Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Alberto Erede (Conductor), Jussi Bjorling (Performer), Renata Tebaldi (Performer), Rina Corsi (Performer), Ettore Bastianini (Performer), Lucia Dani (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Jussi Bjorling, Renata Tebaldi, Rina Corsi, Ettore Bastianini, Lucia Dani
• Conductor: Alberto Erede
• Composer: Pietro Mascagni
• Audio CD (August 9, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: London / Decca
• ASIN: B0000041WT
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,217 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Preludio

2. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: O Lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa

3. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Gli aranci olezzano

4. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Dite, Mamma Lucia

5. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Il cavallo scalpita

6. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Beato voi, compar Alfio... Regina coeli

7. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Voi lo sapete, o mamma

8. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Tu qui, Santuzza?

9. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Fior di giaggiolo

10. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Ah! lo vedi, che hai tu detto?

11. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Oh! il Signore vi manda, compar Alfio!

12. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intermezzo

13. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: A casa, a casa, amici

14. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Viva il vino spumeggiante

15. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: A voi tutti, salute

16. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Mamma, quel vino è generoso

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the very best, September 28, 2008

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Ralph Moore "Ralph operaphile" (Bishop's Stortford, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (Audio CD)

There is a plethora of excellent recordings of this old war-house out there but you cannot go wrong if you pick this one. It is conducted by the ever-reliable Erede, somewhat disregarded today but a man who presided expertly over a number of thrilling, blood 'n guts renditions of operatic favourites in the 50's for Decca. His orchestra has the music in its blood and although the lusty chorus is afflicted by some screechy sopranos, their raucousness is not out of place in this rustic melodrama. The sound is terrific; a model of clarity with strings rather too much to the fore. Erede permits plenty of rubato and the score swaggers and lilts just as it should in an entirely authentic manner. Bjorling is anything but raucous but that does not mean that he is lacking fire or passion; the voice (at least in this recording - I don't know if he could have managed quite the same effect live) rings out magnificently and he manages to keep up with La Tebaldi. (Bjorling once remarked that singing on stage with her was "like singing with two sopranos", such is the amplitude of her tone.) To complete the starry trio, we have the inimitable, bronze-voiced Bastianini roaring away mellifluously as Alfio. What a cast, what an opera, what a recording. The author of the liner notes manages to be disparaging both about Bjorling's top notes and Del Monaco's "loudness" elsewhere for Decca (impudently suggesting that Bastianini's artistry compensated for Del Monaco's lack of it) - otiose and irrelevant criticisms both; thank you very much, Mr Nobody....

You could just as easily buy the Serafin/Del Monaco/Simionato version or the later Levine with Scotto and Domingo - but if you want these particular singers, you won't be disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, November 6, 2007

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Jay Adeff - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (Audio CD)

This is my favorite Cavalleria Rusticana recording. Bjorling is spine-tingling. This is a must-own recording.