Montserrat Caballe: Great Operatic Recordings
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Label: Warner - Icon
Cat No: 2648452
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 4
Release Date: 23rd March 2009
Contents
Artists
Montserrat Caballe (soprano)Artists
Montserrat Caballe (soprano)About
The famous Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé was one of the world’s leading operatic divas during the latter part of the 20th century.
Her repertoire was wide, and went from the bel canto works of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, through Verdi, Puccini and the verismo operas of Leoncavallo and Mascagni to works by contemporary composers of the day.
She recorded extensively for EMI throughout the 1970s, when she made several albums of operatic arias and duets as well a number of complete operas.
This 4 CD set brings together the best of Caballé’s EMI recordings and includes highlights from all her complete operas, in which her tenor partners were fellow Spaniards Placido Domingo and José Carreras, as well as her husband Bernabé Martí.
As well as many outstanding operatic items, the set also includes some Spanish songs, namely ‘Las Fuentecitas del Parque’ from Canto a Sevilla by Turina and a complete performance of the delightful Cinco canciones negras by Montsalvatge.
Track Listing:
CD 1
Gioacchino Rossini
Guillaume Tell
1. Sombre forêt (Act II)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
Recorded in association with Robert Slotover: VII–IX.1972, No.1 Studio,Abbey Road, London
Vincenzo Bellini
Il pirata
2. Sorgete...Lo sognai ferito...
3. Quando a un tratto...Sventurata, anchi’io delirio (Act I)
4. Oh! s’io potessi...
5. Col sorriso d’innocenza...
6. Qual suono....Oh Sole! ti vela (Act II)
Flora Rafanelli, soprano • Giuseppe Baratti, tenor • Bernabé Martí, tenor • Coro e Orchestra della RAI / Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Recorded: VII.1979, RAI Studios, Rome
I puritani
7. Son vergin vezzosa (Act I) .
8. O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce...
9. Tornò il riso....Vien diletto (Act II)
10. Finì, me lassa!...Ch’ei provò lontan da me?...
11. Vieni fra queste braccia (Act III)
Alfredo Kraus, tenor • Julia Hamari, mezzo-soprano • Matteo Manuguerra, baritone • Agostino Ferrin, bass • Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
Recorded: VI & VII.1979, Kingsway Hall, London
Gaetano Donizetti
Poliuto
12. Donna! Malvagio!...
13. Ah fuggi da morte...Il suon dell’arpe angeliche (Act III)
Bernabé Martí, tenor • London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 30.III–10.IV.1970, Kingsway Hall, London
CD 2
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Les Huguenots
1. Oh ciel ! où courez-vous ?.....
2. Tu l’as dit.....
3. Plus d’amour ! plus d’ivresse ! (Act IV)
Bernabé Martí, tenor • London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 30.III–10.IV.1970, Kingsway Hall, London
Giuseppe Verdi
Giovanna d’Arco
4. Oh, ben s’addice...Sempre all’alba (Prologue)
London Symphony Orchestra / James Levine
Recorded: VIII & IX.1972, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Macbeth
5. Vegliammo invan due notti...Una macchia (Macbeth, Act IV)
Elizabeth Bainbridge, mezzo-soprano • Thomas Allen, baritone • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Anton Guadagno
Recorded: VI.1971, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Un ballo in maschera
6. Teco io sto...Non sai tu...M’ami! M’ami! (Act II)
Bernabé Martí, tenor • London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 30.III–10.IV.1970, Kingsway Hall, London
La forza del destino
7. La Vergine degli’angeli (Act II)
8. Pace, pace, mio Dio (Act IV)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Anton Guadagno
Recorded: VI.1971, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Don Carlo
9. Io vengo a domendar (Act II)
10. Non pianger mia compagna (Act II)
11. Tu che le vanità (Act V)
Placido Domingo tenor, • Sherill Milnes, baritone • Ruggero Raimondi, bass • Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Carlo / Maria Giulini
Recorded: 18–31.VIII, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
CD 3
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
1. Ritorna vincitor! (Act I)
2. Qui Radamès verrà...O patria mia (Act III)
3. Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida (Act III)
4. O terra addio (Act IV)
Placido Domingo, tenor • Fiorenza Cossotto, mezzo-soprano • Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
Recorded: 2–9 & 11.VII.1974, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
Otello
