Rossini: L'Assedio di Corinto
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Composer: Gioachino RossiniConductor: Thomas Schippers
Performer: Marilyn Horne
Performer: Beverly Sills
Performer: Franco Bonisolli
Performer: Giovanni Foiani
Performer: Justino Diaz
Performer: Piero de Palma
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-02-27
Music Label: Opera D'oro
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Sinf - Thomas Schippers
- Act One: Signor, Un Sol Tuo Cenno - Chor
- Act One: Del Vincitor Superbo... Guerrieri, A Noi S'affida - Franco Bonisolli/Marilyn Horne/Paolo Washingon/Chor
- Act One: Tua Figlia M'e Promessa.. Destin Terribile - Marilyn Horne/Franco Bonisolli/Beverly Sills/Chor
- Act One: Di Morte Il Suon Mando... La Data Fe - Chor/Beverly Sills/Franco Bonisolli/Marilyn Horne
- Act One: Dal Ferro Del Forte - Chor
- Act One: Duce Di Tanti Di Tanti Eroi - Justino Diaz
- Act One: Trionfammo, Signor - Gianni Foiani/Justino Diaz/Franco Bonisolli/Beverly Sills/Chor
- Act One: Pamira Mi Sei Resa - Justino Diaz/Beverly Sills/Franco Bonisolli/Milna Paoli/Gianni Foiani/Chor
- Act Two: Cielo! Che Diverro? - Beverly Sills
- Act Two: Sgombra Il Timor... Che Vedo? Ohime? - Justino Diaz/Beverly Sills
- Act Two: Vinci, Pamira... Imen Le Dona - Justino Diaz/Milna Paoli/Chor
- Act Two: Divin Profeta - Chor
- Act Two: Pamira... Questa Altar - Justino Diaz/Beverly Sills/Marilyn Horne
- Act Two: Sian Tolti A Lui Quel Ferri - Justino Diaz/Marilyn Horne/Beverly Sills/Gianni Foiani/Milna Paoli/Chor
- Act Three: Avanziam... Questo E Il Luogo - Marilyn Horne/Piero Di Palma
- Act Three: Signor, Che Tutto Puoi - Beverly Sills/Marilyn Horne
- Act Three: Signor, Ben Credo... Sei Tu, Che Stendi, O Dio - Marilyn Horne
- Act Three: O Mio Cleomene! - Marilyn Horne/Franco Bonisolli/Beverly Sills
- Act Three: Celeste Providenza - Marilyn Horne/Beverly Sills/Franco Bonisolli
- Act Three: Tutto Percorsi Il Marzial Recinto - Paolo Washington/Franco Bonisolli/Beverly Sills/Milna Paoli/Marilyn Horne/Chor
- Act Three: Nube Di Sangue Intrisa - Paolo Washington
- Act Three: Questo Nome, Che Suona Vittoria - Paolo Washington/Thomas Schippers
- Act Three: L'ora Fatal S'appressa... Giusto Ciel! In Tal Periglio - Beverly Sills/Milna Paoli/Women's Chor
- Act Three: Ma Qual Mal Suona Funebre Accento? - Beverly Sills/Milna Paoli/Justino Diaz/Chor
Free Music Notes for Rossini: L'Assedio di Corinto
Free Music Review: Astonishing performance -- rotten sound
Hit: 4 Stars
That was quite a night at La Scala on April 14, 1969! Thomas Schippers, a superior conductor, was presenting his conflated version of Rossini's L'assedio di Corinth, with two really stunning singers. While this version is a bit of a pastiche of the various versions of this opera and its predecessors, this was not uncommon of Rossini, who by this time was borrowing extensively from himself (and here also from others) and there is really no definite version of this opera. (E.g. for the authorized version for the opening of the new opera house in Genoa, Donizetti added a cabaletta he thought would improve things.) The version here may be unique, but it is certainly very satisfying. There is no hint of what version was recorded in the very bare-bones leaflet accompanying the cd -- which not surprisingly contains no libretto and very little information.
The most stunning aspect of this recording is the vocal pyrotechnics of Beverly Sills, who really takes your breath away with her high speed singing of hugely decorated music. Unfortunately, the very bad recording quality is particularly unkind to Sills. She did not have a very beautiful voice at the best of times, and here it often sounds downright ugly. How much of this is Sills and how much of this is the really atrocious recording (is an open question. Vocal tone suffers as technical bravado increases so it may not be just the recording, but Sills herself, that produces a less than fully satisfying sound. Marilyn Horne also turns in a marvellous performance and the sound is a little kinder to her -- but she sings at in a range that is easier to record, and she also had a much more beautiful voice than Sills. Each of these singers is amazing and makes the set worth hearing. The rest of the cast, though not up to these two, are very strong, and Shippers, conducting with an excellent orchestra and chorus, is first rate. But the sound really is bad. It seriously detracted from my enjoyment, and I am pretty tolerant of bad recordings.
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