Yvonne Kenny - 19th Century Heroines

1. I Baccanali di Roma Parmi sentir nell'anima
Composed by Giuseppe Nicolini
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Yvonne Kenny
Conducted by David Parry

2. Il Crociato in Egitto, opera (heroic melodrama) in 2 acts O solinghi recessi!...D'una madre disperata
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Ugo Benelli , Yvonne Kenny , Linda Kitchen , Ian Platt
Conducted by David Parry

3. Alahor in Granata, opera Zobeida, il mira... Confusa è l'alma mia
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Della Jones , Yvonne Kenny , Russell Smythe , James Meek
Conducted by David Parry

4. Rosmonda, opera Perchè non ho del vento
Composed by Carlo Coccia
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Yvonne Kenny , Diana Montague
Conducted by David Parry

5. La Morte di Semiramide, opera Sconssigliata che fo!... Son regina
Composed by Marcos Antonio Portugal
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Yvonne Kenny
Conducted by David Parry

6. Gabriella di Vergi, opera Ah! fermate... Raoul!... Perchè non chiusi al di
Composed by Michelle Carafa
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Yvonne Kenny , Philip Doghan
Conducted by David Parry

Tracks:

Nicolini: I Baccanali Di Roma-Aria Of Fecennia 'Parmi Sentir Nell' Anima'
Meyerbeer: Il Crociato In Egitto-Aria Of Palmide 'OSolinghi Recessi!...D'una Madre Disperata'
Donizetti: Alahor In Granata-Scene And Rondo Finale Of Zobeida 'Zobeida, Il Mira...Confusa...
Coccia: Rosmonda-Aria Of Rosmonda 'Perche Non Ho Del Vento'
Portogallo: La Semiramide-Recitative And Aria Of 'Sconsigliata Che Fo!...
Carafa: Gabriella Di Vergi-Scene And Aria Finale Of Gabriella...

Customer Reviews:

Putting the "bel" into "bel canto".......2005-11-18

Yvonne Kenny's silvery lyric soprano voice has delighted opera-goers for years. It's a lovely voice indeed, and as well as she sings Handel, I have always thought she is especially superb in the bel canto repertoire.

And it's no surprise that this recording is exquisite. The well-chosen scenas and arias showcase Ms Kenny beautifully, from sweetly melodic to melodramatic and deliciously macabre. There is such an approachability in Yvonne Kenny's singing that it is astonishing anyone could fail to be enchanted.

This is a recording that will bear repeated playing. There are no anachronistic slides and scoops here - just beautiful, beautiful singing, with wonderfully executed coloratura and exquisitely sustained lyrical lines.

This is Yvonne Kenny at her best.

Perfect is an inadequate adjective.......2005-10-01

I cannot imagine a more sublime, a more gorgeous, a more appealing, a more touching, a more perfectly beautiful, 'attempt' at opera. A triumph and a delight. Brava, Yvonne mia.

neglected bel canto.......2002-05-15

Gorgeous arias, with beautiful melodies and incredible cascades of notes. OK, the singer has some troubles with some high notes but even so I had the best of funs listening to this CD.

awful is a generous review.......2002-03-19

I can't think of a more painful attempt at opera.

Simplesmente perfeita.......2001-04-14

Yvonne Kenny, neste CD, está simplesmente perfeita. Suas interpretações de Meyerbeer e Donizetti são ótimas, mas sua Gabriella di Vergi é surpreendente. Cantando uma ópera que à sua estréia foi um fracasso, ela não só a capacita a voltar ao repertório como realiza uma interpretação definitiva da personagem (com uma " pathos" indescritível);e que nos faz sonhar com uma interpretação sua de Lucia Di Lammermoor.