Puccini - Turandot / Ricciarelli · Domingo · Hendricks · Raimondi · Wiener Phil. · Karajan

Puccini - Turandot / Ricciarelli · Domingo · Hendricks · Raimondi · Wiener Phil. · Karajan

Puccini - Turandot / Ricciarelli · Domingo · Hendricks · Raimondi · Wiener Phil. · Karajan
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Turandot: Act I: Un Mandarino: 'Popolo di Pechino!' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  2. Turandot: Act I: Le guardie imperiali: 'Indietro, cani!' (Liu) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  3. Turandot: Act I: Calaf: 'Padre! Mio padre!' (Calaf, Liu, Timur) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  4. Turandot: Act I: Gli uomini: 'Gira la cote' (Calaf, Liu) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  5. Turandot: Act I: La folla: 'Perche tarda la luna?' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  6. Turandot: Act I: Ragazzi: 'La, sui monti dell'Est' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  7. Turandot: Act I: La folla: 'O giovinetto! Grazia!' (Calaf) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  8. Turandot: Act I: La folla: 'La grazia, Principessa!' - Calaf: 'O divina bellezza' (Calaf) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  9. Turandot: Act I: Timur: 'Figlio, che fai?' (Timur, Calaf, Liu) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  10. Turandot: Act I: Ping, Pong, Pang: 'Fermo! Che fai?' (Calaf) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  11. Turandot: Act I: Le ancelle di Turandot: 'Silenzio, ola!' (Calaf, Timur) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  12. Turandot: Act I: Pang, Pong, Ping: 'Notte senza lumicino' (Calaf, Timur) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  13. Turandot: Act I: Liu: 'Signore, ascolta!' (Liu) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  14. Turandot: Act I: Calaf: 'Non piangere, Liu!' (Calaf, Liu, Timur) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  15. Turandot: Act I: Timur: 'Ah! Per L'ultima volta!' (Timur, Liu, Calaf) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  16. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Ping: 'Ola, Pang!' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  17. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Ping: 'O China, che or sussulti' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  18. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Ping: 'Ho una casa nell'Honan' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  19. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Ping, Pong, Pang: 'O mondo pieno di pazzi innamorati!' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  20. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Ping, Pong, Pang: 'Addio, amore, addio, razza - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  21. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Ping, Pong, Pang: 'Non v'e in China per nostra fortuna' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  22. Turandot: Act II: Scene One: Pong: 'Udite trombe! Altro che pace' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  23. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: La folla: 'Gravi, enormi ed imponenti' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  24. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: L'Imperatore: 'Un giuramento atroce mi costringe' (Calaf) - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  25. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: La folla: 'Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore!' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
  26. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: Il Mandarino: 'Popolo di Pechino!' - Vienna State Opera Chorus
Music CD 2
  1. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: Turandot: 'In questa Reggia' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  2. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: Turandot: 'O, Principi, che a lunghe carovane' (Turandot, Calaf) - G. Puccini
  3. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: The First Riddle - Turandot: 'Straniero, ascolta' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  4. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: The First Answer - Calaf: 'Si! Rinasce!' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  5. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: The Second Riddle - Turandot: 'Guizza al pari di fiamma' (Turandot, Liu) - G. Puccini
  6. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: The Second Answer - Calaf: 'Si, Principessa!' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  7. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: The Third Riddle - Turandot: 'Gelo che ti da foco' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  8. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: The Third Answer - Calaf: 'La mia vittoria' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  9. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: Turandot: 'Figlio del Cielo!' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  10. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: Calaf: 'No, no, Principessa altera' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  11. Turandot: Act II: Scene Two: La folla: 'Ai tuoi piedi ci prostriam' (La folla) - G. Puccini
  12. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Gli araldi: 'Cosi comanda Turandot' (Gli araldi) - G. Puccini
  13. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Calaf: 'Nessun dorma!' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  14. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Ping, Pong, Pang: 'Tu che guardi le stelle' (Ping) - G. Puccini
  15. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Ping: 'Straniero, tu non sai' (Ping) - G. Puccini
  16. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Ping: 'Principessa divina!' (Ping) - G. Puccini
  17. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Liu: 'Signor, non parlero!' (Liu) - G. Puccini
  18. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Turandot: 'Chi pose tanta forza nel tuo cuore?' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  19. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Turandot: 'Strappatele il segreto!' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  20. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Liu: 'Tu che di gel sei cinta' (Liu) - G. Puccini
  21. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Timur: 'Liu! Sorgi!' (Timur) - G. Puccini
  22. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Timur: 'Liu, bonta! Liu, dolcezza!' (Timur) - G. Puccini
  23. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Calaf: 'Principessa di morte!' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  24. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Turandot: 'Che e mai di me?' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  25. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Calaf: 'La tua gloria risplende nell'incanto' (Calaf) - G. Puccini
  26. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Turandot: 'Piu grande vittoria non voler!' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  27. Turandot: Act III: Scene One: Turandot: 'So il tuo nome!' (Turandot) - G. Puccini
  28. Turandot: Act III: Scene Two: La folla: 'Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore!' (La folla) - G. Puccini
  29. Turandot: Act III: Scene Two: Turandot: 'Padre augusto' (Turandot) - G. Puccini

