Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Part 1. Scene 1. No. 1. Introduzione. All'erta! All'erta!
2. Part 1. Scene 1. No. 1. Introduzione. Di due Figli vivea padre beato ... zingara - Sull' orlo dei t
3. Part 1. Scene 2. No. 2. Scena e Cavatina. Che pi� t'arresti?
4. Part 1. Scene 2. No. 2. Scena e Cavatina. Tacea la notte placida ... Di tale amor
5. Part 1. Scene 2. No. 3. Scena Romanza e Terzetto. Tace la notte!
6. Part 1. Scene 2. No. 3. Scena Romanza e Terzetto. Deserto sulla terra
7. Part 1. Scene 2. No. 3. Scena Romanza e Terzetto. Non m'inganno... Ella scende! ... Di geloso amor
8. Part 2. Scene 1. No. 4. Coro di Zingari e Canzone. Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie
9. Part 2. Scene 1. No. 4. Coro di Zingari e Canzone. Stride la vampa!
10. Part 2. Scene 1. No. 4. Coro di Zingari e Canzone. Mesta � la tua canzon!
11. Part 2. Scene 1. No. 5. Scena e Racconto. Soli or siam!
12. Part 2. Scene 1. No. 5. Scena e Racconto. Condotta ell'era in ceppi
13. Part 2. Scene 1. No. 6. Scena e Duetto. Non son tuo figlio?
14. Part 2. Scene 1. No. 6. Scena e Duetto. Mal reggendo all'aspro assalto
15. Part 2. Scene 2. No. 7. Scena ed Aria. Tutto � deserto
16. Part 2. Scene 2. No. 7. Scena ed Aria. Il balen del suo sorriso ... Per me, ora fatale
17. Part 2. Scene 2. No. 8. Finale secondo. Ah! se l'error t'ingombra
18. Part 2. Scene 2. No. 8. Finale secondo. Perch� piangete?
19. Part 2. Scene 2. No. 8. Finale secondo. E deggio... e posso crederlo?

Disc 2:

1. Part 3. Scene 1. No. 9. Coro d'introduzione. Or co' dadi ... Squilli, echeggi la tromba guerriera
2. Part 3. Scene 1. No. 10. Scena e Terzetto. In braccio al mio rival!
3. Part 3. Scene 1. No. 10. Scena e Terzetto. Giorni poveri vivea
4. Part 3. Scene 2. No. 11. Scena ed Aria. Quale d'armi fragor poc'anzi intesti?
5. Part 3. Scene 2. No. 11. Scena ed Aria. Ah! s�, ben mio
6. Part 3. Scene 2. No. 11. Scena ed Aria. L'onda de' suoni mistici
7. Part 3. Scene 2. No. 11. Scena ed Aria. Manrico? - Che? - La zingara
8. Part 3. Scene 2. No. 11. Scena ed Aria. Di quella pira
9. Part 4. Scene 1. No. 12. Scena, Aria e Miserere. Siam giunti
10. Part 4. Scene 1. No. 12. Scena, Aria e Miserere. Miserere - Ah! che la morte ognora
11. Part 4. Scene 1. No. 12. Scena, Aria e Miserere. Tu vedrai che amore in terra
12. Part 4. Scene 1. No. 13. Scena e Duetto. Udiste? Come albeggi
13. Part 4. Scene 1. No. 13. Scena e Duetto. Qual voce! - Mira, di acerbe lagrime ... Vivr�! Contende i
14. Part 4. Scene 2. No. 14. Finale ultimo. Madre, non dormi? - Ai nostri monti
15. Part 4. Scene 2. No. 14. Finale ultimo. Che!... Non m'inganna quel fioco lume? ... Ha quest'infame
16. Part 4. Scene 2. No. 14. Finale ultimo. Ti scosta! - Non respingermi

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #86913 in Music
• Released on: 2006-02-01
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Import

Album Description
With its distinguished cast, this Trovatore, one of Carlo Maria Giulini's (1914-2005) most successful opera recordings, makes a fine memento of a great conductor of the 20th century.

Customer Reviews

If only all things from the 80's were this classy.....
Please ignore Grumpy old Santa Fe Listener, does he not realise that Plowright has continued her career as a mezzo and her Aida on Chandos was well received. Her voice was exceptionally beautiful, with an ethereal, floating quality in the middle register that had people comparing her to Callas. Her upper register, while strong, was never totally comfortable (and as it turns out, was unnatural) but you would have to be a very picky vocal connoisseur to throw such a gorgeous baby out because there were a few things wrong with the bathwater. She is an excellent interpreter and musically very sensitive.

The other three principals are outstanding. Domingo too can sound a little strained on some high notes but he is so compelling, partly becuase of his usual musicianship and dramatic instinct, but also because of the respect he shows the part, not treating it as a power tenor display.

Fassbaender is quite unhinged as Azucena and the results are thrilling. She negates any of the arguments against the absurd plot because she sounds like she would very readily throw her baby into the flames. It is an outstanding interpretation of the role and features much glorious singing.

This is one of Zancanaro's greatest recordings. He is dark and brooding and with his thrilling high register given so many opportunities to shine, he is truly in his element. His ability to sound evil and menacing helps create such dramatic tension against Plowright's purity, Fassbaender's nuttyness and Domingo's nobility.

The interpretaion by Giulini is spacious and profound. Many of the tempi are measured (if not slow) and the result is not a slowing of the drama but added intensity.

It is a very reverberant acoustic which works quite well, and the sound quality is generally excellent. Very highly recommended.

A masterful Trovatore, but the soprano is a disaster
Somewhere inEngland Rosalind Ploweright must be sitting in obscurity, unknown to the wider world and forgotten by opera fans except for the fact that she ruined this recording of Il Trovatore and Sinopoli's of La Forza del Destino. It was a gamble to use her in the first place, but she did have a big dramatic Verdi voice, and its peculiar unpleasantness of tone was no worse than Callas.

But Callas was a genius, which is why one accepted, or endured, her squawks and curdled tones, her stabs at high notes and leathery chest tones, whereas these drawbacks are merely grating in Plowright.

Everything else, especially Giulini's sober but profound conducting and Domingo's passionate portrayal of Manrico, is first class. But a Trovatore without a soprano is a pretty sad affair.