Michael Spyres - Amici e Rivali (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Two of today’s most brilliant tenors, Michael Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee, strike sparks off each other as they celebrate the star tenors of Rossini’s time, such as Andrea Nozzari, Giovanni David, and Manuel García. Amici e Rivali – ‘Friends and Rivals’ – comprises arias, duets and trios from seven of the composer’s operas, including the ever-popular Il barbiere di Siviglia and the rarely heard Ricciardo e Zoraide. The ‘duelling tenors’ are joined by the effervescent Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught, the prize-winning young Spanish tenor Xabier Anduaga, I Virtuosi Italiani and conductor Corrado Rovaris.

"This is impressive: two superb Rossinians in music written for the virtuoso tenors David and Nozzari in the composer’s nine Neapolitan operas from the 1810s. Brownlee has a brighter tone than Spyres, who sings Figaro in the Barber of Seville duet, but the latter shines in the darker French Rossini." (Sunday Times)

TRACKLIST

1. Michael Spyres - Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: "All'idea di quel metallo" (Figaro, Almaviva)
2. Lawrence Brownlee - Ricciardo e Zoraide, Act 1: "S'ella mi è ognor fedele" (Ricciardo)
3. Lawrence Brownlee - Ricciardo e Zoraide, Act 1: "Qual sarà mai la gioia" (Ricciardo, Ernesto)
4. Michael Spyres - Ricciardo e Zoraide, Act 2: "Donala a questo core" (Agorante, Ricciardo)
5. Michael Spyres - Ricciardo e Zoraide, Act 2: "Teco or sarà" (Agorante, Ricciardo)
6. Lawrence Brownlee - La donna del lago, Act 2: "Nume! se a' miei sospiri" (Uberto, Elena)
7. Michael Spyres - La donna del lago, Act 2: "Qual pena in me già desta" (Uberto, Rodrigo, Elena)
8. Michael Spyres - Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra, Act 2: "Deh! Scusa i trasporti" (Leicester, Norfolk)
9. Michael Spyres - Otello, Act 2: "Non m'inganno" - "Al mio rivale" (Otello, Iago)
10. Michael Spyres - Otello, Act 2: "Ah! vieni, nel tuo sangue vendicherò le offese" (Otello, Rodrigo)
11. Michael Spyres - Otello, Act 2: "Che fiero punto e questo" (Otello, Rodrigo, Desdemona)
12. Lawrence Brownlee - Le siège de Corinthe, Act 3: "Grand Dieu, faut-il qu'un peuple" (Néoclès)
13. Michael Spyres - Le siège de Corinthe, Act 3: "Cher Cléomène" (Cléomène, Néoclès)
14. Michael Spyres - Le siège de Corinthe, Act 3: "Céleste providence" (Cléomène, Néoclès, Pamyra)
15. Michael Spyres - Armida, Act 3: "In quale aspetto imbelle" (Rinaldo, Carlo, Ubaldo)



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