{"product_id":"5015959465928-operatic-fantasies-2","title":"Operatic Fantasies 2","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN \u003cbr\u003e “It’s clear that, as well as being a great cellist, [Bradbury] really understands operatic declamation, and that’s what makes the recording so very enjoyable.” - Professor Roger Parker, General Editor of the Critical Edition of the Operas of Donizetti on Vol. 1, Piatti Operatic Fantasies This is the second of two discs featuring Adrian Bradbury (cello) and Oliver Davies (piano) playing operatic fantasies – including several world premiere recordings – by the 19th century virtuoso cellist Alfredo Piatti (1822 – 1901). Playing from original manuscripts found in the Donizetti Library in Bergamo, Bradbury and Davies present the repertoire through which Piatti bewitched audiences across Europe with his technical wizardry and peerless cantabile tone. Piatti, a native Italian, became England’s - especially Queen Victoria’s - favourite cellist. He partnered all the great European performers of the era (like Joachim, Mendelssohn, Grieg and Clara Schumann) and gave frequent concerto performances under conductors including Mendelssohn, Berlioz and Max Bruch. Many composers dedicated works to him, notably Sullivan, Verdi (solo in I masnadieri) and Mendelssohn (a concerto, sadly lost in transit). His operatic fantasies were borne from his vast experience in opera houses from the age of eight, latterly as principal cello of the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. He carefully annotated these fantasies with bel canto markings to imitate the performance practice of singers he accompanied - Jenny Lind, Giuditta Pasta, Giulia Grisi, Giovanni Battista Rubini, Luigi Lablache, Antonio Tamburini and Michael Balfe - making this disc essential listening for cello lovers and opera lovers alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41701223268449,"sku":"5015959465928","price":8.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_8357556_7204721_20241016093405.jpg?v=1729150892","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/5015959465928-operatic-fantasies-2","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}