Giuseppe Verdi – La Traviata – Ileana Cotrubas, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber (1977/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:49:59 minutes | 1,89 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Booklet, Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon
Recorded: Munich, Bürgerbräu-Keller, 5/1976 & 6/1977
Quite possibly the definitive studio recording of Verdi’s opera masterpiece, this stunning performance, brilliantly conducted by Kleiber, features multiple Grammy®-winning tenor Plácido Domingo and the legendary soprano Ileana Cotrubaş. Originally recorded in 1977, this new high-definition release lends an unheard clarity to this already essential recording.
“Kleiber, the great Berlin-born conductor, finds a happy medium in his splendid “Traviata,” with Ileana Cotrubas as Violetta and Plácido Domingo as Alfredo, both superb. His tempo for “Un dì felice” has a gentle gait, a bit slower than Toscanini’s. The restraint allows the singers a little more room to stretch and bend the lines. As the voices blend during the final phrases, they sing with delectable pianissimo tenderness, especially Mr. Domingo’s.” -Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
Cotrubas’s peculiarly plaintive, vibrating timbre and highly individual nuances seem to me perfectly fitted to the part. To those she here adds a sense of involvement and of spontaneity that suggests a live portrayal more palpably than any other on disc … Kleiber gives the score a Toscanini-like sense of dramatic purpose and impending doom, without being quite as strict with his singers … I have no hesitation in recommending this brand-new DG set, which is easily the most warmly recorded of any … still difficult to beat when it comes to studio recordings in (good) stereo sound … a ‘classic’ in its own right.” -Gramophone
Tracklist:
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La Traviata
Act 1
1 Prelude 00:03:38
2 “Dell’invito trascorsa è già l’ora” 00:04:34
3 “Libiamo ne’lieti calici” 00:02:55
4 “Che è ciò?” 00:02:18
5 “Un dì felice, eterea” 00:03:06
6 “Ebben? che diavol fate?” 00:01:19
7 “Si ridesta in ciel l’aurora” 00:01:37
8 “E strano!” – “Ah, fors’è lui” 00:03:36
9 “Follie! Delirio vano è questo!” – “Sempre libera” 00:04:32
Act 2
10 “Lunge da lei” – “De’ miei bollenti spiriti” 00:03:33
11 “Annina, donde vieni?” – “Oh mio rimorso!” 00:02:19
12 “Alfredo?” “Per Parigi or or partiva” 00:03:18
13 “Pura siccome un angelo” 00:01:39
14 “Non sapete quale affetto” 00:01:59
15 “Un dì, quando le veneri” 00:02:34
16 “Ah! Dite alla giovine” 00:04:05
17 “Imponete” “Non amarlo ditegli” 00:04:18
18 “Dammi tu forza, o cielo!” 00:01:43
19 “Che fai?” “Nulla” 00:02:07
20 “Ah, vive sol quel core” 00:02:12
21 “Di Provenza il mar, il suol” 00:04:01
22 “Né rispondi d’un padre all’affetto?” – “No, non udrai rimproveri” 00:02:45
23 “Avrem lieta di maschere la notte” 00:01:02
24 “Noi siamo zingarelle” 00:02:46
25 “Di Madride noi siam mattadori” 00:02:32
26 “Alfredo! Voi!” 00:03:54
27 “Invitato a qui seguirmi” 00:02:28
28 “Ogni suo aver tal femmina” 00:01:31
29 “Di sprezzo degno se stesso rende” 00:01:48
30 “Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core” 00:04:14
Act 3
31 Prelude 00:03:36
32 “Annina?” “Comandate?” 00:03:54
33 “Tenesta la promessa” – “Attendo, né a me giungon mai” – “Addio del passato” 00:03:59
34 “Largo a quadrupede” 00:00:48
35 Signora…Che t’accadde…Parigi, o cara 00:04:44
36 “Ah, non più!” – “Ah! Gran Dio! Morir sì giovine” 00:03:00
37 “Ah, Violetta!” “Voi? Signor?” 00:01:42
38 “Prendi, quest’è l’immagine” 00:03:53
Personnel:
Ileana Cotrubas, Soprano
Stefania Malagu, Soprano
Helena Jungwirth, Mezzo-Soprano
Sherrill Milnes, Baritone
Plácido Domingo, Tenor
Walter Gullino, Tenor
Bruno Grella, Baritone
Giovanni Foiani, Bass
Alfredo Giacomotti, Bass
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München
Wolfgang Baumgart, Chorus Master
Bavarian State Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber, Conductor
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