Vincenzo Bellini - Norma

Cecilia Bartoli presents Vincenzo Bellini’s “Norma” like you have never heard it before – a new complete studio recording of one of the most iconic operas in music history, in its original form.

For generations Bellini’s “Norma” has been looked at from the vantage point of the Verismo era at the beginning of the twentieth century. Now Cecilia Bartoli unveils the opera’s original pre-Romantic style and colour by taking Norma back to its roots.

For the first time ever the entire music is recorded with period instruments from Bellini’s time. Traditional cuts are reinstated. Keys and tonalities are put back into place and the music is executed according to Bellini’s own tempo indications. A new critical music edition was compiled from the autograph score and many manuscript sources.

“Wonderfully acrobatic, Bartoli’s warm voice is neatly complemented by the silver-streaked Adalgisa of the South Korean Sumi Jo…Osborn’s evenly flowing tenor makes Pollione a plausible babe magnet, even to Druids…Rustic winds, resinous strings, tart brass and shivering percussion all add dramatic colouring to Bellini’s magnificent music…Pin back your ears and enjoy.”

Sinfonia
Act 1, Scene 1: Introduzione - "Ite sul colle, o Druidi"
Act 1, Scene 2: "Svanir le voci!"
Act 1, Scene 2: "Meco all’altar di Venere "
Act 1, Scene 2: "Me protegge, me difende "
Act 1, Scene 3: "Norma viene"
Act 1, Scene 4: "Sediziose voci, voci di guerra"
Act 1, Scene 4: "Casta Diva"
Act 1, Scene 4: "Fine al rito"
Act 1, Scene 4: "Ah! bello a me ritorna"
Act 1, Scene 5: "Sgombra è la sacra selva, compiuto il rito"
Act 1, Scene 5: "Deh! proteggimi, o Dio!"
Act 1, Scene 6: "Eccola! va, mi lascia, ragion non odo"
Act 1, Scene 6: "Va, crudele, al Dio spietato"
Act 1, Scene 7: "Vanne, e li cela entrambi"
Act 1, Scene 8: "Adalgisa!"
Act 1, Scene 8: "Oh! rimembranza!"
Act 1, Scene 8: "Ah! sì, fa core, e abbracciami"
Act 1, Scene 8: "Ma di’… l’amato giovane quale fra noi si noma?"…"Oh non tremare "
Act 1, Scene 9: "Oh! di qual sei tu vittima ".."Oh! qual traspare orribile".."Norma! de’ tuoi rimproveri"
Act 1, Scene 9: "Perfido! - Or basti…Vanne, sì: mi lascia, indegno "
Act 2, Scene 1: Scena – Introduzione - "Dormono entrambi"
Act 2, Scene 3: "Mi chiami, o Norma!"
Act 2, Scene 3: "Deh! con te, con te li prendi"
Act 2, Scene 3: "Mira, o Norma"
Act 2, Scene 3: "Si, fino all’ore estreme"
Act 2, Scene 4: "Non parti?"
Act 2, Scene 5: "Guerrieri! a voi venirne"
Act 2, Scene 5: "Ah! del Tebro al giogo indegno fremo io pure"
Act 2, Scene 6: "Ei tornerà"
Act 2, Scene 6: "Squilla il bronzo del Dio!"
Act 2, Scene 7: "Guerra, guerra!"
Act 2, Scene 7: "Né compi il rito, o Norma?"
Act 2, Scene 10: "In mia man alfin tu sei".."Già mi pasco ne’ tuoi sguardi"
Act 2, Scene 10: "Dammi quel ferro"
Act 2, Scene 11: "Qual cor tradisti, qual cor perdesti"
Act 2, Scene 11: "Norma! deh! Norma, scolpati!"
Act 2, Scene 11: "Deh non volerli vittime"