Aida Comp

• Artist : Giuseppe Verdi
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0077776930022
• Label : EMI Classics
• Manufacturer : EMI Classics
• Number Of Discs : 3
• Package Dimensions : 0.94 inches (Height) x 5.43 inches (Length) x 0.53 pounds (Weight) x 4.96 inches (Width)
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : EMI Classics
• Release Date : 1998-04-01
• SKU : 1PucdEK005af-10z
• Studio : EMI Classics
• UPC : 077776930022

For many fans, this opera is mostly about grandeur--it is, of course, the grandest grand opera still in the standard repertoire--and you will want to hear what Herbert von Karajan and the glorious Vienna Philharmonic do with the triumphal music. Curiously, the recording that has the strongest claims to grandeur also achieves significant results in the intimate moments. Mirella Freni and José Carreras have pleasant voices and a wide-ranging array of skills based on long and varied experience, but theirs are not big voices, as Montserrat Caballé and Plácido Domingo's are. One expects Freni and Carreras to perform with a certain polish in their love music, but one wonders how well they could handle the big moments outside of a recording studio. Not that it matters in terms of this fine recording. Their partnership, with von Karajan's very able assistance, works like magic. What you hear is what you get. When the opera and chorus take the spotlight, this Aida is an epic about international conflicts that dwarf and doom two lovers from different worlds. But Freni and Carreras react to the story of personal tragedy with a heartbreaking musical and theatrical sensitivity. --Joe McLellan

- Amazon.com essential recording

Herbert von Karajan brosse de Aïda une fresque multicolore, empreinte de grandeur, à deux doigts parfois du gigantisme hollywoodien. Tout dans cette interprétation est exacerbé, rien n'échappe à sa baguette incisive, et l'Orchestre philharmonique de Vienne, dans la fosse de l'Opéra de la capitale autrichienne, n'a pas son pareil pour rendre à l'ouvrage toute sa théâtralité. Comme à son habitude, le chef autrichien a réuni autour de lui une distribution internationale, constituée des meilleurs chanteurs du moment. On ne sait d'ailleurs où donner de l'oreille, entre Mirella Freni, José Carreras et José Van Dam, pour ne citer qu'eux. De la belle ouvrage. --Pierre Guillaume

- Chronique amazon.fr

Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: Aida: Preludio
  • 2: Aida: Act One - Scene One : Si, Corre Voce Che l'Etiope Ardisca (Ramfis, Radames)
  • 3: Aida: Act One - Scene One : Se Quel Guerriero Io Fossi (Radames)
  • 4: Aida: Act One - Scene One : Celeste Aida (Radames)
  • 5: Aida: Act One - Scene One : Quale Insolita Gioia Nel Tuo Sguardo (Amneris, Radames)
  • 6: Aida: Act One - Scene One : Vieni, O Diletta Appressati (Amneris, Aida, Radames)
  • 7: Aida: Act One - Scene One : Alta Cagion V'aduna (Il Re, Messaggero, Aida, Radmames, Amneris, Ministri, Capitani)
  • 8: Aida: Act One - Scene One : Su Del Nilo Al Sacro Lido (Il Re, Ramfis,, Ministri, Capitani,, Aida, Radames, Amneris, Sascerdoti, Messaggero)
  • 9: Aida: Act One - Scene One : Ritorna Vincitor! (Aida)
  • 10: Aida: Act One - Scene Two : Possente Ftha...Tu Che Dal Nulla Hai Tratto (Sacerdotessa, Ramfis, Sacerdoti, Sacerdotesse)
  • 11: Aida: Act One - Scene Two : Immenso Ftha...Mortal Diletto Ai Numi (Sacerdotese, Ramfis, Sacerdoti)
  • 12: Aida: Act One - Scene Two : Nume Custode E Vindice (Ramfis, Radames, Sacerdoti, Sacerdotesse, Sacerdotessa)

• Disc 2

  • 1: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Chi mai fra gl'inni e i plausi (Sciave, Amneris)
  • 2: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Dance Of The Moorish Slaves
  • 3: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Vieni, sul crin ti piovano (Schiave, Amneris)
  • 4: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Fu la sorte dell'armi a' tuoi funesta (Amneris, Aida)
  • 5: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Pieta ti prenda del mio dolor (Aida, Amneris)
  • 6: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Su! del Nilo al sacro lido . . . Numi, pieta (Aida, Amneris, Coro)
  • 7: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Glorai all' Egirro, ad Iside (Sacerodoti)
  • 8: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Triumphal March
  • 9: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Ballet
  • 10: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Vieni, o guerriero vindice (Sacerdoti)
  • 11: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Salvator della patria (Il Re, Radames, Ramfis, Sacerdoti)
  • 12: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Che veggo! Egil> Mio padre! .... Ma tu, Re tu signore possente (Aida, Amneris, Amonasro, Il Re, Ramfis)
  • 13: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : Il dolor che in quel volto favella...Na tu, o Re, tu dignore possente (Radames, Amneris, Amonasro, Il Re, Aida, Ramfis)
  • 14: Aida: Act Two - Scene One : O Re, pei sacri Numi Gloria all Egitto... (Radames, Ramfis, Il Re, Amneris, Aida, Amonasro)

• Disc 3

  • 1: Aida: Act Three : O tu she sei d'Osiride
  • 2: Aida: Act Three : Vieni d'Iside al Tempio (Ramfis, Amneris)
  • 3: Aida: Act Three : Qui Ramames verra! (Aida)
  • 4: Aida: Act Three : O partia mia (Aida)
  • 5: Aida: Act Three : Ciel! mio padre (Aida, Amonasro)
  • 6: Aida: Act Three : Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamante (Aida, Amonasro)
  • 7: Aida: Act Three : Pur ti riveggo, miz dolve Aida (Radames, Aida)
  • 8: Aida: Act Three : Nel fiero anelito di nuova guerra (Radames, Aida)
  • 9: Aida: Act Three : Fuggiam gli ardor inospiti . . . La, tra foreste vergini (Aida, Radames)
  • 10: Aida: Act Three : Ma, dimmi: per qia via (Aida, Radames, Amonasro, Amneris, Ramfis)
  • 11: Aida: Act Four - Scene One : L'abborrita rivale a me sfuggia (Amneris)
  • 12: Aida: Act Four - Scene One : Gia i sacerdoti adunansi (Amneris, Radames)
  • 13: Aida: Act Four - Scene One : Ohime! morir me sento (Amneris)
  • 14: Aida: Act Four - Scene One : Spirto del Nume (Ramfis, Sacerdoti, Amneris)
  • 15: Aida: Act Four - Scene One : A lui vivo, lu tomba! . . . Sacerdoti: compister un delitto!(Amneris, Ramfis, Sacerdoti)
  • 16: Aida: Act Four - Scene Two : La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse (Radames, Aida) - Immenso ftha (Sacerdotesse, Sacerdoti, Aida, Radames)
  • 17: Aida: Act Four - Scene Two : O terra addio (Aida, Radames, Coro, Amneris)

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