Alzira [Import]

Verdi (Artist), Schwarzkopf (Artist), Glavitsch (Artist), Huebner (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 1996)
• German Translation edition
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Myto Records Italy
• ASIN: B000001MKC
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,170,669 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ov - Chor & Orch Des Reichssenders Berlin/Heinrich Steiner

2. Prologo: Muoia, Muoia Coverto D'insulti - Josef Burgwinkel/Augusto Garavello

3. Prologo: A Costoro Quel Nume Perdoni - Augusto Garavello/Josef Burgwinkel/Rupert Glavitsch

4. Prologo: Un Inca...Eccesso Orribile! - Rupert Glavitsch/Josef Burgwinkel/Augusto Garavello

5. Prologo: Risorto Fra Le Tenebre - Rupert Glavitsch/Josef Burgwinkel

6. Prologo: Dio Della Guerra - Rupert Glavitsch/Josef Burgwinkel

7. Act I: Alta Cagion Qui V'assembrava - Augusto Garavello/Manfred Huebner/Erik Schuetz

8. Act I: Eterna La Memoria - Manfred Huebner/Augusto Garavello/Erik Schuetz

9. Act I: Quanto Un Mortal Puo - Manfred Heubner/Augusto Garavello

10. Act I: Riposa. Tutte, In Suo Dolor - Ingeborg Eschbach

11. Act I: Zamoro!... - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Ingeborg Eschbach

12. Act I: Da Gusman, Su Fragil Barca - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

13. Act I: Alta Pietade Ogn'anima - Ingeborg Eschbach/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

14. Act I: Nell'astro Che Piu Fulgido - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Ingeborg Eschbach

15. Act I: Figlia!...Padre! - Erik Schuetz/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Ingeborg Eschbach

16. Act I: Anima Mia!... - Rupert Glavitsch/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

17. Act I: Risorge Ne' Tuoi Lumi - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Rupert Glavitsch

18. Act I: Qual Ardimento!...Ola?... - Augusto Garavello/Manfred Huebner/Rupert Glavitsch/Erik Schuetz/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf...

19. Act I: Teco Sperai Combattere - Augusto Garavello/Manfred Huebner/Rupert Glavitsch/Erik Schuetz/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf...

20. Act I: Nella Polve, Genuflesso - Augusto Garavello/Manfred Huebner/Rupert Glavitsch/Erik Schuetz/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf...

See all 34 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars For committed Schwarzkopfites only, April 24, 2000

By 

Stuart Bloom - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alzira (Audio CD)

This is a live Berlin concerrt performance from 1938, so one obviously cannot expect sound up to current standards. But this release is substandard even for that period. There are places where the surface noise is as loud as the content.

Worse, it's not even a complete performance of this already short opera. A note in the booklet explains that "Due to the vicissitudes of war, three acetates have been lost. The end of the prologue, the final scene, and the beginning of Act I are thus incomplete."

That said, the 23-year old Schwarzkopf sings delightfully, when you can hear her clearly, in spite of the fact that she was a last-minute substitute and was sight-reading the part. The rest of the cast ranges from fair to bad. (The booklet admits that for this performance "the cast list does not include a single 'star' from one of the three Berlin Opera houses active at the time.")

If you absolutely must have everything Schwarzkopf ever recorded (mea culpa), then maybe this is for you -- otherwise, it's going to be a disappointment.

(Did I mention that there's no libretto?)