Sony Masterworks
Verdi: Rigoletto / Solti, Moffo, Kraus, Merrill
$11.98
Details
- Composer
- VERDI, GIUSEPPE
- Artist
- Various Artists
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Sony Masterworks
- Released
- Oct 04, 2005
- Catalog #
- 82876707852
- UPC
- 828767078526
About
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
This is a DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording
This complete performance of Rigoletto from 1964 includes not only the Duke's second-act cabaletta, but more gloriously, the cadenza that Verdi composed (and not an abbreviation or ad libitum) for the Duke and Gilda before the "Addio" duet, a lovely moment that sounds like the joyous intertwining of a flute and an oboe. Georg Solti's leadership is very in-your-face, with the brass blaring and tempos generally fast, and while this attitude tends to underplay the opera's pathos, it does make for great excitement. Robert Merrill's Rigoletto is pretty much by-the-numbers with no deep insights, but it's well sung, with exactly the type of Italianate sound Verdi wanted. Alfredo Kraus was in peak form in 1964 and his Duke is by turns elegant, amorous, and biting. He caps "Possente amor" with a brain-splitting high-D. Anna Moffo has some bad habits--she scoops her way into notes in a manner that's supposed to be girlish, but is in fact irritating--but she sings with great warmth and attention to the text when Solti's tempos allow. And in the end, she's very touching. Despite Solti's somewhat brutal approach and Merrill's generic rendering of the title role, this is recommended.
--Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com
This is a DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording
This complete performance of Rigoletto from 1964 includes not only the Duke's second-act cabaletta, but more gloriously, the cadenza that Verdi composed (and not an abbreviation or ad libitum) for the Duke and Gilda before the "Addio" duet, a lovely moment that sounds like the joyous intertwining of a flute and an oboe. Georg Solti's leadership is very in-your-face, with the brass blaring and tempos generally fast, and while this attitude tends to underplay the opera's pathos, it does make for great excitement. Robert Merrill's Rigoletto is pretty much by-the-numbers with no deep insights, but it's well sung, with exactly the type of Italianate sound Verdi wanted. Alfredo Kraus was in peak form in 1964 and his Duke is by turns elegant, amorous, and biting. He caps "Possente amor" with a brain-splitting high-D. Anna Moffo has some bad habits--she scoops her way into notes in a manner that's supposed to be girlish, but is in fact irritating--but she sings with great warmth and attention to the text when Solti's tempos allow. And in the end, she's very touching. Despite Solti's somewhat brutal approach and Merrill's generic rendering of the title role, this is recommended.
--Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com
Tracklist 36 tracks
- Disc 1
-
1 Act I Scene 1: Prelude 02:24
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Act I Scene 1: Prelude
- Duration
- 02:24
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
2 Act I Scene 1: Della mia bella incognita borghese (Duke, Borsa) 01:33
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Act I Scene 1: Della mia bella incognita borghese (Duke, Borsa)
- Duration
- 01:33
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Alfredo Kraus, Piero De Palma
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
3 Act I Scene 1: Questa o quella (Duke, Countess Ceprano, Rigoletto, Borsa, Courtiers) 01:47
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Act I Scene 1: Questa o quella (Duke, Countess Ceprano, Rigoletto, Borsa, Courtiers)
- Duration
- 01:47
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Alfredo Kraus, Corinna Vozza, Robert Merrill, Piero De Palma
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
4 Act I Scene 1: Partite? Crudele! (Marullo, Borsa, Courtiers, Duke, Rigoletto, Ceprano) 02:08
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Act I Scene 1: Partite? Crudele! (Marullo, Borsa, Courtiers, Duke, Rigoletto, Ceprano)
- Duration
- 02:08
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Kerns, Piero De Palma, Alfredo Kraus, Robert Merrill, Mario Rinaudo
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
5 Act I Scene 1: Gran nuova! gran nuova! (Marullo, Borsa, Courtiers, Duke, Rigoletto, Ceprano) 02:33
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Act I Scene 1: Gran nuova! gran nuova! (Marullo, Borsa, Courtiers, Duke, Rigoletto, Ceprano)
- Duration
- 02:33
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Kerns, Piero De Palma, Alfredo Kraus, Robert Merrill, Mario Rinaudo
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
6 Act I Scene 1: Ch'io gli parli (Monterone, Duke, Rigoletto, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers) 04:27
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Act I Scene 1: Ch'io gli parli (Monterone, Duke, Rigoletto, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers)
- Duration
- 04:27
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- David Ward, Alfredo Kraus, Robert Merrill, Piero De Palma, Robert Kerns, Mario Rinaudo
