Verdi: Don Carlo (Complete Opera) / Carreras

Verdi: Don Carlo (Complete Opera) / Carreras

Verdi: Don Carlo (Complete Opera) / Carreras
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Performer: Carreras
Performer: Freni
Performer: Abbado
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-11-18
Music Label: Legato Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Don Carlo, opera: Prelude & Chorus - L'Inverno Ã? Lungo! La Vita Ã? Dura!
  2. Don Carlo, opera: Sentite Là? La Tromba Chiama!
  3. Don Carlo, opera: Forainebleau! Foresta Immensa E Solitaria!
  4. Don Carlo, opera: Lo La Vidi E Al Suo Sorriso
  5. Don Carlo, opera: Il Suon Del Corno, Alfin, Nel Bosco Tace
  6. Don Carlo, opera: Che Mai Fate Voi?
  7. Don Carlo, opera: Al Fedel Ch'ora Viene, O Signora
  8. Don Carlo, opera: L'ora Fatale Ã? Suonata!
  9. Don Carlo, opera: Carlo Il Sommo Imperatore
  10. Don Carlo, opera: Al Chiostro Di San Giusto
  11. Don Carlo, opera: Ã? Lui!...Desso...L'Infante
  12. Don Carlo, opera: Dio Che Nell'alma Infondere
  13. Don Carlo, opera: Sotto Ai Folti, Immensi Abeti
  14. Don Carlo, opera: Nel Giardin Del Bello
  15. Don Carlo, opera: La Regina!
  16. Don Carlo, opera: Che Mai Si Fa Nel Suol Francese
  17. Don Carlo, opera: Carlo, Ch'è Sol Il Nostro Amore
  18. Don Carlo, opera: Va, Pronta Lo Sono Il Figlio A Riveder
  19. Don Carlo, opera: Lo Vengo A Domandar Grazia Alla Mia Regina
Music CD 2
  1. Don Carlo, opera: Il Re!...Perchè Sola � La Regina?
  2. Don Carlo, opera: Non Pianger, Mia Persona
  3. Don Carlo, opera: Restate!...Presso Alla Mia Persona
  4. Don Carlo, opera: O Signor, Di Flandra Arrivo
  5. Don Carlo, opera: T Resti In Mia Regal Presenza
  6. Don Carlo, opera: Prelude
  7. Don Carlo, opera: Quanti Fior E Quante Stelle...Deh! Vieni A Me!
  8. Don Carlo, opera: A Mezzanote Al Giardin Della Regina
  9. Don Carlo, opera: Il Mio Furor Sfuggite Invano
  10. Don Carlo, opera: Spuntato Ecco Il Di D'esultanza
  11. Don Carlo, opera: Schiusa Or Sia La Porta Del Tiempo!
  12. Don Carlo, opera: Qui Carlo O Ciel!
  13. Don Carlo, opera: Sire! Egil Ã? Tempo Ch'lo Viva
  14. Don Carlo, opera: Ella Giammai M'amò!
Music CD 3
  1. Don Carlo, opera: Il Grande Inquisitor!
  2. Don Carlo, opera: Giustizia! Sire!
  3. Don Carlo, opera: Ah! Sii Maledetto, Sospetto Fatale
  4. Don Carlo, opera: Pietà! Perdon!...Per La Rea Che Si Pente
  5. Don Carlo, opera: Ah! Più Non Verdrò, Ah Più Mai La Regina!...O Don Fatale
  6. Don Carlo, opera: Son Lo, Mio Carlo
  7. Don Carlo, opera: Per Me Giunto Ã? Il Di Supremo
  8. Don Carlo, opera: Che Parli Tu Di Morte?
  9. Don Carlo, opera: O Carlo, Ascolta...Lo Morròò
  10. Don Carlo, opera: Carlo, Il Brando Ormai Riprendi
  11. Don Carlo, opera: Ciel! Suona A Stormo!
  12. Don Carlo, opera: Tu Che Le Vanità
  13. Don Carlo, opera: Ã? Dessai...Un Detto, Un Soi
  14. Don Carlo, opera: Ma Lassù Ci Vedreno
  15. Don Carlo, opera: Si, Eterno Addio!

Music reviews of Verdi: Don Carlo (Complete Opera) / Carreras

Music Review: A fine memento of what must have been a great evening at La Scala
Rating: 4 Stars

It's a pleasure to come late to an opera recording and find already posted on Amazon.com several detailed, intelligent reviews from informed people who write cogently and persuasively. I find myself in agreement with most of what has been said already and even appreciate the reasons why the "Voice Lover" awards only three tepid stars; much of what he says is true. This leaves me less to say, other than to comment on a few issues. I agree that the sound is a bit woolly and lacking definition; it's not at all bad for a live recording but not as clear as other comparable live sets such as the 1967 Vienna performance conducted by Stein, the 1972 Metropolitan broadcast conducted by Molinari-Pradelli (both with Corelli and in clean mono), or, above all for live sound, the 1992 La Scala set with Pavarotti, conducted by Muti - but the latter is only the four act version. There is no doubt that the singing, playing and conducting here is first rate but perhaps the muddy sound contributes to a certain lack of sparkle; just occasionally there is a hint of dullness in the proceedings. However, I don't think I have heard Freni sing better; her beautiful lirico-spinto soprano is ideal for conveying the quiet desperation of the hapless Elisabetta. She manages to suggest "les larmes dans la voix" without ever sounding maudlin and she has sufficient power to phrase broadly and grandly. Carreras is in his best pre-1980 form, plangent and affecting, although his reluctance to sing quietly and a tendency to push might be pointing forward to future difficulties. Obratsova really is such a ham; that big, booming voice is suggestive more of a harridan than a seductress who could have caught the eye of a refined, sensitive monarch, but her voice is undeniably handsome and thrilling in a crude kind of way - and she can actually sing all the notes, unlike some Ebolis (although she runs out of breath at the climax of "O don fatale"). Nesterenko is not especially idiomatic as the Grand Inquisitor; he goes through a strange, strained, semi-parlando patch in the famous exchange with Philip and pales beside interpreters such as Talvela or Hines. Cappuccilli is as he always is: dependable and nobly long-breathed without any special insights or beauty of tone - and as with Obratsova, there is more than a whiff of ham about some of his artistic choices - though the audience likes him. Ghiaurov successfully reprises his most famous role but you can hear him sing just as well in several comparable recordings, especially the studio Solti set.

In short, for reasons of sound and the performances of individual artists, I am happy to have this La Scala recording as the most complete five Act version of "Don Carlo" available (including the great extended ensemble lamenting Rodrigo in Act 4, using the same music as in the "Requiem"), but more as an adjunct to other sets. It does not replace favourite recordings such as those mentioned above, the Giulini, the Haitink, the live Salzburg Karajan performance or even the two old Santini studio recordings.
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