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Although her performances of baroque and classical period music are acclaimed by many, Cecilia Bartoli's strength has always been in the bel canto music of her homeland. Both her Covent Garden performances as Fiorilla in Rossini's Il turco in Italia and the recording of the opera on Decca remain my favourite examples of the singer's work: she understands the style of this music. The high degree of expression with which she approaches everything she sings is more suited to the overt emotions of Rossini and his contemporaries than Mozart and Handel, to my mind. So I find it a joy Read more on Last.fm.