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    Verdi: La Forza del Destino
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    Verdi: La Forza del Destino

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    Marvelous Singing!This CD is really great! It is highlights of the beautiful opera "La Forza Del Destino". I highly recommend this CD and the whole opera recordings of "La Forza Del Destino with Miss Renata Tebaldi and Mr. Del Monaco and of Miss Renata Tebaldi and Mr. Franco Corelli which are AMAZING! This is such beautiful music and I am grateful to have these recordings!5Probably the best studio recording...although the earlier of Leontyne Price's two recordings runs it close.This is one of the three or four most satisfying recordings of this great, sprawling opera - and two of the others also feature Tebaldi. To hear her at her very best, you need to go to the legendary 1953 live set, thrillingly conducted by Mitropoulos - Del Monaco also is stunning here - but the sound is pretty rough and Aldo Protti merely adequate compared with the burnished, nut-brown tones of Bastianini. This 1955 Decca studio recording, in excellent stereo sound, is very good - I cannot believe how snooty some critics (especially my compatriot British ones who rave about weedy, effete voices like those of Pears, Bostridge and their like) are about Del Monaco in this, probably his best role after Otello; to me he is tremendous, but it has to be said that for sheer glamour, Corelli tops him in the 1958 Hardy recording with the same conductor (also available on black & white DVD) which is in good, live sound but obviously not as pleasant a listening experience as this. The cast assembled is without peer even if Molinari-Pradelli's conducting is nothing special and Tebaldi is certainly in fresher voice than in 1958. We are spoilt for choice with recordings of this opera, as, in addition to the earlier Price set, there is also the Callas version with a good, if not quite so spectacular, cast let down by Rossi-Lemeni's woolly Padre Guardiano and a baritone past his best. After over 50 years, this remains the best bet, in many ways.5Could have been the best ever... But still Great.Renata Tebaldi is magnificent here. One of the most beautiful expressive voices I've ever heard in any opera. The rest of the cast including conductor and orchestra are also wonderful,especially Fernando Corena as Fra Melitone and Giulietta Simionato's Preziosilla. They are a hoot. The only problem for me is Del Monaco's lack of subtlety. His Alvaro is one dimensional full throttle loud gotta catch a train volume for the first 3 acts and doesn't acquire any nuance or subtlety until Act 4. He's outstanding there. Since he is a main character, this can be occasionally grating. But by no means should this be a deal breaker.This would be the unconditional top of the heap Destino if you could transpose Carlo Bergonzi from Gardelli's set.Where he is the best Alvaro I've heard.. Golden tenor and expressive many faceted vocal actor in his prime..Ah, but it is what it is.. IMHO..Still, would be difficult to top this overall performance and the SUPERB 96/24bit remastering of this 1955 stereo recording.Libretto included.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.5A LITTLE DISAPPOINTEDBased on all the glowing reviews, I expected to be blown away by this recording. Instead, I was a little disappointed. For one thing, the acoustics are rather dry. This hardly affects any of the singers except one, Renata Tebaldi--her high notes sung in forte often have an edge to them that can be a bit harsh. The unfortunate dryness of this recording magnifies this. She also did some lovely mezza voce singing on this recording, and that was unaffected, of course. But that reminds me of another problem. She was under-miked for the "Pace, pace, mio Dio" aria. I realize that she started at a pianissimo, but she sounded like she was singing in another room! I have a feeling that the engineers recorded her at such a low volume because her voice was very big on the high notes, but they overdid it here. I actually thought that there must be something wrong with my stereo equipment, but then I realized that I had no problem hearing Giulietta Simionato, who does an excellent job as Preziosilla. Cesare Siepi sang the role of Padre Guardiano to perfection. Ettore Bastianini has a great voice, and he delivered one of the best Carlos I have ever heard. I cannot be so generous with Del Monaco, who is only OK. He has a good instrument, but his singing can be wooden. He sang the ordinarily poignant words of "Pieta! Pieta!" with as much expression as if he had sung "Tablecloth! Tablecloth!" Since Leontyne Price's velvety voice was in its prime in her 1964 RCA studio recording of this opera, and I prefer Tucker's rendition of Alvaro to Del Monaco's, I think that recording is preferable to this one.3Beautiful Music!The music on these 3 CDs is just incredible! I really enjoy listening to Miss Renata Tebaldi and Mr. Del Monaco sing together. It is mind-boggling the talent of these two great singers. I highly recommend this set!5One of the best versions around, despite its shortcomingsThis set (dating from 1955) has managed to achieve something close to classic status and is probably one of the best recordings around of a work which contains many fine numbers and parts, but the overall cogency of which is a little questionable. Among its virtues is of course the brilliant performance by Tebaldi, probably the best Leonora around. On the other hand, Simionato's Preziosilla is not her best performance, being somewhat unsteady and ungainly (though it isn't bad). Something of the same polarity can be found among the male characters - Bastianini is excellent as Carlo, whereas del Monaco's Alvaro is brash and unsubtle, mostly loud. The orchestral playing is lively, however, and Molinari-Pradelli has an admirable grasp of the score, and the sound quality is very fine for its age as well, spacious and clear. Among the main competitors are the fine, but slightly cut Serafin set and the Schippers (which I haven't heard), and for a fine modern recording, I'd go for the very good Sinopoli one - which in the end must be said to be the first choice among the ones I am familiar with.4Remastered Masterpiece of the 1950sDecca needs to remaster most of Tebaldi's full length opera recordings. The advanced recording techniques they used in the 50s no longer stands up well. Here we have a dream cast of singers schooled in the Italian tradition.But back to Tebaldi. A few weeks