Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Giuseppe PatanA�, Luciano Pavarotti, Julia Varady, Mirella Freni, London Opera Chorus, Piero Cappuccilli, Carmen Gonzales, Vincenzo Bello, Finchley Children's Music Group, Ingvar Wixell, Lorenzo Saccomani, Ida Bormida - Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Pavarotti, Freni, Varady, Cappuccilli, Gavazzeni, PatanA�

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Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Pavarotti, Freni, Varady, Cappuccilli, Gavazzeni, Patanè
Music Price: $33.98
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Artist(s)	Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Giuseppe Patanè, Luciano Pavarotti, Julia Varady, Mirella Freni, London Opera Chorus, Piero Cappuccilli, Carmen Gonzales, Vincenzo Bello, Finchley Children's Music Group, Ingvar Wixell, Lorenzo Saccomani and Ida Bormida
Studio	Decca
Release Date	October 25, 1990
UPC Code	028941459022
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About Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Giuseppe PatanA�, Luciano Pavarotti, Julia Varady, Mirella Freni, London Opera Chorus, Piero Cappuccilli, Carmen Gonzales, Vincenzo Bello, Finchley Children's Music Group, Ingvar Wixell, Lorenzo Saccomani, Ida Bormida - Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Pavarotti, Freni, Varady, Cappuccilli, Gavazzeni, PatanA�

This may not be the most dramatically charged of all Cav/Pag combos, but it does star the golden-voiced, sincere, in-his- prime Luciano Pavarotti in both operas, and that's enough for some people. Add to this the lovely Mirella Freni as Nedda in I Pagliacci, and the exciting, underrecorded Julia Var´dy in Cavalleria Rusticana, and quite the dramatic evening unfolds. Giuseppe Patané leads I Pagliacci with vigor and sensitivity to the tenor, who turns in a stunning "Vesti la giubba," and Gianandrea Gavazzeni takes a big approach to the earlier scenes in Cavalleria Rusticana, while keeping the one-on-ones intimately intense. Ingvar Wixell is overparted as Tonio, but Piero Cappuccilli's Alfio is a fine, snarling portrait. A first choice for Cavalleria Rusticana alone might be the recording with Domingo and Baltsa or that with Bjorling and Milanov; for I Pagliacci alone, try Björling and de los Angeles. But if it's The Large One you want, here's the right place. --Robert Levine Amazon.com essential recording

Tracks

Disc 1

Preludio
O Lola ch'hai di latti la cammisa
Ah!... Gli aranci olezzano
Dite, mamma Lucia
Il cavallo scalpita
Beato voi, compar Alfio
Voi lo sapete, o mamma
Tu qui, Santuzza?
Fior di giaggiolo
Ah! lo vedi
Oh! il Signore vi manda
Intermezzo
A casa, a casa
Viva il vino spumeggiante
A voi tutti salute!
Mamma, quel vino è generoso
Prologo. Si può? Si può?

Disc 2

Act 1. Son qua!
Act 1. Un grande spettacolo
Act 1. Un tal gioco, credetemi
Act 1. I zampognari!
Act 1. Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!... Stridono lassù
Act 1. Sei là!
Act 1. Nedda! Silvio, a quest'ora
Act 1. Cammina adagio
Act 1. Recitar!... Vesti la giubba
Act 1. Intermezzo
Act 2. Ohè!... Ohè!
Act 2. Pagliaccio, mio marito
Act 2. È dessa!
Act 2. Arlecchin! Colombina!
Act 2. Versa il filtro ne la tazza sua
Act 2. No, Pagliaccio non son

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User Reviews

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Outstanding

This CD-Box is outstanding. Here you will find Pavarotti at his best, surrounded by other great artists. The few minutes of "Ridi pagliaccio", by itself, is worth more than the full price. When I listen to this CD, or to "La Boheme", or "Turandot", by the same label (Decca), all sung by Pavarotti during his peak years, I cannot avoid finding myself, at some point, with tears in my eyes. If you love opera, you should own all Puccini sung by Pavarotti in his best years. I think that whatever Pavarotti did or sung in his latest years cannot stain a life of wonderful achievements. And it's beautiful that his achievements will be available for everybody to listen for ages to come.
But beware... After listening to these wonderful Decca-Pavarotti recordings, most live performances of Puccini operas will end up being very disappointing... June 19, 2004

I'm lucky to own this!

I bought this CD because I was in the choir of a production of "I Pagliacci" in the city Stjørdal, Norway in 2002. (The opera is called "Bajazzo" in Germany and Scandinavia)
I had not heard very much of the music before I got the recording, but I have listened to it several times now!
The music by leoncavallo is beautiful - it thrills with the light, soft songs but it also amazes with the powerful and dramatical songs!
My favorite songs are the choir of the bells, Silvio and Nedda's love duet, Vesti la giubba (as you might have heard) and the whole second act.

I have started to listen to "Cavalleria Rusticana" too, though I haven't heard all of it. But it seems like a great opera too - the music touches me. Actually, I'm working on a translation of Cavalleria Rusticana. I don't think it has been translated to Norwegian before, and it's a hard job!

The singers are masters! Pavarotti is well-known, and he is BIG!! But I think he maybe is emphasized too much, but he is the star...
Alas you can nearly hear the choir! Especially the male voices. That is a pity!! (only on Pagliacci) August 18, 2002

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