Umberto Giordano James Levine Plaacutecido Domingo - Giordano Andrea Chnier (39 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Umberto Giordano, James Levine, Plácido Domingo
Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Opera In Four Acts: Act 1: Questo azzurro sofa la collochiam (Marjordomo)
2. Opera In Four Acts: Act 1: Compiacente a colloquii (Gerard)
3. Opera In Four Acts: Act 1: Son sessant' anni, o vecchio (Gerard)
4. Opera In Four Acts: Act 1: Il giorno intorno gia s'insera lentamenta! (Maddalena, Gerard, Countess, Bersi)
5. Opera In Four Acts: Act 1: L'orribile gonnella (Maddalena, Countess)
6. Opera In Four Acts: Act 1: Commosso.. lusingato (Fleville, Countess, Maddalena, Abbe)
7. Opera In Four Acts: Act 1: Debole e il Re (Abbe, Feville, Countess, Guests, Maddalena)
8. Opera In Four Acts: Act 1: O pastorelle, addio (Singers, Guests)
9. Opera In Four Acts: Act 1: Signor Chenier? (Countess, Guests)
10. Opera In Four Acts: Act 1: Al mio dire perdona ed al mio ardire (Maddalena, Friends Of Maddalena, Chenier, Countess, Guests)
11. Opera In Four Acts: Act 1: Un di all'azzurro spazio (Chenier, Maddalena, Countess )
12. Opera In Four Acts: Act 1: La notte il giorno (Voices, Gerard, Countess, Majordomo)
13. Opera In Four Acts: Act 2: Per l'ex inferno (Mathieu, Bersi, L'Incredibile)
14. Opera In Four Acts: Act 2: Temer?...Perche? Perche? Perche temer dovro? (Bersi)
15. Opera In Four Acts: Act 2: No, non m'inganno! (L'Incredilbile, Chenier, Roucher)
16. Opera In Four Acts: Act 2: Credo a una possanza arcana (Chenier, Roucher)
17. Opera In Four Acts: Act 2: Calligrafia in vero femminil (Roucher, Chenier, Crowd)
18. Opera In Four Acts: Act 2: Viva Roberpierre! Evvival (Matthieu, Citizens, L'Incredibile, Chenier, Gerard, Roucher, Crowd, Bersi)
19. Opera In Four Acts: Act 2: Ecco l'altare (Maddalena, Chenier, L'Incredibile)
20. Opera In Four Acts: Act 2: Eravate possente (Maddalena, Chenier)
21. Opera In Four Acts: Act 2: Ora soave, sublime ora d'amore! (Maddalena, Chenier)
22. Opera In Four Acts: Act 2: Maddalena di Coigny! (Gerard, Maddalena, Chenier, Roucher, L'Incredibile, Mathieu, Crowd)
Track Listings (17) - Disc #2
1. Opera In Four Acts: Act 3: Dumouriez traditore e girondino (Mathieu, People, Gerard)
2. Opera In Four Acts: Act 3: Lacrime e sangue da la francial (Gerard)
3. Opera In Four Acts: Act 3: Prendi! E un ricordo (Women, L'Incredibile, Gerard, Offstage Newsboy)
4. Opera In Four Acts: Act 3: Amici, ancor cantiam, beviam (L'Incredibile, Gerard)
5. Opera In Four Acts: Act 3: Donnina, innamorata (L'Incredibile, Gerard)
6. Opera In Four Acts: Act 3: Nemico della patria?(Gerard, L'Incredibile, Maddalena, Mathieu)
7. Opera In Four Acts: Act 3: Se ancor di me vi sovvenite non sol (Maddalena, Gerard)
8. Opera In Four Acts: Act 3: La mamma morta (Maddalena)
9. Opera In Four Acts: Act 3: Perduto! La mia vita per salvarlo (Gerard, Maddalena)
10. Opera In Four Acts: Act 3: Mamma Cadet! (Market Women, Mathieu, Crowd, Gerard, Maddalena, Dumas, Fouquier - Tinville)
11. Opera In Four Acts: Act 3: Si, fui soldato (Chenier)
12. Opera In Four Acts: Act 3: Udiamo i testimoni! (Fouquier - Tinville, Gerard, Crtowd, Chenier, Dumas, Maddalena)
13. Opera In Four Parts: Act 4: Cittadino, men duol, mae tardi assai (Schmidt, Roucher, Chenier)
14. Come un bel din maggio (Chenier)
15. Opera In Four Parts: Act 4: Viene a costei concesso (Gerard, Schmidt, Maddalena)
16. Opera In Four Parts: Act 4: Vicino a te s' acqueta (Maddalena, Chenier, Schmidt)
17. Opera In Four Parts: Act 4: La nostra morte (Maddalena, Chenier)

