Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Act 1. Ah! Finalmente!
2. Act 1. Che fai?
3. Act 1. Dammi i colori!
4. Act 1. Recondita armonia
5. Act 1. Eccellenza, vado
6. Act 1. Mario! Mario! Son qui!
7. Act 1. Or lasciami al lavoro
8. Act 1. Qual occhio al mondo
9. Act 1. Mia gelosa
10. Act 1. É buona la mia Tosca
11. Act 1. Scarpia... la vita mi costasse
12. Act 1. Sommo giubilo, Eccellenza
13. Act 1. Un tal baccano in chiesa
14. Act 1. Mario! Mario!
15. Act 1. Dio mi perdona
16. Act 1. Tre sbirri, un carrozza
17. Act 2. Tosca è un buon falco
18. Act 2. Tal violenza!
19. Act 2. Dunque per compiacervi
20. Act 2. Orsù, Tosca, parlate
21. Act 2. Vi sfido!
22. Act 2. Floria
23. Act 2. Vittoria! Vittoria!
24. Act 2. Già mi dicon venal
25. Act 2. Come tu m'odi

Disc 2:

1. Act 2. Vissi d'arte
2. Act 2. Vedi, le man giunte
3. Act 2. Tosca, finalmente mia!
4. Act 2. E avanti a lui tremava
5. Act 3. Io de'sospiri
6. Act 3. Mario Cavaradossi? A voi
7. Act 3. No. Ma un'ultima grazia
8. Act 3. E lucevan le stelle
9. Act 3. O dolci baci
10. Act 3. Le belle forme disciogliea
11. Act 3. Scarpia che cede?
12. Act 3. O dolci mani
13. Act 3. Senti, l'ora è vicina
14. Act 3. Amaro sol per te
15. Act 3. E non giungono
16. Act 3. Parlami ancor
17. Act 3. Trionfal
18. Act 3. L'ora
19. Act 3. Come è lunga l'attesa
20. Act 3. Bis [encore]! Franco!!
21. E lucevan le stelle (same performance, different source tape)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #364617 in Music
• Released on: 2000-12-19
• Number of discs: 2

Album Description
(Parma, Jan. 21, 1967, live). Corelli, Gordoni, D'Orazi, Carbonari, Maionica; Morelli; Chor. and Orch. of the Teatro Regio di Parma.

This "E lucevan le stelle" is the most sensual of all live tenor recordings of the 20th century.--Stefan Zucker

Alan Blyth, Gramophone
"Corelli is once more in prime form in the Parma Tosca ... indeed a superior version ... well worth having."

John T. Hughes, writing in Classic Record Collector:
`E lucevan le stelle' is spun on an elongated, elegant line. Narcissistic? Possibly. Self-indulgent? Certainly. Impressive? Oh, definitely.

Customer Reviews

A shameful but delicious pleasure
An extreme example of throwing away the score, indulgent tempi and holding onto to notes for what Callas called "easy applause" But Franco how the Parma audience loves you! I have to admit I do to and I forgive you everything.

Perhaps this is not a landmark performance of Tosca but it must be the most exciting and thrilling reading of Cavaradossi ever. Corelli's star is absolutely ascendant. Other reviewers might go into more detail about the pros and cons of the whole performance and the other leads but I was just so exhilarated by Corelli that I must give it 5 stars.

I actually bought my copy as a download directly from the Bel Canto Society website. Buy it here, buy it there but buy it somewhere.