TRACKLISTING

[1] SE UN MIO DESIR ... CEDI AL DUOL
[2] IRA DEL CIEL
(IRENE)
GIOVANNI PACINI IRENE O L’ASSEDIO DI MESSINA

[3] CARI GIORNI (INES)
GIUSEPPE PERSIANI INES DE CASTRO
[4] INFELICE (SCENA ED ARIA)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
London version

[5] YO QUE SOY CONTRABANDISTA (POETA)
MANUEL GARCÍA EL POETA
CALCULISTA

[6] AH! NON CREDEA MIRARTI
[7] AH! NON GIUNGE
(AMINA)
VINCENZO BELLINI LA SONNAMBULA

[8] AIR À LA TIROLIENNE AVEC VARIATIONS
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL

[9] E NON LO VEDO ... SON REGINA
(SEMIRAMIDE)
MANUEL GARCÍA LA FIGLIA DELL’ARIA

[10] RATAPLAN
MARIA MALIBRAN

[11] DOPO TANTE E TANTE PENE
(TANCREDI)
GIOVANNI PACINI
FOR ROSSINI’S TANCREDI

[12] O RENDETEMI LA SPEME ... QUI LA VOCE
[13] VIEN, DILETTO
(ELVIRA)

VINCENZO BELLINI I PURITANI
Malibran version

[14] COME DOLCE A ME FAVELLI (CLARI)
JACQUES FROMENTAL HALÉVY CLARI

[15] SCORRETE, O LAGRIME (AMELIA)
LAURO ROSSI AMELIA OVVERO OTTO ANNI DI COSTANZA

[16] PRENDI, PER ME SEI LIBERO (ADINA)
MARIA MALIBRAN
FOR DONIZETTI’S L’ELISIR D’AMORE

[17] CASTA DIVA (NORMA)
VINCENZO BELLINI NORMA

RECORDING INFORMATION

JEWEL CASE VERSION

GENIUS, SCANDAL AND DEATH!
CECILIA BARTOLI EXPLORES THE WORLD OF
MARIA MALIBRAN: FIRST GODDESS OF ROMANTICISM

8 World Premiere recordings
Duet with violin star Maxim Vengerov
Cecilia Bartoli returns to her bel canto roots

“That marvellous creature! She surpassed all her imitators... and all the women I have ever known by her flashing temperament.” Gioachino Rossini

“Opera… must make one weep, shudder, die.”
Vincenzo Bellini

Cecilia Bartoli revisits the early Romantic era of Rossini, Bellini and their contemporaries, and views the Bel canto glory days through the eyes of Maria Malibran : Romantic icon, Bel canto muse, and the most extraordinary opera star of her time.

Cecilia Bartoli has unearthed many forgotten opera jewels. The album features several world premiere recordings including the prayer ‘Se il mio desir… Cedi al duol’ from the long lost opera Irene by Pacini and the aria ‘E non lo vedo… Son regina’ by Maria’s father, the famous Rossini tenor Manuel Garcia. Bartoli also presents the London version of Mendelssohn’s ‘Infelice’ for voice, violin solo and orchestra, where she duets with Maxim Vengerov. The programme also includes popular favourites , such as Bellini’s ‘Casta Diva’ from Norma.

Maria features an incredible variety of music. Mellifluous Bel canto delights are contrasted with regional flavours from around the world: from Spanish flamenco to Tyrolienne yodelling. The album exhibits Cecilia Bartoli singing in four languages: Italian, Spanish, French and English.

Fresh from her recent explorations of the Baroque and Classical eras, Cecilia Bartoli returns to her Bel canto roots with a unique historical perspective . She performs with the period practice Orchestra La Scintilla , conducted by Hungarian conductor Adam Fischer.