Puccini - Turandot / Ricciarelli · Domingo · Hendricks · Raimondi · Wiener Phil. · Karajan

Puccini - Turandot / Ricciarelli · Domingo · Hendricks · Raimondi · Wiener Phil. · Karajan

Puccini - Turandot / Ricciarelli · Domingo · Hendricks · Raimondi · Wiener Phil. · Karajan
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Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Turandot: Act I: Un Mandarino: 'Popolo di Pechino!' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  2. Turandot: Act I: Le guardie imperiali: 'Indietro, cani!' (Liu) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  3. Turandot: Act I: Calaf: 'Padre! Mio padre!' (Calaf, Liu, Timur) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  4. Turandot: Act I: Gli uomini: 'Gira la cote' (Calaf, Liu) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  5. Turandot: Act I: La folla: 'Perche tarda la luna?' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  6. Turandot: Act I: Ragazzi: 'La, sui monti dell'Est' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  7. Turandot: Act I: La folla: 'O giovinetto! Grazia!' (Calaf) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  8. Turandot: Act I: La folla: 'La grazia, Principessa!' - Calaf: 'O divina bellezza' (Calaf) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  9. Turandot: Act I: Timur: 'Figlio, che fai?' (Timur, Calaf, Liu) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  10. Turandot: Act I: Ping, Pong, Pang: 'Fermo! Che fai?' (Calaf) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  11. Turandot: Act I: Le ancelle di Turandot: 'Silenzio, ola!' (Calaf, Timur) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  12. Turandot: Act I: Pang, Pong, Ping: 'Notte senza lumicino' (Calaf, Timur) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  13. Turandot: Act I: Liu: 'Signore, ascolta!' (Liu) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  14. Turandot: Act I: Calaf: 'Non piangere, Liu!' (Calaf, Liu, Timur) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  15. Turandot: Act I: Timur: 'Ah! Per L'ultima volta!' (Timur, Liu, Calaf) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  16. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Ping: 'Ola, Pang!' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  17. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Ping: 'O China, che or sussulti' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  18. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Ping: 'Ho una casa nell'Honan' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  19. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Ping, Pong, Pang: 'O mondo pieno di pazzi innamorati!' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  20. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Ping, Pong, Pang: 'Addio, amore, addio, razza - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  21. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Ping, Pong, Pang: 'Non v'e in China per nostra fortuna' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  22. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Pong: 'Udite trombe! Altro che pace' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  23. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: La folla: 'Gravi, enormi ed imponenti' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  24. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: L'Imperatore: 'Un giuramento atroce mi costringe' (Calaf) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  25. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: La folla: 'Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore!' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  26. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: Il Mandarino: 'Popolo di Pechino!' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
Music CD 2
  1. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: Turandot: 'In questa Reggia' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  2. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: Turandot: 'O, Principi, che a lunghe carovane' (Turandot, Calaf) - G. Puccini
  3. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: The First Riddle - Turandot: 'Straniero, ascolta' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  4. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: The First Answer - Calaf: 'Si! Rinasce!' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  5. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: The Second Riddle - Turandot: 'Guizza al pari di fiamma' (Turandot, Liu) - G. Puccini
  6. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: The Second Answer - Calaf: 'Si, Principessa!' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  7. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: The Third Riddle - Turandot: 'Gelo che ti da foco' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  8. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: The Third Answer - Calaf: 'La mia vittoria' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  9. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: Turandot: 'Figlio del Cielo!' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  10. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: Calaf: 'No, no, Principessa altera' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  11. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: La folla: 'Ai tuoi piedi ci prostriam' (La folla) - G. Puccini
  12. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Gli araldi: 'Cosi comanda Turandot' (Gli araldi) - G. Puccini
  13. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Calaf: 'Nessun dorma!' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  14. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Ping, Pong, Pang: 'Tu che guardi le stelle' (Ping) - G. Puccini
  15. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Ping: 'Straniero, tu non sai' (Ping) - G. Puccini
  16. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Ping: 'Principessa divina!' (Ping) - G. Puccini
  17. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Liu: 'Signor, non parlero!' (Liu) - G. Puccini
  18. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Turandot: 'Chi pose tanta forza nel tuo cuore?' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  19. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Turandot: 'Strappatele il segreto!' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  20. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Liu: 'Tu che di gel sei cinta' (Liu) - G. Puccini
  21. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Timur: 'Liu! Sorgi!' (Timur) - G. Puccini
  22. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Timur: 'Liu, bonta! Liu, dolcezza!' (Timur) - G. Puccini
  23. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Calaf: 'Principessa di morte!' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  24. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Turandot: 'Che e mai di me?' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  25. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Calaf: 'La tua gloria risplende nell'incanto' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  26. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Turandot: 'Piu grande vittoria non voler!' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  27. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Turandot: 'So il tuo nome!' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  28. Turandot: Act III: Scene Two: La folla: 'Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore!' (La folla) - G. Puccini
  29. Turandot: Act III: Scene Two: Turandot: 'Padre augusto' (Turandot) - G. Puccini

