Grandi Voci: Renata Tebaldi

Cornell MacNeil (Performer), Arrigo Boito (Composer), Alfredo Catalani (Composer), Francesco Cilea (Composer), Umberto Giordano (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Alberto Erede (Conductor), Fausto Cleva (Conductor), Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Conductor), Franco Capuana (Conductor), Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Conductor), Herbert von Karajan (Conductor), Lamberto Gardelli (Conductor), Tullio Serafin (Conductor), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra (Orchestra), Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra), Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra (Orchestra), Santa Cecilia National Academy Orchestra Rome (Orchestra), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Cornell MacNeil
• Orchestra: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra, Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Santa Cecilia National Academy Orchestra Rome, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Alberto Erede, Fausto Cleva, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Franco Capuana, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, et al.
• Composer: Arrigo Boito, Alfredo Catalani, Francesco Cilea, Umberto Giordano, Giacomo Puccini, et al.
• Audio CD (November 9, 1993)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00000422F
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,965 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What a voice!, January 2, 2005

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Charlus (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grandi Voci: Renata Tebaldi (Audio CD)

I heard Tebaldi many times at the Metropolitan, and no recording can truly give a full idea of the radiance of her voice at its best. It was an opulent, luscious sound, with a depth all its own. Her stage persona was charming and sympathetic, but ever-so-slightly aloof: she was a true diva in the original, untainted meaning of that Italian word: a "goddess" inhabiting her own special realm.

This selection is drawn, with few exceptions, from her glory days in the 1950s, and includes some-but by no means all-of her finest moments on disc. While no recording can quite recreate her special aura, it CAN reproduce her way with a phrase, the exquisite light-and-shade of her personal style. In this she was a fine musical interpreter, and a real Italian: no heavy-breathing psychotics from Renata! Her heart, like the timbre of her voice, was full of Italy's sun.

In the glorious tradition of Claudia Muzio, Tina Poli-Randaccio, Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Maria Caniglia and Mafalda Favero.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 20th century's greatest Italian soprano, August 10, 2004

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ahur111 "ahur111" (houston, tx USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grandi Voci: Renata Tebaldi (Audio CD)

Living in an era as we do where there are so few great Italian lyric/spinto sopranos,it is a joy to listen to this CD and to hear the "real thing." Tebaldi's voice is so rich and so luxurious that it may come as a surprise to a younger generation that has not heard an Italian soprano with such a large and velvety voice. It reminds me of the many saturday afternoons I would listen to Tebaldi on the Met radio broadcasts. Comparisons can be interesting...Callas's dramatic intensity, Sutherland's coloratura and high notes, the brilliance of Leontyne Price, etc. but Tebaldi truly was the greatest Italian soprano of the 20th century and owned the roles of Mimi, Liu, Minnie, and Tosca. There was a reason that Toscannini selected a young Tebaldi to re-open the opera house at La Scala in Milan after World War II..he knew that a voice like that came but once in a hundred years.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The real thing, June 24, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Grandi Voci: Renata Tebaldi (Audio CD)

Although I prefer the "La Tebaldi" 2-disc set on Decca because it has arias not included here, this colection is great. The aria from Adriana gets my vote as one of the most beautiful things ever recorded, by anyone. If you enjoy beautiful singing, you'll want this disc.