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Composer of the Week: VincenzoBellini

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1801-35). Bellini had it all-charm, good looks, and the talent of a child prodigy who had composed a setting of the mass by the age of nine. Donald Macleod tells the story of Bellini's childhood, including his earliest operatic successes.
La Farfalletta Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo),
- James Levine (piano)
Oboe Concerto in E flat
Hansjorg Schellenberger , Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor James Levine t Dopo I 'Oscuro Nembo (Adelson e Salvini)
Philharmonia, conductor David Parry
Sorgi, 0 Padre; Duet (Bianca e Femando, Act2)
Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra, conductor Andrea Licata
Mad Scene (II Pirata)
Imogene Maria Callas (soprano) Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Nicola Rescigno Producer Kerry Chapman

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Cecilia Bartoli
Piano:
James Levine
Unknown:
Hansjorg Schellenberger
Conductor:
James Levine
Conductor:
David Parry
Conductor:
Andrea Licata
Soprano:
Imogene Maria Callas
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Producer:
Kerry Chapman
Nelly:
Nuccla Facile (soprano)
Bianca:
Young Ok Shin (soprano)
Eloisa:
Emily Manhart (mezzo)
Fernando:
Gregory Kunde (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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