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Puccini: Le Villi

~ Ludovic Tezier (Baritone), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Marco Guidarini (Conductor), Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Melanie Diener (Soprano), et al.
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  • Orchestra: Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Marco Guidarini
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Audio CD (11 Aug 2003)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Naive
  • ASIN: B00009Q7FR
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 295,390 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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On this CD:
  1. (Le) Villi
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    Performed by Radio France Chorus, French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
    with Melanie Diener, Ludovic Tezier, Aquiles Machado
    Conducted by Marco Guidarini

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good recording of a Puccini rarity., 12 Sep 2008
Puccini: Le Villi: Diener/ Machado/Tezier/ David/ French Radio Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra/ Guidarini.(Naive)

{Also reviewed: Puccini: Edgar: Varady/ McCormick/ Tanner/ Jenis/ Cigni/ French Radio Choir/ French National Orch/ Levi}

While there are dozens of recordings of Puccini's later operas, the first two have had a thin time on disc. Now from Radio France on the Naive label come new recordings of Le Villi and Edgar, which can be warmly recommended.

Puccini wrote his first opera, Le Villi - The Willies - using a story similar to that of the ballet, Giselle, in which a faithless lover is destroyed by the spirit of his beloved. The first performance in 1884 was an instant success, winning him a contract with Ricordi, Italy's leading publisher, who kept faith with his young discovery even though it was five years before he completed his next opera, Edgar.

Puccini's big mistake was to keep the same librettist, Ferdinando Fontana. Where the story of Le Villi is very simply told, with motivation clear and direct despite the supernatural element, Edgar has a much more elaborate story with absurd developments. So in act one the hero, Edgar, burns down his own house for no apparent reason, and in act three, just as implausibly, stages his own funeral, with a suit of armour in place of the body.

None the less, the score of Edgar brings important developments in Puccini's technique as a composer, with a through-composed score merging arias and ensembles. Hearing these new recordings side by side suggests that though Le Villi is simpler, the result is more characteristic of the mature Puccini, with big melodies more striking than those in Edgar.

Both the new recordings score impressively over the existing versions in the refinement of the sound: Melanie Diener and Aquiles Machado in Le Villi and Julia Varady and Carl Tanner in Edgar are all allowed a range of expression largely denied to their starrier rivals on Sony. Smaller roles are also well cast, with both conductors, Marco Guidarini in Le Villi and Yoel Levi in Edgar, pointing rhythms and phrases with natural sympathy.
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