Puccini - Il Trittico - Warner Classics: 5565872 - download

No previous recordings bring such warmth or beauty or so powerful a drawing of the contrasts between each of the three one-acters in Puccini's triptych as these. It's Pappano above all, with... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 5565872
Label: Warner Classics
Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

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Puccini: Il tabarro

Work length53:01

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Maria Guleghina (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Neil Shicoff (tenor), Ricardo Cassinelli (tenor), Barry Banks (tenor), Elena Zilio (mezzo-soprano), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Enrico Fissore (bass), Carlo Guelfi (baritone)
London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano
Recorded: 1997-07-30
Recording Venue: 26-30 July 1997, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, Hampstead London

Orchestra

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O Michele? Michele? (Giorgetta / Michele / Luigi / Il Tinca / Il Talpa / Coro - Scaricatori)

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O Luigi, ancora una passata (Il Talpa / Luigi / Giorgetta / Il Tinca)

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Dunque, che cosa credi? (Giorgetta / Michele / Un venditore di canzonette / Coro - Midinettes)

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O eterni innamorati, buona sera! (La Frugola / Giorgetta)

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To'! guarda la mia vecchia! (Il Talpa / La Frugola / Michele / Luigi / Il Tinca)

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Hai ben ragione; meglio non pensare (Luigi)

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Segui il mio esempio; bevil! (Il Tinca / Giorgetta / Il Talpa / La Frugola)

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E ben altro il mio sogno! (Giorgetta / La Frugola / Luigi / Il Talpa / Voci lontani)

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Miei vecchi, buona notte! (La Fruggola / Il Talpa / Voci lontani)

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O Luigi! Luigi! (Giorgetta / Luigi / Michele)

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Dimmi: perchè gli hai chiesto di sbarcarti a Rouen? (Giorgetta / Luigi)

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Come è difficile esser felici! (Giorgetta / Michele)

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Sgualdrina!...Bocca di rosa fresca (Michele / Due amanti)

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Nulla!...Silenzio! (Michele)

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T'ho colto!...Sangue di Dio! (Michele / Luigi / Giorgetta)

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Avevo ben ragione (Michele / Giorgetta)

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Puccini: Suor Angelica

Work length55:37

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Elena Zilio (mezzo-soprano), Rosalind Waters (soprano), Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano), Judith Rees (soprano), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano), Bernadette Manca Di Nissa (contralto), Sara Fulgoni (mezzo-soprano), Susan MacKenzie-Park (soprano), Deborah Miles-Johnson (mezzo-soprano), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Francesca Pedaci (soprano), Rachele Stanisci (soprano), Anna Maria Panzarella (soprano)
London Voices, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra
Antonio Pappano
Recorded: 1997-07-30
Recording Venue: 3-7 August 1997, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, Hampstead London

Ave Maria (Coro di suore / Suor Angelica)

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Sorelle in umilità (La suora zelatrice / La prima conversa / La maestra delle novizie / La seconda conversa / Suor Osmina / Sei suore)

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Ed or, sorelle in gioia (La soura zelatrice / Coro di suore / Suor Genovieffa / Una novizia / La maestra delle novizie)

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I desiderï sono i fiori dei vivi (Suor Angelica / La suora zelatrice / Tre suore / Suor Genovieffa)

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Ho un desiderio anchi'io! (Suor Dolcina / Coro di suore / Suor Genevieffa / Suor Angelica / Una novizia / La suora infermiera)

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Suor Angelica, sentite! (La suora infermiera / Suor Angelica / Coro di suore)

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Laudata Maria! (Le due cercatrici / Coro di suore / Suor Dolcina / La suora zelatrice / Suor Angelica / Suor Genovieffa)

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Chi è venuto stasera in parlatorio? (La prima cercatrice / Coro di suore / Suor Angelica / Suor Genovieffa)

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Suor Angelica!.....Madre, madre, parlate! (La badessa / Suor Angelica / Sei suore)

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Il Principe Gualtiero vostro padre (La zia principessa / Suor Angelica)

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Nel silenzio di quei raccoglimenti (La zia principessa)

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Tutto ho offerto all Vergine (Suor Angelica / La zia principessa)

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Orchestra

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Senza mamma, bimbo, tu sei morto (Suor Angelica)

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Sorella, o buona sorella (Suor Genovieffa / Coro di suore / Suor Angelica)

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La grazia è discesa dal cielo!...[Intermezzo]...

