Delos: Tenor Lawrence Brownlee follows up his previous Grammy-nominated release on Delos with opera arias by Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini

Allegro io son

Lawrence Brownlee

Donizetti & Bellini

Constantine Orbelian

Kaunas City Symphony

Kaunas State Choir

Delos DE 3515

Release Date: September 9, 2016

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Delos Productions announced this release of the Kaunas City Symphony and Kaunas State Choir, both of Lithuania and both conducted by Constantine Orbelian, on July 29, 2016:

Allegro io son

Bel Canto Arias

Tenor Lawrence Brownlee – overwhelmingly regarded as the world’s leading bel canto tenor – follows up his previous Grammy-nominated release on Delos (Virtuoso Rossini Arias) with this stirring and eagerly awaited new collection of opera arias by Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini.

Brownlee performs a rich and exciting mix of both tried and true favorites as well as less-often heard pieces. Familiar favorites are from Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, La fille du régiment and L’elisir d’amore – as well as Bellini’s I Puritani. Lesser-known works featured are Donizetti’s Rita, La Favorite, and Dom Sébastien.

As with his previous Grammy-nominated Rossini release, Brownlee’s fabulous collaborators are Constantine Orbelian and Lithuania’s Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra – with added support this time from the exceptional Kaunas State Choir. The result is a paragon of astounding virtuosity and deep interpretive feeling that is bound to attract worldwide attention and critical acclaim.