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Verdi: Macbeth [Box set]

~ Claudio Abbado
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  • Performer: Piero Cappuccilli, Shirley Verrett, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Plácido Domingo
  • Orchestra: Milan La Scala Chorus, Milan La Scala Orchestra
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Audio CD (14 Oct 1996)
  • SPARS Code: AAD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: The Originals
  • ASIN: B000001GS3
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 51,039 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Macbeth - Overture (Preludio)Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano 3:16£0.79
Listen  2. Macbeth/Act 1 - Coro Di Streghe: "Che Faceste? Dite Su!"Piero Cappuccilli 7:46Album Only
Listen  3. Macbeth/Act 1 - Due Vaticini Compiuti Or SonoPiero Cappuccilli 3:22£0.79
Listen  4. Macbeth/Act 1 - Coro Di Streghe: "S'allontanarono!"Shirley Verrett 4:16£0.79
Listen  5. Macbeth/Act 1 - Vieni T'affretta...Or Tutti SorgeteShirley Verrett 7:32Album Only
Listen  6. Macbeth/Act 1 - Scena E Marcia: "Oh Donna Mia"Shirley Verrett 3:32£0.79
Listen  7. Macbeth/Act 1 - Gran Scena E Duetto: "Sappia La Sposa Mia"Shirley Verrett11:32Album Only
Listen  8. Macbeth/Act 1 - Scena E Sestetto - Finale I: "Di Destarlo Per Tempo Il Re M'impose"Shirley Verrett 7:49Album Only
Listen  9. Macbeth/Act 2 - Scena: "Perché Mi Sfuggi"Shirley Verrett 2:50£0.79
Listen10. Macbeth/Act 2 - Aria: "La Luce Langue"Shirley Verrett 4:24£0.79
Listen11. Macbeth/Act 2 - Coro Di Sicari: "Chi Oso Mandarvi A Noi?"Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano 3:08£0.79
Listen12. Macbeth/Act 2 - Gran Scena: "Studia Il Passo, O Mio Figlio!"Nicolai Ghiaurov 5:14£0.79
Listen13. Macbeth/Act 2 - Finale II: "Salve O Re"Stefania Malagu 1:52£0.79
Listen14. Macbeth/Act 2 - Si Colmi Il CaliceShirley Verrett 6:26£0.79
Listen15. Macbeth/Act 2 - Va', Spirto D'abisso!Shirley Verrett 6:47£0.79


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Macbeth/Act 3 - Coro D'Introduzione - Incantesimo: "Tre Volte Miagola La Gatta In Fregola"Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano 3:49£0.79
Listen  2. Macbeth/Act 3 - Ballo: Allegro Vivicissimo - Un Poco Ritenuto - Allegro - Andante - Allegro - Valzer. Allegro Vivacissimo - Poco Piu MossoOrchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano 9:53Album Only
Listen  3. Macbeth/Act 3 - Finché AppeliMaria Fausta Gallamini 6:59£0.79
Listen  4. Macbeth/Act 3 - Fuggi, Regal FantasimaPiero Cappuccilli 4:33£0.79
Listen  5. Macbeth/Act 3 - Coro E Ballabile: "Ondine E Silfidi"Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano 4:03£0.79
Listen  6. Macbeth/Act 3 - Scena E Duetto - Finale III: "Ove Son Io?"Shirley Verrett 3:14£0.79
Listen  7. Macbeth/Act 4 - Coro Di Profughi Scozzesi: "Patria Oppressa"Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano 6:22£0.79
Listen  8. Macbeth/Act 4 - "O Figli, O Figli Miei...Ah, La Paterna Mano"Plácido Domingo 3:41£0.79
Listen  9. Macbeth/Act 4 - Scena: "Dove Siam?"Antonio Savastano 2:54£0.79
Listen10. Macbeth/Act 4 - Gran Scena Del Sonnambulismo: "Vegliammo Invan Due Notti"Carlo Zardo 5:19£0.79
Listen11. Macbeth/Act 4 - Una Macchia È Qui TuttoraStefania Malagu 7:54Album Only
Listen12. Macbeth/Act 4 - Perfidi! All'anglo Contro Me V'unite!Piero Cappuccilli 1:46£0.79
Listen13. Macbeth/Act 4 - Pietà, Rispetto, Amore (Macbeth)Piero Cappuccilli 3:35£0.79
Listen14. Macbeth/Act 4 - Ella È Morta!Stefania Malagu 3:44£0.79
Listen15. Macbeth/Act 4 - Mal Per Me M'affidai Ne' Presagi Dell'inferno!Piero Cappuccilli 2:31£0.79
Listen16. Macbeth/Act 4 - Inno Di Vittoria - Finale: "Vittoria!"Antonio Savastano 3:32£0.79

