Battistini singing bel canto from "I Puritani"

beaumonde · Post by **beaumonde** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:45 am

Here is a delicious rendition of Ah per sempre ti perdei from Act 1 of Bellini's "I Puritani", sung by the great baritone Mattia Battistini (orch conducted by Carlo Sabaino), transferred at 76.6 rpm from HMV 052314 (mtx. 276 ai; recorded 1913 in Milan).

Don't you just love this label?

Lenoirstreetguy · Post by **Lenoirstreetguy** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:57 pm

Lovely singing and a fine transfer , but what IS that orchestra doing at about 2:32 or so.

The Italian HMV studio group is often a tad lax, shall we say.

Jim

Battistini singing bel canto from "I Puritani"

Battistini singing bel canto from "I Puritani"

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