Early Recording Sessions, 1938-1940

Magda Olivero (Artist), Tagliavini (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 27, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grammofono 2000
• ASIN: B000003UIW
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,167,528 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Turandot, opera: Signore ascolta

2. Turandot, opera: Chi pose tanta forza

3. Turandot, opera: Tu che di gel sei cinta

4. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Poveri fiori

5. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Io son l'umile ancella

6. Mefistofele, opera in prologue, 4 acts & epilogue: L'altra notte in fondo al mare

7. La Traviata, opera: E' strano...e strano...Follie!

8. Manon Lescaut, opera: In quelle trine morbide

9. Tosca, opera: Vissi d'arte

10. La bohème, opera: Si mi chaimano Mimi

11. La bohème, opera: Donde lieta usci

12. Louise, opera: Da quel di

13. Suor Angelica, opera: Senza mamma

14. L'amico Fritz, opera (commedia lyrica) in 3 acts: Suzel buon di

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Young Magda Olivero at the highest level, October 10, 2000

By 

Gustavo Demarco (Buenos Aires) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Early Recording Sessions, 1938-1940 (Audio CD)

This CD is a real pleausre. Magda Olivero was one of the greatest sopranos of the XX century, and she enjoyed a long carreer, but it was split in two halves: she retired in the 40s, when she was very young, and then she came back to stages in the 50s, after an interruption of more than a decade. Her return was glorious, and some recordings reveal her as an extraordinary Adriana Lecouvreur (the ideal in the composer's opinion), and as a great Tosca, Gioconda, Manon Lescaut or Fedora. However, the quality of her early recordings was never surpassed. The CD we are now commenting contains excerpts of her extraordinary Liu, which is considered to be one of the best interpretation of this role in the history of records. The CD also includes a selection of arias from Adriana Lecouvreur, Mefistofele and other italian and French operas. In all cases her voice sounds fresh, young and great. This CD is a valuable historical document of one of the greatest voices of the century, but it is also a really enjoyable experience.