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Gaetano Donizetti
12+ albums
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Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was a famous Italian opera composer. His most famous work is Lucia di Lammermoor (1835). Along with Vincenzo Bellini and Gioacchino Rossini, he was a leading composer of bel canto opera. Donizetti composed about 75 operas, 16 symphonies, 19 string quartets, 193 songs, 45 duets, 3 oratorios, 28 cantatas, instrumental concertos, sonatas, and other chamber pieces. He was born in Bergamo into a very poor family with no tradition of music, but in 1806 he was one of the first pupils to be enrolled in a charity school at Bergamo founded by Simon Mayr. Donizetti is best known for his operatic works, but he also wrote music in a number of other forms, including some church music, a number of string quartets, and some orchestral works. He is also the younger brother of Giuseppe Donizetti, who had become, in 1828, Instructor General of the Imperial Ottoman Music at the court of Sultan Mahmud II (1808-1839). Donizetti's vocal style enriched the Bel Canto tradition which Rossini and Bellini had made popular. These three composers are generally accepted as the primary exemplars of early 19th century Bel Canto writing. [edit] Operas * Il Pigmalione (1816; 13.10.1960 Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo) * Enrico di Borgogna (14.11.1818 Teatro San Luca, Venice) * Una follia (17.12.1818 Teatro San Luca, Venice) (lost) * Le nozze in villa (1821? Teatro Vecchio, Mantua) * Il falegname di Livonia, ossia Pietro il
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Una furtiva lagrima
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15,6864Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat Major (reconstructed R. Meylan): I. Andante sostenuto
13,3215Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix: Linda, mia dolce figlia!
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10,163albums
DONIZETTI: Songs
Linda di Chamounix
DONIZETTI: Double Concerto / Flute Concertino / Clarinet Concertino
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix, A. 62
Lucia Di Lammermoor
Donizetti: L'elisir D'amore
DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (Pagliughi, Malipiero) (1939)
La fille du regiment
Belisario
DONIZETTI: Elisir d'amore (L') (Highlights)
Donizetti: The Elixir of Love