BaL 7.07.12 - Puccini's Turandot

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

9.30am Building a Library: Roger Parker discusses his personal recommendation from recordings of Puccini's opera Turandot

Available Recordings:


Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Roberto Abbado
Orchestra and Chorus of RAI, Napoleone Annovazzi
Venice/Franco Capuana
Orchestra, Chorus & Corps de ballet of the Arena di Verona, Giuliano Carella (DVD/Blu Ray)
Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera, Riccardo Chailly
The Australian Opera Chorus & State Orchestra of Victoria, Carlo Felice Cillario (DVD)
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Alberto Erede
Naples, Oliviero de Fabritiis
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Tölzer Knabenchor Wiener Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev (conductor) (DVD)
Venice/Franco Capuana
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI, Franco Ghione
Rome Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
Vienna Philharmonic Ochestra, Herbert von Karajan
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra, James Levine
Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Sängerknaben, Lorin Maazel (conductor) (DVD)
Chor und Orchester des Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta (DVD)
John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta (DVD)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet, Andris Nelsons (DVD/Blu Ray)
Orcestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale dell´Opera di Genova, Daniel Oren
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, New London Children's Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry
Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Francesco, Molinari Pradelli
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
RAI Orchestra, Fernando Previtali
Chorus and Orchestra of the Colon Theatre, Fernando Previtali
Orchestra e Coro di Milano della RAI, Fernando Previtali
Orchestra and Chorus of Radiotelevisione Italiana, Milan, Fernando Previtali (DVD)
Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Choral Society of Bilbao, Escolanía Santa Maria de la Victoria, Alexamder Rahbari
Chorus & Orchestra of the San Francicso Opera House, Donald Runnicles (DVD)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Tullio Serafin
Christel Goltz, Teresa Stich-Randall & Hans Hopf, Georg Solti
Sinfonieorchester und Chor des Westdeutschen Rundfunks Köln, Sir Georg Solti
[BOrchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Leopold Stokowski



[And for those who really need to get a life :
Nessun Dorma x 24:- Artists include Barioni, Bergonzi, Bjoerling, Cecchele, Corelli, Cortis, Del Monaco, Filippeschi, Giacomini, Gigli, Granda, Kiepura, Labò, Lauri Volpi, Lazaro, Lindi, Martinelli, Merli, Pertile, Rosvaenge, Salvarezza, Thill, Valente, Ziliani]

[amateur51]

Great list again EA

Re Nessun dorma - you've missed out Richard Tauber (auf Deutsch which was a bit of a shock); and wasn't there talk of a Val Doonican unissued track?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Great list again EA

Many thanks. But it may yet be scrapped if it turns out that BaL is to be Elgar's Cello Concerto after all.

[Flosshilde]

Of course, the big question is which recording has which ending - Alfano 1 or 2, or Berrio & which ending will the reviewer dismiss at the start.

[Brassbandmaestro]

One of my favourite Puccini operas. I kinow i have Domingo i one of them but there are two others, of which I cannot remember off hand!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I have Pavarotti/Mehta and Domingo/Karajan. The former is a classic, but the Karajan is let down by some dire DGG recording and some quite messy ensemble from the world's greatest - very hard to believe.

[Black Swan]

I to have the Pavarotti/Mehta which I agree is a classic.

John

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Well, according to Andrew McGregor, it is indeed Turandot that is BaL on 7th July, and not the Elgar. I look forward to it.

I've deleted the Elgar thread to avoid confusion.

[Brassbandmaestro]

Well, according to Andrew McGregor, it is indeed Turandot that is BaL on 7th July, and not the Elgar. I look forward to it.

I've deleted the Elgar thread to avoid confusion.

What a pity!!

[Barbirollians]

I have the Callas/Serafin and the Mehta - which complement each other being very different . So they are enough for me .