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Verdi - La Traviata / Cotrubas · Domingo, Milnes, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber

Giuseppe Verdi, Carlos Kleiber, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Verdi - La Traviata / Cotrubas · Domingo, Milnes, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. La Traviata: Preludio - Giuseppe Verdi
2. La Traviata: Act I: Introduzione: Coro: 'Dell'invito trascorsa e gia l'ora?' (Violetta, Alfredo) - Giuseppe Verdi
3. La Traviata: Act I: Toast: Alfredo: 'Libiamo ne' lieti calici' (Alfredo, Violetta) - Giuseppe Verdi
4. La Traviata: Act I: Valzer e Duetto: Tutti: 'Che e cio?' (Violetta, Alfredo) - Giuseppe Verdi
5. La Traviata: Act I: Valzer e Duetto: Alfredo: 'Un di felice, eterea' (Alfredo, Violetta) - Giuseppe Verdi
6. La Traviata: Act I: Valzer e Duetto: Gastone: 'Ebben? Che diavol fatte?' (Violetta, Alfredo) - Giuseppe Verdi
7. La Traviata: Act I: Stretta: Tutti: 'Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora' - Giuseppe Verdi
8. La Traviata: Act I: Scena ed Aria - Finale: Violetta: 'E strano!.....Ah, fors'e lui' (Violetta) - Giuseppe Verdi
9. La Traviata: Act I: Scena ed Aria - Finale: Violetta: 'Follie! Delirio vano e questo!...Sempre libera' (Violetta, Alfredo) - Giuseppe Verdi
10. La Traviata: Act II: Scena ed Aria Alfredo: 'Lunge da lei...De' miei bollenti spiriti' (Alfredo) - Giuseppe Verdi
11. La Traviata: Act II: Scena ed Aria: Alfredo: 'Annina, donde vieni?...O mio rimorso!' (Alfredo) - Giuseppe Verdi
12. La Traviata: Act II: Scena e Duetto: Vioetta: 'Alfredo?' - Annina: 'Per Parigi or or partive' (Violetta, Giorgio) - Giuseppe Verdi
13. La Traviata: Act II: Scena e Duetto: Germont: 'Pura siccome un angelo' (Violetta) - Giuseppe Verdi
14. La Traviata: Act II: Violetta: 'Non sapete quale affetto' (Giorgio, Violetta) - Giuseppe Verdi
15. La Traviata: Act II: Scena e Duetto: Germont: 'Un di, quando le veneri' (Giorgio, Violetta) - Giuseppe Verdi
16. La Traviata: Act II: Scena e Duetto: Violetta: 'Ah! Dite alla giovine' (Violetta, Giorgio) - Giuseppe Verdi
17. La Traviata: Act II: Scena e Duetto: Violetta: 'Imponete!' - Germont: 'Non amarlo ditegli' (Violetta, Giorgio) - Giuseppe Verdi
18. La Traviata: Act II: Scena: Violetta: 'Dammi tu forza, o cielo' (Violetta) - Giuseppe Verdi
19. La Traviata: Act II: Scena: Alfredo: 'Che fai?' - Violetta: 'Nulla' (Alfredo, Violetta) - Giuseppe Verdi
20. La Traviata: Act II: Scena ed Aria: Alfredo: 'Ah, vive sol quel core' (Alfredo, Giorgio) - Giuseppe Verdi
21. La Traviata: Act II: Scena ed Aria: Germont: 'Di Provenza il mar, il suol' (Giorgio) - Giuseppe Verdi
22. La Traviata: Act II: Scena ed Aria: Germont: 'Ne rispondi d'un padre all'affetto?...No, non udrai rimproveri' (Alfredo, Giorgio) - Giuseppe Verdi
Track Listings (16) - Disc #2
1. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Flora: 'Avrem lieta di maschere la notte' - G. Verdi
2. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Gypsy Girls: 'Noi siamo zingarelle' - G. Verdi
3. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Gastone And The Bullfighters: 'Di Madride noi siam mattadori' - G. Verdi
4. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Tutti: 'Alfredo! Voi' (Alfredo, Violetta) - G. Verdi
5. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Violetta: 'Invitato a qui seguirmi' (Violetta, Alfredo) - G. Verdi
6. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Alfredo: 'Ogni suo aver tal femmina' (Alfredo) - G. Verdi
7. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Germont: 'Di sprezzo degno se stesso rende' (Giorgio, Alfredo) - G. Verdi
8. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Violetta: 'Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core' (Violetta) - G. Verdi
9. La Traviata: Act III: Preludio - G. Verdi
10. La Traviata: Act III: Scena ed Aria: Violetta: 'Annina?' - Annina: 'Comandate?' (Violetta) - G. Verdi
11. La Traviata: Act III: Scena ed Aria: Violetta: 'Teneste la promessa...Attendo, ne a me giungon mai...Addio del passato' (Violetta) - G. Verdi
12. La Traviata: Act III: Baccanale: Masked Chorus: 'Largo al quadrupede' - G. Verdi
13. La Traviata: Act III: Scena e Duetto: Annina: 'Signora' - Violetta: 'Che t'accadde?' - Alfredo: 'Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo' (Alfredo, Violetta) - G. Verdi
14. La Traviata: Act III: Scena e Duetto: Violetta: 'Ah, non piu...Ah! Gran Dio! Morir si giovine' (Violetta, Alfredo) - G. Verdi
15. La Traviata: Act III: Finale ultimo: Germont: 'Ah, Violetta?' - Violetta: 'Voi? Signor?' (Giorgio, Violetta, Alfredo) - G. Verdi
16. La Traviata: Act III: Finale ultimo: Violetta: 'Prendi, quest'e l'immagine' (Violetta, Alfredo, Giorgio) - G. Verdi

