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Verdi: Falstaff

Fernando Corena (Sir John Falstaff), Juan Oncina, Kevin Miller (Fenton), Walter Monachesi (Ford), Dermot Troy (Dr. Caius), Daniel McCosham (Bardolpho), Marco Stefanoni (Pistola), Anna Maria Rovere (Alice Ford), Eugenia Ratti (Nanetta), Fernanda Cadoni (Meg Page) & Oralia Dominguez (Mistress Quickly)

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An ideal ensemble is headed by Corena's robustly restrained Falstaff and Giulini, livelier than in later years — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Feb 2012
Catalogue No: ICAC5061
Label: ica classics
Series: Legacy
Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

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Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. I

Work length16:42

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Fernando Corena (baritone), Kevin Miller (baritone), Walter Monachesi (bass), Dermot Troy (tenor), Daniel McCoshan (tenor), Marco Stefanoni (bass), Anna Maria Rovere (soprano), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Fernanda Cadoni (mezzo-soprano), Oralia Dominguez (mezzo-soprano)
Glyndebourne Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini
Recorded: 25 August 1955
Recording Venue: Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh

Falstaff! (Live)

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So che se andiam, la notte (Live)

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Ma è tempo d' assottigliar l'ingegno (Live)

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L'onore! Ladri! … Io stesso, sì, io, io (Live)

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Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. II

Work length15:55

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Fernando Corena (baritone), Kevin Miller (baritone), Walter Monachesi (bass), Dermot Troy (tenor), Daniel McCoshan (tenor), Marco Stefanoni (bass), Anna Maria Rovere (soprano), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Fernanda Cadoni (mezzo-soprano), Oralia Dominguez (mezzo-soprano)
Glyndebourne Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini
Recorded: 25 August 1955
Recording Venue: Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh

Alice! … Meg! … Nannetta! (Live)

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Fulgida Alice! Amor t' offro (Live)

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Ripeti… In due parole (Live)

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Psst, psst, Nannetta … Vien qua … Labbra di foco! (Live)

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Falstaff, m'ha canzonata (Live)

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Torno all' assalto… Torna alla gara (Live)

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Udrai quanta egli sfoggia magniloquenza altera (Live)

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Del tuo barbaro diagnostico (Live)

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Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. I

Work length25:16

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Fernando Corena (baritone), Kevin Miller (baritone), Walter Monachesi (bass), Dermot Troy (tenor), Daniel McCoshan (tenor), Marco Stefanoni (bass), Anna Maria Rovere (soprano), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Fernanda Cadoni (mezzo-soprano), Oralia Dominguez (mezzo-soprano)
Glyndebourne Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini

Siam pentiti e contriti (Live)

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Reverenza! (Live)

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Va', vecchio John (Live)

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Signore, v' assista il cielo! (Live)

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Ve lo dirò. C'è a Windsor una dama (Live)

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Lo conoscete? … Il diavolo se lo porti all'inferno (Live)

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È sogno o realtà? (Live)

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Eccomi qua. Son pronto (Live)

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Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. II

Work length20:16

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Fernando Corena (baritone), Kevin Miller (baritone), Walter Monachesi (bass), Dermot Troy (tenor), Daniel McCoshan (tenor), Marco Stefanoni (bass), Anna Maria Rovere (soprano), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Fernanda Cadoni (mezzo-soprano), Oralia Dominguez (mezzo-soprano)
Glyndebourne Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini

Presenteremo un "bill" per una tassa al parlamento (Live)

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Giunta all'albergo della Giarrettiera (Live)

Track length3:36

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Gaie comari di Windsor! è l'ora! (Live)

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Alfin t' ho colto, raggiante fior (Live)

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T'immagino fregiata del mio stemma (Live)

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Quand' ero paggio del duca di Norfolk (Live)

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Vien qua… Che chiasso! (Live)

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Al ladro! (Live)

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Facciamo le viste d'attendere ai panni (Live)

