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Rossini: La Cenerentola |  | Creators: Gioachino Rossini, Claudio Abbado, Theodor Guschlbauer, London Symphony Orchestra, Laura Zannini, Luigi Alva, Margherita Guglielmi, Paolo Montarsolo, Renato Capecchi, Teresa Berganza, Ugo Trama
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 133253
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 028947756590
EAN: 0028947756590
ASIN: B000JBWW6A
Release Date: November 14, 2006
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Overture (Sinfonia) | | • | "No, no, no non v'è" | | • | "Una volta c'era un re" | | • | "O figlie amabili" | | • | "Cenerentola, presto" | | • | "Miei rampolli femminini" | | • | "Sappiate che fra poco" | | • | "Tutto è deserto" | | • | "Un soave non so che" | | • | "Non so che dir" | | • | "Scegli la sposa" | | • | "Allegrissimamente" | | • | "Signor, una parola" | | • | "Sì, tutto cangerà" | | • | "Là del ciel nell'arcano profondo" | | • | "Ma bravo, bravo, bravo" | | • | "Conciossiacosacché" - "Intendente? Direttor?" |
Disc 2
| • | "Zitto, zitto: piano, piano" - "Principino, dove siete?" | | • | Ah! se velata ancor...Sprezzo quei don che versa | | • | "Signor... Altezza, è in tavola" | | • | "Mi par che quei birbanti" | | • | "Sia qualunque delle figlie" | | • | "Ah! questa bella incognita" | | • | E allor ... se non ti spiaccio ... | | • | "Sì, ritrovarla io giuro" | | • | "Ma dunque io sono un ex" | | • | "Un segreto d'importanza" | | • | "Una volta c'era un re" | | • | "Quanto sei caro!" | | • | Temporale | | • | "Scusate, amici" | | • | "Siete voi?..." - "Questo è un nodo avviluppato" | | • | "Donna sciocca, alma di fango" | | • | "Giusto ciel! ti ringrazio!" | | • | "Della Fortuna instabile" | | • | "Sposa..." "Signor, perdona" | | • | "Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto" |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: BERGANZA/ABBADO
Title: LA CENERENTOLA
Street Release Date: 11/14/2006
Domestic
Genre: CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
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| Customer Reviews:
Marvelous conducting and orchestral playing are the main reasons this should be counted as a classic September 1, 2009
G.D. (Norway)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
La Cenerentola might just be my favorite Rossini opera, and this Abbado version is probably the best there is. In fact, this recording was Abbado's first as an opera conductor in 1972. He delivers an utterly spirited, sparkling and lively version, warm and humane, and has the LSO play their hearts out; the orchestral playing is technically impressive, of course, rhythmically exact, but more importantly manage to realize a range of colors and textures and a freshness that one rarely hears in a Rossini opera.
The singers might perhaps be a little more variable. Teresa Berganza is wonderfully idiomatic and sympathetic as Cenerentola, giving a touching and vivid, beautifully sung and warmly characterized portrayal - one which I cannot really imagine being surpassed. Luigi Alva is a steady, impressively sung Don Ramiro and Ugo Trama, despite being perhaps a little heavy-handed at times, is generally good as Alidoro. Evaluating Capecchi's performance is more difficult - on the one hand, he gives us an impressively sung role, with lots of character and color, but on the other he does seem to lack a little in humor. Something of the same applies to Montarsolo's Don Magnifico. I have no qualms about Guglielmi or Zannini who delivers generally finely sung and characterized parts.
Yet the glory of the set is undeniably Abbado and the LSO, and I believe he is responsible for the fact that the ensembles are consistently magnificent; an all-important feature of a Rossini opera, of course. Importantly, the 1972 sound quality is exemplary; vivid and clear. In the end, this is really not a recording you'd want to be without, despite the fact that equally good - perhaps even better - singing can be found elsewhere. I'd say it's a classic.
Fantastic recording, sublime singing January 5, 2010
Mrs. Beeton (New York, NY)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I listened to a number of recordings of this opera prior to purchasing, and found this to be the most crisp and well-produced. Having seen a brilliant Met performance of La Cenerentola with Elina Garanca, I was also looking for a similar sounding cast, and this recording was it! I'm not an expert, just an enthusiast, and I'm very happy with this recording.
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