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All Artists: Giuseppe Verdi, Carlos Kleiber, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes
Title: Verdi - La Traviata / Cotrubas · Domingo, Milnes, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: 10/25/1990
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 028941513229

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

The best Traviata on disc? If not, it's within hailing distance. No true Verdian would want to be without Callas's 1955 live recording, and it's hard not to love those starring Moffo, Caballe, Scotto, Sutherland, and de los Angeles among others. But this set offers the best all-round combination of excellent sound, fine singing, and dynamic conducting. Ileana Cotrubas is a wonderfully spontaneous Violetta, conveying the passion and vulnerability of the character. Only Callas among her starry rivals on disc can match Cotrubas's emotional and vocal mastery here. Domingo sings with ardor, and Milnes uses his beautiful voice to good effect as Germont. But it's Carlos Kleiber's show, and that enigmatic conductor leads the most energetic Traviata since Toscanini. Tempos are fast, but his sense of theatricality is unerring--this is one of those studio recordings that captures the sense of being at the opera house listening to one of those rare performances when everything clicks. --Dan Davis

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Strong performances, excellent recording.

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The greatest recording of Verdi's La traviata

Daniel Reed Hanson | Atwater, California | 03/12/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am here to say that if you're looking to buy the best recording, this is the one. I have heard several Violettas but this is the best one, and the professional opera critics will agree with me on this one. I've listen to Maria Callas in her Portugal performance with Kraus (in which her voiced seemed strained), which is pretty good, but you can heard the audience thoughout the entire recording, plus, the recording isn't in stereo and isn't conducted as good as this one. Sutherland does a great job and jumps though the part with great easy, however, there is no "pathos" or great acting in the voice. Victoria de los Angeles can't reach some on the high notes (especially at the end of "Sempre libera") and has a really strained voice in some parts. Ileana Cotrubas sings though the hard parts very nicely with great emotion, unlike a lot of sopranos. Domingo gives a great Alfredo along with Milnes as Germont. The orchestra and the conducting are superb. There is a good balance with the choir as well. Therefore, this IS the greatest recording for any opera beginner's collection."

The best "Traviata"

Laura Fleming | East Providence, RI United States | 11/24/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ileana Cotrubas will break your heart. Her sweet, silvery voice makes a delicate and touching Violetta. She sings a very sparkling and lovely "Sempre libera." Her voice is beautiful--far lovelier than Maria Callas's. And her interpretation of the role will leave you in tears, especially in her duets with Sherill Milnes' incomparable Germont. And in her "Addio del passato." Listen to the emotion in her voice when she reads Alfredo's letter....Placido Domingo is the perfect Alfredo with his warm, romantic tenor voice.Don't miss this one. 1000 stars!"

