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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A complete recording of Verdi's masterpiece!,
By "harrmor" (Athens, Greece) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Verdi: Don Carlos (Audio CD)
This is maybe the only complete french recoding of Verdi's masterpiece! (except probably Pappano's live one of 1996 with Alagna, Mattila ETC). I must say it is more complete than just complete. It also has an appendix of 6 pieces that were cut from the premiere or the later revision of the work by Verdi. And it is all in French, the language in which Verdi composed and revised Don Carlo. Maybe the italian versions sound better and more appropriate but make no mistake, Don Carlos was written as a French grand opera.Domingo sings wonderfully with a true conviction, despite the fact that he sounds better in his Italian recording of the opera with Cabbale and Giulini in 1971. Ricciarelli is surely no Cabbale, but she does a quite nice work although sometimes she cannot carry out some high notes. Nucci gives an adequate performance, but is a matter of taste, you either like him or dislike him from the start. Raimondi is superb as the tormented King, though I would prefer Ghiaurov in the role instead of the role of the Inquisitor. Maybe these two should have exchanged parts. Ghiaurov's voice is huge and ringing and he had enough experience with the role of the King. Well, Raimondi is very good none the matter. Finally, Valentini-Terrani gives us a magnificent Eboli, though her "Veil song" could be sung (and has been sung) better by other performers. But on the whole, this IS a definitive Don Carlos and a must have for all Verdi's collectoros!!
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than the sum of its parts,
This review is from: Verdi: Don Carlos (Audio CD)
The stars of this studio performance are Abbado and the Scala in stunning form, and Domingo in good voice as an involved Carlos. It's easy to nitpick on details: the late Valentini-Terrani a size too small, Nucci too straightforward, Ricciarelli past her prime...but it all doesn't matter. All principals contribute to the energy of this recording, and the performance as a whole is great. The one significant flaw is the too-reverberant recording. Still, this is a better place to start than the beautiful but relatively uninvolved Giulini.
This recording follows the (superior?) 5-act revised version in French, and so presents the French original of the Italian translation recorded by, e.g., Giulini, Solti, Haitink and Levine. The major changes since the orginal version have been recorded as appendices at the end of disc 4. For an interesting modern alternative of the Italian translation in good sound, I recommend Haitink - beautifully conducted and recorded, good voices, and Hvorostovski as Posa has to be heard to be believed.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
On the whole, a very satisfying recording,
By Santa Fe Listener (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: Verdi: Don Carlos (Audio CD)
At the time of its release and continuing to the present, critics have carpted at this, the first big-label recording of Don Carlos, as the French version of Verdi's masterpiece is known. I find it hard to see why. Almost every0one who needs to be in top form is. Domingo gives a thrilling display, full of conviciton and nuance, exceeding even his own famed account of the title role for Giulini. As Eliisabetta, Katia Ricciarelli is in beaaautiful voice and almsot totally free of wobble. She doesn't have the raw vocal power for her big Tu che le vanita aria in the fifth act, but elsewhere she's wonderful, and thankfully she avoids the languishing melancholy that mars Caballe's portrayal for Giulini. As foor being over-parted, the same could be said of Freni on the Karajan set.
Don Carlos is full of choice roles requiring major singers, and Abbado has supplied them quite successfully: Raimondi as an authoritative Philip II, Ghiaurov as the Grand Inquisitor, and the excellent if not starry Valentini-Terrani in the coloratura mezzo role of Eboli. As is often said, this opera is structured on a Shakespearean scale (Schiller's great drama was deeply influenced by Shakespeare's history plays), and Abbado often rises to that level. This is one of his best Verdi recordings, perhaps his very best, and he raises the La Scala orchestra and chorus far above what I usually expect. In the end, only the prosaic Leo Nucci as Rodrigo is disappointing, and even he is in very good voice. I've used the Italian names becasue Don Carlo has made its way through the world as an Italian opera, and in any event, none of the singers gives us very good French (Domingo's is the best--his voice thrives in that language, oddly enough). As a supplment, six additional or alternative numbers are given as a suplement on CD 4, a welcome addition even though it stretches the opera to an extra disc, making it the most expensive Verdi set I've ever encountered.
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