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Suor Angelica ha sempre una ricetta buona

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Ah! Son dannata! (Suor Angelica)

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Puccini: Gianni Schicchi

Work length53:23

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Roberto Alagna (tenor), Janice Graham (concert master conductor), Carlos Chausson (bass), Roberto Scaltriti (bass-baritone), Luigi Roni (bass), Simon Preece (bass), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Noel Mann (bass), Enrico Fissore (bass), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), James Savage-Hanford (vocals), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Paolo Barbacini (tenor), Paolo Barbacini (contralto), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano), Carlos Chausson (baritone), Elena Zilio (soprano), Elena Zilio (mezzo-soprano), Luigi Roni (tenor), Enrico Fissore (baritone), Paulo Barbacini (tenor), Luigi Roni (baritone), Noel Mann (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano
Recorded: 1997-08-15
Recording Venue: 12-15 August 1997, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, Hampstead London

Povero, Buoso! (Zita / Simone / Rinuccio / La Ciesca / Marco / Nella / Gheraldo / Betto)

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O Simone? (Gheraldo / La Ciesca / Zita / Marco / Simone / Nella / Rinuccio / Betto)

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E aperto! (Zita / Simone / La Ciesca / Marco / Simone / Nella / Rinuccio / Gheraldo)

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Dunque era vero! (Simone / La Ciesca / Marco / Betto / Nella / Zita / Rinuccio / Gheraldo)

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C'è una persona sola che ci può consigliare (Rinuccio / Zita / Gheraldino / La Ciesca / Nella / Gheraldo / Marco / Simone / Betto)

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Avete torto! (Rinuccio)

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Firenze è come un albero fiorito (Rinuccio)

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Quale aspetto sgomento e desolato! (Schicchi / Rinuccio / Lauretta / Gheraldo / Zita / La Ciesca / Nella / Simone / Marco / Betto)

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Brava la vecchia (Schicchi / Lauretta / Rinuccio / Zita / La Ciesco / Nella / Gheraldo / Simone / Marco / Betto)

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O mio babbino caro (Lauretta)

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Datemi il testamento! (Schicchi / Lauretta / Rinuccio / Zita / La Ciesca / Nella / Gheraldo / Marco / Simone / Betto)

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Nessuno sa che Buoso ha reso il fiato? (Schicchi / Zita / La Ciesca / Nella / Rinuccio / Gheraldo / Marco / Simone / Betto / Maestro Spinelloccio)

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Era eguale la voce? (Schicchi / Zita / La Ciesca / Nella / Rinuccio / Gheraldo / Marco / Simone / Betto)

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In testa la capellina! (Schicci / Zita / La Ciesca / Nella / Rinuccio / Gheraldo / Marco / Simone / Betto)

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Schicchi! Schicci! (Zita / La Ciesca / Nella / Rinuccio / Gheraldo / Marco / Simone / Betto / Schicchi / Lauretta)

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Ecco la cappellina! (Zita / Schicchi / Simone / Betto / Nella / La Ciesca / Gheraldo / Marco)

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Prima un avvertimento! (Schicchi / Zita / La Ciesca / Nella / Gheraldo / marco / Simone / Betto)

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Addio, Firenze (Schichi / Zita / La Ciesca / Nella / Gheraldo / Marco / Simone / Betto)

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Ecco il notaro! (Rinuccio / Il Notaio / Pinelino / Guccio / Schicchi / Zita / La Ciesca / Nella / Marco / Simone / Betto / Gheraldo)

