Opera Intermezzi
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Composer: Francesco CileaComposer: Umberto Giordano
Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo
Composer: Pietro Mascagni
Composer: Jules Massenet
Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Composer: Franz Schmidt
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Composer: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Performer: Wolfgang Meyer
Performer: Michel Schwalbe
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-02-12
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- VERDI: La Traviata - Prelude to Act 3 [4'29]
- MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo sinfonico [3'32]
- PUCCINI: Suor Angelica - Intermezzo [4'37]
- LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci - Intermezzo [3'43]
- MUSSORGSKY: Khovanshchina - Intermezzo, Act 4 [4'09]
- PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut - Intermezzo, Act 3 [5'38]
- SCHMIDT: Notre Dame - Intermezzo [4'44]
- MASSENET: Tha?s - M?ditation. Intermezzo, Act 2 [6'04]
- GIORDANO: Fedora - Intermezzo, Act 2 [2'03]
- CILEA: Adriana Lecouvreur - Intermezzo, Act 2 [2'29]
- WOLF-FERRARI: I gioielli della Madonna - Intermezzo, Act 3 [3'41]
- MASCAGNI: L'amico Fritz - Intermezzo, Act 3 [5'02]
Music reviews of Opera Intermezzi
Music Review: Karajan in his hypnotic prime
Rating: 4 Stars
Amazon hasn't quite indicated what this CD is: it's a part of DG's centennial celebration of the illustrious maestro, with emphasis on "original jacket" reissues of his prime recordings in remastered sound. Since many collectors consider the Karajan of the Sixties and Seventies their preferred one, this colleciton of opera intermezzi, neer before on CD in its original form, will be welcome.
The contents are somewhat uusual:
La Traviata : Prelude to Act III (Verdi). Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo sinfonico (Mascagni). Suor Angelica : Intermezzo (Puccini). Pagliacci : Intermzzo (Leoncavallo). Khowantschina : Intermezzo Act IV (Mussorgsky arr. Rimsky-Korsakov).Manon Lescaut : Intermezzo Act III (Puccini). Notre Dame : Intermezo (Franz Schimdt). Thais : Meditation Intermezzo Act II (Massenet). Fedora : Intermezzo Act II (Giordano). Adriana Lecuouvreur : Intermezzo Act II (Cilea). I Gioielli della Madonna : Intermezzo Act III (Wolf-Ferrari). L'amico Fritz : Intermezzo (Mascagni).
Old hands won't be thrilled, to say the least, by another Meditation from Thais or the Intermezzo to Cavalleria rusticana, but where else can they hear Karajan in the excerpts from Fedora and L'Amico Fritz? The style of the playing here is lyrical and hyupnotic, a prie example of Karajan weaving his magic spell -- assuming that you fall for it. As luxury examples of the Berlin strings flowing sumptuously along, nothing could be better, but the whole affair gets a bit treacly and glossy before the program is half over.
Description of Opera Intermezzi
Universally acknowledged as one of the greatest conductors of both Italian opera and orchestral showpieces, Herbert von Karajan was uniquely qualified to undertake this varied and entertaining programme of interludes and other orchestral music from operas. A rare disc brought together on CD for the first time. A delightful program of Verdi, Mascagni, Puccini, Leoncavallo, Mussorgsky, Schmidt, Massenet, Giordano, Cil?a, Wolf-Ferrari.General CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( M ) > Mascagni, Pietro
- Massenet, Jules
- Mussorgsky, Modest
- ( P ) > Puccini, Giacomo
- ( S ) > Schmidt, Franz
- ( V ) > Verdi, Giuseppe
- ( W ) > Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno
- Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Vocal & Song
- General Modern
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830)
- Modern & 20th Century
- Romantic (c.1820-1910)
- Languages > French
- Italian
- Russian
- Operettas
- Massenet, Jules - Works by Massenet
- Mussorgsky, Modest - Works by Mussorgsky
- Puccini, Giacomo - Works by Puccini
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