Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano

Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano

Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano
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Brand: VARIOUS
Performer: Jonathan Summers
Performer: Matteo Manuguerra
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Performer: Ann Murray
Orchestra: ORF Symphony Orchestra Vienna
Orchestra: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Katia Ricciarelli
Performer: José Carreras
Performer: Mieczyslaw Antoniak
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2007-08-14
Music Label: Philips
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Sinfonia
  2. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 1. Coro. Viva Italia!
  3. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 1. Scena. O magnanima e prima / Cavatina. La pia materna mano
  4. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 1. Scena. Viva Italia forte ed una / Romanza. Ah! m'abbraccia
  5. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 1. Giuramento. Giulive trombe!
  6. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 1. Coro. Plaude all'arrivo Milan dei forti
  7. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 1. Scena. Voi lo diceste
  8. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 1. Cavatina. Quante volte come un dono / Scena. Che... signor!
  9. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 1. Stretta. A frenarti, o cor
  10. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 1. Scena. Sposa...
  11. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 1. Duetto. Ã? ver? Sei d'altri / T'amai, t'amai qual angelo
  12. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 2. Coro. Udiste? / Sì, tardi e invano
  13. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 2. Scena. Invia la baldanzosa Lombarda Lega
  14. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 2. Duetto. Ah! ben vi scorgo / Finale 2. Favellaste acerbi detti
  15. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 2. Finale 2. A che smarriti e pallidi?
  16. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 2. Finale 2. Le mie possenti squadre
Music CD 2
  1. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 3. Introduzione e scena. Fra queste dense tenebre / Scena. Campioni della Morte
  2. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 3. Giuramento. Giuriam d'Italia
  3. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 3. Scena. Lida, Lida? Ove corri?
  4. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 3. Duetto. Digli ch'è sangue italico
  5. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 3. Scena. Tu m'appellavi
  6. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 3. Aria. Se al nuovo dì pugnando
  7. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 3. Scena. Rolando? M'ascolta...
  8. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 3. Scena. Regna la notte ancor
  9. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 3. Terzetto. Vendetta d'un momento
  10. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 4. Preghiera. Deus meus, pone illos ut rotam
  11. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 4. Gran scena. Vittoria! Vittoria!
  12. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Act 4. Terzettino ed Inno. Per la salvata Italia...

Music reviews of Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano

Music Review: Second-rank Verdi - but still much to enjoy
Rating: 5 Stars

To my knowledge there are only two studio recordings of this opera: one which is one of the many excellent mono recordings made by the RAI forces from 1951, conducted by Previtali with the usual sturdy cast of that era and this 1977 Gardelli set starring Carreras, Ricciarelli and Manuguerra as part of the wonderful Philips "Early Verdi" series. It's rarely performed; Italians tend to regard it a rather passé "pièce d'occasion" and the rather clumsy attempt by Cammarano to meld a personal tragedy with another patriotic rallying-call, in combination with his penchant for dramatic confrontation regardless of psychological verisimilitude, can leave the audience less than involved. In addition, the hero acts like a total oaf: his vicious condemnation of the hapless Lina for marrying his best friend when she believed he had been killed in battle is unattractive and incomprehensible.

Musically, there doesn't seem to be quite the spark and invention which make the neglect of other operas of that era such as "Stiffelio" so puzzling; nonetheless, even second-rank Verdi always affords many pleasures and there is still some lovely music here. Try, for example, the duet at the beginning of Act 3 between husband and wife or Lina's scena and cavatina in Act 1.

Furthermore, both recordings feature singers of the first rank. In the Previtali set, baritone Rolando Panerai will be familiar to many. His distinctive, flexible, flickering voice featured in so many recording over forty years, but some might also be surprised by the quality of the relatively unknown tenor Amedeo (sometimes "Amadeo") Bertini and soprano Caterina Mancini: big-voiced, stalwarts who would be much more celebrated were they singing today. The sound is clear, undistorted mono and Previtali knows what to do with the music. However, I would suggest that the enthusiast acquire the Warner Fonit (Cetra) as a supplement to the Philips recording, which is superior by dint of flawless stereo sound and its provision of the finest thing Katia Ricciarelli ever did on disc, in her Lina. Listening to her here, it's possible to understand what all the fuss was about, even if she did fade rather early: pure tone, steady top notes, secure coloratura, ravishing pianissimi, every note invested with such pathos and tenderness; this is great singing. In Carreras, she is partnered by a singer also in his absolute, youthful prime - but you could stick a pin in any of those early Verdi operas he recorded and hit a tenor singing of the highest calibre, his voice being peculiarly plangent and moving in the 70's, with just enough tension in the throat to sound engaged but not effortful or strained. In addition, that under-rated singer Matteo Manuguerra turns in another beautifully vocalised performance: his smooth, slightly nasal sound always falls gratefully in the ear and he makes the most of one of the less demanding Verdi baritone roles. By their side, the cast of the earlier Previtali recording sound generalised - but still exciting.

So buy the Previtali if you are a bit of a historical-voice-curiosity buff but for the best advocacy of one of Verdi's slight miss-hits, go for the Philips.

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 14-AUG-2007

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