Marcello Giordani: Sicilia Bella (CD)
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Marcello Giordani: Sicilia Bella (CD)

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Leading Metropolitan Opera tenor Marcello Giordani sings selections by D’Astorga, Donaudy, Favara, D’Asdia Beta, Cali, Vancheri, Bellini and Scarlatti. Steven Mercurio conducts the Orchestra Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania. Recorded live on December 15, 2002. Includes bonus tracks from a September 2002 recital with piano.
[2003, Stereo, 62 minutes]

“. . . Mr. Giordani of course has bel canto in his background . . . you basked in the sheer, throbbing Italianness of his sound . . . ”
The New York Times

Sicilia Bella: Songs of Sicilian Composers
Già il sole dal gange (Scarlatti)
Morir vogl'io (d'Astorga)
Vaga luna che inargenti (Bellini)
Fenesta che lucive (Bellini)
Vaghissima sembianza (Donaudy)
Amorosi miei giorni (Donaudy)
O bei nidi d'amore (Donaudy)
Muttetti di lu paliu (Sicilian Folk Song/Favara)
Cantu a timuni (Sicilian Folk Song/Favara)
Ultima rosa (d'Asdia)
Amuri mancatu (Betta)
E vui durmiti ancora (Calì)
Sicilia bedda (Vancheri)

Marcello Giordani, tenor

with Orchestra del Teatro Bellini, Catania
Steven Mercurio, conductor
(Recorded live in concert, December 15, 2002)

BONUS TRACKS
Malinconia, ninfa gentile (Bellini)
La Ricordanza (Bellini)
O del mio amato ben (Donaudy)
Serenata (Mascagni)

with William Lewis, piano
(Recorded live in recital, September 21, 2002)