Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Vicente Sardinero (Performer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Alexander Rahbari (Conductor), Lucienne Van Deyck (Performer), Brussels BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Miriam Gauci (Performer), Donald George (Performer), Kaludi Kaludov (Performer), Ludwig van Gijsegem (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Vicente Sardinero, Lucienne Van Deyck, Miriam Gauci, Donald George, Kaludi Kaludov, et al.
• Orchestra: Brussels BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Audio CD (February 15, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B0000014B2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #323,951 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Ave, sera gentile

2. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. L'amor?... l'amor?!

3. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Tra voi, belle, brune e bionde

4. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Ma bravo!

5. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Descendono, vediam! Viaggiatori eleganti, galanti!

6. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Cortese damigella, il priego mio acettate

7. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Donna non vidi mai simile a questa!

8. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. La tua ventura / ci rassicura

9. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Vecchietto amabile

10. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Vedete? Io'son 'fedele

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Disc: 2

1. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 2. Ah!... Affé, madamigella

2. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 2. Senti, di qui partiamo

3. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 2. Lescaut?! Tu qui?!

4. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 2. Intermezzo

5. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 3. Ansia eterna, crudel...

6. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 3. ..e Kate rispose al Re:

7. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 3. All'armi! All'armi!

8. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 3. L'Áppello: Rosetta!

9. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 3. Presto! In fila! Marciate!

10. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 4. Manon, senti, amor mio

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Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Real bargain!, December 14, 2000

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Mr JB (Karlskrona Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Audio CD)

This is a sur'price'ingly good Naxos recording. All the main labels have made at least one good/great recording of 'Manon', Freni/Callas/Tebaldi and Pavarotti/Domingo/Bjorling have all given stunning performances of the main roles. Here we have two, at the time for the recording, up-coming opera singers, Gauci & Kaludov. They both give surprisingly good performances, fresh-sounding and well aware of the storys dramatic turns. They also both sound a lot better than one would expect if only looking to the price of this recording. Especially Kaludov have something that makes you wonder why we haven't heard more from him. Gauci sounds very beautiful, although not fully as aware of the dramatic intensity of her part. The rest of the cast sounds a little rough, although none of them disturbingly so.

The conductor Rahbari gives a vividly detailed, dramatic and very lyrical reading of the score, and the orchestra sounds real good, if not as powerful or clear as for example the Decca versions of the work.

There may be a few better, especially when considering the dramatic intensity, interpretations of the main roles, as those I mentioned above, but as a whole, this is real impressive. So, if Manon Lescaut is your very favorite opera, you might want a more expensive version with better known stars, but if you are just an ordinary opera buyer who wants a version of this interesting opera, mainly concerned with the overall performance and/or the price - this version won't disappoint you in any way. More operas like this one, Naxos!