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
7 Act I Scene 2: Quel vecchio maledivami! (Rigoletto, Sparafucile) 04:10
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Act I Scene 2: Quel vecchio maledivami! (Rigoletto, Sparafucile)
- Duration
- 04:10
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill, Ezio Flagello
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
8 Act I Scene 2: Pari siamo! (Rigoletto) 03:38
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Act I Scene 2: Pari siamo! (Rigoletto)
- Duration
- 03:38
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
9 Act I Scene 2: Figlia! … Mio padre! (Rigoletto, Gilda, Giovanna, Duke) 06:06
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Act I Scene 2: Figlia! … Mio padre! (Rigoletto, Gilda, Giovanna, Duke)
- Duration
- 06:06
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo, Anna Di Stasio, Alfredo Kraus
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
10 Act I Scene 2: Ah! veglia, o donna (Rigoletto, Gilda) 05:04
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Act I Scene 2: Ah! veglia, o donna (Rigoletto, Gilda)
- Duration
- 05:04
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
11 Act I Scene 2: Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi (Gilda, Giovanna, Duke) 05:57
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Act I Scene 2: Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi (Gilda, Giovanna, Duke)
- Duration
- 05:57
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Anna Moffo, Anna Di Stasio, Alfredo Kraus
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
12 Act I Scene 2: Che m'ami, deh, ripetimi (Duke, Gilda, Ceprano, Borsa, Giovanna) 01:51
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Act I Scene 2: Che m'ami, deh, ripetimi (Duke, Gilda, Ceprano, Borsa, Giovanna)
- Duration
- 01:51
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Alfredo Kraus, Anna Moffo, Mario Rinaudo, Piero De Palma, Anna Di Stasio
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
13 Act I Scene 2: Gualtier Malde … Caro nome (Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo, Courtiers) 06:54
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Act I Scene 2: Gualtier Malde … Caro nome (Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo, Courtiers)
- Duration
- 06:54
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Anna Moffo, Piero De Palma, Mario Rinaudo, Robert Kerns
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
14 Act I Scene 2: Riedo! perche? (Rigoletto, Borsa, Countess Ceprano, Marullo) 02:24
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Act I Scene 2: Riedo! perche? (Rigoletto, Borsa, Countess Ceprano, Marullo)
- Duration
- 02:24
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill, Piero De Palma, Robert Kerns, Corinna Vozza
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
15 Act I Scene 2: Zitti, zitti (Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers, Gilda, Rigoletto) 02:39
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Act I Scene 2: Zitti, zitti (Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers, Gilda, Rigoletto)
- Duration
- 02:39
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Piero De Palma, Robert Kerns, Mario Rinaudo, Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
- Disc 2
-
1 Act II: Ella mi fu rapita! … Parmi veder (Duke) 05:04
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Act II: Ella mi fu rapita! … Parmi veder (Duke)
- Duration
- 05:04
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Alfredo Kraus
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
2 Act II: Duca, Duca! (Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers, Duke) 02:37
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Act II: Duca, Duca! (Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers, Duke)
- Duration
- 02:37
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Piero De Palma, Robert Kerns, Mario Rinaudo, Alfredo Kraus
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
3 Act II: Possente amor mi chiama (Duke, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Chorus) 03:00
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Act II: Possente amor mi chiama (Duke, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Chorus)
- Duration
- 03:00
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Alfredo Kraus, Piero De Palma, Robert Kerns, Mario Rinaudo
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
4 Act II: Povero Rigoletto! (Marullo, Rigoletto, Borsa, Ceprano, Courtiers, Page) 03:30
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Act II: Povero Rigoletto! (Marullo, Rigoletto, Borsa, Ceprano, Courtiers, Page)
- Duration
- 03:30
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Kerns, Robert Merrill, Piero De Palma, Tina Toscano
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
5 Act II: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto) 04:20
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Act II: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto)
- Duration
- 04:20
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
6 Act II: Mio padre! (Gilda, Rigoletto, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers) 01:46