Music reviews of Puccini - Turandot / Ricciarelli · Domingo · Hendricks · Raimondi · Wiener Phil. · Karajan

Music Review: A dark and beautiful, but not ideally powerful Turandot
Rating: 4 Stars

Turandot is one of the most spectacular opera's written in the 20th century, and it is quite unbelievable that so few recordings of it are available, and even fewer modern ones. When it comes to digital recordings, this Karajan has no real contenders: the Maazel on Sony is a live recording marred by some insanely slow tempos and too much stage noise and is repeatedly interrupted by applause; the Abbado on RCA can nowadays only be found second-hand; and the Parry on Chandos, though in many ways the best of the three, is in English, which doesn't quite work for me. Older favourites are the Mehta on Decca and the famous EMI recording with Nilsson, conducted by Molinari-Pradelli. The former of these two is by far the least painful to the ears; the EMI isn't bad for its age, but at big climaxes (and Turandot is full of them) sounds like it was recorded inside the stripped fuselage of a medium sized airplane.

Some may not forgive me for talking about sound first, but in an opera so `orchestral', so concerned with visceral excitement and exotic instrumental color I find it of great importance. The nine Chinese gongs, to mention one example, are simply inaudible in the Mehta and Molinari-Pradella recordings. Of course, modern recording technique does not automatically guarantee better results, but the odds do improve significantly. Ironically, those same gongs are maybe a bit too audible in this Karajan version; it is also the only recording I've heard where you can actually hear the tubular bells. That said, overall the sound seems a bit muddy and dark, and climaxes do not quite register to their full effect, mainly due to the distancing of the brass. Still, the overall sound is clearly superior to that of the aforementioned older recordings, and by a significant margin.

Interpretatively, too, you might call this a dark version. It is rich in atmosphere, and sounds more ominous than other versions I know; more modern too. The singing and playing are generally excellent, if you can forget a few moments of less than ideal synchronization (surprising in a studio recording). I've heard more zany renderings of the Ping-Pang-Pong trios; here, the singers are a bit too much in espressivo mode, to my taste. But they are by no means below par, on the contrary. With Hendricks we get a creamy voiced Liu, which is completely viable: a full-blooded woman in love rather than a vulnerable young girl. Domingo's Calaf is utterly steady, assured and beautiful, second to none. Where many find fault is in the Turandot of Ricciarelli, and when I first put on these discs I was prepared to be confronted with some unspeakable horrors. None of that, of course. It is true that she sounds more vulnerable than we are accustomed to in this role, but that has the advantage of making Turandot's all-too-sudden volte face in the final scene at least marginally believable (that Calaf must be a hell of a kisser...). At times she is louder than one would wish, but it sounds to me as if the recording has more trouble coping with the high notes than Ricciarelli herself has. The chorus is fine, but suffers from the aforementioned muddiness, and would have deserved yet a little more presence.

The set comes with an extensive booklet that contains the libretto in Italian, English, German and French, as well as two probing essays by different writers who, interestingly, do not always agree: while Jürgen Maehder states that the sketches for the final scenes contained little that was useful for Alfano to complete the opera, so that he had to recycle earlier material and invent some of his own, Mosco Carner, 12 pages on, is adamant that the 36 pages of short score "in fact amounted to a complete draft for those scenes". Going by what I hear I'm inclined to side with the former: it is a tragedy that Puccini could not complete this work, and the final scenes are distinctly less involving and individual than the rest of Turandot - the highlight of which actually comes at the beginning, with the taut and dizzying first act. There's much to be said for switching the player off at the point where Toscanini put his baton down on Turandot's first night - it seems quite moving and fitting that the last scene Puccini set to music is a funeral cortege, and the last word he gave notes to is `poesia'.
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Is it possible to have a great Turandot recording without a great Turandot? This recording almost convinces you that's the case. Whatever one makes of this fairy tale about a Chinese princess who beheads failed suitors, the score is among Puccini's most sophisticated and forward looking, and never has that been more apparent in Herbert von Karajan's interpretation. The opera unfolds in a magical blanket of orchestral sound (sumptuously rendered by Deutsche Grammophon's engineers), full of details even the most seasoned Turandot admirers might've missed. Plácido Domingo as Calef and Barbara Hendricks as Liu are ideal casting. But Karajan's tendency to cast light voices got the best of him: lyric soprano Katia Ricciarelli isn't commanding enough on any level to be considered adequate in the title role. --David Patrick Stearns

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