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Recorded in 1953 and 1954 respectively, these recordings of Cav and Pag remain the most compelling on discs, despite boxy, occasionally distorted sound. Maria Callas
Aside from a refusal on the part of conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch to use rubato, and apart from his genuinely ferocious way with the score, this
The last–and only–time I encountered tenor Fausto Tenzi was on a recording of Donizetti’s Imelda de’ Lambertazzi on Nuova Era, recorded in 1988. I was
Herbert von Karajan conducted Mascagni as if he were as great as Mozart or Verdi, and he almost convinces us. His approach is typical of
This performance, taped at La Scala on opening night, 1963, is a breathtaking example of true verismo performing. At the time, Giulietta Simionato had been
These two sets were recorded as the soundtracks for films by Franco Zeffirelli, which, if I recall, were opulent in the way only Zeffirelli can
Mascagni wrote 16 operas; 11 are represented here as is a 25-minute cantata he composed in 1898 to commemorate the centenary of the poet Giacomo
It would seem whimsical to wish for a recording of a 19th century operatic repertory standard conducted by its composer, yet that’s exactly what we