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Act II: Mio padre! (Gilda, Rigoletto, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Courtiers)
- Duration
- 01:46
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill, Robert Kerns, Piero De Palma, Mario Rinaudo
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
7 Act II: Tutte le feste (Gilda, Rigoletto, Usher, Monterone) 06:40
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Act II: Tutte le feste (Gilda, Rigoletto, Usher, Monterone)
- Duration
- 06:40
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill, Enzo Titta, David Ward
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
8 Act II: Schiudete… ire al carcere (Usciere, Monterone, Rigoletto) 00:57
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Act II: Schiudete… ire al carcere (Usciere, Monterone, Rigoletto)
- Duration
- 00:57
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Enzo Titta, David Ward, Robert Merrill
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
9 Act II: Si, vendetta, tremenda vendetta (Rigoletto, Gilda) 02:03
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Act II: Si, vendetta, tremenda vendetta (Rigoletto, Gilda)
- Duration
- 02:03
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
10 Act III: E l'ami? (Rigoletto, Gilda, Duke, Sparafucile) 01:51
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Act III: E l'ami? (Rigoletto, Gilda, Duke, Sparafucile)
- Duration
- 01:51
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo, Alfredo Kraus, Ezio Flagello
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
11 Act III: La donna e mobile (Duke) 02:06
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Act III: La donna e mobile (Duke)
- Duration
- 02:06
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Alfredo Kraus
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
12 Act III: E l'a il vostr'uomo (Rigoletto, Gilda, Duke, Sparafucile, Maddalena) 00:43
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Act III: E l'a il vostr'uomo (Rigoletto, Gilda, Duke, Sparafucile, Maddalena)
- Duration
- 00:43
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo, Alfredo Kraus, Rosalind Elias, Ezio Flagello
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
13 Act III: Un di, se ben rammentomi (Duke, Gilda, Maddalena, Rigoletto) 01:27
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Act III: Un di, se ben rammentomi (Duke, Gilda, Maddalena, Rigoletto)
- Duration
- 01:27
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Alfredo Kraus, Anna Moffo, Rosalind Elias, Robert Merrill
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
14 Act III: Bella figlia dell'amore (Duke, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto) 04:02
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Act III: Bella figlia dell'amore (Duke, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto)
- Duration
- 04:02
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Alfredo Kraus, Rosalind Elias, Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
15 Act III: Venti scudi (Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Gilda) 04:07
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Act III: Venti scudi (Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Gilda)
- Duration
- 04:07
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill, Rosalind Elias, Anna Moffo
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
16 Act III: Ah, più non ragiono! (Gilda, Maddalena, Sparafucile) 02:13
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Act III: Ah, più non ragiono! (Gilda, Maddalena, Sparafucile)
- Duration
- 02:13
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Anna Moffo, Rosalind Elias, Ezio Flagello
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
17 Act III: Ancor c'e mezz'ora (Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Duke) 02:55
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Act III: Ancor c'e mezz'ora (Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Duke)
- Duration
- 02:55
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill, Ezio Flagello, Alfredo Kraus
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
18 Act III: Della vendetta (Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Duke) 04:17
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Act III: Della vendetta (Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Duke)
- Duration
- 04:17
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill, Ezio Flagello, Alfredo Kraus
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
19 Act III: Chi e mai? (Rigoletto, Gilda) 01:50
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Act III: Chi e mai? (Rigoletto, Gilda)
- Duration
- 01:50
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
20 Act III: V'ho ingannato, colpevole fui … (Gilda, Rigoletto) 01:21
- Track
- 20
- Title
- Act III: V'ho ingannato, colpevole fui … (Gilda, Rigoletto)
- Duration
- 01:21
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti
-
21 Act III: Lassu in cielo (Gilda, Rigoletto) 02:53
- Track
- 21
- Title
- Act III: Lassu in cielo (Gilda, Rigoletto)
- Duration
- 02:53
- Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer
- Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill
- Ensemble
- RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- Georg Solti