Puccini rediscovered.

Author/creator Puccini, Giacomo composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationHamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, [2009]
Copyright Date℗2009
Description1 audio disc (63 min., 47 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorUrmana, Violeta, performer.
Other author/creatorDomingo, Plácido, 1941- performer.
Other author/creatorDell'Oste, Annamaria, performer.
Other author/creatorNigro, Alfredo, performer.
Other author/creatorSecco, Stefano, performer.
Other author/creatorVeronesi, Alberto, conductor.
Included WorkPuccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Prelude, orchestra, E minor.
Included WorkPuccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Rondine. Ed ora bevo all'amor.
Included WorkPuccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Madama Butterfly. Tu, tu, piccolo iddio.
Included WorkPuccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Edgar. Selections.
Included WorkPuccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Manon Lescaut. Sola, perduta, abbandonata.
Included WorkPuccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Manon Lescaut, Atto 2o. Preludio.
Included WorkPuccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Fanciulla del West. Oh, se qualcuno vuol quell'oro.
Included WorkPuccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Adagetto, orchestra, F major.
Included WorkPuccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Trittico. Suor Angelica. Amici fiori, voi mi compensate.
Included WorkPuccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Rondine. Parigi è la città dei desideri.
Other author/creatorKonzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, performer.
Other author/creatorWiener Philharmoniker, performer.
Uniform titleWorks. Selections
Contents Preludio a orchestra (2:29) -- La rondine. Ed ora bevo all'amor (3:18) -- Madama Butterfly. Con onor muore (7:49) -- Edgar. Sia benedetto il giorno (12:10) ; Preludio (2:54) -- Manon Lescaut. Sola, perduta, abbandonata (7:15) ; Preludio (4:18) -- La fanciulla del West. Il segnale -- Oh, se qualcuno vuol quell'oro (4:26) -- Adagietto per orchestra da camera (5:14) -- Suor Angelica. Amici fiori (4:57) -- La rondine. Parigi! è la città dei desideri (2:25) -- Edgar. Evviva le coppe colmate! La coppa è simbol della vita (5:50).
General notePrincipally original or alternative versions of opera arias and ensembles; includes 2 independent orchestral works.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteProgram notes by Michael Kaye, synopses of the operas by Ken Chalmers, and texts with English translations (24 pages : portrait) inserted in container.
Performer Violeta Urmana, Annamaria Dell'Oste (2nd work), sopranos; Plácido Domingo, Alfredo Nigro (8th work), Stefano Secco (2nd work), tenors; Wiener Staatsopernchor (12th work); Wiener Philharmoniker; Alberto Veronesi, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 2008 February and December Grosser Musikvereinssaal, Vienna.
LanguageSung in Italian.
UPC 028947785798
Publisher numberB0013341-02 Deutsche Grammophon