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Recorded Aug. 14-18 and Sept. 28-Oct. 6, 2006, Evangelisch-reformierte Kirchgemeinde, Zürich-Oberstrass

"Cecilia Bartoli leads a tribute to the extraordinary life of Maria Malibran, the first female superstar in music history. A meteoric career, which ended abruptly with her death at the age of only 28, made Maria Malibran an international celebrity. Surrounded by scandal and mystique, she was muse to the most important opera composers of the era. She was worshipped as the public goddess of Romanticism. Cecilia Bartoli follows La Malibran's unique journey through the musical capitals of the world."--Container

Irene, o, L'assedio di Messina. Se un mio desir-- Cedi al duol (3:45) ; Ira del ciel (2:22) / Giovanni Pacini (Una Prelle, harp; International Chamber Soloists) -- Ines de Castro. Cari giorni / Giuseppe Persiani (Maria Goldschmidt, flute; Daniel Pezzotti, violoncello; Una Prelle, harp) (4:09) -- Infelice : scena ed aria : London version / Felix Mendelssohn (Vengerov) (12:14) -- El poeta calculista. Yo que soy contrabandista / Manuel García (Elena Vicini, castanet; Claudio Mermoud, guitar; Ricardo Espinosa, Isabel Amaya, flamenco clapping) (2:23) -- La sonnambula. Ah! non credea mirarti (4:18) ; Ah! non giunge (3:24) / Vincenzo Bellini (Albelo; International Chamber Soloists) -- Air à la tirolienne avec variations / Johann Nepomuk Hummel (Maria Goldschmidt, flute; Robert Pickup, clarinet) (7:24) --Semiramide. E non lo vedo-- Son regina / Manuel García (International Chamber Soloists) (7:02) -- Rataplan / Maria Malibran (Benjamin Forster, drum) (2:26) -- Dopo tante e tante pene : for Rossini's Tancredi / Giovanni Pacini (3:14) -- I puritani : Malibran version. O rendetemi la speme-- Qui la voce (5:20) ; Vien, diletto (2:48) / Vincenzo Bellini (Albelo; Pisaroni) -- Clari. Come dolce a me favelli / Jacques Fromental Halévy (Ada Pesch, violin) (4:37) -- Amelia, ovvero, Otto anni di costanza. Scorrete, o lagrime / Lauro Rossi (Robert Pickup, clarinet; International Chamber Soloists) (2:33) -- Prendi, per me sei libero : for Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore / Maria Malibran (4:15) -- Norma. Casta diva / Vincenzo Bellini (Maria Goldschmidt, flute; International Chamber Soloists) (6:48)

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