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Puccini: Tosca
2CD
2 Sep 2016
Barcode: 0190295934200
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Other participants: Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Renato Bruson, James Levine, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra
Renata Scotto became James Levine’s soprano of choice for Italian repertoire at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. She embodies Tosca, the passionate Roman diva, with compelling immediacy and beguiling finesse, while Plácido Domingo gives glorious voice to the idealism and ardour of her lover, Cavaradossi. If there is an aristocratic elegance to Renato Bruson’s Scarpia, it only serves to highlight the Chief of Police’s heartless, calculating villainy.
Audio sample & Tracklisting
Disc 1 | |
01 | Puccini: Tosca, Act 1: "Ah! Finalmente!" (Angelotti, Sacristan, Cavaradossi) - Placido Domingo/John Cheek/Renato Capecchi/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
02 | Tosca - Opera in three acts (1997 Digital Remaster), Act I: Dammi i colori...Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi, Sacristan) - Placido Domingo/Renato Capecchi/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
03 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act I: Gente là dentro! (Cavaradossi, Angelotti, Tosca) - Renata Scotto/Placido Domingo/John Cheek/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
04 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act I: Mario! Mario! Mario! (Tosca, Cavaradossi) - Renata Scotto/Placido Domingo/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
05 | Tosca - Opera in three acts (1997 Digital Remaster), Act I: Ah, quegli occhi...Quale occhio al mondo (Tosca, Cavaradossi) - Renata Scotto/Placido Domingo/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
06 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act I: E buona la mia Tosca (Cavaradossi, Angelotti, Sacristan, Choirboys) - Placido Domingo/John Cheek/Renato Capecchi/St Clement Danes School Boys' Choir/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
07 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act I: Un tal baccano in chiesa! (Scarpia, Sacristan, Spoletta) - Renato Bruson/Andrea Velis/Renato Capecchi/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
08 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act I: Or tutto è chiaro...Tosca? Che non mi veda...Mario! Mario! (Scarpia, Tosca, Sacristan) - Renata Scotto/Renato Bruson/Renato Capecchi/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
09 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act I: Ed io venivo a lui tutta dogliosa (Tosca, Scarpia) - Renata Scotto/Renato Bruson/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
10 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act I: Tre sbirri, una carrozza (Scarpia, Spoletta, Congregation, Attendants) - Renato Bruson/Andrea Velis/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
Disc 2 | |
01 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Tosca è un buon falco! (Scarpia, Sciarrone) - Renato Bruson/Paul Hudson/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
02 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Ha più forte (Scarpia, Sciarrone, Spoletta) - Renato Bruson/Andrea Velis/Paul Hudson/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
03 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Meno male! (Scarpia, Spoletta, Cavaradossi) - Placido Domingo/Renato Bruson/Andrea Velis/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
04 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Dov'è dunque Angelotti? (Scarpia, Cavaradossi, Spoletta, Tosca) - Renata Scotto/Placido Domingo/Renato Bruson/Andrea Velis/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
05 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Ed or fra noi parliam...Sciarrone, che dice il Cavalier? (Scarpia, Tosca, Sciarrone, Cavaradossi) - Renata Scotto/Placido Domingo/Renato Bruson/Paul Hudson/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
06 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Orsù, Tosca, parlate (Scarpia, Tosca, Cavaradossi) - Renata Scotto/Placido Domingo/Renato Bruson/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
07 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Floria!....Amore!...Sei tu? (Cavaradossi, Tosca, Scarpia, Sciarrone) - Renata Scotto/Placido Domingo/Renato Bruson/Paul Hudson/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
08 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Vittoria! Vittoria! (Cavaradossi, Tosca, Scarpia) - Renata Scotto/Placido Domingo/Renato Bruson/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
09 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Se la guirata fede debbo tradir (Scarpia, Tosca) - Renata Scotto/Renato Bruson/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
10 | Puccini: Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi d'arte" (Tosca) - James Levine |
11 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Vedi, le man giunte io stendo a te! (Tosca, Scarpia, Spoletta) - Renata Scotto/Renato Bruson/Andrea Velis/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
12 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act II: E qual via scegliete? (Scarpia, Tosca) - Renata Scotto/Renato Bruson/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
13 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act III: Io de' sospiri (Shepherd Boy) - Dominick Martinez/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
14 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act III: Mario Cavaradossi? A voi (Gaoler, Cavaradossi) - Placido Domingo/Itzhak Perlman/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
15 | Tosca - Opera in three acts (1997 Digital Remaster), Act III: E lucevan le stelle (Cavaradossi) - Placido Domingo/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
16 | Tosca - Opera in three acts (1997 Digital Remaster), Act III: Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca (Cavaradossi, Tosca) - Renata Scotto/Placido Domingo/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
17 | Tosca - Opera in three acts (1997 Digital Remaster), Act III: O dolci mani mansuete e pure (Cavaradossi, Tosca) - Renata Scotto/Placido Domingo/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
18 | Tosca - Opera in three acts (1997 Digital Remaster), Act III: E non giungono (Tosca, Cavaradossi, Gaoler) - Renata Scotto/Placido Domingo/Itzhak Perlman/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
19 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act III: Com'è lunga l'attesa! (Tosca) - Renata Scotto/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |
20 | Tosca (1997 - Remaster), Act III: Presto, su! Mario! Mario! (Tosca, Sciarrone, Spoletta, Soldiers) - Renata Scotto/Andrea Velis/Paul Hudson/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine |