La Boheme
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-04-09
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Act One: Questo 'Mar Rosso' Mi Ammollisce E Assidera
- Act One: Aguzza L'igegno
- Act One: Legna!... Sigari!
- Act One: Si Puo?... Chi E La? - Fernando Corena
- Act One: Al Quartiere Latin Ci Attende Momus
- Act One: Chi E La? - The Columbus Boychoir
- Act One: Oh! Sventata! - Jussi Bjorling
- Act One: Che Gelida Manina! - Jussi Bjorling
- Act One: Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi - Jussi Bjorling
- Act One: Ehi! Rodolfo!
- Act One: O Soave Fanciulla, O Dolce Viso
- Act Two: Aranci, Datteri!
- Act Two: Chi Guardi?
- Act Two: Viva Parpignol!
- Act Two: Oh! Musetta! - Fernando Corena
- Act Two: Quando Men' Vo Soletta - Fernando Corena
- Act Two: Chi I'ha Richiesto?
- Act Three: Ohe, La, Le Guardie!... Aprite! - Lucine Amara
- Act Three: Sa Dirmi, Scusi, Qual'e L'osteria - Victoria De Los Angeles
- Act Three: Mimi!... Speravo Di Trovarvi Qui
- Act Three: Marcello. Finalmente.
- Act Three: Mimi E Una Civetta
- Act Three: Mimi E Tanto Malata!
- Act Three: Addio... D'onde Lieta Usci Al Tuo Grido D'amore - The Columbus Boychoir
- Act Three: Dunque E Proprio Finita? - Jussi Bjorling
- Act Three: Che Facevi? Che Dicevi?
- Act Four: In Un Coupe? - The Columbus Boychoir
- Act Four: O Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni
- Act Four: Che Ora Sia?... L'ora Del Pranzo - The Columbus Boychoir
- Act Four: Gavotta... Minuetto... Pavanella
- Act Four: C'e Mimi... C'e Mimi - The Columbus Boychoir
- Act Four: Ho Tanto Freddo. Se Avessi Un Manicotto!
- Act Four: Vecchia Zimarra - John Reardon
- Act Four: Sono Andate? Fingevo Di Dormire - Jussi Bjorling
- Act Four: Mi Chiamano Mimi... Il Perch Non So - Jussi Bjorling
- Act Four: Dorme?... Riposa
Music reviews of La Boheme
Music Review: One of the two best recordings
Rating: 5 Stars
In a recent BBC3 "CD Review" broadcast, Alexandra Wilson made a gallant attempt to achieve the impossible task of choosing amongst forty or so recordings of "La Boheme" - and while I agreed with her ultimate choice of the Beecham recording with Bjorling, Merrill and De Los Angeles, I have rather more regard for the discarded Karajan recording simply because Pavarotti's voice, in its prime, as she herself put it, "runs through the recording like a golden seam". The rest of the cast is wonderful, too, although Karajan's love for the score is manifested in a rather deliberately "beautiful" approach and thereby slightly undercuts the drama. I cannot be without either recording of this eternally youthful and moving opera, and although Freni was captured in slightly fresher, more limpid voice in the earlier Schippers set, for me Gedda is absolutely no substitute for Pavarotti at his best. Both Merrill and Panerai are infinitely touching in the great duet "O Mimi, tu piu non torni" and although Beecham's recording is a little rough around the edges, he conveys greater energy and fun in the slapstick scenes while, Karajan extracts slightly more pathos from the last act, in better sound. Acquire both sets for the complete experience - although you can also now acquire it on Naxos at bargain price, remastered to Naxos' usual high standard.
P.S. I have since had another careful listen to the Callas/Di Stefano/Votto account re-issued on Naxos (see my review) and must concede that it is up there with these two. So, my review header should read: "One of the three best recordings", perhaps?
Description of La Boheme
Every so often in the recording industry, there's a miracle, and this is one of them. This 1956 recording was organized quickly in New York, not on the heels of a stage performance and not even with a noted orchestra. All the right singers were in town at the same time--some popping in to sing a few bars before heading for the airport--and the result is the single greatest recording of this oft-recorded opera. The leads--Victoria de Los Angeles and Jussi Bj?rling--would make it special in any case. But Robert Merrill is excellent and Lucine Amara is a light-voiced, French-sounding, ultra-stylish Musetta. This is also the only full-length Puccini recording by the great conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. A classic. --David Patrick StearnsGeneral CDs
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