Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker – Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1974/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker – Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1974/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:25:42 minutes | 2,50 GB | Genre: Classical
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A 1974 recording of Puccini’s classic opera Madama Butterfly, one of the most-performed operas in the world. Herbert von Karajan conducts The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with a compelling Mirella Freni in the title role, up-and-coming superstar Luciano Pavarotti as Pinkerton, Christa Ludwig as Suzuki and Robert Kerns as Sharpless.

In every way except one the transfer of Karajan’s radiant Vienna recording for Decca could hardly provide a firmer recommendation. The reservation is one of price – this Karajan is on three discs, not two, at full price. However it does allow each act to be self-contained on a single disc, and for such a performance as this no extravagance is too much. Movingly dramatic as Renata Scotto is on the Barbirolli set, Mirella Freni is even more compelling. The voice is fresher, firmer and more girlish, with more light and shade at such points as ‘Un bel dì’, and there’s an element of vulnerability that intensifies the communication. In that, one imagines Karajan played a big part, just as he must have done in presenting Pavarotti – not quite the super-star he is today but already with a will of his own in the recording studio – as a Pinkerton of exceptional subtlety, not just a roistering cad but in his way an endearing figure in the First Act. Significantly CD brings out the delicacy of the vocal balances in Act 1 with the voices deliberately distanced for much of the time, making such passages as ‘Vienna la sera’ and ‘Bimba dagli occhi’ the more magical in their delicacy. Karajan, in that duet and later in the Flower duet of Act 2, draws ravishing playing from the Vienna Philharmonic strings, getting them to imitate the portamento of the singers in an echt-Viennes manner, which is ravishing to the ear. Christa Ludwig is by far the richest and most compelling of Suzukis.

Tracklist:
1. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “… E soffitto e pareti” (02:55)
2. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “Sorride Vostro Onore?” (03:30)
3. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “Dovunque al mondo” (02:58)
4. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “America For Ever” (02:34)
5. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “Ier l’altro il Consolato” (02:08)
6. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “Ecco. Son giunte al sommo del pendio” (03:43)
7. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “Gran ventura” (03:51)
8. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “L’Imperial Commissario” (03:32)
9. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “Vieni, amor mio!” (02:51)
10. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “Ieri son salita tutta sola in segreto alla Missione” (02:15)
11. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “Tutti zitti!” (03:10)
12. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “O Kami! O Kami!” (00:36)
13. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “Cio-cio-san! Cio-cio-san!” (02:44)
14. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “Bimba, bimba, non piangere” (02:19)
15. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “Viene la sera” (07:32)
16. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 1 – “Vogliatemi bene” (07:58)
17. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “E Izaghi ed Izanami, Sarundasico e Kami” (07:35)
18. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Un bel di vedremo” (04:39)
19. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “C’e. Entrate” (06:41)
20. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Si sa che aprir la parta” (01:04)
21. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Udiste?” (02:00)
22. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Ora a noi. Sedete qui.” (02:56)
23. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Ebbene, che fareste, Madama Butterfly?” (02:53)
24. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “E questo? E questo?” (02:26)
25. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Che tua madre dovra prenderti in braccio” (05:17)
26. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Vespa! Rospo maledetto!” (02:00)
27. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Una nave da guerra” (02:44)
28. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio” (05:38)
29. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Or vienmi ad adornar” (05:34)
30. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus) (03:03)
31. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – Intermezzo (06:15)
32. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – Fischi d’uccelli dal giardino (01:48)
33. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Gia il sole!” (02:32)
34. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Chi sia?” (02:33)
35. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Io so che alle pene” (02:10)
36. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Non ve l’avevo detto?” (01:54)
37. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Addio fiorito asil” (03:09)
38. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Suzuki! Suzuki! Dove sei?” (01:56)
39. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Tu, Suzuki, che sei tanto biona” (05:44)
40. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Come una mosca prigionera” (02:43)
41. Luciano Pavarotti / Mirella Freni / Christa Ludwig / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan – Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 – “Con onor muore chi non puo serbar vita con onore” (05:32)

Personnel:
Mirella Freni – Butterfly
Luciano Pavarotti – Pinkterton
Christa Ludwig – Suzuki
Robert Kerns – Sharpless
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus – Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

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