GROSSE BELCANTO-SZENEN

GROSSE BELCANTO-SZENEN These liner notes explore the ingredients that are essential in composing and executing a masterful bel canto scene rich of nuances that enhance the tinge of the melodrama giving it the third dimension that only good music can create. Bellini and Donizetti composed many superb bel canto scenes and quite a few of them are discussed at some length in these notes, especially those related to "The Queen of Belcanto" album. Liner notes for Edita Gruberova's album "The Queen of Belcanto"(Nightingale Classics, 2000)