Verdi: La Traviata [Hybrid SACD]

Verdi: La Traviata [Hybrid SACD]

Verdi: La Traviata [Hybrid SACD]
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Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Carlos Kleiber
Orchestra: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra
Performer: Alfredo Giacomotti
Performer: Bruno Grella
Performer: Giovanni Foiani
Performer: Helena Jungwirth
Performer: Ileana Cotrubas
Performer: Paul Winter
Performer: Plácido Domingo
Performer: Sherrill Milnes
Performer: Stefania Malagu
Performer: Walter Gullino
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
CD Release Date: 2004-11-09
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. La Traviata, opera: Preludio
  2. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Brindisi. Libiamo ne' lieti calici
  3. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Ebben? che diavol fate?
  4. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Stretta dell'Introduzione. Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora
  5. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Scena ed Aria - Finale. � strano!... Ah, fors'è lui
  6. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Follie! Delirio vano è questo!... Sempre libera
  7. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Scena ed Aria. Lunge da lei... De' miei bollenti spiriti
  8. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Annina, donde vieni?... Oh mio rimorso!
  9. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Scena e Duetto. Alfredo? - Per Parigi or or partiva
  10. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Pura siccome un angelo
  11. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Non sapete quale affetto
  12. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Ah! Dite alla giovine
  13. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Imponete - Non amarlo ditegli
  14. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Scena. dammi tu forza, o cielo!
  15. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Che fai? - Nulla
  16. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Ah, vive sol quel core
  17. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Di Provenza il mar, il suol
Music CD 2
  1. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Finale 2. Avrem lieta di maschere la notte
  2. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Finale 2. Noi siamo zingarelle
  3. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Finale 2. Di Madride noi siam mattadori
  4. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Finale 2. Alfredo! Voi!
  5. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Finale 2. Invitato a qui seguirmi
  6. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Finale 2. Ogni suo aver tal femmina
  7. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Finale 2. Di sprezzo degno se stesso rende
  8. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Finale 2. Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core
  9. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Preludio
  10. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Scena ed Aria. Annina? - Comandate?
  11. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Baccanale. Largo al quadrupede
  12. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Scena e Duetto. Signora... - Che t'accadde? / Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo
  13. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Finale ultimo. Ah, Violetta! - Voi? Signor?

Music reviews of Verdi: La Traviata [Hybrid SACD]

Music Review: Huge Error in the SACD Hybrid version
Rating: 3 Stars

This SACD Hybrid release of Kleiber's La Traviata gets a full 5 stars for the performance, but 1 star for the remastering of the 1977 recording. Hence my 3 stars in this review.

At the beginning of Track 7, Disc One, there is a crescendo in the strings which leads to the re-entry of the chorus with "Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora." In the score, the beginning of this crescendo overlaps with the final chord of the on-stage band. There is no break in the music. This is exactly how you hear it in the original CD release of the Kleiber recording and in other recordings of La Traviata. In the new SACD hybrid release, you hear the final chord of the stage band and then there are 6 seconds of silence in Track 6 before you hear the string crescendo at the beginning of track 7. This destroys the continuity of the piece and is simply WRONG. I don't understand how such an editing mistake could have been made.

Furthermore, the sound on this new remastering is not significantly better than what you hear on the old CD version still available at regular price. And the booklet has been reduced in size and content.

All in all, I can't recommend this release. The recording is one of the best Traviatas out there, but you should buy the regular CD edition and skip this SACD Hybrid version - at least until Universal has corrected their terrible edit mistake in Act 1. The sound on the old CD version is excellent!
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Description of Verdi: La Traviata [Hybrid SACD]

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Carlos Kleiber (Conductor), Bavarian State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra), Alfredo Giacomotti (Performer), Bruno Grella (Performer), Giovanni Foiani (Performer), Helena Jungwirth (Performer), Ileana Cotrubas (Performer), Paul Winter (Performer), Plácido Domingo (Performer), Sherrill Milnes (Performer), Stefania Malagu (Performer), Walter Gullino (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

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