Verdi: Ernani (Complete Opera, 2 disc set) - Caterina Mancini, Gino Penno, Giacomo Vaghi, Giuseppe Taddei, Fernando Previtali (conductor) (Recorded Rome, June 1950)
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Composer: Giuseppe VerdiConductor: Fernando Previtali
Performer: Gino Penno
Performer: Giuseppe Taddei
Performer: Caterina Mancini
Performer: Giacomo Vaghi
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2000-10-17
Music Label: Arkadia: the 78's
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Ernani, opera: Act 1. Scene 1.: Preludio
- Ernani, opera: Act 1. Scene 1.: 'Evviva!...Beviamo'
- Ernani, opera: Act 1. Scene 1.: 'Mercè, Diletti Amici/ Come Rugiada Al Cespite'
- Ernani, opera: Act 1. Scene 1.: 'Si Rapisca...'
- Ernani, opera: Act 1. Scene 2.: 'Surta Ã? La Notte/ Ernani! Ernani, Involami'
- Ernani, opera: Act 1. Scene 2.: 'Fa Che A Me Venga...E Tosto'
- Ernani, opera: Act 1. Scene 2.: 'Da Quel Dì Che T'ho Veduta'
- Ernani, opera: Act 1. Scene 2.: 'Non T'Ascolto...Mia Sarai...'
- Ernani, opera: Act 1. Scene 2.: 'Che Mai Vegg'io!/ Infelice!...E Tuo Credevi Sì Bel Ciglio Immacolato!'
- Ernani, opera: Act 1. Scene 2.: 'Uscite!- Ma, Signore...'
- Ernani, opera: Act 1. Scene 2.: 'Mio Signor, Dolente Io Sono....'
- Ernani, opera: Act 2.: 'Esultiamo!...Letzia Ne Innondi!'
- Ernani, opera: Act 2.: 'Jago, Qui Tosto Il Pellegrin Adduci'
- Ernani, opera: Act 2.: 'Oro, Quant'oro Ogni Avido Puote...'
- Ernani, opera: Act 2.: 'Tu Perfia!...Come Fissarmi Ardisci?'
- Ernani, opera: Act 2.: 'Scellerati, Il Mio Furore Non Ha Posa'
- Ernani, opera: Act 2.: 'Cugino, A Che Munito Il Tuo Castel...'
- Ernani, opera: Act 2.: 'Lo Vedremo, Veglio Audace'
- Ernani, opera: Act 2.: 'Fu Esplorata Del Castello Ogni Latebra...:'
- Ernani, opera: Act 2.: 'Vigili Pure Il Ciel Sempre Su Te'
- Ernani, opera: Act 2.: 'Salvi Ne Vedi, E Liberi...'
- Ernani, opera: Act 3.: 'Ã? Questo Il Loco?'
- Ernani, opera: Act 3.: 'Gran Dio!/ Oh De' Verd'anni Miei'
- Ernani, opera: Act 3.: 'Ad Augusta!'
- Ernani, opera: Act 3.: 'Si Ridesti Il Leon Di Castiglia'
- Ernani, opera: Act 3.: 'Qual Rumore! Che Sarà ?'
- Ernani, opera: Act 3.: 'Oh Sommo Carlo...'
- Ernani, opera: Act 4.: 'Oh Come Felici Gioiscon Gli Sposi!'
- Ernani, opera: Act 4.: 'Andiam...T'Arresta'
- Ernani, opera: Act 4.: 'Ferma, Crudele, Estinguere...'
- Ernani, opera: Act 4.: 'Se Uno Squillo Intenderà ...'
Music reviews of Verdi: Ernani (Complete Opera, 2 disc set) - Caterina Mancini, Gino Penno, Giacomo Vaghi, Giuseppe Taddei, Fernando Previtali (conductor) (Recorded Rome, June 1950)
Music Review: Old school Verdi
Rating: 5 Stars
If you're wondering why I'm giving a sixty-year-old mono recording five stars, that's because you haven't yet heard it. There are voices here to pin back the ears of the most jaded opera-buff and yet none except Giuseppe Taddei is really well-known. Gino Penno had a scant ten years at the top in the 50's as a successful international Heldentenor and partner of Callas in several Verdi operas, then dropped out of sight - and what a voice he had. Not exactly beautiful - in fact it's rather plaintive and penetrating of tone - but it is absolutely huge, smooth and even with a ringing top, superb legato and ample breath which allows him to ride orchestral climaxes. Just as impressive is the much-underrated Caterina Mancini. She, too, has fearless attack, enormous volume, and a gutsy lower register. Top notes can be a little acidic and her coloratura can be laboured but we have had no one of her amplitude of voice since her contemporary Tebaldi - whom she somewhat resembles, vocally. Despite the size of their voices, both artists can sing quietly and their intonation and musicality are unimpeachable. As if that were not sufficient to gladden the heart, we also hear the great baritone Giuseppe Taddei and Giacomo Vaghi, a bass once spoken of in the same breath as Pinza and Pasero, but whose star seems to have fallen - at least I confess to not having heard him or of him before, and I thought I was well up on my great Italian singers. He has a smooth, black tone and great authority - a treacly treat of a voice. The studio recording is in clean, clear, undistorted mono and Previtali conducts with wise and generous forbearance towards his singers, letting the melodies breath and bloom, not rushing but not allowing any slackness to creep in, either. I have a great attachment to another contemporary classic live performance of that era with Del Monaco, Cerquetti, Bastianini and Christoff, but I cannot say that this one is inferior; both deliver a full-blooded performance of Verdi at full throttle the like of which it is impossible to hear today.
I do not understand why this recording, available on several labels, is so expensive on Amazon; I found one on the internet for under a tenner. I recommend it heartily to anyone who loves early Verdi and wants to hear how he was sung in what was still clearly a "Golden Age" of performing tradition.
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