Silvia Dalla Benetta, Maxim Mironov, Luca Dall’Amico – Bellini: Bianca e Gernando (2017)
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Vincenzo Bellini was among the most important Italian opera composers of the early 19th century, and the quintessential representative of its bel canto tradition. Despite his enduring renown, his official operatic debut Bianca e Gernando was known only in its revised version of Bianca e Fernando until this rediscovery and revival at Bad Wildbad in July 2016. Set in the ducal palace of Agrigento and with its tale of secretive plots and triumph over tyranny, this original version of the opera presents both unknown music and significant differences from the revised version, giving its dramatic shape a distinctive new character.
The opening night of Vincenzo Bellini’s first professional opera, Bianca e Fernando (NOT Gernando), set to take place at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples as part of a gala evening in January 1826, was cancelled at the last minute for reasons that remain unclear, even though it appears that at the time, use of the name Fernando in the title was forbidden because Ferdinando was the name of the Bourbon heir to the throne, and no form of it could be used on a royal stage. But in May of the same year, under the title Bianca e Gernando, the piece was finally premiered, with great success. But after the triumph of Il pirata in Milan in 1827, Bellini was commissioned by Genoa in 1828 to offer a new work – too late for the composer to write anything new: he resorted to the age-old trick of recycling old material, in this case his own Bianca, even though he was confronted with the difficult task of adapting several episodes to suit the voices of the new performers for the new production. He reverted to the former title Bianca et Fernando and it is that heavily revised score which has been produced, on and off, up to the 1980s, even though quite rarely. But in 2016, the famous festival Rossini in Wildbad decided to revert to the first version – which is radically different from the revised score, one should add –, a world premiere since 1826, which was duly recorded (live, of course) and is now available to aficionados in that excellent interpretation, with a brilliant cast and a highly polished orchestra. A brand new Bellini, 190 years after it was written!
Tracklist:
Disc 1 (58:22)
1. Zong Shi, Maxim Mironov, Gheorghe Vlad, Poznań Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act I (New Edition by F. Bauer): Ten fuggi orrida notte! – Questa è mia reggia! [Live] (07:58)
2. Maxim Mironov, Zong Shi, Gheorghe Vlad, Poznań Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act I (New Edition by F. Bauer): A tanto duol [Live] (06:32)
3. Maxim Mironov, Zong Shi, Gheorghe Vlad, Marina Viotti, Vittorio Prato, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act I (New Edition by F. Bauer): Uggero sol, non altri meco resti – Al seno – Viscardo, or ora al porto [Live] (04:13)
4. Vittorio Prato, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act I (New Edition by F. Bauer): Estinto! .Che ascoltai! [Live] (07:30)
5. Marina Viotti, Maxim Mironov, Vittorio Prato, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act I (New Edition by F. Bauer): È quegli il mio signor [Live] (02:14)
6. Vittorio Prato, Maxim Mironov, Marina Viotti, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act I (New Edition by F. Bauer): Trio. Di Gernando son le cifre [Live] (05:47)
7. Marina Viotti, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act I (New Edition by F. Bauer): All’annunzio feral [Live] (00:57)
8. Poznań Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act I (New Edition by F. Bauer): Viva Bianca! Viva ognora – Viva! [Live] (02:37)
9. Silvia Dalla Benetta, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act I (New Edition by F. Bauer): Miei fidi amici [Live] (02:24)
10. Silvia Dalla Benetta, Poznań Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act I (New Edition by F. Bauer): Per lui che in sen racchiude [Live] (07:04)
11. Vittorio Prato, Maxim Mironov, Silvia Dalla Benetta, Zong Shi, Marina Viotti, Mar Campo, Gheorghe Vlad, Poznań Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act I (New Edition by F. Bauer): Mira, Bianca [Live] (08:16)
12. Silvia Dalla Benetta, Vittorio Prato, Maxim Mironov, Zong Shi, Marina Viotti, Mar Campo, Gheorghe Vlad, Poznań Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act I (New Edition by F. Bauer): Lieto apparve questo giorno [Live] (02:50)
Disc 2 (59:10)
1. Maxim Mironov, Zong Shi, Vittorio Prato, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act II (New Edition by F. Bauer): Che vuoi tu dirmi? – Viscardo a te parlò? [Live] (04:59)
2. Vittorio Prato, Maxim Mironov, Poznań Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act II (New Edition by F. Bauer): Allor, che notte avanza [Live] (06:00)
3. Silvia Dalla Benetta, Mar Campo, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act II (New Edition by F. Bauer): Ove son? Che m’avvenne? [Live] (05:27)
4. Silvia Dalla Benetta, Mar Campo, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act II (New Edition by F. Bauer): Sorgi, o padre [Live] (06:36)
5. Mar Campo, Silvia Dalla Benetta, Maxim Mironov, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act II (New Edition by F. Bauer): Da te chiamato, or dianzi – T’inoltra [Live] (03:55)
6. Maxim Mironov, Silvia Dalla Benetta, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act II (New Edition by F. Bauer): No! Mia suora, più non sei [Live] (12:39)
7. Luca Dall’Amico, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act II (New Edition by F. Bauer): Mi lasciate! .Ah crudeli! [Live] (02:09)
8. Luca Dall’Amico, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act II (New Edition by F. Bauer): Da gelido sudore [Live] (02:38)
9. Maxim Mironov, Silvia Dalla Benetta, Luca Dall’Amico, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act II (New Edition by F. Bauer): Ecco la tomba che rinserra il padre! [Live] (07:03)
10. Maxim Mironov, Silvia Dalla Benetta, Luca Dall’Amico, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act II (New Edition by F. Bauer): Fra tante pene e tante [Live] (01:45)
11. Maxim Mironov, Silvia Dalla Benetta, Vittorio Prato, Gheorghe Vlad, Poznań Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act II (New Edition by F. Bauer): Quai colpi! – Discendi – Mora l’usurpator! [Live] (04:25)
12. Luca Dall’Amico, Maxim Mironov, Silvia Dalla Benetta, Poznań Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis & Antonino Fogliani – Bianca e Gernando, Act II (New Edition by F. Bauer): Or che stringo al seno i figli [Live] (01:34)
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