Meyerbeer: L'esule di Granata (highlights)
Manuela Custer (Almanzor), Mirco Palazzi (Sulemano), Laura Claycomb (Azema), Paul Austin Kelly (Alamar), Brindley Sherratt (Ali), Ashley Catling (Omar)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Giuliano Carella
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Meyerbeer: L'esule di Granata (highlights)
Manuela Custer (Almanzor), Mirco Palazzi (Sulemano), Laura Claycomb (Azema), Paul Austin Kelly (Alamar), Brindley Sherratt (Ali), Ashley Catling (Omar)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Giuliano Carella
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About
While Meyerbeer clearly embraced the innovations of Rossini, he was his own composer. From the moment the curtain rises on L’esule di Granata we are aware he is working on a larger canvas, employing all the resources at his disposal – choruses, stage bands, scenic effects and, above all, brilliant vocalism.
Recorded in 2004
Contents and tracklist
- Brindley Sherratt (bass), Ashley Catling (tenor), Laura Claycomb (soprano), Manuela Custer (mezzo-soprano), Paul Austin Kelly (tenor), Mirco Palazzi (bass)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
- Giuliano Carella
"Tergi, mio ben " (Almanzor, Azema, Sulemano, Omar, Maidens, Imams, Alamar, Ali, Chorus)
Track length4:19
- Ashley Catling (tenor), Brindley Sherratt (bass), Laura Claycomb (soprano), Mirco Palazzi (bass), Manuela Custer (mezzo-soprano), Paul Austin Kelly (tenor)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
- Giuliano Carella
"Se lo difende amore - Inoltra il passo ... " (Azema, Chorus, Fatima, Almanzor, Ali)
Track length3:14
"Trema I tuoi complici vinti gia sono - Riede il mattin " (Almanzor, Sulemano, Chorus, Fatima, Omar)
Track length2:25
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