Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Freni, Pavarotti, Ludwig, Wiener Phil., Karajan
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Decca
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Music CD 1
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "... E soffitto e pareti..."
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "Sorride Vostro Onore?"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "Dovunque al mondo"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "America for ever"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "Ler l'altro il Consolato"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "Ecco. Son giunte al sommo del pendio"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "Gran ventura"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "L'Inperial Commissario"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "Vieni, amor mio!"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "Vieni,amor mio!"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "Tutti zitti!"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "O Kami! O Kami!"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "Cio-cio-san!"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "Bimba, bimba, non piangere"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "Viene la sera"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1.: "Vogliatemi bene"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "E lzaghi ed Izanami"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Un bel d? vedremo"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "C'?. Entrate"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Si sa che aprir la porta"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Udiste?"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Ora a noi. Sedete qui"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Ebbene, che fareste, Madama Butterfly"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "E questo? E questo?"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Che tua madre dovr? prenderti in braccio"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Vespa! Rospo maledetto!"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Una nave da guerra..."
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Scuoti quella fronda di ciliego"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: (Coro a bocca chiusa)
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: Intermezzo
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: (fischi d'uccelli dal giardino)
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Gi? il sole!"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Chi sia?"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Io so che alle sue pene"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Non ve l'avevo detto?"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Addio fiorito asil"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Suzuki? Suzuki? Dove sei?"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Tu, Suzuki, che sei tanto buona"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Come una mosca prigioniera"
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 2.: "Con onor muore"
Free Music Notes for Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Freni, Pavarotti, Ludwig, Wiener Phil., Karajan
Free Music Review: Magical
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the great recordings of all time, and it is hard to find any real points to criticize here. Karajan's approach is surely expansive but doesn't in any way lack momentum, and the performance never feels dragging (just, at times, lingering over glorious detail exactly the way one should in this opera). This is also one of Pavarotti's early - and best - roles as a subtly portrayed Pinkerton who in this version becomes a multi-faceted, at times even sympathetic, character. Mirella Freni is even finer, starting out with light-filled innocence and developing an intensity, a vulnerability and sadness I think few others could match - and for a technical aspect, the pianissimo singing is as far as I know unrivalled on record . There are so many colors and nuanced shades in the interplay between these two characters - which is not the least emphasized by the magical sounds conjured up by the orchestra - that no matter how well you know the opera, this will make you hear it as if it was a first encounter. Christa Ludwig must of course also be mentioned in this company, giving as she does a richly warm portrayal of Suzuki, and sound quality is excellent. I know that some, especially in Britain, ardently champions Barbirolli's version - and his is indeed a fine performance, and his cast of singers is strong (in some roles even superior to Karajan's) - but for me there is no real competition here. Magical.
Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Freni, Pavarotti, Ludwig, Wiener Phil., Karajan Poster
Since Madama Butterfly has more stage time than other sopranos, it is imperative that the singing actress captures extensive dramatic variety in addition to singing with exquisite tone and an affinity to Puccini. Mirella Freni, one of the greatest recorded Butterfly's of all time, succeeds at these demands with vocal sensitivity and eloquence. She is assisted by Karajan's superb, symphonic conducting, crisply and poignantly realizing all of Puccini's vast moods; Ludwig's urgent, loving and tenderly sung Suzuki; and Pavarotti's endearing and almost likeable Pinkerton. In addition, the Pavarotti-Freni duets are nectars of the gods. Get out the tissues and indulge. --Barbara Eisner BayerClassical Music CDs
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