Vincenzo Bellini: La Sonnambula (2 CDs)

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

Maria Callas, Nicola Zaccaria, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicola Monti, Eugenia Ratti, La Scala Orchestra, Antonino Votto

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Artists:: Maria Callas, Nicola Zaccaria, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicola Monti, Eugenia Ratti, La Scala Orchestra, Antonino Votto
Label:: Naxos
Year of recording ca.:: 1957
Item number:: 7545920
UPC/EAN:: 0747313328420
Release date:: 2.1.2009

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Visconti's sensational 1955 production of La sonnambula for La Scala, Milan, was revived and recorded two years later. As a girl, Callas had fallen in love with the rôle of Amina; as an adult it suited her voice perfectly, and her interpretation set a benchmark that few have equalled. Among the many highlights of Callas's profoundly satisfying performance is her cadenza for Ah non giunge in which she executes a remarkable diminuendo on a stratospheric E-flat, a feat unrivalled in the history of the gramophone. This is by any standards a classic recording.

Reviews

FonoForum 01/10: "Der Live-Mitschnitt besticht nicht nur mit dem dramatischen Feuer, das nahezu jede Callas-Aufführung durchglühte, sondern stellt mit Cesare Valetti auch den deutlich besseren Elvino bereit."

Tracklisting
Contributors

Disk 1 von 2 (CD)

1 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Viva! Viva Amina! (Chorus)
2 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Tutto e gioia, tutto e festa (Lisa, Chorus, Alessio)
3 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: In Elvezia, non v'ha rosa (Chorus, Lisa, Alessio)
4 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Care compagne (Amina, Chorus)
5 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Come per me sereno# Sempre, o felice Amina (Amina, all)
6 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Sovra il sen la man mi posa (Amina, all)
7 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Il piu di tutti, o Amina (Alessio, Amina, Lisa, Teresa, Notary)
8 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Perdona, o mia diletta (Elvino, Amina, All, Notary)
9 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Prendi: L'anel ti dono (Elvino)
10 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Scritti nel ciel gia sono# Ah! vorrei trovar parole (All, Elvira, Amina, Lisa)
11 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Domani, appena aggiorni (Elvino, All, Amina)
12 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Come noioso e lungo il cammin# Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni# E gentil, leggiadra molto (Rodo
13 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Contezza del paese (Elvino, Rodolfo, Teresa, Chorus)
14 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: A fosco cielo, a notte bruna (Chorus, Rodolfo, Teresa, Amina, Elvino)
15 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Basta cosi. Ciascuno si attenga (Rodolfo, Teresa, All, Elvino)
16 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Elvino! E me tu lasci (Amina, Elvino)
17 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 1: Son gelosa del zefiro errante (Elvino, Amina)
18 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 2: Davver, non mi dispiace (Rodolfo, Lisa)
19 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 2: Che veggio? (Rodolfo, Amina, Lisa)
20 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 2: O ciel! Che tento? (Rodolfo, Amina)
21 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 2: Osservate: L'uscio e aperto (Chorus)
22 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 2: E menzogna (Elvino, Chorus, Lisa, Amina)
23 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 2: D'un pensiero e d'un accento (Amina, Elvino, Chorus, Alessio, Teresa)
24 La sonnambula: Act I Scene 2: Non piu nozze (Elvino, All, Amina, Lisa, Alessio, Chorus, Teresa)

Disk 2 von 2 (CD)

1 La sonnambula: Act II Scene 1: Qui la selva e piu folta ed ombrosa (Chorus)
2 La sonnambula: Act II Scene 1: Reggimi, o buona madre (Amina, Teresa)
3 La sonnambula: Act II Scene 1: Vedi, o madre# E afflitto e mesto (Amina, Elvino)
4 La sonnambula: Act II Scene 1: Viva il Conte! (Distant Voices, Elvino, Amina, Teresa, Chorus)
5 La sonnambula: Act II Scene 1: Ah! Perche non posso odiarti (Elvino, Teresa, Chorus)
6 La sonnambula: Act II Scene 2: E fia pur vero, Elvino (Lisa, Elvino, Rodolfo, Alessio, All)
7 La sonnambula: Act II Scene 2: Signor Conte, agli occhi miei (Elvino, Rodolfo, Chorus, Lisa, Teresa)
8 La sonnambula: Act II Scene 2: Signor?# Che creder deggio? (Elvino, Rodolfo, Teresa, Chorus)
9 La sonnambula: Act II Scene 2: Oh! Se una volta sola (Amina, Rodolfo, Teresa, All)
10 La sonnambula: Act II Scene 2: Ah! Non credea mirarti (Amina, Elvino)
11 La sonnambula: Act II Scene 2: No, piu non reggo (Elvino, Amina, Rodolfo, Chorus)
12 La sonnambula: Act II Scene 2: Ah! Non giunge uman pensiero (Amina, All)
13 Medea (Medee) (Sung in Italian): Medea, Act I: Dei tuoi figli
14 La vestale: Act II: Tu che invoco
15 La vestale: Act II: O nume tutelar
16 La vestale: La Vestale, Act III: Caro oggetto