Leontyne Price, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Metha - Puccini: Tosca (1973/2016) [HDTracks]

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Artist: Leontyne Price, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Metha
Title: Puccini: Tosca (Remastered)
Year Of Release: 2016 (1973)
Label: Sony Classical
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [24bit/96kHz]
Total Time: 01:51:48
Total Size: 2,36 GB
WebSite: Album Preview

This set–one of at least a dozen full-length Toscas available, is a big, brash, unsubtle affair–not that there’s anything wrong with that. Long referred to as a “shabby little shocker,” Tosca is a brute of a work, with three huge central figures–the opera singer, Tosca, full of jealousy and passion; Cavaroadossi, the idealistic painter who loves her; and Scarpia, the creepy, amoral police chief who wants to get into Tosca’s–er–good graces. In the title role, Price is imperious and elegant, and if she’s not as nuanced as Callas, well, no one is. Domingo’s Cavaradossi ideally suits his voice, and he may not be very interesting, but he sounds great. Milnes is all snarling and lip curling as Scarpia–just right for my money–you really hate him by the time Tosca does him in. Mehta leads an exciting show, and while the orchestra occasionally threatens to drown out the singers, it never quite does. Go for it. –Robert Levine

Tracklist:

Tosca: Act I: Ah! Finalmente! – 2:54
Tosca: Act I: E sempre lava! – 2:42
Tosca: Act I: Dammi i colori… Recondita armonia – 4:38
Tosca: Act I: Voi! Cavaradossi – 1:01
Tosca: Act I: Mario, Mario, Mario! – 2:54
Tosca: Act I: Non la sospiri la nostra casetta – 2:17
Tosca: Act I: Or lasciami al lavoro – 1:56
Tosca: Act I: Ah, quegli occhi… – 5:50
Tosca: Act I: E buona la mia Tosca – 4:05
Tosca: Act I: Tutta qui la cantoria! Presto! – 1:19
Tosca: Act I: Un tal baccano in chiesa! – 4:05
Tosca: Act I: Tosca? Che non mi veda – 7:29
Tosca: Act I: Tre sbirri, una carrozza (Te Deum) – 4:31

Tosca: Act II: Tosca è un buon falco – 4:23
Tosca: Act II: O galantuomo, come andò la caccia? – 1:08
Tosca: Act II: Sale, ascende l’uman cantico – 2:41
Tosca: Act II: Ov’è Angelotti? – 2:43
Tosca: Act II: Ed or fra noi parliamo – 6:00
Tosca: Act II: Ahimè! – Mario, consenti ch’io parli? – 1:11
Tosca: Act II: Nel pozzo, nel giardino? – 0:37
Tosca: Act II: Floria… Amore… Sei tu? – 1:24
Tosca: Act II: Vittoria! Vittoria! – 2:39
Tosca: Act II: Quanto?… Quanto?… Il prezzo – 2:30
Tosca: Act II: Ah, piuttosto giù m’avvento! – 2:04
Tosca: Act II: Vissi d’arte – 3:11
Tosca: Act II: Risolvi!… Mi vuoi supplice ai tuoi piedi? – 5:09
Tosca: Act II: Tosca, finalmente mia! – 4:24

Tosca: Act III: Io de’ sospiri – 4:44
Tosca: Act III: Mario Cavaradossi?… A voi – 3:59
Tosca: Act III: E lucevan le stelle – 3:09
Tosca: Act III: Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca – 0:58
Tosca: Act III: Il tuo sangue o il mio amore volea – 3:00
Tosca: Act III: O dolci mani – 0:23
Tosca: Act III: Senti, l’ora è vicina – 6:24
Tosca: Act III: Come è lunga l’attesa! – 2:22
Tosca: Act III: Presto, su! Mario! Mario! – 1:23

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Richard Mohr
John Alldis Choir
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Zubin Mehta

Sherrill Milnes, Baritone
Paul Plishka, Bass Vocal
Clifford Grant, Bass Vocal
Luigi Illica, Lyricist
Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist
Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer
Leontyne Price, Soprano
David Pearl, Soprano
Francis Egerton, Tenor
Plácido Domingo, Tenor
Michael Rippon, Vocal

Leontyne Price, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Metha - Puccini: Tosca (1973/2016) [HDTracks]

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