Italian Album: Arias & Overtures by Verdi & Puccini
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Label: MDG (Dabringhaus und Grimm)
Cat No: MDG9091664
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 21st February 2011
Contents
Works
Il TabarroArtists
Timothy Richards (tenor)Minsk Orchestra
Conductor
Wilhelm KeitelWorks
Il TabarroArtists
Timothy Richards (tenor)Minsk Orchestra
Conductor
Wilhelm KeitelAbout
Timothy Richards has now recorded the most beautiful arias from his Italian repertoire for his first solo SACD. He is joined by the young Minsk Orchestra performing under its conductor and founder Wilhelm Keitel.
Timothy Richards made his acclaimed opera debut as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Welsh National Opera, and the singer has remained true to the major roles of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini. Here he has distinguished himself as the Duke (Rigoletto), Riccardo (Un ballo in maschera) and Rodolfo (La bohème) and, of course, as Cavaradossi (Tosca).
The Welsh singer is convincing as a vocalist, but the multichannel recording also suggests an impressive stage presence and an extremely dynamic and strong presentation of the roles.
The Minsk Orchestra and its German principal conductor profit from the artistic perfection of Verdi and Puccini. While the strings and winds merely offered an underlay with the appropriate harmonies in arias of the eighteenth century, progress in compositional technique later enabled them to supply entirely new tone colours, in order to heighten and intensify the atmosphere of an opera scene. The Minsk Orchestra is sovereign in its mastery of this task. The prelude to Macbeth is also worth hearing and in no way takes the backseat.
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