Thomas: Mignon (Mexico City, 28.06.1949)

Ambroise Thomas (Composer), Guido Picco (Conductor), Cesare Siepi (Performer), Gilberto Cerda (Performer), Giulietta Simionato (Performer), Giuseppe di Stefano (Performer), Ignacio Ruffino (Performer), Verdad Luz Guajardo (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Cesare Siepi, Gilberto Cerda, Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe di Stefano, Ignacio Ruffino, et al.
• Conductor: Guido Picco
• Composer: Ambroise Thomas
• Audio CD (December 9, 1999)
• Label: Gebhardt Records
• ASIN: B00000JFYN
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,445,881 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Overture

2. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Su, borghesi e magnati

3. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Fuggitivo e tremante

4. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Sì, egli è Lotario

5. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Laërte, mio Laerte

6. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. La zingare boeme

7. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Mignon un saggio qui vuoi di sua destrezza

8. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Quegli occhi fissi in me

9. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Chi è, lo si può saper

10. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Signor!... Signor

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Disc: 2

1. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Eccomi sola, Ohimè!

2. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Ci sono: ho tutto infranto... In veder l'amata stanza

3. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Mignon?... Che?

4. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Addio, Mignon! fa core!

5. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Diceste il ver

6. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Interlude

7. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Ella è l'apresso a lui... Ah! lassa te! Ei l'ama, ah!

8. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Ciel! quai suono?... ascoltiam

9. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Ah! Brava! La Filena è pur divina!

10. Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Io son Titania la bionda

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars great music but dreadful sound, April 22, 2005

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Jaromir Benesch (New York, New York United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Thomas: Mignon (Mexico City, 28.06.1949) (Audio CD)

I bought this album after reading glowing reviews here. I already had some idea of the sweet charming music and badly wanted a recording. But the sound quality is probably the worst I have ever heard on an opera album. Recorded live in Mexico in 1949 the sound is like recordings from 20 years earlier. I find it almost impossible to listen. Mignon was recently performed live in New York City which means someone is interested in reviving it. I'd advise waiting for a new album no matter how desperate you are.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorest sound quality ever, May 28, 2005

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digiscum "The Scum in the Digital World" (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thomas: Mignon (Mexico City, 28.06.1949) (Audio CD)

I myself sang in the chorus of this opera in New York City recently, and just wanna keep a CD recording for myself. After weeks of delay I finally got this CD, but it was so disappointing. The sound quality of the recording was the poorest I've ever heard. It could be worse than anything you could hear through a radio station when you are in the middle of a desert. And through the poor sound quality, somehow the lyrics didn't sound like French to me. Sorry, it is too unclear and I totally don't know what's going on.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ambroise at his best, June 14, 2000

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chris jenkins (Slums of Madison) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thomas: Mignon (Mexico City, 28.06.1949) (Audio CD)

When I first heard this album I thought I had died and gone to heaven. It is a stunning example of Thomas Ambroise's genius. He is not well known to the average Joe on the street but he should be. If you are tired of the "old masters" then try Thomas Ambroise; you will find youself delight with his originality. The music is uplifting. His melodic sensibilities and mixing of voices is sublime. Go for it!