Free Music Notes for Puccini - Turandot / Ricciarelli · Domingo · Hendricks · Raimondi · Wiener Phil. · Karajan

Free Music Review: A Toned-Down Turandot
Hit: 5 Stars

Very strange! I have never heard such a haunting Turandot before. Maestro Karajan has conducted unbeatable operas of both Italian and German repertoire but usually in a grand, bombastic and dramatically thrilling fashion. This Turandot, for me, is toned-down. Not that the music of the Vienna Philharmonic is played in a hushed manner. To the contrary, it's powerful and climatic, especially striking is the Riddle Scene, the choruses and the grand Finale. Usually, the Vienna Phil sounds like two orchestras. This is not a bad Turandot, it's just a different Turandot than most operaphiles are used to hearing. What makes it so different is the off-beat casting of light-voiced singers- Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Barbara Hendricks and Ruggero Raimondi. Turandot calls for bigger voices, or at least heavy lyrico-spinto voices. Now, Placido Domingo has a particularly expressive instrument and he is indeed able to sing above the staff and in a heroic, stentorian, truly Puccini-esque manner. He has absolutely no problems with the taxing vocal demands of Prince Calaf's arias. He is a passionate singer who most satisfies my tastes for a romantic, strong Calaf determined to break the spell over Turandot and win her heart. Ruggero Raimondi is a high baritone, singing with his usual grace and flair. He is not bad, it's just that I prefer to hear darker, more paternal or Verdiesque baritones in the role of the deposed Timur the King of the Tartars. However, there really is no problem with his singing, so let's not be too critical. Barbara Hendricks is a beautiful and fragile Liu, her voice wholly suited to the character. She has a saccharine, Lieder-like quality that is not necessarily Puccini but is appropriate character-wise. Very few light lyric sopranos sing Liu, who dies of love for Calaf, a weak slave who is supposed to strike a direct contrast to the more sturdy and powerful Turandot. Among strong-voiced Lius include Edda Moser, Renata Scotto, Montserrat Caballe and Leona Mitchell. As for the diva in the role of Turandot, Katia Ricciarelli, for me she is exemplary and wonderful. Why is she reprimanded and criticized instead of applauded for her efforts ? Katia Ricciarelli was a major star in Italy and she was always a controversial singer, not only because she had a purely lyric voice and opted to sing such heavy roles as Tosca, Aida, Leonora, Desdemona and Lucrezia Borgia but because she shameleslly carried on an affair with her married tenor partner Jose Carreras. Ricciarelli has a golden voice. Each time I hear her sing, I feel I'm luxuriated in golden and warm velvety light. Her voice is light, but powerful and agile. She can sing with generous middle register, even if her high register normally wobbled and tessitura was hard for her. She sang with passion and with majestic flair. Yes, her Turandot is quite different and not as exciting to hear as that of Birgit Nilsson or Joan Sutherland but this is a supremely wonderful Turandot in its own light. I would not underestimate her if I were you. Give this recording a try.
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Puccini - Turandot / Ricciarelli · Domingo · Hendricks · Raimondi · Wiener Phil. · Karajan Poster

Is it possible to have a great Turandot recording without a great Turandot? This recording almost convinces you that's the case. Whatever one makes of this fairy tale about a Chinese princess who beheads failed suitors, the score is among Puccini's most sophisticated and forward looking, and never has that been more apparent in Herbert von Karajan's interpretation. The opera unfolds in a magical blanket of orchestral sound (sumptuously rendered by Deutsche Grammophon's engineers), full of details even the most seasoned Turandot admirers might've missed. Plácido Domingo as Calef and Barbara Hendricks as Liu are ideal casting. But Karajan's tendency to cast light voices got the best of him: lyric soprano Katia Ricciarelli isn't commanding enough on any level to be considered adequate in the title role. --David Patrick Stearns

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