Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

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This new version of Mascagni’s one-act wonder is everything that verismo should be: intense, passionate and heart-stopping as it reaches its grisly climax…[Janowski] transforms what is often... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Apr 2020
Catalogue No: PTC5186772
Label: Pentatone
Length: 65 minutes

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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

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Brian Jagde (tenor), Melody Moore (soprano), Elisabetta Fiorillo (contralto), Lester Lynch (baritone), Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo-soprano), Anna Rad-Markowska (soprano), Manja Raschka (contralto)
Dresdner Philharmoniker, MDR Rundfunkchor
Marek Janowski

Preludio (Live)

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O Lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa (Live)

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Introduzione (Live)

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Gli aranci olezzano sui verdi margini (Live)

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Dite, mamma Lucia (Live)

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Il cavallo scalpita (Live)

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Beato voi, compar Alfio (Live)

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Regina coeli laetare (Live)

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Inneggiamo, il Signor non è morto (Live)

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Voi lo sapete, o mamma (Live)

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Tu qui, Santuzza? (Live)

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Son giunto ora in piazza (Live)

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No, no, Turiddu (Live)

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Oh! Il Signore vi manda (Live)

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Il ver. Turiddu mi tolse l'onore (Live)

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Intermezzo sinfonico (Live)

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A casa, a casa, amici (Live)

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Viva il vino spumeggiante (Live)

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A voi tutti salute (Live)

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Mamma, quel vino è generoso (Live)

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Marek Janowski and the Dresdner Philharmonie present a new recording of Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, the verismo opera par excellence. Mascagni’s debut opera turned him into an overnight world star, and continues to captivate listeners today. Even if the depiction of simple village folk and the direct emotional appeal of Cavalleria rusticana were initially greeted as a welcome alternative to the gods, intellectual pretences and dense orchestral textures of Wagner, Mascagni’s score in fact has many more symphonic qualities than is usually acknowledged. Marek Janowski, a champion of Wagnerian opera and German symphonic music, is the ideal candidate to demonstrate those qualities. He does this together with the Dresdner Philharmonie, the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir and a cast of outstanding vocal soloists, including Melody Moore as Santuzza, Brian Jagde as Turridu and Lester Lynch in the role of Alfio. Marek Janowski is one of the most celebrated conductors of our times, and enjoys a vast PENTATONE discography including a recent recording of Weber’s Der Freischüt z (2019) with the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir. This recording is the first in a series with the Dresdner Philharmonie, where Janowski currently serves as chief conductor. Melody Moore and Lester Lynch both have been featured on several PENTATONE releases, including Verdi’s Othello (2017). Brian Jagde is one of today’s rising opera tenor stars, and makes his PENTATONE debut.

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September 2020

This new version of Mascagni’s one-act wonder is everything that verismo should be: intense, passionate and heart-stopping as it reaches its grisly climax…[Janowski] transforms what is often a lumbering warhorse into a Wagnerian thoroughbred…And his orchestra rewards him with some sumptuous playing…The youngish cast is on point too. Melody Moore’s Santuzza has a smoky quality in her lower register hinting at the incomparable Leontyne Price.

August 2020

Though [Janowski] directs an enjoyable, unfailingly musical account of the work, he hardly gets down and dirty with this prototypical verismo score...Janowski is best at capturing the score’s gentle rusticity, as well its moments of sadness...Melody Moore’s Santuzza is the finest: it’s a sympathetic characterisation and she sings generously and grandly, with plenty of rich, vibrant tone, even if I would like to hear more legato in her phrasing.

January 2021

The well-recorded result shows fine, disciplined instrumentalism, but the air of Sicily and the volcanic nature of Verga’s drama are mostly lacking…[Moore's] bright, sometimes slightly too pulsating voice shows committed dramatic insight and moving expression…[Jagde's] voice has a nice ring throughout...The sonorous choral singing bespeaks good training if limited idiomatic abandon.

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