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Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini
Opera Intermezzi
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. VERDI: La Traviata - Prelude to Act 3 [4'29]
2. MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo sinfonico [3'32]
3. PUCCINI: Suor Angelica - Intermezzo [4'37]
4. LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci - Intermezzo [3'43]
5. MUSSORGSKY: Khovanshchina - Intermezzo, Act 4 [4'09]
6. PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut - Intermezzo, Act 3 [5'38]
7. SCHMIDT: Notre Dame - Intermezzo [4'44]
8. MASSENET: Thaïs - Méditation. Intermezzo, Act 2 [6'04]
9. GIORDANO: Fedora - Intermezzo, Act 2 [2'03]
10. CILEA: Adriana Lecouvreur - Intermezzo, Act 2 [2'29]
11. WOLF-FERRARI: I gioielli della Madonna - Intermezzo, Act 3 [3'41]
12. MASCAGNI: L'amico Fritz - Intermezzo, Act 3 [5'02]

CD Details

All Artists: Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Modest Mussorgsky, Franz Schmidt, Jules Massenet, Umberto Giordano, Francesco Cilea, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Meyer, Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer
Title: Opera Intermezzi
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: 2/12/2008
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028947771630

Synopsis

Album Description

Universally acknowledged as one of the greatest conductors of both Italian opera and orchestral showpieces, Herbert von Karajan was uniquely qualified to undertake this varied and entertaining programme of interludes and other orchestral music from operas. A rare disc brought together on CD for the first time. A delightful program of Verdi, Mascagni, Puccini, Leoncavallo, Mussorgsky, Schmidt, Massenet, Giordano, Cilèa, Wolf-Ferrari.

CD Reviews

Karajan in his hypnotic prime

Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 02/18/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Amazon hasn't quite indicated what this CD is: it's a part of DG's centennial celebration of the illustrious maestro, with emphasis on "original jacket" reissues of his prime recordings in remastered sound. Since many collectors consider the Karajan of the Sixties and Seventies their preferred one, this colleciton of opera intermezzi, neer before on CD in its original form, will be welcome.

The contents are somewhat uusual:

La Traviata : Prelude to Act III (Verdi). Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo sinfonico (Mascagni). Suor Angelica : Intermezzo (Puccini). Pagliacci : Intermzzo (Leoncavallo). Khowantschina : Intermezzo Act IV (Mussorgsky arr. Rimsky-Korsakov).Manon Lescaut : Intermezzo Act III (Puccini). Notre Dame : Intermezo (Franz Schimdt). Thais : Meditation Intermezzo Act II (Massenet). Fedora : Intermezzo Act II (Giordano). Adriana Lecuouvreur : Intermezzo Act II (Cilea). I Gioielli della Madonna : Intermezzo Act III (Wolf-Ferrari). L'amico Fritz : Intermezzo (Mascagni).

Old hands won't be thrilled, to say the least, by another Meditation from Thais or the Intermezzo to Cavalleria rusticana, but where else can they hear Karajan in the excerpts from Fedora and L'Amico Fritz? The style of the playing here is lyrical and hyupnotic, a prie example of Karajan weaving his magic spell -- assuming that you fall for it. As luxury examples of the Berlin strings flowing sumptuously along, nothing could be better, but the whole affair gets a bit treacly and glossy before the program is half over."

Simply stated.............

Paul | Houston | 10/15/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Maestro at his best....beautifully recorded with a deep and wide soundstage. GET IT"