Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier

Umberto Giordano (Composer), Franco Capuana (Conductor), Aldo Protti (Performer), Amalia Pini (Performer), Anna di Stasio (Performer), Antonio Pirino (Performer), Arturo la Porta (Performer), Giorgio Onesti (Performer), Mario del Monaco (Performer), Renata Tebaldi (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Aldo Protti, Amalia Pini, Anna di Stasio, Antonio Pirino, Arturo la Porta, et al.
• Conductor: Franco Capuana
• Composer: Umberto Giordano
• Audio CD (August 17, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Opera D'oro
• ASIN: B00000K0VY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #574,762 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Andrea Chénier, opera: Questo Azzurro Sofà

2. Andrea Chénier, opera: Il Giorno Intorno Già S'Insera Lentamento

3. Andrea Chénier, opera: Soffoco, Moro Tutta Chiusa

4. Andrea Chénier, opera: Debole È Il Ré!

5. Andrea Chénier, opera: Passiamo La Sere Allegramente!

6. Andrea Chénier, opera: Signor Chenier?

7. Andrea Chénier, opera: Colpito Qui M'Avete...

8. Andrea Chénier, opera: Perdonatemi!

9. Andrea Chénier, opera: Per L'Ex Inferno!

10. Andrea Chénier, opera: Roucher!...Chenier?

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Andrea Chénier, opera: Dumouriez Traditore

2. Andrea Chénier, opera: Lacrime E Sangue Dà La Francia!

3. Andrea Chénier, opera: Son La Vecchia Madelon

4. Andrea Chénier, opera: Amici, Ancor Cantiam

5. Andrea Chénier, opera: L'Uccella È Nella Reta!

6. Andrea Chénier, opera: Nemico Della Patria

7. Andrea Chénier, opera: Or Io Rinnegeo Il Santo Grido!

8. Andrea Chénier, opera: La Mamma Morta

9. Andrea Chénier, opera: E L'Angelo Si Accosta, Bacio

10. Andrea Chénier, opera: Gravier De Vergennes

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Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A STUNNING PERFORMANCE!, May 27, 2000

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F. Barton "Forrest W. Barton" (Newport, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier (Audio CD)

Opera D'Orio has done it again! This time a 1961 LIVE performance from Tokyo. If you own the video, it is the soundtrack, although highly cleaned up. What IS missing is the mountains of applause that followed Del Monaco's and Tebaldi's singing! But we can forgive that small detail here.Again, the price is SO affordable, and, as with almost all Tebaldi recordings, she was SO much better live than in the studio. The acoustics shine through in this, and no pitch waver at all.Superb singing, conducting, and packaging, all for under ten bucks. HOW can you beat that?

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A highlight in Opera d'Oro's verismo catgalog, April 15, 2007

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This review is from: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier (Audio CD)

In her entire repertoire, I think Tebaldi had the best instincts for the suffering heroines of verismo opera, and here she is caught in good voice in 1961 putting plenty of depth and passion into her Maddalena. Yes, by comparison with Callas she is at much lower temperature, but her 'La mama morta', albeit not fiery, is affectingly sung. True verismo passion must be sought elsewhere. Del Monaco shouts more than he did in his inspired live reading with Callas from La Scala in 1955, but that EMI set is in dreadful sound, much worse than the good, focused mono we hear here. The tenor is really the star, and his four arias are exciting, even though del Monaco doesn't seem able to give each one its own dramatic emotion. The minor characters are well sung by the ensemble, and the chorus is fairly well disciplined for a live performance. Since this was a show imported to Tokyo, I wonder if any of the chorus are Japanese. Franco Capuana's conducting shows great deference to his star singers. Aldo Protti's Gerard isn't a minor character, of course--he has more lines, I think, than Chenier himself, but the singing here is only servicable. In all, this is a very good night at the opera caught in good broadcast sound.