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Verdi: Don Carlos [Box set]

~ Giuseppe Verdi (Composer)
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  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Audio CD (1 Oct 1999)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Emi Classics
  • ASIN: B000002RWK
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,475 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Don Carlos: Act I: Prelude & Introduction: Le cerf s'enfuit sous la ramure - Orchestre De Paris
2. Don Carlos: Act I: Recit & Romance: Fontainebleau! Foret immense et solitaire! (Don Carlos) - Orchestre De Paris
3. Don Carlos: Act I: Recit & Romance: Je l'ai vu, et dans son sourire (Don Carlos) - Orchestre De Paris
4. Don Carlos: Act I: Scene & Duo: Le bruit du cor s'eteint sous l'ombre epaisse (Don Carlos, Elisabeth) - Orchestre De Paris
5. Don Carlos: Act I: Scene & Duo: Que faites-vous donc? (Elisabeth, Don Carlos) - Orchestre De Paris
6. Don Carlos: Act I: Scene & Duo: De quels transport poignants (Elisabeth, Don Carlos) - Orchestre De Paris
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Disc: 2
1. Don Carlos: Act II: Scene 2: Scene & Romance: Le Roi! (Philippe) - Guiseppe Verdi
2. Don Carlos: Act II: Scene 2: Scene & Romance: O ma chere compagne (Elisabeth, Rodrigue, Philippe) - Guiseppe Verdi
3. Don Carlos: Act II: Scene 2: Scene & Duo: Restez! (Philippe, Rodrigue) - Guiseppe Verdi
4. Don Carlos: Act II: Scene 2: Scene & Duo: O Roi! J'arrive de Flandres (Philippe, Rodrigue) - Guiseppe Verdi
5. Don Carlos: Act II: Scene 2: Scene & Duo: Votre regard hardi s'est leve sur mon trone (Philippe, Rodrigue) - Guiseppe Verdi
6. Don Carlos: Act III: Scene 1: Introduction & Choeur: Que des fleurs et que d'etoiles (Elisabeth, Eboli) - Guiseppe Verdi
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Disc: 3
1. Don Carlos: Act IV: Scene 1: Scene & quatuor: Justice, Sire! (Elisabeth, Philippe, Eboli, Rodrigue) - G. Verdi
2. Don Carlos: Act IV: Scene 1: Scene & quatuor: Maudit soit le soupcon infame (Philippe, Rodrigue, Eboli, Elisabeth) - G. Verdi
3. Don Carlos: Act IV: Scene 1: Scene & Air: Pitie! Pardon pour la femme coupable! (Eboli, Elisabeth) - G. Verdi
4. Don Carlos: Act IV: Scene 1: Scene & Air: O don fatal et deteste (Eboli) - G. Verdi
5. Don Carlos: Act IV: Scene 2: Mort de Rodrigue: C'est moi, Carlos (Rodrigue, Don Carlos) - G. Verdi
6. Don Carlos: Act IV: Scene 2: Mort de Rodrigue: Oui, Carlos! C'est mon jour supreme (Rodrigue, Don Carlos) - G. Verdi
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There is a late Italian version of this long opera called Don Carlo (without the "s") which omits the first act. However, it's worth going the extra mile to hear it in the original French version, as given on this wonderful recording. The first act is an explosive mix of the personal and political, and Verdi's music depicting a love struggling to grow in blood-soaked soil is completely gripping. This is a live recording from the Châtelet and the chorus sounds rather distant and bland--hardly ideal in the epic, large-scale scenes. And some details of phrasing and articulation which would be picked up by a studio microphone get swallowed in the whole. That said, the advantages of hearing a live performance are considerable: the energy fizzes off the stage with electric intensity. Alagna is a fantastic Carlos, full of power and pathos, but more than matched by his Elisabeth, Karita Mattila, who brings a heartbreaking, dignified despair to the role. Waltraud Meier also gives an edge- of-seat account of the flirt who comes to feel the torture of remorse. And conductor Antonio Pappano ensures there is never a drop in the tension. --Warwick Thompson

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good performance but not a first choice, 22 Feb 2001
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It is a good thing to have this recording of the French "Don Carlos", since it gives us an idea of what the French "grand opéra" masterpiece that Verdi first composed can sound like. As a recording however, this can only have a secondary place in your collection - next to one of the far-superior studio recordings of the Italian version "Don Carlo" : Giulini's unmissable "EMI recording with Domingo, Caballé, Raimondi, Verrett (a real "classic" and now re-issued in the mid-price class !) or, possibly, Solti's Decca recording (mainly because of Bergonzi). I do not care much for the "live" sound of this recording, but what we witness here must have been quite an exciting night at the Theatre du Chatelet. Both Mattila and Alagna give a superb and very involved performance. The biggest surprise comes perhaps from Mattila : her lyric soprano is hardly "Verdian" but somehow suits Elisabeth's character much better than one might have expected. Her portrayal of the young queen can be very moving indeed. However as vivid as their performance sounds here, Alagna and Mattila can in no way compete with the sheer beauty of Domingo and Caballe's singing for Giulini. Van Dam might not be your usual impressively threatening King Philippe but gives a fine portrayal of the tortured man, and Hampson makes a suitably generous Rodrigue. Waltraud Meier's outstanding acting ability might have made an interesting Princesse d'Eboli on stage (which could explain the applause after "O don fatal") but there is unfortunately not much left of the acting on record and if her "O don fatal" might be qualified as "suitably powerful", her interpretation of the "Veil song" is just plain horrible !
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