CD Details

All Artists: Umberto Giordano, James Levine, Plácido Domingo, Renata Scotto, Philharmonic Orchestra, Sherrill Milnes, Stuart Harling, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Malcolm King, Jean Kraft, Maria Ewing, Allan Monk, Enzo Dara, Isser Bushkin
Title: Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: RCA
Release Date: 8/10/1999
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 743213949925

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CD Reviews

Best studio version

Mr JB | Karlskrona Sweden | 02/22/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Here we have Domingo & Milnes at their absolutely best. Scotto also is great, landing somewhere between Tebaldi and Callas. It's heard from the very start, Gérard's "son sessant'anni..." gives the tone to the whole performance - blood red and white hot as it is. Thereafter we're spoilt with at least ten - how often are there such a number in one opera - of melodic, dramatic and not least lovely tunes - here greatly sung by some of the last centurys greatest voices. Although I find Bjorling, Corelli and Bastianini great in their respective parts, this is THE over all best studio performance. Feel perfectly assured with this one - the only one to compete is a obscure live version with Del Monaco & Callas on the record label of Melodram (or 'Verona'). Nore Pavarotti's, nore Carreras' versions comes even close to the impact and theatrical reliability of this recording."

A bit shallow, yet still thrilling

Jim Player | Rochester, NY, USA | 02/08/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This recording came near the end of the famous Domingo/Milnes RCA recordings when they made a flurry of operas with Price, Caballé and Scotto. Here they are paired with Scotto, and led by the young James Levine with the National Philharmonic which was much used at that time by RCA and Decca.The main reasons for purchasing this album is for the leading trio in their prime, and for the enthusiastic conducting of Levine. Dramatically, it's more enthusiastic than anything else, and that can be heard right from the opening bars. The freshness and vitality is quite brilliant, and the voices are all healthy and vigorous. However, a first impression only lasts so long, for this is basically a good, but routine Chenier that merely scratches the surface of good theater. For a late 70's recording, it's quite good and worth owning, but it lacks the dramatic punch to put it over the edge.Perhaps the most notable reason to hear this is for a document of how exciting Levine's conducting used to be, before his Bayreuth years and subsequent deification at the Met. An early review stated that this Chenier sounded as fresh as if the ink were still wet on the score. What a contrast to what we have today...."

The best version we'll ever get?

Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 09/25/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I agree with both reviewers below: this 1977 performance of Andrea Chenier is the best studio version, and given the absence of tenors with Domingo's charisma, it may be the best we can expect for a long time. but this isn't just the familiar Domingo-Milnes show. By a long stretch Scotto is the best Maddalena I've ever heard. Even though she never had the strong chest tones of a true verismo soprano like Tebaldi, Milanov, or Magda Olivero, Scotto had the right attitude--she seems to be tearing her heart out. Milnes is blustery, as usual, but domingo couldn't be better as the ardent Chenier, and Levine's vigorous pacing helps to disguise the weaknesses in the music (although an audience favorite, this opera is disdained by critics, one of whom called it a garbage can filled with verismo cliches).

Among the competition, I'm aware of the Callas mono recording, a live aircheck in dreadful sound, and the Chailly-conducted set on Decca with Pavarotti and Caballe, which features the tenor is less than best voice and the soprano a bit too droopy for my tastes. So this RCA set holds it onw."