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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Popolo di Pekino! | |||
| 2. Padre! Mio Padre! | |||
| 3. Perduta la battaglia | |||
| 4. Gira la cote! Gira! | |||
| 5. Perche tarda la luna? | |||
| 6. La, sui monti dell'est | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Cosi comanda Turandot | |||
| 2. Nessum dorma! | |||
| 3. Tu che guardi le stelle | |||
| 4. Pricipessa divina! | |||
| 5. Quel nome! | |||
| 6. L'amore?...Tanto amore, segreto e inconfessato | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Libretto | |||
| 2. Synopsis | |||
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2CD Composer: Puccini / Conductor: Serafin
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This was my first Turandot, and I acquired it because In Questa Reggia was such a fascinating piece when it turned up on Callas anthologies. I've since then listened to a fair selection of the other celebrated recordings - Nilsson, Sutherland, Caballe are all outstanding - and did sometimes ask myself am I keeping this on my iPod sheerly out of sentiment? It is the one I come back to, and I've come to the view it's because it has shape and drive that none of the others altogether imagine. This is partly thanks to the conductor, Serafin, and very largely due to Callas's musical intelligence and bravery.
Nilsson sings it beautifully, both with Björling and with Corelli, but she never quite melts at the ending, which Callas does so superbly. Melting and even flirting are there throughout with Caballe, and even to an extent with Sutherland, but there's not the same curve, the drop from fierce defensiveness to softness and bewildered surrender that Callas manages to convey. Hers was a flawed voice, by comparison with theirs, but she knew her instrument and how to make best use of its strengths and its limitations. The excitement in listening to her Turandot comes because it's working with imperfections, and creating as she goes along musical and psychological sense. Callas is not just singing the notes. And she lets you catch despair and terror as she presses Liu in the last act, and brings about her death. This Liu is a fighter, as Schwartzkopf sings her, as much a rival as a victim. Callas lets it be felt that her Turandot has understood in full all that's at stake between them.... Read more ›
Nilsson sings it beautifully, both with Björling and with Corelli, but she never quite melts at the ending, which Callas does so superbly. Melting and even flirting are there throughout with Caballe, and even to an extent with Sutherland, but there's not the same curve, the drop from fierce defensiveness to softness and bewildered surrender that Callas manages to convey. Hers was a flawed voice, by comparison with theirs, but she knew her instrument and how to make best use of its strengths and its limitations. The excitement in listening to her Turandot comes because it's working with imperfections, and creating as she goes along musical and psychological sense. Callas is not just singing the notes. And she lets you catch despair and terror as she presses Liu in the last act, and brings about her death. This Liu is a fighter, as Schwartzkopf sings her, as much a rival as a victim. Callas lets it be felt that her Turandot has understood in full all that's at stake between them.... Read more ›
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THE DIVINE MARIA
4 Jan 2013
By Richard E. Kaye
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EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE ROLE OF "TURANDOT" IS A KILLER FOR THE VOICE. THAT'S WHY CALLAS GAVE UP SINGING IT ON STAGE EARLY ON. IN THIS RECORDING, THOUGH, CALLAS PULLS OUT ALL OF THE STOPS AND "NAILS IT" TO PERFECTION. THE VOICE IS SIMPLY THRILLING--LOVELY IN THE "SOFTER" MOMENTS AND EDGY AND THRUSTING IN HER MORE CHALLENGING AND MENACING ONES. TULLIO SERAFIN IS, AS ALWAYS, A MASTER AT THE HELM. THIS IS A GRAND RECORDING OF ONE VERY GRAND OPERA.
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Terrific
2 Jan 2013
By irenewxia
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The sound is terrific. I have got the previous version of this CD. It is MONO, and the sound is not good enough. But this one is so good.
I do not need to say too much about Maria Callas. I think that you all know her. She is wonderful. Maybe you also know Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. The Liu she performanced is even better than the Liu performanced by Tebaldi. At least this is my point of view.
I do not need to say too much about Maria Callas. I think that you all know her. She is wonderful. Maybe you also know Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. The Liu she performanced is even better than the Liu performanced by Tebaldi. At least this is my point of view.
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