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Virginia Knight:
>I think it was the Bellini one, though I found out by asking my husband who
>was nearer to the radio at the time and heard the preceding announcement.
>If it's complete (and not reconstructed by additions from less gifted
>composers) I'm surprised it isn't performed more often.
So am I. Donizetti certainly completed his 1835 Requiem in memory of
Bellini, if my sources are to be believed.
Maybe I am wrong, but I must admit that I have honestly never doubted
them: the French musicologist and critic Francois-Rene Tranchefort,
for instance, or Gottfried Kraus, Andante's music recording and
archive specialist, who also wrote the notes to the Orfeo recording I
have (1984).
Vilmos Lesko edited a score for Ricordi (1975) from the original
manuscript and two copies preserved in the Naples Conservatory
Library and in Bergamo respectively - once more if I am right to
believe my sources...
Regards,
Christine Labroche
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