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Basta! I testi videro (Il Notaio / Schicchi / Marco / Simone / Betto / Zita / La Ciesca / Nella / Rinuccio / Gheraldo)

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Lascio a Simone i beni di Fucecchio (Schicchi / Zita / La Ciesca / Nella / Rinuccio / Gheraldo / Marco / Simone / Betto / Betto / Pinellino / Guccio)

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Ladro! Il Notaio / Pinellino / Guccio / Zita / La Ciesca / Nella / Gheraldo / Marco / Simone / Betto / Rinuccio / Lauretta / Schicchi)

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Lauretta, mia Lauretta! (Rinuccio / Lauretta / Schicchi)

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2010

No previous recordings bring such warmth or beauty or so powerful a drawing of the contrasts between each of the three one-acters in Puccini's triptych as these. It's Pappano above all, with his gift for pacing Puccini subtly, who draws the set together. In each opera he heightens emotions fearlessly to produce unerringly at key moments the authentic gulp-in-throat, whether for the cuckolded bargemaster, Michele, for Sister Angelica in her agonised suicide and heavenly absolution, or for the resolution of young love at the end of Gianni Schicchi. It will disappoint some that the starry couple of Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna don't take centre-stage, but quite apart from their radiant singing as Lauretta and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi – not least in that happy ending, most tenderly done – they make a tiny cameo appearance in Il tabarro as the off-stage departing lovers, a heady 45 seconds. It's the sort of luxury touch that Walter Legge would have relished.
No doubt Gheorghiu would have been just as persuasive as Giorgetta in Iltabarro and as Sister Angelica, but having different sopranos in each opera sharpens the contrasts. Maria Guleghina makes a warm, vibrant Giorgetta, and the touch of acid at the top of the voice adds character, pointing to the frustration of the bargemaster's wife.
Even more remarkable is the singing of the young Chilean soprano, Cristina Gallardo- Domâs as Sister Angelica. Hers is a younger, more vulnerable Angelica than usual. Her vocal subtlety and commanding technique go with a fully mature portrayal of the nun's agony, her defiance of the implacable Princess as well as her grief over her dead son. As with Gheorghiu, the dynamic shading brings pianissimos of breathtaking delicacy. The Princess is powerfully sung by Bernadette Manca di Nissa, her tone firm and even throughout. Felicity Palmer, with her tangy mezzo tone, is well contrasted as the Abbess, and she's just as characterful as the crabby Zita in Gianni Schicchi. The casting in Suor Angelica is as near flawless as could be, with Elena Zilio and Dorothea Röschmann outstanding in smaller roles. Zilio is the only singer who appears in all three operas, just as effective as Frugola in Il tabarro, though there her full, clear voice isn't always distinguishable from Guleghina as Giorgetta. Among the men Carlo Guelfi makes a superb Michele, incisive, dark and virile.
He brings out not just the anger but the poignancy of the bargemaster's emotions, as in the duet with Giorgetta, when they lament what might have been. Neil Shicoff makes a fine Luigi, the nerviness in his tenor tone aptly bringing out a hysterical quality in the character.
The male comprimarios are vocally more variable, if always characterful, as they are too in GianniSchicchi. As Schicchi himself José van Dam's voice perfectly conveys the sardonic side of the character, and the top Gs he has to negotiate are wonderfully strong and steady. Maybe the full voice he uses for the name 'Gianni Schicchi', when in impersonation of old Buoso he's dictating the new will, makes too obvious a contrast with the quavering old man imitation, but it's what Puccini asked for.
Also worthy of praise is the sumptuous and atmospheric sound. Off-stage effects are magical, and always thanks to Pappano and fine playing from both the LSO and Philharmonia, the beauty and originality of the carefully textured instrumentation can be appreciated with new vividness. This is a set to renew your appreciation of operas that represent Puccini still at his peak.

Puccini - Il Trittico

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