La Forza Del Destino: Serefin / Teatro Alla Scala Callas Tucker Tagliabue

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Classical

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8111322

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Naxos *classic*

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GIUSEPPE VERDI [1813-1901]
La forza del destino

Donna Leonora...Maria Callas
Don Alvaro...Richard Tucker
Don Carlo di Vargas...Carlo Tagliabue
Preziosilla...Elena Nicolai
Padre Guardiano...Nicola Rossi-Lameni
Fra Melitone...Renato Capecchi

Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Tullio Serafin, conductor

Although this 1954 recording of La forza del destino is not without flaws, Callas casts her Donna Leonora in the grand manner and her breath spans are of a truly notable length. She makes us conscious of every section of Leonora's music, setting off the first scene in Act I with fitting simplicity. In the Act III duet with Padre Guardiano, Piu tranquilla, Callas shows her just rendition of note values; each of them is sung as Verdi specifies, contained within a perfect legato and yet she injects the subtlest rubato so giving it life. Under Serafin's inspired direction she sings the two famous arias, Madre pietosa vergine and Pace, pace mio Dio, with appropriate grandeur, on a tragic scale, underlining Verdi's indications 'come un lamento' and 'con dolore'.

Track List

Disc 1

01． Verdi: La forza del destino: Overture 00:07:29
02． Act I: Buona notte, mia figlia (Marchese, Leonora) 00:02:27
03． Temea restasse qui fino a domani! (Curra, Leonora) 00:01:41
04． Me, pellegrina ed orfana (Leonora) 00:03:43
05． M'aiuti, Signorina, piu presto andrem (Curra, Leonora, Alvaro) 00:05:35
06． Seguirti fino agli ultimi (Leonora, Alvaro, Curra) 00:02:03
07． Vil seduttor! Infame figlia! (Marchese, Leonora, Alvaro) 00:01:59
08． Act II Scene 1: Hola, hola, hola! Ben giungi, o mulattier (Chorus) 00:01:23
09． La cena e pronta (Mayor, Carlo, Chorus, Leonora, Trabuco, Preziosilla) 00:02:07
10． Al suon del tamburo (Preziosilla, Chorus, Carlo) 00:02:40
11． Padre Eterno Signor (Chorus of Pilgrims, Chorus, Mayor, Leonora) 00:03:47
12． Viva la buona compagnia! (Carlo, Chorus, Trabuco, Mayor) 00:02:32
13． Son Pereda, son ricco d'onore (Carlo, Chorus) 00:02:30
14． Sta bene (Mayor, Carlo, Preziosilla, Chorus) 00:03:00
15． Scene 2: Sono giunta! Grazie, O Dio! (Leonora) 00:01:40
16． Madre, pietosa Vergine (Leonora) 00:05:10
17． Chi siete? (Melitone, Leonora) 00:02:10
18． Chi mi cerca? (Guardiano, Leonora, Melitone) 00:03:41
19． Guai per chi si lascia illudere (Guardiano, Leonora) 00:06:10
20． Sull'alba il piede all'eremo (Guardiano, Leonora) 00:02:27
21． Il santo nome di Dio Signore (Guardiano, Chorus) 00:08:03
22． La Vergine degli Angeli (Chorus, Leonora) 00:03:40

Disc 2

01． Act III Scene 1: Attenti al gioco (Chorus) 00:03:48
02． La vita e inferno (Alvaro) 00:03:12
03． O tu che in seno agli angeli (Alvaro) 00:03:35
04． Al tradimento! (Chorus, Alvaro, Carlo) 00:02:17
05． All'armi! (Voices, Alvaro, Carlo, Surgeon) 00:02:19
06． Scene 2: Piano ・qui posi ・approntisi il mio letto (Carlo, Surgeon, Alvaro) 00:01:36
07． Solenne in quest'ora (Alvaro, Carlo) 00:04:07
08． Morir! Tremenda cosa! (Carlo) 00:02:08
09． Urna fatale del mio destino (Carlo) 00:02:37
10． E s'altra prova rivenir potessi? (Carlo, Surgeon) 00:02:27
11． Scene 3: Compagni, sostiamo (Chorus) 00:03:12
12． Ne gustare m'e dato un' ora di quiete (Alvaro, Carlo) 00:04:15
13． No, d'un imene il vincolo (Alvaro, Carlo, Chorus) 00:04:18
14． Lorche pifferi e tamburi (Chorus, Preziosilla, Soldiers) 00:02:26
15． A buon mercato chi vuol comprare? (Trabuco, Soldiers, All) 00:02:17
16． Pane, pan per carita! (Peasants, Recruits, Vivandieres, Preziosilla) 00:03:00
17． Nella guerra e la follia (All) 00:02:10
18． Toh! Toh! Poffare il mondo! Che tempone! (Melitone, Soldiers, Preziosilla) 00:03:58
19． Rataplan, rataplan, della Gloria (Preziosilla, Chorus) 00:03:17

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