Lyric & Coloratura Arias (Rec 1954)
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BOITO / CATALANI / CILEA / DELIBES / GIORDANO / MEYERBEER / ROSSINI / VERDI
Lyric & Coloratura Arias (Rec 1954)
Maria Callas (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
[ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 10 November 2014
As this recital amply demonstrates, Maria Callas encompassed an extraordinary range of roles. She is as convincing in the pinpoint coloratura of Lakmé's 'Bell Song' ('Her chromatic scale is beautifully done and she sails up to the region known as in alt with the greatest ease,' said Gramophone) as in the sweeping, richlycoloured lines of Maddalena's 'La mamma morta' from Andrea Chénier, famously and movingly featured on the soundtrack of the 1993 Hollywood film Philadelphia. 'There is great tenderness and simplicity, deep emotion, and the most lovely moulding of the vocal phrases,' wrote Gramophone, 'Madame Callas's characterisations … are nothing less than superb, and altogether there is some of her finest singing yet recorded.'
'A highly desirable conflation which allows us to hear Callas's unique voice and art with even greater faithfulness. Serafin gives admirable support throughout.' (Gramophone)
Tracks:
Boito:
L'altra notte in fondo al mare (from Mefistofele)
Catalani:
Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)
Cilea:
Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur)
Poveri fiori (from Adriana Lecouvreur)
Delibes:
Où va la jeune Indoue? 'Bell Song' (from Lakmé)
sung in Italian
Giordano, U:
La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier)
Meyerbeer:
Ombra leggiera (from Dinorah)
Rossini:
Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Verdi:
Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani)