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Bella! Ridente! (Live)

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Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. I

Work length17:01

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Fernando Corena (baritone), Kevin Miller (baritone), Walter Monachesi (bass), Dermot Troy (tenor), Daniel McCoshan (tenor), Marco Stefanoni (bass), Anna Maria Rovere (soprano), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Fernanda Cadoni (mezzo-soprano), Oralia Dominguez (mezzo-soprano)
Glyndebourne Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini

Ehi! Taverniere! … Io, dunque, avrò vissuto tant'anni (Live)

Track length4:55

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Buono. Ber del vino dolce (Live)

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Reverenza! La bella Alice (Live)

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T' aspettero nel parco real (Live)

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Brava! Quelle corna saranno la mia gioia! (Live)

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Avrò con me dei putti (Live)

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Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. II

Work length29:20

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Fernando Corena (baritone), Kevin Miller (baritone), Walter Monachesi (bass), Dermot Troy (tenor), Daniel McCoshan (tenor), Marco Stefanoni (bass), Anna Maria Rovere (soprano), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Fernanda Cadoni (mezzo-soprano), Oralia Dominguez (mezzo-soprano)
Glyndebourne Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini

Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola (Live)

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Nossignore! Tu indossa questa cappa (Live)

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Una, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei (Live)

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Ninfe! Elfi! Silfi! Doridi! Sirene! (Live)

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Sul fil d'un soffio etesio (Live)

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Alto là! (Live)

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Ahimè! Tu puzzi come una puzzola (Live)

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Un poco di pausa (Live)

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Ogni sorta di gente dozzinale (Live)

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Un coro e terminiam la scena… tutto nel mondo è burla (Live)

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Carlo Maria Giulini was one of the 20th century’s greatest conductors along with fellow Italians Arturo Toscanini, Guido Cantelli and Victor de Sabata. His live performances of operas by Verdi, Rossini and Mozart have acquired legendary status while his distinguished recordings have remained in the catalogues to this day.

The recording featuring a Glyndebourne production of Verdi’s Falstaff given in 1955 at the Edinburgh Festival is unique since after extensive research, it has never been published before in any form.

This 1955 performance marked Giulini’s UK debut. The Times said, ‘in the final analysis, it was Mr Giulini’s direction which ensured the opera’s success’, and headlined the review by emphatically stating, ‘A wonderful production’.

The Times reviewed Fernando Corena’s fresh interpretation of Falstaff as follows, ‘Mr Corena’s Falstaff is admirable because it is creditable … he gave us immense dignity, clarity of word, tone, line, and dramatic authority’. Walter Monachesi’s Ford was likewise praised for ‘the excellence of his vocal delivery and unusual dramatic expressiveness’.

The Times also noted: ‘The four women were wonderfully well differentiated, the Quickly of Oralia Dominguez having a touch of succulence that Falstaff renounced and the Alice of Anna Maria Rovere being all sparkle in voice and appearance’.

Giulini’s stunning recording of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia from Covent Garden in 1960 is available on ICAC5046.

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Glyndebourne Opera Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Reviews

September 2012

An ideal ensemble is headed by Corena's robustly restrained Falstaff and Giulini, livelier than in later years

October 2012

The Falstaff (Corena, a first 'official' complete performance from him in the role on disc) and Quickly (the ubiquitous Dominguez) are superb, the Nannetta good, the Fords less so.

June 2012

The individual casting is admirable....A wonderfully relaxed and good humoured performance in which nearly everything seemed to have gone right.

25th March 2012

It is more disciplined, musically, than Gui’s recently released 1960 Glyndebourne live version...the young Giulini is always worth hearing in Verdi.

Classical Music 21st April 2012

Giulini's Falstaff has a sage-like wit that makes a refreshing alternative to the noisier, bouncier comedy of many recent productions. His cast is superb, with Corena, born to sing the title-role, in great voice.

Verdi: Falstaff

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