Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Pavarotti · Desś · Coni · Gavazzi · Muti

Ruggiero Leoncavallo (Artist), Riccardo Muti (Artist), Philharmonia Orchestra (Artist), Luciano Pavarotti (Artist), Daniela Dessì (Artist), Paolo Coni (Artist), Ernesto Gavazzi (Artist), Jonathon Boyd (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 13, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B00000415T
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,387 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #39 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Featured Performers, A-Z > M to P

Track Listings

1. Pagliacci, opera: No. 1, 'Si puo?' (Prologue)

2. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 2, 'Son qual'

3. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 3, 'Un grande spettacolo'

4. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 4, 'Un tal gioco'

5. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 5a, 'I zampognari!'

6. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 5b, 'Din, don' (Bell Chorus)

7. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 6a, 'Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!'

8. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 6b, 'Oh! Che volo d'augelli'

9. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 6c, 'Stridono lassu'

10. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 7a, 'Sei la!'

11. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 7b, 'So ben che difforne'

12. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 8a, 'Silvio! A quest'ora'

13. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 8b, 'Decidi il mio destin'

14. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 8c, 'E allor perche'

15. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 9a, 'Recitar!'

16. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 9b, 'Vesti la giubba' (On with the motley)

17. Pagliacci, opera: Act I, No. 10, 'Intermezzo'

18. Pagliacci, opera: Act II, No. 11, 'Presto, affrettiamoci'

19. Pagliacci, opera: Act II, No. 12a, 'Pagliaccio, mio marito'

20. Pagliacci, opera: Act II, No. 12b, 'O Colombina' (Serenade)

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 13-APR-1993

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dessi lets it down, July 8, 2002

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Antony Nash "bercg" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Pavarotti · Desś · Coni · Gavazzi · Muti (Audio CD)

This performance is great in every way apart from Dessi's Nedda. Her voice is strained in the upper registers, and this is really apparent in "Stridono lassu" where she has problems hitting the high notes clearly. The result is a rather rough performance all around. Pavarotti of course is in fine voice and sings "Vesti la giubba" beautifully. The supporting cast is excellent with some great work from the chorus. The orchestra under Muti plays well and the sound is excellent. It's a shame this recording doesn't have a stronger Nedda or it would definitely get 5 stars.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning preformance, great digital sound!, December 21, 2009

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Vladas Mazelis "reviewer07" (Port Richey, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Pavarotti · Desś · Coni · Gavazzi · Muti (Audio CD)

Fantastic performance, top quality sound. Pavarotti in his top form. Daniela Dessi sings in an exceptionally colorful, emotionally rich manner, while maintaining a very precise, perfect pitch at all times. Juan Pons sounds better than when heard live at the Met - here he seems to have a more powerful baritone than when sounding live. And yes, he's presenting a very expression-rich, dynamic performace, as usual, and as one would expect from a top notch vocalist singing this verismo masterpiece. I own about a dozen recordings of I Pagliacci and this one is my most favorite of them all.