Classic Library - Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi / Caballe

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Sony Masterworks
Release Date
October 12, 2004
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DONIZETTI ROSSINI VERDI
    • PERFORMER
      Montserrat Caballe
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 12, 2004
    • UPC
      828766230925
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      82876623092
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Act II: Tanti affetti in un momento

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    2. Act II: Fra il padre, e fra l'amante

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    3. Aida, Act III: O tu, del mio dolor

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    4. Act III: Canzone: Assisa a' pie d'un salice

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Corinna Vozza

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    5. Act III: Preghiera: Deh calma, o Ciel

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    6. Stabat mater: Inflammatus et accensus

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    7. Armida, Act II: D'amore al dolce impero

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    8. Act I: O patria, dolce e ingrata patria

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    9. Act I: Di tanti palpiti

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    10. Act III: L'ora fatal s'appressa

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    11. Act III: Giusto ciel! in tal periglio

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    12. Act I: Plauso! Voci di gioia!

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Ermanno Mauro

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    13. Act I: Sin la tomba u a me negata

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Ermanno Mauro

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    14. Act I: O desio della vendetta

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Ermanno Mauro

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    15. Act III: No, più salir non ponno

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Margreta Elkins

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    16. Act III: Ciel, sei tu che in tal momento

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Margreta Elkins, Tom McDonnell

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    17. Act III: Ugo e spento

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Margreta Elkins, Tom McDonnell

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    18. Act I: Fatal Goffredo!

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    19. Act I: Io l'udia ne' suoi bei carmi

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    20. Act I: Trono e corona

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    21. Act I: Lascia, Guido, ch'io possa vendicare

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Leslie Fyson, Tom McDonnell, Ermanno Mauro

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    22. Act I: Una voce al cor d'intorno

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Leslie Fyson, Tom McDonnell, Ermanno Mauro

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    23. Act I: Egli riede?

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario

    24. Act I: Ah, non m'hanno ingannata!

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    25. Act I: Se dee cader la vedova

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    26. I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Act IV: Qual prodigio! … Non fu sogno!

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    27. Act I: No…mi lasciate… tu al cui sguardo

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    28. Act I: Che mi rechi? … La clemenza!

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Maja Sunara

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    29. Act I: Riposa. Tutte in suo cor vegliante

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Maja Sunara

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    30. Act I: Da Gusman, su fragil barca

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    31. Act I: Alta pietade ogn'anima … Nell'astro che più fulgido

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Maja Sunara

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    32. Attila, Act I: Aria: Liberamente or piangi … Oh! nel fuggente nuvolo

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    33. Act I: Egli non riede ancora!

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    34. Act I: Non so le tetre immagini

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    35. Act II: Oh, cielo! Ove son io?

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    36. Act II: Ah, dagli scanni

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno

    37. Act II: Ah, dal sen di quella tomba

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Montserrat Caballé, Lajos Kozma

      Conductor: Anton Guadagno


In 1967 and 1969, en route to becoming the leading soprano of the 1970s, Montserrat Caballé recorded a trio of "rarity" discs for RCA, each concentrating on a single composer--Rossini, Donizetti, and Verdi--and focused on relatively little-known scenes and arias from similarly obscure operas. Thanks in part to Caballé's stage performances and recordings, the bel canto revival has rescued many of those works from the shadows, but they have not been better sung than by the great Spanish soprano, possessor of perhaps the most beautiful soprano voice of the 20th century. She's at her best here, singing with the fire that sometimes seemed to elude her, flaunting her ravishing pianissimos, and never breaking a sweat or taking an untoward breath as she tosses off difficult coloratura passages with ease.


The Rossini set dips into five operas and the "Inflammatus" from his Stabat mater. Donizetti is represented by four operas, but entire scenes are offered, putting the arias in proper context. Seven scenes and/or arias from Verdi's early operas are here, blending touches of those two past masters with harbingers of his own evolving style. Singling out highlights would be folly in a tightly filled double-disc set, but you know from the very first notes of "Tanti affetti" from Rossini's La donna del lago, which begins Disc 1, that you're in for a feast of great singing. Orchestras and conductors are idiomatic. The sonics, once deemed excellent, are only a bit dimmed by time. RCA provides full texts and English translations, a welcome departure from the usual big-label reluctance to accommodate consumers. This is a must for any lover of great singing. [1/28/2005]
--Dan Davis, ClassicsToday.com