The Incomparable Callas
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Composer or Director: Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet, Charles-François Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, Camille Saint-Saëns, (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Amilcare Ponchielli, Christoph Gluck, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini
Label: EMI
Magazine Review Date: 9/1987
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 67
Mastering:
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Catalogue Number: 749393-2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Norma, Movement: ~ |
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
Maria Callas, Soprano Milan La Scala Chorus Milan La Scala Orchestra Tullio Serafin, Conductor Vincenzo Bellini, Composer |
Lucia di Lammermoor, '(The) Bride of Lammermoor', Movement: ~ |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Margreta Elkins, Mezzo soprano Maria Callas, Soprano Philharmonia Orchestra Tullio Serafin, Conductor |
Ernani, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Maria Callas, Soprano Nicola Rescigno, Conductor Philharmonia Orchestra |
Aida, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Maria Callas, Soprano Nicola Rescigno, Conductor Paris Conservatoire Orchestra |
(La) Gioconda, Movement: ~ |
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer Antonino Votto, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Tosca, Movement: Vissi d'arte |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Georges Prêtre, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Maria Callas, Soprano Paris Conservatoire Orchestra |
Orphée et Eurydice, Movement: Tendre amour! |
Christoph Gluck, Composer
Christoph Gluck, Composer French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano |
Roméo et Juliette, 'Romeo and Juliet', Movement: Je veux vivre (Waltz) |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
Charles-François Gounod, Composer French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano |
Mignon, Movement: ~ |
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano |
(Le) Cid, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Maria Callas, Soprano |
Carmen, Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Georges Bizet, Composer Georges Prêtre, Conductor Jane Berbié, Mezzo soprano Maria Callas, Soprano Nadine Sautereau, Soprano Paris Opera Orchestra |
Samson et Dalila, Movement: ~ |
Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer
Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano |
Composer or Director: Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet, Charles-François Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, Camille Saint-Saëns, (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Amilcare Ponchielli, Christoph Gluck, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini
Label: EMI
Magazine Review Date: 9/1987
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: EG749393-4
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Norma, Movement: ~ |
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
Maria Callas, Soprano Milan La Scala Chorus Milan La Scala Orchestra Tullio Serafin, Conductor Vincenzo Bellini, Composer |
Lucia di Lammermoor, '(The) Bride of Lammermoor', Movement: ~ |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Margreta Elkins, Mezzo soprano Maria Callas, Soprano Philharmonia Orchestra Tullio Serafin, Conductor |
Ernani, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Maria Callas, Soprano Nicola Rescigno, Conductor Philharmonia Orchestra |
Aida, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Maria Callas, Soprano Nicola Rescigno, Conductor Paris Conservatoire Orchestra |
(La) Gioconda, Movement: ~ |
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer Antonino Votto, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Tosca, Movement: Vissi d'arte |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Georges Prêtre, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Maria Callas, Soprano Paris Conservatoire Orchestra |
Orphée et Eurydice, Movement: Tendre amour! |
Christoph Gluck, Composer
Christoph Gluck, Composer French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano |
Roméo et Juliette, 'Romeo and Juliet', Movement: Je veux vivre (Waltz) |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
Charles-François Gounod, Composer French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano |
Mignon, Movement: ~ |
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano |
(Le) Cid, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Maria Callas, Soprano |
Carmen, Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Georges Bizet, Composer Georges Prêtre, Conductor Jane Berbié, Mezzo soprano Maria Callas, Soprano Nadine Sautereau, Soprano Paris Opera Orchestra |
Samson et Dalila, Movement: ~ |
Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer
Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano |
Composer or Director: Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet, Charles-François Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, Camille Saint-Saëns, (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Amilcare Ponchielli, Christoph Gluck, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini
Label: EMI
Magazine Review Date: 9/1987
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: EG749393-1
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Norma, Movement: ~ |
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
Maria Callas, Soprano Milan La Scala Chorus Milan La Scala Orchestra Tullio Serafin, Conductor Vincenzo Bellini, Composer |
Lucia di Lammermoor, '(The) Bride of Lammermoor', Movement: ~ |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Margreta Elkins, Mezzo soprano Maria Callas, Soprano Philharmonia Orchestra Tullio Serafin, Conductor |
Ernani, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Maria Callas, Soprano Nicola Rescigno, Conductor Philharmonia Orchestra |
Aida, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Maria Callas, Soprano Nicola Rescigno, Conductor Paris Conservatoire Orchestra |
(La) Gioconda, Movement: ~ |
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer Antonino Votto, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Tosca, Movement: Vissi d'arte |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Georges Prêtre, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Maria Callas, Soprano Paris Conservatoire Orchestra |
Orphée et Eurydice, Movement: Tendre amour! |
Christoph Gluck, Composer
Christoph Gluck, Composer French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano |
Roméo et Juliette, 'Romeo and Juliet', Movement: Je veux vivre (Waltz) |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
Charles-François Gounod, Composer French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano |
Mignon, Movement: ~ |
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano |
(Le) Cid, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Maria Callas, Soprano |
Carmen, Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Georges Bizet, Composer Georges Prêtre, Conductor Jane Berbié, Mezzo soprano Maria Callas, Soprano Nadine Sautereau, Soprano Paris Opera Orchestra |
Samson et Dalila, Movement: ~ |
Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer
Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer French Radio National Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano |
Author: Alan Blyth
On the French side, Callas is heard in the extreme opposites of coloratura and mezzo arias. In the former, the familiar insights and delicacy are there, but the tone often sounds worn and/or edgy. The first of the Carmen extracts shows a somewhat snarling, unsmiling gipsy, but the Card scene is mesmerically fatalistic. Most persuasive are Orphenus's lament and Delilah's famous aria, unissued at the time it was made but recorded at the same session as the Gluck. Max Loppert has written of Callas's ''J'ai perdu'' that ''her tone was raw and thin, even in middle or low register but how searingly meaningful, how cogent and passionate her union of words and music!''. That 'union' is heard even more arrestingly in ''Mon coeur s'ouvre'', where she brings to the familiar music an appropriately sensual tone and manner. In these two pieces, Callas is indeed 'incomparable'.'
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