Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica, Opera lirica in un atto
Intermezzo
Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Act 1
Intermezzo
Khovanshchina / Act 4
Intermezzo
Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Act 3
Intermezzo
Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame
Intermezzo
Jules Massenet: Thaïs / Acte Deux
Meditation
Umberto Giordano: Fedora / Act 2
Intermezzo
Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur / Act 2
Intermezzo
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Der Schmuck der Madonna / 3 Akt
Intermezzo
Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz / Act 3
Intermezzo
Stereo Record Guide
“The conductor shows his mastery of phrase and idiom immediately in the opening La Traviata Prelude which is beautifully done, and the same poise gives distinction to the famous Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo and indeed the Puccini items. Where high drama is called for, as in the music of the verismo school, Karajan rises to the occasion and one can hear the resin sizzle as those Berlin string bows bite.”
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Prelude