Rossini: La Cenerentola

Rossini's Cinderella is a fairy-tale without a fairy, but no less bewitching for that. In fact the replacement of the winged godmother with the philanthropic Alidoro, a close friend and adviser... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 23rd Aug 1999
Catalogue No: 4594482
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Series: 2CD
Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

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Rossini: La Cenerentola

Work length2:24:21

Luigi Alva (tenor), Margherita Guglielmi (soprano), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Renato Capecchi (bass), Ugo Trama (bass), Paolo Montarsolo (bass), Laura Zannini (soprano), Arthur Oldham
London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Opera Chorus
Claudio Abbado
Recorded: 1971-08-24
Recording Venue: George Watson's College, Edinburgh

Overture (Sinfonia)

Track length8:10

"No, no, no non v'è"

Track length1:43

"Una volta c'era un re"

Track length4:42

"O figlie amabili"

Track length4:23

"Cenerentola, presto"

Track length0:45

"Miei rampolli femminini"

Track length4:55

"Sappiate che fra poco"

Track length1:08

"Tutto è deserto"

Track length3:23

"Un soave non so che"

Track length7:11

"Non so che dir"

Track length1:08

"Scegli la sposa"

Track length6:46

"Allegrissimamente"

Track length1:55

"Signor, una parola"

Track length11:10

"Sì, tutto cangerà"

Track length2:37

"Là del ciel nell'arcano profondo"

Track length5:42

"Ma bravo, bravo, bravo"

Track length2:53

"Conciossiacosacché" - "Intendente? Direttor?"

Track length5:13

"Zitto, zitto: piano, piano" - "Principino, dove siete?"

Track length8:06

Ah! se velata ancor...Sprezzo quei don che versa

Track length6:59

"Signor... Altezza, è in tavola"

Track length5:00

"Mi par che quei birbanti"

Track length0:42

"Sia qualunque delle figlie"

Track length5:05

"Ah! questa bella incognita"

Track length2:14

E allor ... se non ti spiaccio ...

Track length1:01

"Sì, ritrovarla io giuro"

Track length4:34

"Ma dunque io sono un ex"

Track length1:28

"Un segreto d'importanza"

Track length4:56

"Una volta c'era un re"

Track length1:34

"Quanto sei caro!"

Track length1:43

Temporale

Track length2:21

"Scusate, amici"

Track length1:18

"Siete voi?..." - "Questo è un nodo avviluppato"

Track length4:34

"Donna sciocca, alma di fango"

Track length8:27

"Giusto ciel! ti ringrazio!"

Track length0:20

"Della Fortuna instabile"

Track length1:42

"Sposa..." "Signor, perdona"

Track length1:37

"Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto"

Track length6:56

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2010

Rossini's Cinderella is a fairy-tale without a fairy, but no less bewitching for that. In fact the replacement of the winged godmother with the philanthropic Alidoro, a close friend and adviser of our prince, Don Ramiro, plus the lack of any glass slippers and the presence of a particularly unsympathetic father character, makes the whole story more plausible. La Cenerentola, Angelina, is more spunky than the average pantomime Cinders. She herself gives Don Ramiro one of her pair of bracelets, charging him to find the owner of the matching ornament, and thus taking control of her own destiny. Along the way, Don Ramiro and his valet Dandini change places, leading to plenty of satisfyingly operatic confusion and difficult situations.
This recording, when originally transferred to CD, was spread across three discs, but has now been comfortably fitted into two at mid-price. It gives a sparkling rendition of the score with a lovely light touch and well-judged tempos from Abbado and the LSO. Virtuoso vocal requirements are fully met by the cast. The chief delight is Teresa Berganza's Angelina, creamy in tone and as warm as she's precise. The supporting cast is full of character, with Luigi Alva a princely Don Ramiro, Margherita Guglielmi and Laura Zannini an affected and fussy pair of sisters, and Renato Capecchi, gleeful and mischievous as he takes on being prince for a day. The recording sounds more than usually well for its age.

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