Puccini: La Bohème [Box set]

Afro Poli (Performer), Aristide Baracchi (Performer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Umberto Berrettoni (Conductor), La Scala Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus (Orchestra, Performer), Licia Albanese (Performer), Tatiana Menotti (Performer), Beniamino Gigli (Performer), Nello Palai (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Afro Poli, Aristide Baracchi, La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus, Licia Albanese, Tatiana Menotti, et al.
• Orchestra: La Scala Theater Orchestra, La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus
• Conductor: Umberto Berrettoni
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Audio CD (December 6, 1994)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Nimbus Records
• ASIN: B0000037KK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #370,528 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. La bohème, opera: Act 1. Questo Mar Rosso - Afro Poli

2. La bohème, opera: Act 1. Pensier profondo! - Duilio Baronti

3. La bohème, opera: Act 1. Legna! - Beniamino Gigli

4. La bohème, opera: Act 1. Si può? - Carlo Scattola

5. La bohème, opera: Act 1. Io resto - Beniamino Gigli

6. La bohème, opera: Act 1. Che è là? - Beniamino Gigli

7. La bohème, opera: Act 1. Si sente male? - Beniamino Gigli

8. La bohème, opera: Act 1. Che gelida manina! - Beniamino Gigli

9. La bohème, opera: Act 1. Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì - Licia Albanese

10. La bohème, opera: Act 1. O soave fanciulla - Beniamino Gigli

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. La bohème, opera: Act 3. Ohè là! le guardie! Aprite! - La Scala Chor/Vittore Veneziani

2. La bohème, opera: Act 3. Sa dirmi, scusi, qual è l'osteria - Licia Albanese

3. La bohème, opera: Act 3. Mimì? - Afro Poli

4. La bohème, opera: Act 3. Marcello, finalmente!

5. La bohème, opera: Act 3. Mimì è una civetta

6. La bohème, opera: Act 3. Mimì è tanto malata!

7. La bohème, opera: Act 3. Donde lieta uscì al tuo grido d'amore

8. La bohème, opera: Act 3. Dunque: è proprio finita!

9. La bohème, opera: Act 4. In un coupè?

10. La bohème, opera: Act 4. O Mimì, tu più non torni

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MY FAVORITE "LA BOHEME"!, December 23, 2004

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C. H. Geary (Eureka, Ca. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Puccini: La Bohème (Audio CD)

There are more recorded "Bohemes" than one can count. But I always come back to this one. To me this is the most tender and moving performance that I've ever heard. Recorded in 1938 and I believe the first complete recording of this opera, the sound is not what today's listeners are use to, but if you can get past that you are in for a wonderful listening experience from the golden age of opera. Gigli's voice has a velvety sweetness that no other tenor can capture. And a very young Licia Albanese sings with such youth and innocence that she just breaks your heart. The whole cast sings with great feeling and they sound as though they are really enjoying themselves. There are a few ad-libs and exchanges among the singers that some purests have found annoying, But I find them charming and makes the characters seem more real to me.. I LOVE THIS RECORDING!!!