Puccini: Tosca (1953) with Callas, di Stefano, Gobbi, cond. by de Sabata
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Composer: Giacomo PucciniConductor: Victor de Sabata
Orchestra: La Scala Theater Orchestra
Performer: Maria Callas
Performer: Alvaro Cordova
Performer: Angelo Mercuriali
Performer: Dario Caselli
Performer: Franco Calabrese
Performer: Giuseppe Stefano
Performer: Melchiorre Luise
Performer: Tito Gobbi
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-12-02
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Ah! Finalmente!
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. E sempre lava!
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Sante ampolle! Il suo ritratto!
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Dammi i colori...Recondita armonia
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Gente l? dentro!
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Mario!...Mario!...Mario!...Son qui!
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Ora stammi a sentir
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Or lasciami al lavoro
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Ah, quegli occhi...Quale occhio al mondo
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Mia gelosa!
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. ? buona la mia Tosca
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Sommo giubilo, Eccelenza!
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Un tal baccano in chiesa!
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Tosca? Che non mi veda
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Ed io venivo a lui tutta dogliosa
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Tre sbirri, una carrozza
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Tosca ? un buon falco!
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Ha pi? forte sapore
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. O galantuomo, come and? la caccia?
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Meno male!
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Ov'? Angelotti?
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Sciarrone, che dice il Cavalier?
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Ors?, Tosca, parlate
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Floria!...Amore
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Salvatelo!...Io?...Voi!
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Se la giurata fede debbo tradir...Gi? mi struggea l'amor
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Come tu mi odi!
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Vedi, le man giunte io stendo a te!
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Io tenni la promessa
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Tosca, finalmente mia!
- Tosca, opera: Act 2. Or gli perdono!
- Tosca, opera: Act 3. Andante sostenuto / Io de' sospiri
- Tosca, opera: Act 3. Lento (Le campane suonano mattutino)
- Tosca, opera: Act 3. Largo / Mario Cavaradossi? A voi... / Meno
- Tosca, opera: Act 3. E lucevan le stelle
- Tosca, opera: Act 3. Moderato con moto / Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca
- Tosca, opera: Act 3. Senti, l'ora ? vicina
- Tosca, opera: Act 3. Amaro sol per te m'era il morire
- Tosca, opera: Act 3. E non giungono
- Tosca, opera: Act 3. Come ? lunga l'attesa!
- Tosca, opera: Act 3. Presto! Su, Mario!
Free Music Notes for Puccini: Tosca (1953) with Callas, di Stefano, Gobbi, cond. by de Sabata
Free Music Review: A New, EVEN MORE HORRIBLE Digital Remastering.
Hit: 4 Stars
The original recording of Tosca, by the legendary producer/engineer Walter Legge, was a masterpiece. So why does this CD so sound so bad? It's because the current corporate owners of EMI simply want to cut costs and put out new "improved" editions of Callas without paying any respect that Legge's work deserves. Since the original 1986 CD release, which was reasonably well done though a bit subdued compared to the LP, each subsequent remastering of Tosca (1997, 2002) has been even worse than the previous one. The original mono tapes have been noise-reduced to death to remove tape hiss, which would be minimal in any event for a mono recording from 1954, with the effect of making the orchestra sound muffled and digitized. They have continued to pinch the eq to give a more modern sound, modern apparently defined at thin, reedy, harsh and loud. Just a shame....
Puccini: Tosca (1953) with Callas, di Stefano, Gobbi, cond. by de Sabata Poster
Little can be added to what's been written about this landmark recording, except that Walter Legge's 1953 mono production yields nothing to modern Tosca recordings for vivacity and theatrical impact--especially Maria Callas's. The miraculous Victor de Sabata conjures up a vibrant, inspiring orchestral canvas that enables Callas and her stellar cohorts to work their magic. Tito Gobbi and Callas spur each other on to heights in which the characters take over from the singers in the listener's mind. Giuseppe Di Stefano is on his best behavior, and in fresher voice than on his fine Leontyne Price-Herbert von Karajan remake. On this set, EMI includes texts, translations, and notes that discuss this recording in the context of Callas's mercurial career. --Jed DistlerClassical Music CDs
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