Sogno talor... (Opera Rara: Special Collection Celebrating 25 years) 2 X CD NEW

A 2 X CD ALBUM BOXSET BRAND NEW AND SEALED RELEASED IN 2003\n\nSogno talor... \n(Opera Rara: Special Collection Celebrating 25 years) \n\nThis 2-CD set for the price of 1-CD is a real find for lovers of bel canto, with selections from composers like Donizetti and Rossini, but also from many other noted nineteenth century artists, including Meyerbeer and Offenbach, and from some virtual unknowns as Saverio Mercandante and Giovanni Pacini, from the vaults of Opera Rara.\nThere are overtures, solo arias, duets, trios, and ensembles, of mostly forgotten operas, most of them worth rediscovering based on these excerpts. About 2.5 hours of music. Many surprises here, for example a vocal quintet from Offenbach's 'Robinson Crusoe', sung in English !\nAnd the singers are without exception superb, mostly drawn from the Opera Rara 'stable' of performers. Again, some more treats await, like a young Renee Fleming singing a duet with Bruce Ford from Donizetti's, Rosmonda d'Inghilterr!