Giuseppe Verdi Edita Gruberova Neil Shicoff - La Traviata Gruberova Shicoff Zancanaro Bacelli Rizzi (36 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Giuseppe Verdi, Edita Gruberova, Neil Shicoff
La Traviata / Gruberova, Shicoff, Zancanaro, Bacelli; Rizzi
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. La Traviata: Preludio
2. La Traviata: Atto Primo: 'Dell'invito trascorsa è già l'ora' (Violetta, Flora, Alfredo, Gastone, Douphol, Marchese, Dottore, Coro)
3. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Brindisi - 'Libiamo, libiamo ne'lieti calici' (Violetta, Flora, Alfredo, Gastone, Douphol, Marchese, Dottore, Coro)
4. La Traviata: Atto Primo: 'Che è ciò?' (Violetta, Flora, Alfredo, Gastone, Douphol, Marchese, Dottore, Coro)
5. La Traviata: Atto Primo: 'Oh! qual pallor!' (Violetta, Alfredo)
6. La Traviata: Atto Primo: 'Un dì felice' (Alfredo, Violetta, Gastone)
7. La Traviata: Atto Primo: 'Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora' (Flora, Gastone, Douphal, Marchese, Dottore, Coro)
8. La Traviata: Atto Primo: 'E strano! è strano! ... Ah, fors'è lui' (Violetta)
9. La Traviata: Atto Primo: 'Follie! ... Sempre libera' (Violetta, Alfredo)
10. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: 'Lunge da lei' (Alfredo)
11. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: 'De'miei bollenti spiriti' (Alfredo)
12. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: 'Annina, donde vieni?' (Alfredo, Annina)
13. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: 'Oh mio rimorso!' (Alfredo)
14. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: 'Alfredo?' (Violetta, Annina, Guiseppe, Germont)
15. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: 'Pura siccome un angelo' (Germont, Violetta)
16. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: 'Dite alla giovine' (Violetta, Germont)
17. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: 'Dammi tu forza, o cielo' (Violetta, Annina, Alfredo)
18. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: 'Ah, vive sol quel core' (Alfredo, Annina, Giuseppe, Comissionario, Germont)
19. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: 'Di Provenza il mar' (Germont, Alfredo)
20. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: 'No, non udrai rimproveri' (Germont, Alfredo)
Track Listings (16) - Disc #2
1. La Traviata: 'Avrem lieta di maschere la notte' (Flora, Dottore Grenvil)
2. La Traviata: Atto Second: 'Noi siamo zignarelle' (Flora, Dottore Grenvil, Marchese d'Obigny)
3. La Traviata: Atto Second: 'Di Madride noi siam matadori' (Flora Bervoix, Dottore Grenvil, Gaston, Visconte de Letorieres)
4. La Traviata: Atto Second: 'Alfredo! Voi!' (Violetta Valery, Alfredo Germont, Barone Douphol, Dottore Grenvil, Flora Bervoix, Marchese d'Obigny
5. La Traviata: Atto Second: 'Invitato a qui seguirmi (Violetta Valery, Alfredo Germont)
6. La Traviata: Atto Second: 'Ogni suo aver' (Alfredo Germont, Barone Douphol, Dottore Grenvil, Gaston, Visconte de Letorieres, Marchese d'Obigny, Violetta Valery)
7. La Traviata: Atto Second: 'Di sprezzo degno' (Violetta Valery, Giorgio Germont, Alfredo Germont, Flora Bervoix, Barone Douphol, Marchese d'Obigny)
8. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: 'Annina? - Commandate?' (Violetta Valery, Annina, Dottore Grenvil,)
9. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: 'Teneste la promessa' (Violetta Valery)
10. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: 'Addio, del passato bei sogni' (Violetta Valery)
11. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: 'Largo al quadrupede sir della festa' (Violetta Valery)
12. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: 'Signora... - Che l'accadde?' (Violetta Valery, Alfredo Germont, Annina)
13. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: 'Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo' (Violetta Valery, Alfredo Germont)
14. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: 'Ah! Gran Dio! morir si giovane' (Violetta Valery, Alfredo Germont)
15. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: 'Ah! Violetta! - Voi, signor' (Violetta Valery, Alfredo Germont, Annina, Dottore Grenvil
16. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: 'Se una pudica vergine'

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CD Details

All Artists: Giuseppe Verdi, Edita Gruberova, Neil Shicoff, Carlo Rizzi, Ambrosian Singers, Gery Bramall, Peter Bronder, Nicholas Folwell, Jacques Fournier, Paul Wynne Griffiths, David Barrell, Christian Hinzelin, London Symphony Orchestra
Title: La Traviata / Gruberova, Shicoff, Zancanaro, Bacelli; Rizzi
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Teldec
Release Date: 1/12/1993
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 090317634821

CD Reviews

A great Traviata

Daniel G. Madigan | Redmond, WA United States | 12/12/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This set has Edita Gruberova singing in top form, all her scooping cast aside, which one finds in abundance in her Lucia under Richard Bonynge. Here, however, she makes ravishing use of those bits of tone that only she can produce: those instances of coloratura and dramatic legato with little asides and small florishes of style that suggest her intelligent approach and her high degree of musical involvement in this role. She does this in her I Puritani and her Anna Bolena, less so in Roberto Deveraux and Maria Stuarda(both sets). Listen to Addio del passato and the Sempre Libra...ravishing, yes, but there are again those nuances learned from Callas that she makes her own. A very singualr perform,ance, and extremely moving with its detail and cry for pity throughout..from the start even. Neil Schicoff is excellent, not an unworthy Alfredo at all! His is a great lyric tenor voice that should have been in the top line, but because of some bad moves in his career he appears only occasionally on disc and on the stage..more often now at the Met but wihtout the luster of former days.His Alfredo is intense and dramatic and very passionate.Giorgio Zancanaro is definitive as Germont, as he has been in many Verdi roles, especially in I Vespri Siciliani(the DVD of this has been released and I recommend it for him alone), and Don Carlo. Here he is moving, very authoratative, and he has a commanding ring to his voice, full of pathos and hatred for himself at the close. A magnificent achievement, and the other two are with him all the way.Buy this La Traviata and Callas's with De Stefano, and Scotto's and Sills', but do not miss this plaintive recording, so aware of mortality and its encroachment."

Not bad at all

J. Luis Juarez Echenique | Mexico City | 01/11/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It is true Edita Gruberova is not the warmest of sopranos, but in her own way, she gives a very honest and accomplished performance. But what's most important, hers is an individual, honest and believable Violetta. Her Alfredo is only passable, but Giorgio Zancanaro's Germont is one of the finest ever recorded. Even if this Traviata does not displace Callas or Scotto in our affections, it's far better than most digital versions, including Studer's, Gheorghiu's and Fabbriccini's."