel/padre stringere’ 2’44
[17] ‘Figli, partiam: qui l’aura’ 3’57
[18] ‘Itene al campo, e sia palese al duce’ 2’52
[19] ‘Da quel dì che l’innocente’ 3’28
[20] ‘Vittoria! Vittoria!’ 1’25
[21] ‘Di pianto, di gemiti’ 6’06
[22] ‘Egli è spento, e del perdono’ 3’58

Belisario is, quite simply, one of Donizetti's finest achievements. Dating from the high watermark of Donizetti's maturity, Belisario proved a triumph on stages throughout the 19th century. Yet, incredibly, it is little known today. The libretto tells the moving and typically complicated story of the sixth-century Byzantine general. Falsely accused by his wife of killing their son, he was blinded and exiled as his punishment. His daughter's discovery that her father's former captive, Alamiro, was her long-lost brother, restores Belisario's reputation; tragically, too late to save his life. Recorded in the studio with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder, this two disc set is accompanied by a complete libretto with an English translation alongside an article and synopsis by the eminent 19th Century musical scholar, Jeremy Commons.