5. Era più calmo?...Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Act IV)
6. Ave Maria (Act IV)
Elizabeth Bainbridge, mezzo-soprano • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Anton Guadagno
Recorded: VI.1971, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Arrigo Boito
Mefistofele
7. L’altra notte in fondo al mare (Act III)
London Symphony Orchestra / Julius Rudel
Recorded: VII.1973, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road & Kingsway Hall, London
Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut
8. In quelle trine morbide (Act II)
9. Oh, sarò la più bella!...Tu, tu, amore? Tu! (Act II)
10. Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Act IV)
Placido Domingo, tenor • New Philharmonia Orchestra / Bruno Bartoletti
Recorded: VII. & XII.1971, Brent Town Hall & No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
La bohème
11. Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì (Act I)
12. Donde lieta uscì (Act III)
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: III & IV. 1970, Kingsway Hall, London
CD 4
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
1. Vissi d’arte (Act II)
Madama Butterfly
2. Un bel dì vedremo (Act II)
3. Tu, tu, piccolo iddio (Act II)
Turandot
4. Signore, ascolta (Act I)
5. Tu che di gel sei cinta (Act III)
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: III & IV.1970, Kingsway Hall, London
6. In questa reggia (Act II)
José Carreras, tenor • Choeurs de l’Opéra du Rhin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg / Alain Lombard
Recorded: VIII.1977, Palais de la Musique, Strasbourg
Gianni Schicchi
7. O mio babbino caro
La rondine
8. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Act I)
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: III & IV. 1970, Kingsway Hall, London
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
9. Regina Coeli... Ineggiamo, il Signor non è morto
10. Voi lo sapete, o mamma
11. Tu qui, Santuzza?...No, no, Turiddu
José Carreras, tenor • Astrid Varnay, soprano • Julia Hamari, mezzo-soprano • Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
Recorded: VIII.1979, Watford Town Hall, Hertfordshire, England
Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chénier
12. Vicino a te (Act IV)
Bernabé Martí, tenor • London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 30.III–10.IV.1970, Kingsway Hall, London
Joaquín Turina
Canto a Sevilla Op.37 (1925)
13. Las Fuentecitas del Parque (San Roman)
Xavier Montsalvatge
Cinco canciones negras (1946)
14. Cuba dentro de un piano (Alberti)
15. Chévre (Guillén)
16. Punto de habanera (Lujan)
17. Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito (Valdes)
18. Canto negra (Guillén)
Alexis Weissenberg, piano
Recorded: V–VII.1979, Salle Wagram, Paris
Her repertoire was wide, and went from the bel canto works of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, through Verdi, Puccini and the verismo operas of Leoncavallo and Mascagni to works by contemporary composers of the day.
She recorded extensively for EMI throughout the 1970s, when she made several albums of operatic arias and duets as well a number of complete operas.
This 4 CD set brings together the best of Caballé’s EMI recordings and includes highlights from all her complete operas, in which her tenor partners were fellow Spaniards Placido Domingo and José Carreras, as well as her husband Bernabé Martí.
As well as many outstanding operatic items, the set also includes some Spanish songs, namely ‘Las Fuentecitas del Parque’ from Canto a Sevilla by Turina and a complete performance of the delightful Cinco canciones negras by Montsalvatge.
Track Listing:
CD 1
Gioacchino Rossini
Guillaume Tell
1. Sombre forêt (Act II)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
Recorded in association with Robert Slotover: VII–IX.1972, No.1 Studio,Abbey Road, London
Vincenzo Bellini
Il pirata
2. Sorgete...Lo sognai ferito...
3. Quando a un tratto...Sventurata, anchi’io delirio (Act I)
4. Oh! s’io potessi...
5. Col sorriso d’innocenza...
6. Qual suono....Oh Sole! ti vela (Act II)
Flora Rafanelli, soprano • Giuseppe Baratti, tenor • Bernabé Martí, tenor • Coro e Orchestra della RAI / Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Recorded: VII.1979, RAI Studios, Rome
I puritani
7. Son vergin vezzosa (Act I) .
8. O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce...
9. Tornò il riso....Vien diletto (Act II)
10. Finì, me lassa!...Ch’ei provò lontan da me?...
11. Vieni fra queste braccia (Act III)
Alfredo Kraus, tenor • Julia Hamari, mezzo-soprano • Matteo Manuguerra, baritone • Agostino Ferrin, bass • Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
