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~ Giacomo Puccini
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~ Giuseppe Verdi
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Messa di Gloria in A flat
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
with Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson
Conducted by Antonio Pappano
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Preludio sinfonico in A
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Antonio Pappano
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Crisantemi
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Antonio Pappano
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Roberto Alagna and Antonio Pappano are two-thirds of the EMI triumvirate (corresponding member Angela Gheorghiu) which has done well by Puccini on previous discs; and although this recording of the Messa Di Gloria steps outside the operatic canon into the lesser margins of the composer's output, it's all done so eloquently you forget how undistinguished the material sometimes is. Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra are clearly in the middle of a love affair and seem to understand each other's every move. Alagna sails through his three sections, making slightly heavy weather of the Gratias with worrying signs of a widening vibrato, but happy enough in the oddly amiable Agnus Dei duet with Thomas Hampson. And for a good example of the current all-round health of the LSO after several years of conservative core-repertory craft under its chief conductor Colin Davis, listen to how beautifully the strings phrase the enlarged string quartet movement Crisantemi which, together with the Preludio sinfonico, makes a welcome filler. --Michael White
Roberto Alagna and Antonio Pappano are two-thirds of the EMI triumvirate (corresponding member Angela Gheorghiu) which has done well by Puccini on previous discs; and although this recording of the Messa Di Gloria steps outside the operatic canon into the lesser margins of the composer's output, it's all done so eloquently you forget how undistinguished the material sometimes is. Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra are clearly in the middle of a love affair and seem to understand each other's every move. Alagna sails through his three sections, making slightly heavy weather of the Gratias with worrying signs of a widening vibrato, but happy enough in the oddly amiable Agnus Dei duet with Thomas Hampson. And for a good example of the current all-round health of the LSO after several years of conservative core-repertory craft under its chief conductor Colin Davis, listen to how beautifully the strings phrase the enlarged string quartet movement Crisantemi which, together with the Preludio sinfonico, makes a welcome filler. --Michael White
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