On this CD:
  1. Macbeth
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by Milan La Scala Chorus, Milan La Scala Orchestra
    with Piero Cappuccilli, Shirley Verrett, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Plácido Domingo, Antonio Savastano, Carlo Zardo, Giovanni Foiani, Sergio Fontana, Alfredo Mariotti, Stefania Malagù
    Conducted by Claudio Abbado

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Everyone who hears it loves this recording of Verdi's early masterpiece. Small wonder. A first-rate ensemble from La Scala triumphantly charge through the murderous tale with unbounded confidence after a long-running production, and with a gut feeling for the true Verdian character and spirit. For Verdi himself, Macbeth was a hard birth. Struggling to revise shoddy rehearsal practice in a complacent mid-19th-century opera industry, he conducted long nightmarish rehearsals enforcing attention to his demands for strong stage characters. An indication of Verdi's success, and of the importance of his characterisation, is that Shirley Verrett, although audibly stretched in the higher register, still reigns as the ultimate Lady M. As in Shakespeare's original, the intense and tangible plight of the female part nearly outshines that of the principal anti-hero (Capucilli).With Lady Macbeth Verdi created his first real female star role of which he was to supply so many. Abbado is a master in observing detail and from both orchestra and soloists gets glittering performances and discipline in one go.Being cautious with his tempi, the conductor achieves deserved climaxes and a chillingly effective eerie throughline. Leave the lights on when listening to this. --Yngvil V.G.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the finest available recordings of a Verdi opera, 5 Jun 2000
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Along with Abbaddo's recording of Simon Boccanegra, also on DG, this set stands as a fitting testament to the conductor's tenure at La Scala in the 70s. The true sense of ensemble between the principals is clearly audible, and Cappuccilli and Verrett enjoy a rare chemistry as the guilt-wracked royal couple.

The great baritone was sometimes accused of relying too much on the sheer beauty of his instrument at the expense of dramatic involvement, but there is no sign of that fault here. Listen to the way he and Abbaddo build the tension in the recitative prior to Duncan's murder, or the breathless helplessness he conveys in the subsequent duet with Verrett.

Warmer and more italianate than Nilson (Decca), more verbally alert than Cossotto (EMI), and mercifully free of the exaggerated 'effects' employed by Zampieri (Phillips), Verrett covers the emotional gamut with Callas-like incisiveness and yet rarely displays strain in the high-lying tessitura.

Domingo and Ghiaurov are splendid in their arias, the former's following a spell-binding "O patria oppressa" from the Scala chorus.

For those who prefer their Verdi fast and furious, there is Muti on EMI with a fine cast (Milnes, Cossotto and Carreras - I find Raimondi's Banquo vapid). For me, neither that nor any other issue come near the ideal combination of subtlety and theatricality achieved here.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ah, but..., 19 Sep 2009
By Richard di Calatrava (Dorchester, Dorset, UK) - See all my reviews
Just listen to one of the transfers (Myto, Opera d'Oro...) of a LIVE performance with this crew (minus Domingo; Franco Tagliavini is a very acceptable substitute)and see what this studio version lacks!
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