Jean-Claude Malgoire - Salieri: Falstaff (2003)

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Artist: Jean-Claude Malgoire
Title: Salieri: Falstaff
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Dynamic
Genre: Classical opera
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 02:34:14
Total Size: 711 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Salieri's Falstaff is nothing like Verdi's. The whole feel is lighter and more operetta-like; there are many arias and ensembles, most of them brief. The period instrument ensemble under Jean-Claude Malgoire plays the pure classical score with verve (this was recorded on stage), highlighting the tangy wind writing. The characterizations are to the point, with an aria of rage for Mr. Ford (here, a tenor, the on-the-money Simon Edwards); a cute, telling duet for Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Slender (Salomé Heller and Hjördis Thébault, respectively [Slender is the Meg Page character in Verdi]) when they receive the identical love letters from Falstaff; and flavorful music for Bardolf, Falstaff's servant, which is a bigger role than in Verdi--nicely sung by Raimonds Spogis. Baritone Pierre-Yves Pruvot as Falstaff manages to avoid mugging while at the same time finding all the absurdity in the character. It's a charming evening's entertainment, occasionally quite funny; the action moves quickly and pointedly, the dry recitatives are frequent but never too long, and when they do go on, the cast here is clever and involved enough to make them dramatically viable. A charmer, in short. --Robert Levine

Tracklist:

CD1

01 Overture 4’36’’
ACT ONE
02 Viva il comune amico (Falstaff, Mr Slender, Mrs Slender, Mrs Ford) 3’43’’
03 Sia pur l’ultimo bicchiere (Falstaff) 3’08’’
04 Ma già l’alba s’avvicina (Mrs Ford) 2’13’’
05 Vedete che capriccio (Bardolf) 3’46’’
06 Ah, pezzo di birbante (Falstaff) 1’57’’
07 Con molta degnazione (Falstaff) 2’22’’
08 Da scrivere! (Falstaff) 3’34’’
09 Vicino a rivedere (Mr Ford) 2’11’’
10 Di dubitar di lei non ho motivo (Mr Ford) 1’18’’
11 Vendetta sì vendetta (Mrs Slender) 2’00’’
12 Comare in questo punto (Mrs Slender) 1’02’’
13 La stessa, la stessissima (Mrs Ford, Mrs Slender) 1’12’’
14 Ma parlando sul serio (Mrs Slender) 2’57’’
15 Oh quano vogliam ridere (Mrs Ford, Mrs Slender, Mr Ford, Mr Slender) 5’11’’
16 Eh, mia moglie compare… (Mr Ford) 0’57’’
17 Venga, venga pure il cavaliere (Mr Slender) 3’48’’
18 Ad un uom della mia sorte (Falstaff) 6’25’’
19 O die Manner Kenn ich scon (Mrs Ford) 3’32’’
20 E che ti par Falstaff? (Falstaff) 4’05’’
21 Nell’impero di Cupido (Falstaff) 3’38’’
22 Ah vile! Ah seduttore! (Mr Ford) 1’37’’
23 Or gli affannosi palpiti (Mr Ford) 3’55’’
24 Restate là vicini (Mrs Ford) 2’28’’
25 Bricconcella, alfin t’ho colta (Falstaff) 4’46’’

CD2

01 Signora, c’è Mrs.Slender nell’anticamera (Betty) 3’49’’
02 Se son geloso a torto (Mr Ford) 9’10’’
ACT TWO
03 Sentite pure (Betty) 0’51’’
04 Nell’acqua il buzzone (Betty, Mrs Ford, Mrs.Slender) 1’56’’
05 Ehi! Bardolf! A chi dico? (Falstaff) 2’13’’
06 Ah, Signore, se sapesse (Betty) 1’33’’
07 Se mi vedeste il cor (Betty, Falstaff, Bardolf) 3’32’’
08 E il nostro signor Broch (Falstaff) 6’25’’
09 Stelle, sogno o son desto? (Mr Ford) 2’16’’
10 Presto Betty che già torna l’amico (Mrs Ford, Falstaff) 3’05’’
11 Ma siam sicuri (Falstaff) 1’42’’
12 Per carità celatevi (Mrs Ford) 6’51’’
13 Che vedo! Oh me infelice! (Mrs Ford, Mrs Slender, Mr Ford, Mr Slender) 3’20’’
14 Orben colui ch’io cerco (Mr Ford) 1’51’’
15 Benedetto quel bastone (Mrs Ford, Mrs Slender) 0’58’’
16 Sorte pettegola, meco la vuoi (Falstaff) 3’58’’
17 Che dici…? (Falstaff) 1’03’’
18 Ah che a idea così gradita (Mr Ford) 2’50’’
19 Reca in amor la gelosia (Mr Slender) 2’30’’
20 Siete già qui (Mrs Ford, Mrs Slender, Falstaff, Mr Ford, Mr Slender) 7’21’’
21 Fate verdi, turchine e bianche e nere (Mrs Ford) 6’59’’
22 Or tre volte corbellato (Mrs Ford, Mrs Slender, Falstaff, Mr Ford, Mr Slender) 3’44’’

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