ago, I listened to the Callas recording and afterwards Tebaldi's. With all of the dramatic insight Callas was famous for, one is reminded that Tebaldi with her huge warm voice and graceful handling of Verdi's demands, was also a singer with dramatic insight. This is not exactly apples and oranges as Tebaldi outdistances all of the competition.If I were to have only one Forza recording in my collection, my choice would be this one. As Callas's and even Price's set gathers dust on my bookshelves.5Why highlights only?This is probably the best version of Verdi's Masterpiece so the complete set is strongly recommended! However, even highlights are enough to make one realise why this is a legendary recording. Just have a look at the cast: R.Tebaldi, M. del Monaco, E. Bastianini, G.Simionato, C.Siepi, F. Corena! This is a 1955 in glorious sound quality stereo recording. All main principals are in fabulous vocal shape. Listen to Tebaldi in one of her best recordings singing Pace, Pace mio Dio. She fills the room like no other with her extremely powerful, amazingly beautiful godsend instrument. Her duet with one of the greatest basses of all times C. Siepi in the first act is a miracle! Del Monaco heroic, powerful, simply p e r f e c t! Simionato once again proofs why she is regarded by many the best verdian mezzo. Let me not forget the grand Bastianini nor the young, sublime Corena. The powerful conducting of F. Molinari - Prandelli completes the success. I've been trying to find a drawback for this Forza and the only one is, that it's just highlights here!5the best around for quite a while nowThis historical 1955 recording was the first to gather an all stars cast covering all the 6 main roles. Never before and never after at this level for sure.All singers are caught here at their absolute best, and their best was something we do not hear these days. Molinari Pradelli, who was one of the leading conductors of the era, today sounds a bit outdated, nevertheless it holds the ship with authority like many of his peers of the period (Gavazzeni, Erede, Capuana,a/o).The singers are absolutely the best for the role, Del Monaco sings with fierce voice when required, but can be tender lover for his Leonora, and his dynamics are fine. He shows it in his main aria (after the recitativo "la vita inferno all'infelice" at the start of the aria " O tu che in seno agli angeli")and in various other occasions ("ne gustare m' dato un'ora di quiete", after the battle and in other moments)where he holds the voice showing that he could do it when required. I would have preferred a less excited entrance though, when he goes, at the start, to pick up Leonor to run away, but it is a minor flaw. Those who talk about loud singing simply go for stereotypes without having listened properly to the recording. It is a pleasure to listen to his duets with the great Bastianini. Renata Tebaldi, is Leonora, no one else can come close. Her "La Vergine degli Angeli" is said to have caused some conversions to catholicism. Be it as it may, surely we are looking at something never repeated after. Her partnership with del Monaco here is probably at its best. Bastianini had probably the most beautiful baritone voice ever recorded, even if at times this was privileged over technical accuracy. Despite this, his Don Carlo keeps at far distance any other and his duets with Mario are simply electrifying. Siepi was the best bass voice those days and his "morbidezza" was legendary. No score could cause him any trouble, and Forza does not take him to task, he flies high with class and elegance, greatly missed after his retirement. Corena, basso buffo, is at ease in the clownish Fra' Melitone role even if some top notes present clearly some problems. Simionato was a luxury for Preziosilla role and she delivers it with ease, but it was not her role and the impression is more of a marketing necessity rather than anything else.All the other minor roles are covered with dignity by those involved. This recording, to me, is one of the few that can be considered "perfect" in the sense that all gave their absolute best and they were also at their best at that particular time. Rare occurrence.5The great era of Italian opera.This recording is a virtual mircale - in 1955, when singers like Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini and Cesare Siepi, as well as Giulietta Simoniato and Fernando Corena - are ALL in their absolute prime!Simoniato and Siepi passed away earlier this year. It is very difficult to get accoustically good recordings of them, and this Decca 1955 stereo re-mastered complete studio recording is nothing short of a miracle.I am Asian, and have not been born early enough to witness the grand Italian operatic era. In this recording, I eventually realise why Italian opera was so acclaimed and loved.La Forza del Destino is one of Verdi's most tragic pieces and mature work. Verdi has by then threw away virtually all of his predecessors (like Donizetti)'s influences, and cultivated an unique style of his own. The theme in the Prelude, like a sweeping force of fate, carries through to the very last great aria of the heroine Leonora di Vargas, portrayed here by Renata Tebaldi in a 'listen to believe' grand performance.As a combating duo, Bastianini and del Monaco are peerless here. The heroic tenor Mario del Monaco sounds fresh and virile in this 1955 recording, and in a grand rebuttal of the nonsensical remark of his being unable to sing soft, he rendered a solo aria in the second Act so lyrical and sweet as to rebut the most die-hard of his critics. The Verdian baritone Ettore Bastianini is similarly dramatically alert.Renata Tebaldi as Leonora simply blows away any competitor, especially in the last Act's great aria before Leonora's being stabbed by Don Carlos di Vargas.As the two Franciscan monks, Cesare Siepi and Fernando Corena are both superb. Corena's buffo bass baritone contrasted with Siepi's basso cantante lent much artistic weight to an overall sweepingly grand performance. Padre Guardiano is, together with Filipo II of Don Carlo, one of Siepi's core Verdi repertoire, and he sang his role well into the 1970's.Conductor Molinari-Pradelli is able to conjure the necessary drama and pathos of Verdi's masterpiece.In a grand remembrance of Simoniato and Siepi, together with all other lead roles.5
    Verdi: La Forza del Destino

    Verdi: La Forza del Destino

    4.7
    You can't add more than 500 quantity.
    €152,00
    €152,00
    €250,00
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    Save 39% (€98,00)