Ritrovato (Puccini rediscovered)

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PUCCINI
Ritrovato (Puccini rediscovered)
Placido Domingo (tenor) & Violeta Urmana (soprano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Alberto Veronesi

[ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 20 November 2009

The Italian maestro, Alberto Veronesi, is again joined by the legendary Spanish tenor as he turns his expertise to a project of unusual interest entitled "Puccini ritrovato" - Puccini rediscovered

Deutsche Grammophon's collaboration with Alberto Veronesi - which began in 2006 with a critically acclaimed complete recording of Puccini's early opera Edgar, starring Plácido Domingo in the title role - continues this autumn with this special release.

The Italian maestro is again joined by the legendary Spanish tenor as he turns his expertise - Veronesi has been music director of the prestigious Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago since 1999 - to a project of unusual interest entitled "Puccini ritrovato" - Puccini rediscovered

Tracks:

1. Preludio a orchestra (1876)
2. Ed ora bevo all'amor (La rondine, 1920, second version) Magda, Ruggero, Lisette, Prunier
3. Con onor muore (Madama Butterfly, 1904, original version) Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)
4. Sia benedetto il giorno (Edgar, 1889, manuscript version) Fidelia, Edgar
5. Preludio (Edgar, 1892 version, prelude to Act I)
6. Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon Lescaut, 1893, original version)
7. Preludio (Manon Lescaut, 1892, prelude to original Act III/1)
8. Oh, se qualcuno vuol quell' oro (La fanciulla del West, 1910, first published version)
9. Adagetto per orchestra da camera (1881-1883)
10. Amici fiori (Suor Angelica, 1918, original version)
11. Parigi è la città dei desideri (La rondine, 1920, second version)
12. Evviva le coppe colmate! - La coppa è simbol della vita (Edgar, 1889, manuscript version, Act II, scene 3)