Recorded: VI & VII.1979, Kingsway Hall, London
Gaetano Donizetti
Poliuto
12. Donna! Malvagio!...
13. Ah fuggi da morte...Il suon dell’arpe angeliche (Act III)
Bernabé Martí, tenor • London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 30.III–10.IV.1970, Kingsway Hall, London
CD 2
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Les Huguenots
1. Oh ciel ! où courez-vous ?.....
2. Tu l’as dit.....
3. Plus d’amour ! plus d’ivresse ! (Act IV)
Bernabé Martí, tenor • London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 30.III–10.IV.1970, Kingsway Hall, London
Giuseppe Verdi
Giovanna d’Arco
4. Oh, ben s’addice...Sempre all’alba (Prologue)
London Symphony Orchestra / James Levine
Recorded: VIII & IX.1972, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Macbeth
5. Vegliammo invan due notti...Una macchia (Macbeth, Act IV)
Elizabeth Bainbridge, mezzo-soprano • Thomas Allen, baritone • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Anton Guadagno
Recorded: VI.1971, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Un ballo in maschera
6. Teco io sto...Non sai tu...M’ami! M’ami! (Act II)
Bernabé Martí, tenor • London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 30.III–10.IV.1970, Kingsway Hall, London
La forza del destino
7. La Vergine degli’angeli (Act II)
8. Pace, pace, mio Dio (Act IV)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Anton Guadagno
Recorded: VI.1971, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Don Carlo
9. Io vengo a domendar (Act II)
10. Non pianger mia compagna (Act II)
11. Tu che le vanità (Act V)
Placido Domingo tenor, • Sherill Milnes, baritone • Ruggero Raimondi, bass • Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Carlo / Maria Giulini
Recorded: 18–31.VIII, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
CD 3
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
1. Ritorna vincitor! (Act I)
2. Qui Radamès verrà...O patria mia (Act III)
3. Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida (Act III)
4. O terra addio (Act IV)
Placido Domingo, tenor • Fiorenza Cossotto, mezzo-soprano • Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
Recorded: 2–9 & 11.VII.1974, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
Otello
5. Era più calmo?...Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Act IV)
6. Ave Maria (Act IV)
Elizabeth Bainbridge, mezzo-soprano • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Anton Guadagno
Recorded: VI.1971, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Arrigo Boito
Mefistofele
7. L’altra notte in fondo al mare (Act III)
London Symphony Orchestra / Julius Rudel
Recorded: VII.1973, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road & Kingsway Hall, London
Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut
8. In quelle trine morbide (Act II)
9. Oh, sarò la più bella!...Tu, tu, amore? Tu! (Act II)
10. Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Act IV)
Placido Domingo, tenor • New Philharmonia Orchestra / Bruno Bartoletti
Recorded: VII. & XII.1971, Brent Town Hall & No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
La bohème
11. Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì (Act I)
12. Donde lieta uscì (Act III)
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: III & IV. 1970, Kingsway Hall, London
CD 4
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
1. Vissi d’arte (Act II)
Madama Butterfly
2. Un bel dì vedremo (Act II)
3. Tu, tu, piccolo iddio (Act II)
Turandot
4. Signore, ascolta (Act I)
5. Tu che di gel sei cinta (Act III)
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: III & IV.1970, Kingsway Hall, London
6. In questa reggia (Act II)
José Carreras, tenor • Choeurs de l’Opéra du Rhin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg / Alain Lombard
Recorded: VIII.1977, Palais de la Musique, Strasbourg
Gianni Schicchi
7. O mio babbino caro
La rondine
8. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Act I)
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: III & IV. 1970, Kingsway Hall, London
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
9. Regina Coeli... Ineggiamo, il Signor non è morto
10. Voi lo sapete, o mamma
11. Tu qui, Santuzza?...No, no, Turiddu
José Carreras, tenor • Astrid Varnay, soprano • Julia Hamari, mezzo-soprano • Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
Recorded: VIII.1979, Watford Town Hall, Hertfordshire, England
Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chénier
12. Vicino a te (Act IV)
Bernabé Martí, tenor • London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 30.III–10.IV.1970, Kingsway Hall, London
Joaquín Turina
Canto a Sevilla Op.37 (1925)
13. Las Fuentecitas del Parque (San Roman)
Xavier Montsalvatge
Cinco canciones negras (1946)
14. Cuba dentro de un piano (Alberti)
15. Chévre (Guillén)
16. Punto de habanera (Lujan)
17. Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito (Valdes)
18. Canto negra (Guillén)
Alexis Weissenberg, piano
Recorded: V–VII.1979, Salle Wagram, Paris
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