Puccini: La Rondine

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It couldn't be more welcome when a recording transforms a work, as this one does, setting it on a new plane. Larondine ('The Swallow'), Puccini's ill-timed attempt to emulate Lehár in the world... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 5563382
Label: Warner Classics
Length: 2 hours 0 minutes

Gramophone Awards

1997

Recording of the Year

Puccini: La Rondine

Work length1:39:10

$42.00

$54.60

Inva Mula (soprano), William Matteuzzi (tenor), Enrico Fissore (bass), Andrew Busher (tenor), Riccardo Simonetti (baritone), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Patrizia Biccirè (soprano), William Matteuzzi (whistle), Monica Bacelli (mezzo-soprano), Gareth Roberts (tenor), Toby Spence (tenor), Alberto Rinaldi (baritone), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor)
London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano
Recorded: 1996-08-10
Recording Venue: 1-10 August 1996, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Ah! no! no! / non ditta questo (Yvette / Bianca / Prunier / Magda / Lisette / Suzy / Rambaldo)

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Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Prunier / Magda)

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Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Magda / Yvette / Bianca / Suzy / Gobin / Périchaud / Crébillon / Prunier)

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No. Adesso non burlatemi (Magda / Périchaud / Crébillon / Gobin / Rambaldo / Prunier / Yvette)

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Un momento: scusi (Lisette / Rambaldo)

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Come fate a sopportaria (Prunier / Magda / Bianca / Yvette / Suzy)

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Denaro! nient' altro che denaro! (Magda / Bianca / Yvette / Suzy)

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E poi? / Basta e finito (Yvette / Magda / Bianca / Prunier / Suzy)

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Ah! Ruggero Lastouc (Rambaldo / Ruggero / Prunier / Yvette / Bianca / Suzy / Magda)

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Forse, come la rondine (Prunier / Magda / Rambaldo / Ruggero)

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La Rondine, Act 1: Parigi! è la città dei desideri (Ruggero)

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Poeta raffinato (Rambaldo / Prunier / Lisette / Yvette / Bianca / Suzy / Gobin / Crébillon / Magda / Ruggero)

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Buona sera (Rambaldo / Magda / Périchaud / Yvette / Bianca / Gobin / Crébillon / Prunier / Suzy / Lisette)

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Forse, come la rondine (Magda)

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T'amo! / Mentil (Prunier / Lisette)

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Chi mi riconoscerebbe? (Magda)

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Fiori freschi! (Coro / Georgette / Un giovane / Gabriella / Lolette)

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Chi e? / Mei vista! (Coro / Studenti / Magda)

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Suscatemi. Scusata (Magda / Ruggero)

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Nella dolce carezza (Magda / Ruggero / Coro / Georgette / Gabriella / Lolette)

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Ti prego: dignita (Prunier / Lisette)

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Che caldo! Che sete! (Magda / Ruggero)

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Perche mai cercate di saper (Magda / Ruggero / Coro / Rabonier)

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Dio! Leil Guardaia! (Lisette / Prunier / Ruggero / Magda)

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Gia che il caso ci unisce (Ruggero / Magda / Lisette / Prunier)

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Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso (Ruggero / Magda / Lisette / Prunier / Coro)

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Rambaldo! (Prunier / Magda / Lisette / Coro / Ruggero / Rambaldo)

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Nella trepida luce d'un mattin (Una Voce interno / Un uoma che fischia)

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La Rondine, Act 2: Paulette! I nostri amici son gia partiti (Ruggero / Magda)

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Senti? Anche il mare respira sommesso (Magda / Ruggero)

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E siam fuggiti qui (Ruggero / Magda)

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No. Un segreto (Ruggero / Magda)

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Dimmi che vuoi seguirmi alla mia casa (Ruggero)

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Orchestra

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Che piu dirgli? (Magda)

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E qui? / Non so! (Lisette / Prunier)

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No! Non m'inganno! (Lisette / Prunier / Il Maggiordomo / Magda)

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Amore mio! (Ruggero / Magda)

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Figliuolo, tu mi dici (Ruggero / Magda)

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Donale il bacio mio! (Magda / Ruggero)

Track length2:19

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Non! Non dir questo! (Ruggero / Magda)

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La Rondine, Act 3: Ma come puoi lasciarmi (Ruggero / Magda)

Track length5:32

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Puccini: Morire

Work length2:56

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Antonio Pappano (piano), Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Recorded: 1996-08-10
Recording Venue: 1st - 10th August 1996, Studio No. 1, Abbey Road Studios, London

Excerpt, Puccini: Le Villi

Work length18:05

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Roberto Alagna (tenor)
London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano
Recorded: 1996-08-10
Recording Venue: 1st - 10th August 1996, Studio No. 1, Abbey Road Studios, London

Prelude (Orchestra)

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Ecco la casa. Dio....

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Torna ai felici di (Act 2) (Roberto)

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L'Abbandono "Come un giglio reciso dentro la bara giace") (Parte Sinfonica 1) (Coro)

Track length5:38

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La Tregenda (Act 2, Parte Sinfonica 2)

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2010

It couldn't be more welcome when a recording transforms a work, as this one does, setting it on a new plane. Larondine ('The Swallow'), Puccini's ill-timed attempt to emulate Lehár in the world of operetta, was completed during the First World War. It's long been counted his most serious failure. Puccini's cunning has never been in doubt either, for he and his librettists interweave elements not just of La traviata but of The MerryWidow and Die Fledermaus, not to mention earlier Puccini operas. His melodic style may be simpler than before, but one striking theme follows another with a profusion that any other composer might envy. What Pappano reveals far more than before is the subtlety with which Puccini interweaves his themes and motifs, with conversational passages made spontaneoussounding in their flexibility. Above all, Pappano brings out the poetry, drawing on emotions far deeper than are suggested by this operetta-like subject, thanks also to Gheorghiu's superb performance, translating her mastery as Violetta to this comparable character. Magda's first big solo, 'Che il bel sogno di Doretta', finds Gheorghiu at her most ravishing, tenderly expressive in her soaring phrases, opening out only at the final climax. From first to last, often with a throb in the voice, her vocal acting convinces you that Magda's are genuine, deep emotions, painful at the end, intensified by the ravishing beauty of her voice.
As Ruggero, Alagna has a far less complex role, winningly characterising the ardent young student.
What will specially delight Puccinians in this set is that he's given an entrance aria about Paris, 'Parigi è una città', which transforms his otherwise minimal contribution to Act 1. The partnership of Gheorghiu and Alagna highlights the way that Puccini in the melodic lines for each of his central characters makes Ruggero's more forthright, Magda's more complex. Among much else, the role of the poet, Prunier, is transformed by the clear-toned William Matteuzzi in what's normally a comprimario role. Not only is his relationship with Magda beautifully drawn, his improbable affair with the skittish maid, Lisetta, is made totally convincing too, mirroring Magda's affair. For the fill-ups, the excerpts from Le Villi, warm and dramatic, make one wish that Pappano could go on to record that first of Puccini's operas, with Alagna giving a ringing account of Roberto's aria, as he does of the song, Morire! – with Pappano at the piano.
Originally an album-piece written for a wartime charity, Puccini used it, transposed up a semitone, with different words, as the entrance aria for Ruggero. Altogether a set to treasure.

Puccini: La Rondine

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