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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Cellini, Milanov, Bjoerling

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Details

Artist
Mascagni, Bjorling, Merrill
Format
CD
Label
RCA
Released
May 31, 2011
Catalog #
RCA 6510
UPC
078635651027

About

This is verismo singing on the grandest, most authentic scale.

Milanov may sound a trifle mature for Santuzza, but who today, or in any day, fills Mascagni's grateful phrases with quite such full, lustrous tone and with such a wealth of feeling for the text? This is verismo singing on the grandest, most authentic scale and very welcome back to the catalogue as such. Björling may be a trifle too gentlemanly for Turiddu, as is Bergonzi on the Karajan version (DG), but better that than too much overt passion perhaps and—like his soprano—his singing is an exemplar of the spinto style at its best, with much fine shading of the tone and an inward feeling for the part. As Alfio, Merrill turns in one of his most considerable performances on disc. Indeed these three non-Italians prove the exception to the rule that Italians are essential in Italian repertory, but then all three were brought up in a stricter school than that pertaining today.

Cellini's conducting is no more than adequate. The recording is very restricted in range and unatmospheric in sound. For a fuller, more sonorous account of the score, in stereo, the Karajan is hard to equal, but his spacious version is twinned with Pag. If you want this opera alone I would suggest this version.

-- Gramophone [8/1988]

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Prelude 02:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prelude
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  2. 2 O Lola ch'ai di latti fior di spino, "Siciliana" (Turiddu) 05:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    O Lola ch'ai di latti fior di spino, "Siciliana" (Turiddu)
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Jussi Björling
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  3. 3 Gli aranci olezzano (Villagers) 07:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    Gli aranci olezzano (Villagers)
    Duration
    07:21
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Ensemble
    Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  4. 4 Dite, Mamma Lucia (Santuzza, Mamma Lucia) 04:43
    Track
    4
    Title
    Dite, Mamma Lucia (Santuzza, Mamma Lucia)
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Zinka Milanov, Pantelis Varvakis
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  5. 5 Il cavallo scalpita (Alfio, Villagers) 02:06
    Track
    5
    Title
    Il cavallo scalpita (Alfio, Villagers)
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Robert Merrill
    Ensemble
    Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  6. 6 Beato voi, compar Alfio (Mamma Lucia, Alfio, Santuzza) 00:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    Beato voi, compar Alfio (Mamma Lucia, Alfio, Santuzza)
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Pantelis Varvakis, Robert Merrill, Zinka Milanov
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  7. 7 Regina coeli (Chorus, Santuzza) 06:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    Regina coeli (Chorus, Santuzza)
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Zinka Milanov
    Ensemble
    Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  8. 8 Voi lo sapete (Santuzza, Mamma Lucia) 05:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    Voi lo sapete (Santuzza, Mamma Lucia)
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Zinka Milanov, Pantelis Varvakis
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  9. 9 Tu qui, Santuzza? (Turiddu, Santuzza) 02:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tu qui, Santuzza? (Turiddu, Santuzza)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Jussi Björling, Zinka Milanov
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  10. 10 Battimi, insultami (Santuzza, Turiddu) 01:02
    Track
    10
    Title
    Battimi, insultami (Santuzza, Turiddu)
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  11. 11 Fior di giaggiolo (Lola, Turiddu, Santuzza) 03:07
    Track
    11
    Title
    Fior di giaggiolo (Lola, Turiddu, Santuzza)
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Margaret Roggero, Jussi Björling, Zinka Milanov
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  12. 12 Ah! lo vedi! (Turiddu, Santuzza) 00:21
    Track
    12
    Title
    Ah! lo vedi! (Turiddu, Santuzza)
    Duration
    00:21
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Jussi Björling, Zinka Milanov
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  13. 13 Turiddu, ascolta! (Turiddu, Santuzza) 05:21
    Track
    13
    Title
    Turiddu, ascolta! (Turiddu, Santuzza)
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Jussi Björling, Zinka Milanov
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  14. 14 Oh! il Signore vi manda (Santuzza, Alfio) 00:53
    Track
    14
    Title
    Oh! il Signore vi manda (Santuzza, Alfio)
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Zinka Milanov, Robert Merrill
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  15. 15 Il ver (Santuzza, Alfio) 04:06
    Track
    15
    Title
    Il ver (Santuzza, Alfio)
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Zinka Milanov, Robert Merrill
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  16. 16 Intermezzo 03:48
    Track
    16
    Title
    Intermezzo
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  17. 17 A casa, a casa (Villagers, Turiddu, Lola) 02:15
    Track
    17
    Title
    A casa, a casa (Villagers, Turiddu, Lola)
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Jussi Björling, Margaret Roggero
    Ensemble
    Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  18. 18 Intanto amici, qua (Turiddu, Lola, Chorus) 02:45
    Track
    18
    Title
    Intanto amici, qua (Turiddu, Lola, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Jussi Björling, Margaret Roggero
    Ensemble
    Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  19. 19 A voi tutti, salute! (Alfio, Turiddu, Lola) 01:56
    Track
    19
    Title
    A voi tutti, salute! (Alfio, Turiddu, Lola)
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Robert Merrill, Jussi Björling, Margaret Roggero
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  20. 20 Compar Turiddu (Alfio, Chorus, Turiddu) 02:49
    Track
    20
    Title
    Compar Turiddu (Alfio, Chorus, Turiddu)
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Robert Merrill, Jussi Björling
    Ensemble
    Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini
  21. 21 Mamma, quel vino e generoso (Turiddu, Mamma Lucia, Santuzza) 05:30
    Track
    21
    Title
    Mamma, quel vino e generoso (Turiddu, Mamma Lucia, Santuzza)
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Jussi Björling, Pantelis Varvakis, Zinka Milanov
    Ensemble
    RCA Victor Orchestra
    Conductor
    Renato Cellini