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Verdi, Tebaldi, Prandelli
La Traviata
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Preludio - Carlo Maria Giulini
2. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Dell'invito Trascorsa E Gia L'ora - Carlo Maria Giulini
3. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Sempre Alfredo A Voi Pensa - Gino Del Signore
4. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici - Giacinto Prandelli
5. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Che E Cio? - Carlo Maria Giulini
6. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Un Di, Felice, Eterea - Giacinto Prandelli
7. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Ebben? - Gino Del Signore
8. La Traviata: Atto Primo: E' Strano! - Renata Tebaldi
9. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Follie! Follie! - Renata Tebaldi
10. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Lunge Da Lei - Giacinto Prandelli
11. La Traviata: Atto Primo: De' Miei Bollenti Spiriti - Giacinto Prandelli
12. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Annina, Donde Vieni? - Giacinto Prandelli
13. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Madamigella Valery? - Gino Orlandini
14. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Pura Siccome Un Angelo - Gino Orlandini
15. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Non Sapete Quale Affetto - Renata Tebaldi
16. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Un Di, Quando Le Veneri - Gino Orlandini
17. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Dite Alla Giovine - Gino Orlandini
18. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Imponete... - Renata Tebaldi
19. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Dammi Tu Forza, O Cielo! - Carlo Maria Giulini
20. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Amami, Alfredo! - Renata Tebaldi
21. La Traviata: Atto Primo: Di Provenza - Gino Orlandini
Track Listings (18) - Disc #2
1. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: Avrem Lieta Di Maschere - Liliana Pellegrino
2. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: Noi Siamo Zingarelle - Carlo Maria Giulini
3. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: Di Madride Noi Siamo - Carlo Maria Giulini
4. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: Alfredo! Voi! - Carlo Maria Giulini
5. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: Invitato A Qui Seguirmi - Renata Tebaldi
6. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: Ogni Suo Aver Tal Femmina - Giacinto Prandelli
7. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: Di Sprezzo Degno - Gino Orlandini
8. La Traviata: Atto Secondo: Alfredo, Alfredo, Di Questo Core - Renata Tebaldi
9. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: Preludio - Carlo Maria Giulini
10. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: Annina? - Renata Tebaldi
11. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: Teneste La Promessa? - Renata Tebaldi
12. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: Addio Al Passato - Renata Tebaldi
13. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: Largo Al Quadrupede - Carlo Maria Giulini
14. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: Parigi, O Cara - Giacinto Prandelli
15. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: Ah, Non Piu - Renata Tebaldi
16. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: Gran Dio! Morir Si Giovine - Renata Tebaldi
17. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: Ah, Violetta! - Gino Orlandini
18. La Traviata: Atto Terzo: Prendi, Quest'e L'immagine - Renata Tebaldi

CD Details

All Artists: Verdi, Tebaldi, Prandelli, Orlandini, Giulini
Title: La Traviata
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Idi [Ital Disc Inst]
Original Release Date: 1/1/1952
Re-Release Date: 3/26/2002
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 675754493325, 8021945000728

CD Reviews

A BIG SURPRISE AND A REAPPRAISAL

L. Mitnick | Chicago, Illinois United States | 10/07/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I purchased this same performance on Opera d'Oro (which is considerably less expensive than this one) about two years ago, and wrote an Amazon review which was not terribly positive. Well, after hearing THIS edition of the same performance, I find that I have completely changed my opinion. To begin with, the sound is much better on this version than on the Opera d'Oro version --- obviously the source is different. That said, I must reverse my opinion of Tebaldi's Violetta, a role she actually performed close to one hundred times prior to 1957, afterwhich time she dropped it from her repertoire (her voice became much heavier and somewhat ungainly to cope with the first act). She is in fabulous voice here, and even her first act is sung with a degree of florid mastery (Tebaldi transposes the first act aria down a full tone, but who cares?) never duplicated later. Her London studio performance of this aria is heavy going indeed, and from that point on, the role just simply became too difficult for her. In 1952, however, the role was prominent in her career, and she certainly sang it beautifully, and moreover reached powerful emotional heights in the final act. No - this is not an emotional performance that scales Mount Callas, but it works very, very well with that all enveloping beauty of voice Tebaldi had at her command at the time. I find Giacinto Prandelli's Alfredo much better than I felt it to be on the Opera d'Oro issue. The improved sound opens out his voice, and the difference is marked.

Guilini paces the work well, and only the chorus sounds deficient. The 1954 Tebaldi studio version is now unavailable, but it was never all that great to begin with. There IS another live Tebaldi Traviata on Archipel (conducted by Tullio Serafin), and it is very, very good - but it has two very serious blemishes ---- a bad tape drop-out near the end of the Act I aria, and a total collapse of sound 90 seconds before the very end of the opera. If you want to experience Tebaldi's richly sung Violetta in the prime years of her voice, this version is the one to acquire."