juan diego flores - bel canto spectacular (2008)

Bel canto, that most magical of operatic phrases, literally means “beautiful singing”. The peak of opera’s bel canto era came in the first three decades of the 19th century, with singers possessing a range, virtuosity, and expressiveness that quickly became legendary.

Those extraordinary performers were the rock stars of their time, driving audiences mad with enthusiasm in every city where opera was performed. Fortunately for us, bel canto flourishes onstage today thanks in no small part to Juan Diego Flórez.

For the past decade the Peruvian tenor has earned ecstatic critical and public response internationally for a technical prowess and an authoritative style that must surely equal what the public would have heard from the greatest tenors more than 150 years ago. Flórez’s exhilarating vocalism, matched by a magnetic stage presence, has prompted major opera companies to revive many rare works especially for him.

An exclusive Decca artist, Flórez has reached a point in his career where he can invite eminent colleagues to record with him. This type of programme is fairly common in popular music, but seldom, if ever, with opera stars of similar magnitude.

“I decided who I wanted to invite — they’re all friends of mine, and I’ve performed with all of them. I called them up and tried to persuade them. It wasn’t easy to work with everyone’s schedule, and I was lucky that they all could do it!” This “Flórez and Friends” programme of bel canto excerpts gives further proof of Flórez’s supremacy in this repertoire.”


2008 | Classical | FLAC-COVERS | Decca Classics | 371 MB
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DONIZETTI: Amici miei, che allegro giorno (La figlia del reggimento)
BELLINI: Finì..me lassa! Vieni, fra queste braccia (I puritani)*
DONIZETTI: La maîtresse du roi?...Ange si pur (La Favorite)
DONIZETTI: Venti scudi (L’elisir d’amore)**
DONIZETTI: Una furtiva lagrima (L’elisir d’amore)
DONIZETTI: Linda, Linda…da quell dì che t’incontrai (Linda di Chamounix)+
DONIZETTI: Linda! Si ritirò…se tanto (Linda di Chamounix)
ROSSINI: Di che son reo?...D’alma celeste (Il viaggio a Reims)++
DONIZETTI: Partir degg’io….t’amo qual s’ama un angelo (Lucrezia Borgia)


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