Cotrubas, Domingo and Kleiber make magic....

Nathan | Ithaca, New York | 10/09/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When three artists at the very height of their powers came together to create this truly magnificent Traviata we were left with one of the finest artistic musical interpretations of the modern recording era.
Carlos Kleieber seems to see, or hear, into the head of the great maestro, exposing every note of musical beauty and every fiber of emotional expression. When Ileana Cotrubas replaced an ailing Mirella Freni in Kleiber's now legendary Boheme at La Scala, she not only dramatically launched her international career, but caused Carlos Kleiber to comment "At last, I've found my Violetta".
The rest, as they say, is history, and this recording. With Ileana Cotrubas, Kleiber had found a young singer blessed with not only a ravishingly beautiful soprano, creamy and full, with an exquisite upper register, but a singing actress with the intelligence and artistic refinement capable of interpreting the role of Violetta Valery with the mature passion and emotional integrity the role requires. She creates, in my opinion, the definitive Violetta.
Placido Domingo, as ever when paired with Cotrubas, sings the role of Alfredo with such ardor and conviction, you feel his heart might truly burst with longing, and eventually, sadness. Sherrill Milnes is a fine Papa Germont and the orchestra play for Kleiber with obvious devotion."

A magnificent recording, but there are reservations

Nathan | 01/17/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This recording of "La traviata" ranks with the best. The best thing about it is Carlos Kleiber's magnificent conducting. He paces the opera in just the right way. His conducting of Acts 1 and 2, plus the two preludes, is brilliant. His tempi for Violetta's Act 1 aria are virtually perfect. He keeps the orchestra playing at a white-hot intensity and has a special gift for creating dramatic tension. He manages to make every instrumental line clear. The orchestra is extraordinarily vivid under his baton. I found his conducting of Act 3 to be slightly less satisfying. Somehow, things seem rushed in this act. His tempi for "Addio del passato" and "Parigi, o cara" are too fast. He rushes Cotrubas through "Addio del passato". On top of that, the second verse is cut. Curiously, the short ensemble right before Violetta's death does not work. It sounds too rushed.

The cuts in this recording are unacceptable. Besides Violetta's third act aria, her "Ah, fors'è lui" is missing one verse. The duet "Parigi, o cara" is missing its second verse. The "Gran Dio, morir si giovine" section is truncated. Also, Alfredo's cabaletta is missing its second verse, though with Domingo singing, this is a blessing in disguise. Also, Germont's cabaletta is missing its second verse, though this is no big loss.

Plácido Domingo is a virile and ardent Alfredo, but the role does not suit his spinto voice. He sings the Brindisi charmlessly, but is quite good in his other music. The Germont of Sherrill Milnes is very good. It is an effective portrayal.

A note about Domingo's singing: In the last fifteen seconds of singing in Alfredo's cabaletta, the sound acoustic changes, so that the listener is made aware that Domingo rerecorded this section of the music and had it spliced into the recording. His electronically enhanced high C at the conclusion is ridiculous and sounds very weird.

Ileana Cotrubas is a wonderful Violetta. She's not the best, but she is very good. I like her fragile, vulnerable, quirky, and spontaneous portrayal. She has an endearing way of singing coloratura, though her trill is not great. She has some great high notes. She sometimes declaims in her lower register, like just before "Amami, Alfredo" and right before her reunion with Alfredo in the last act (before the two lovers exclaim "Alfredo/Violetta! Oh gioia!"), and it is very effective at portraying Violetta's desperation and passion. She needs a bit more voice in order to make "Amami, Alfredo" really effective. Her voice is rather small, but quite beautiful. It is full and creamy. She sings the grace notes in the Brindisi very clearly, unlike Domingo. The only part of her portrayal that I truly dislike is her singing in the party scene in Act 1. She sounds too morose. Violetta should sound happy and carefree in this part of the opera.

The chorus sings very well and the orchestra plays beautifully. The sound is excellent.

This recording of "La traviata" should be included in every recording library."