Giuseppe Verdi Oliviero de Fabritiis Orchestra del Palacio de las Belles Artes - Verdi La Traviata (43 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Giuseppe Verdi, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Orchestra del Palacio de las Belles Artes
Verdi: La Traviata
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (26) - Disc #1
1. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Introduzione
2. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Dell'invito trascorsa è già
3. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Libiam ne' lieti calici
4. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Che è ciò?
5. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Un dì, felice, eterea,
6. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Ebben?... che diavol fate?
7. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora
8. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. E' strano!... è strano!
9. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Ah, fors'è lui
10. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Follie!... follie... Sempre libera degg'io
11. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Sempre libera degg'io
12. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Lunge da lei per me non v'ha diletto!
13. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. De' miei bollenti spiriti
14. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Alfredo?... Per Parigi or or partiva.
15. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Madamigella Valéry?
16. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Pura siccome un angelo
17. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Non sapete quale affetto
18. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Un dì, quando le veneri
19. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Dite alla giovine -
20. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Or imponete.
21. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Morrò!... la mia memoria
22. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Dammi tu forza, o cielo!
23. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Amami Alfredo,
24. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Ah, vive sol quel core all'amor mio!
25. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Di Provenza il mar, il suol
26. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Né rispondi d'un padre all'affetto?
Track Listings (17) - Disc #2
1. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Avrem lieta di maschere la notte
2. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Noi siamo zingarelle
3. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Di Madride noi siam mattadori,
4. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Alfredo!... Voi!
5. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Invitato a qui seguirmi,
6. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Ogni suo aver tal femmina
7. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Di sprezzo degno se stesso rende
8. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core
9. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Introduzione
10. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Annina?... Comandate?
11. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Or fate cor.
12. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti,
13. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Parigi, o cara
14. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Ah, non più, a un tempio
15. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Gran Dio! morir sì giovane,
16. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Ah, Violetta!...
17. La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Prendi, quest'è l'immagine

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CD Details

All Artists: Giuseppe Verdi, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Orchestra del Palacio de las Belles Artes, Carlos Sagarminaga, Cesare Valletti, Cristina Giron, Francisco Alonso, Gilberto Cerda, Giuseppe Taddei, Ignacio Ruffino, Luz Maria Farfan, Maria Callas
Title: Verdi: La Traviata
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Myto Records Italy
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 9/25/2007
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 675754001681, 8014399501347

CD Reviews

Simply atrocious

Paul E. Hartman | Los Angeles | 01/15/2008

(1 out of 5 stars)

"This may be Callas's very first Traviata, but it is one to avoid like the plague, NOT because of her, but because it sounds like not a single rehearsal took place prior to performance.

After a merely adequate performance of the Act 1 Prelude with de Fabritiis in the pit, the listener is then treated to some of the most embarrassingly bad ensemble playing ever committed to disc. The chorus, orchestra and solo singers are so "out of sync" at times, that it is difficult at times not to laugh out loud! Callas is in fine voice, however. Valletti, in lyrical roles a wonderful singer, is here out of his element as Alfredo. A more vigorous impetuous heroic style is really demanded in this role.

I must admit that I couldn't stomach listening to enough to actually hear Taddei as Germont pere, so I can't comment on his performance here.

To add insult to injury, the slipshod ensemble playing that runs ramshod over this wonderful piece is not assisted by an even more constricted choppy recorded sound than usual for these Mexico City live Callas opera performances.

So unless you are a die-hard masochistic Callas completist, who relishes poor recorded sound, and doesn't mind wallowing in musical chaos, I would NOT recommend this set under any circumstances, especially when you have the Lisbon live and Santini RAI Callas versions both available on CD."