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Bellini: I Puritani
DE 3537 (Delos, CD, 3 discs)
NEW RELEASE (20 August 2021)
Playing time: 37'05"/55'31"/69'31" - TT 162'07"
Tracks: 10 + 14 + 19
Booklet pages: 101
© 2021 Delos Productions Inc
Main country of recording: Lithuania
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Bellini: I Puritani published on 29 August 2021
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor (Lord Arturo Talbo)
Sarah Coburn, soprano (Elvira)
Azamat Zheltyrguzov, baritone (Sir Riccardo Forth)
Todas Girininkas, bass (Sir Giorgio Walton)
Liudas Norvaišas, bass (Lord Gualtiero Walton)
Tomas Pavilionis, tenor (Sir Bruno Roberton)
Jovita Vaškevičiūtė, mezzo-soprano (Enrichetta di Francia)
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra
Kaunas State Choir,
Constantine Orbelian, conductor
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835):
I Puritani - opera in 3 Acts to a libretto by Count Carlo Pepoli, after the French play Têtes Rondes et Cavaliers, by Jacques-François Ancelot and Xavier Boniface Saintine
CD1
1 Sinfonia
2-10 Act I, Scenes 1-4
CD2
1-10 Act I, Scenes 5-10
11-14 Act II, Scenes 1-2
CD3
1-7 Act II, Scenes 3-4
8-19 Act III, Scenes 1-3
Recorded 3-14 July 2017 at Kaunas Philharmonic, Kaunas, Lithuania