Mascagni: Nerone [Import]

Math Dirks (Performer), Sigmund Cowan (Performer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Kees Bakels (Conductor), Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Lynne Strow Piccolo (Performer), Rosanna Didone (Performer), Dino di Domenico (Performer), Georgi Tcholakov (Performer), Zoltan Kovacs (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Math Dirks, Sigmund Cowan, Lynne Strow Piccolo, Rosanna Didone, Dino di Domenico, et al.
• Orchestra: Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Kees Bakels
• Composer: Pietro Mascagni
• Audio CD (April 4, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Bongiovanni
• ASIN: B00000448Y
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #513,214 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Scene 1. Eccola là, l'orribile cometa - Harry Peeters

2. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Scene 2. Taverniere, da bere! - Dino Di Domenico/Math Dirks/David Shapero/Harry Peeters

3. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Scene 3. Al soccorso! M'inseguono... - Rosanna Didone/Math Dirks/Dino Di Domenico/Harry Peeters/David Shapero

4. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Scene 4. Col suo volo, la colomba - Georgi Tcholakov/Sigmund Cowan/Rosanna Didone/Math Dirks/Dino Di Domenico/Harry Peeters...

5. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Scene 5. In quel tuo pingue corpo - Georgi Tcholakov/Harry Peeters

6. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Scene 6. Da questo nappo - Georgi Tcholakov/Lynne Strow-Piccolo

7. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Scene 7. Feci venir Vinicio - Georgi Tcholakov/Lynne Strow-Piccolo/Sigmund Cowan/Math Dirks

8. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Scene 1. Possa la morte - Georgi Tcholakov/Sigmund Cowan

9. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Scene 2. Ti sien propizi i Numi - Georgi Tcholakov/David Shapero/Sigmund Cowan

10. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Scene 3. Entra, fanciulla - Rosanna Didone/Georgi Tcholakov

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Scene 7. Divo Nerone - Sigmund Cowan/Georgi Tcholakov/Harry Peeters/Math Dirks

2. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Scene 8. L'esercito di Spagna - Georgi Tcholakov/Rosanna Didone

3. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Part 1. Scene 1. Gloria a Nerone - Georgi Tcholakov/Lynne Strow-Piccolo/Rosanna Didone/Sigmund Cowan/Harry Peters/Math Dirks/Dino...

4. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Part 1. Scene 2. Tu ridi Menecrate - Georgi Tcholakov/Sigmund Cowan/Dino Di Domenico

5. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Part 1. Scene 3. Almeno voi non mi tradite - Georgi Tcholakov/Dino Di Domenico/Sigmund Cowan

6. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Part 1. Scene 4. Eccomi solo - Georgi Tcholakov

7. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Part 1. Scene 5. Io no

8. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Part 1. Scene 6. Parla

9. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Part 1. Interludio orchestralr

10. Nerone, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Part 2. Scene 1. Faonte, la tua casa

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WORTH A REVIVAL, January 24, 2008

By 

Alfredo R. Villanueva (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Mascagni: Nerone (Audio CD)

I MUST ADMIT I WAS PREDISPOSED AGAINST THIS OPERA, GIVEN MASCAGNI'S CONNECTIONS TO MUSSOLINI AND THE FACT IT WAS DEDICATED TO THE DICTATOR. HOWEVER, A READING OF THE LIBRETTO, WHICH IS QUITE FAITHFUL TO NERO'S STORY AS IT HAS COME DOWN TO US, COMPLETE WITH BLOODY END, READS AS LESS A PAEAN TO FASCISM THAN ALMOST A FORESHADOWING OF ITS ENDING.

BONGIOVANNI. A LABEL I HAVE COME TO COLLECT AVIDLY, OFFERS ONCE MORE A SUPERB RECORDING OF A NEGLECTED OPERA. THE SOUND QUALITY IS EXCELLENT.
GIORGI TCHOLAROV IN THE TAXING TITLE ROLE IS OUTSTANDING, AS IS LYNNE STOW PICCOLO AS ATTE AND FOR THAT MATTER ALL THE OTHER PRINCIPALS. THE MUSIC IS BREATHTAKING--I WAS PARTICULARLY BLOWN OVER BY THE SOPHISTICATION AND COMPLEXITY OF THE SECOND ACT ORCHESTRAL INTERLUDE.

THEREFORE, I MUST RATE IT FIVE STARS AND RECOMMEND IT AS A MUST HAVE FOR LOVERS OF VERISMO AND OPERA IN GENERAL.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Virtually Unknown Mascagni Opera, March 28, 2009

By 

ALFRED H. Harris "Alfred the Great" (Prunedale, Ca.) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Mascagni: Nerone (Audio CD)

A fine performance of an unjustly neglected opera by Mascagni. I dont know why people today are generally only interested in music they know! The duet between the two women competing for Nero is a high point in the score. 200 years ago people ONLY wanted to hear something new. Nowdays its increasingly rare to hear anything other than about 50 standard operatic works, few of which have been written within the last 100 years. The only reason for not giving this excellent performance five stars would be to hear one of our superb dramatic sopranos,like Karita Matilla, in the role of Atte. I would also recommend a comparison of this work with Boito's treatment of the same subject.