Puccini: Turandot

Decca: 4142742

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Puccini: Turandot

Awards:

Building a Library

First Choice - July 2012

Label:

Decca

Catalogue No:

4142742

Series:

Opera Sets

Discs:

2

Barcode:

0028941427427

Medium:

CD
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Puccini: Turandot


Joan Sutherland (Turandot), Luciano Pavarotti (Calaf), Montserrat Caballé (Liù), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Timur), Tom Krause (Ping), Pier Francesco Poli (Pang), Piero De Palma (Pong), Peter Pears (L'imperatore Altoum), Sabin Markov (Un mandarino)

John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

CD - 2 discs

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Studio recording, 1978

Puccini: Turandot

playAct 1: Popolo Di Pekino!...Indietro, Cani!

playAct 1: Gira La Cote!...Perchè Tarda La Luna?

playAct 1: O Giovinetto! Grazia, Grazia!

playAct 1: Figlio, Che Fai?

playAct 1: Fermo! Che Fai? T'Arresta...Non Indugiare!

playAct 1: Signore, Ascolta!

playAct 1: Non Piangere, Liù!...Ah! Per L'Ultima Volta!

playAct 2: Olà, Pang! Olà, Pong!

playAct 2: Ho Una Casa Nell 'Honan

playAct 2: O Mondo, O Mondo...O Tigre, O Tigre!

playAct 2: Introduzione

playAct 2: Gravi, Enormi Ed Imponenti

playAct 2: Un Giuramento Atroce Mi Costringe

playAct 2: Popolo Di Pekino

playAct 2/Sc. 2: In Questa Reggia

playAct 2/Sc. 2: Straniero, Ascolta

playAct 2/Sc. 2: Gloria, Gloria,

playAct 2/Sc. 2: Tre Enigmi M'Hai

playAct 3/Sc. 1: Cosi Comanda Turandot

playAct 3/Sc. 1: Nessun Dorma!, Tu Che Guardi Le Stelle

playAct 3/Sc. 1: Principessa Divina!, Tanto Amore Segreto

playAct 3/Sc. 1: Tu Che Di Gel Sei Cinta

playAct 3/Sc. 1: Liu! Liu! Sorgi!

playAct 3/Sc. 1: Principessa Di Morte

playAct 3/Sc. 1: Che E Mai Di Me?

playAct 3/Sc. 1: Del Primo Pianto

playAct 3/Sc. 1: So Il Tuo Nome!

playAct 3/Sc. 2: Diecimila Anni Al Nostro Imperatore!

Penguin Guide

“Sutherland gives an intensely appealing interpretation, while Pavarotti gives a performance equally imaginitive. Mehta directs a gloriously rich and dramatic performance. Still the best-sounding Turandot on CD.”

Gramophone Classical Music Guide

2010

“Turandot is a psychologically complex work fusing appalling sadism with self-sacrificing devotion.
The icy Princess of China has agreed to marry any man of royal blood who can solve three riddles she has posed. If he fails his head will roll.
Calaf, the son of the exiled Tartar king Timur, answers all the questions easily and when Turandot hesitates to accept him, magnanimously offers her a riddle in return – 'What is his name?'.
Liù, Calaf's faithful slave-girl, is tortured but rather than reveal his identity kills herself.
Turandot finally capitulates, announcing that his name is Love. Dame Joan Sutherland's assumption of the title role is statuesque, combining regal poise with a more human warmth, while Montserrat Caballé is a touchingly sympathetic Liù, skilfully steering the character away from any hint of the mawkish. Pavarotti's Calaf is a heroic figure in splendid voice and the chorus is handled with great power, baying for blood at one minute, enraptured with Liù's nobility at the next. Mehta conducts with great passion and a natural feel for Puccini's wonderfully tempestuous drama. Well recorded.”

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