Mariinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg, 12-16 September 2010. Notes in Russian (cyrillic ), English, French and German, libretto in Italian with English translation
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The Mariinsky label’s opera recordings have garnered acclaim and awards from around the world, most recently for Valery Gergiev’s recording of Parsifal released in 2010. For the label’s fifth opera, Gergiev conducts Donizetti’s masterpiece with a magnificent cast led by Natalie Dessay.
Natalie Dessay is one of the world’s most sought-after sopranos and an admired interpreter of lyric heroines. She is particularly renowned for her interpretation of the role of Lucia, which she has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House and the Mariinsky Theatre. Future engagements include Verdi’s La Traviata with the LSO at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in July and at the Vienna State Opera in October.
Piotr Beczala is rapidly establishing a reputation as one of today’s leading lyric tenors. He has recently sung Edgardo at the Met and on tour in Japan, and this summer will perform at the Bavarian State Opera and Salzburg Festival.
Valery Gergiev recently won the Disc of the Year Award from BBC Music Magazine for his LSO Live recording of Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet. In July, Gergiev will conduct the Mariinsky Ballet at New York Metropolitan Opera and in August he conducts at the Edinburgh Festival and BBC Proms with the Mariinsky Orchestra before opening the LSO’s 2011-12 concert season.
In October he embarks on a major tour of the USA and Canada with the Mariinsky Orchestra, including residencies at Carnegie Hall and Berkeley. Forthcoming releases include the final instalment in his Mahler cycle on LSO Live featuring Symphony No 9 and the Mariinsky label’s first DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs.
Natalie Dessay appears courtesy of Virgin Classics.
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 1, No 1 Preludio E Coro d'Introduzione "Percorrete Le Spiagge Vicine"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 1, No 2 I. Scena E Cavatina "Tu Sei Turbato"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 1, No 2 II. Larghetto "Cruda, Funesta Smania"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 1, No 2 Iii. Coro Di Cacciatori "Il Tuo Dubbio"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 1, No 2 Iv. Allegro Moderato "La Pietade In Suo Favore"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 2, No 3 I. Scena E Cavatina "Ancor Non Giunse!"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 2, No 3 II. Larghetto "Regnava Nel Silenzio"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 2, No 3 Iii. Moderato "Quando Rapito In Estasi"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 2, No 4 I. Scena E Duetto - Finale I "Egli S'avanza!"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 2, No. 4 II. Larghetto "Sulla Tomba"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 2, No 4 Iii. Moderato Assai "Verranno A Te"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 1, No 5 Scena "Lucia Fra Poco A Te Verra"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 1, No 6 I. Duetto "Appressati, Lucia"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 1, No 6 II. Larghetto "Soffriva Nel Pianto"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 1, No 6 Iii. Vivace "Se Tradirmi Tu Potrai"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 1, No 7 I. Scena Ed Aria "Ebben?"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 1, No 7 II. Moderato "Al Ben De'tuoi"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 2, No 8 I. Finale II - Coro E Cavatina "Per Te D'immenso"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 2, No 8 II. Meno Mosso "Per Poco Fra Le Tenebre"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 2, No 9 I. Scena E Quartetto Nel Finale II "Dov' E Lucia?"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 2, No 9 II. Larghetto "Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento?"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 2, No 10 I. Seguito E Stretta Del Finale II "T'allontana, Sciagurato"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 2, No 10 II. Moderato "Sconsigliato!"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act III, Scene 1, No 11 I. Uragano. Scena E Duetto "Orrida E Questa Notte"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act III, Scene 1, No 11 II. Andante "Ashton!"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act III, Scene 2, No 12 Corro "D'immenso Giubilo"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act III, Scene 2, No 13 Gran Scena Con Cori "Cessi, Ah Cessi Quel Contento"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act III, Scene 2, No 14 I. Scena Ed Aria "Oh Giusto Cielo!"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act III, Scene 2, No 14 II. Allegretto "Ohime!"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act III, Scene 2, No 14 Iii. Moderato "Spargi D'amaro Pianto"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act III, Scene 2, No 14 Iv. Scena "Si Tragga Altrove"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act III, Scene 3, No 15 I. Aria Finale "Tombe Degliavi Miei"
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act II, Scene 3, No 15 II. Moderato "Tu Che A Dio"
17th July 2011
**
“The recording is worth owning for Beczala’s classy singing as Edgardo, the only paragon here. The Polish tenor’s gleaming, if not Italianate, tone, superb diction and shapely phrasing are the set’s most consistent pleasures.”
16th July 2011
****
“Here’s a Valery Gergiev recording in which, for once, the febrile maestro isn’t centre stage. This is all about Natalie Dessay’s performance as poor deluded Lucy. And if you thrill to the French soprano’s hypercharged, histrionic and occasionally wayward delivery of Donizetti’s mad scene, you will forgive the ebullient but sometimes rough-edged playing of the Mariinsky Orchestra...Top singing from Vladislav Sulimsky as Enrico.”
Classical Review
July 2011
“there is something distinctively Russian about this Lammermoor. All those Italian melodies flow beautifully...But there is a sense of drive and purpose about this performance that seems, to me at least, distinctively Slavic...Dessay structures [the Mad Scene] well, always saving something in reserve for the build-ups and outbursts. Some excellent glass harmonica playing from Sascha Reckert...An intense but satisfying experience.”
4th August 2011
*****
“Here is a Lucia to match Callas or Sutherland. Natalie Dessay’s light soprano gives a vivid impression of Lucia’s vulnerable personality. The Mad Scene is enthralling. Piotr Beczala is a gloriously virile Edgardo, and the Italian style of the Russian cast more than acceptable. With Valery Gergiev a surprisingly sensitive conductor, this is a top-rank recording of a marvellous opera.”
11th August 2011
***
“Gergiev drives it hard, admirably sustaining an atmosphere of tremendous neurotic tension throughout...Piotr Beczala's Edgardo is stylish and impulsive, if occasionally effortful.”
October 2011
“how authentic a Donizettian can [Gergiev] be? The basic answer is that the tinta he establishes for the work - a dark sound with good forward winds and present brass...creates real atmosphere...this is a neurotic, depressed Donizetti, surely right for this story. If this is not always Italian slancio, it certainly has its own mood and lift...It is also sensitive to dynamic markings: this is rarely a loud experience.”
October 2011
****
“Everything Dessay does is lovely, but there is a lack of the desperation which should pervade the role...[Beczala is] actually more moving and Italianate than Dessay. Still, as post-Maria Callas Lucias go, this is one of the best.”
September 2011
“we can once again relish Dessay's extraordinary command of staccatos, her flexibility (the rapid scales in the Mad Scene cabaletta are stunning) and that uniquely pearly timbre...Finally, and most importantly, she phrases at all times with the sensitivity we have come to expect of her...Beczala, with his gleaming, immaculately centred tone and unfailing sincerity of address, stands comparison with any other recorded Edgardo.”
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Lucia Di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 1, No 1 Preludio E Coro d'Introduzione "Percorrete Le Spiagge Vicine"
