Verdi: La Traviata

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Alexander Rahbari (Conductor), Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Georg Tichy (Performer), Ivica Neshybova (Performer), Jozef Spacek (Performer), Ladislav Neshyba (Performer), Monika Krause (Performer), Pavol Maurery (Performer), Peter Oswald (Performer), Peter Subert (Performer), Rannveig Braga (Performer), Yordy Ramiro (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Georg Tichy, Ivica Neshybova, Jozef Spacek, Ladislav Neshyba, Monika Krause, et al.
• Orchestra: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Audio CD (February 15, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B0000014AY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #528,990 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. La Traviata, opera: Preludio

2. La Traviata, opera: Act l; Introduzione

3. La Traviata, opera: Act l; Dell'invito trascorsa è già l'ora

4. La Traviata, opera: Act l; In Alfredo Germont, o signora

5. La Traviata, opera: Act l; Brindis: Libiamo ne`lieti calici

6. La Traviata, opera: Act l; Che è ciò

7. La Traviata, opera: Act l; Un di felice

8. La Traviata, opera: Act l; Ebben? che diavol fate?

9. La Traviata, opera: Act l; Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora

10. La Traviata, opera: Act l; È strano! è strano!

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Disc: 2

1. La Traviata, opera: Act ll; Avrem lieta di maschere la notte

2. La Traviata, opera: Act ll; Noi siamo zingarelle

3. La Traviata, opera: Act ll; Di Madride

4. La Traviata, opera: Act ll; Alfredo! Voi!

5. La Traviata, opera: Act ll; Invitato a qui sequirmi

6. La Traviata, opera: Act ll; Ogni suo aver tal femmina

7. La Traviata, opera: Act ll; Disprezzo degno

8. La Traviata, opera: Act ll; Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core

9. La Traviata, opera: Act lll; Preludio

10. La Traviata, opera: Act Three; Annina? - Comandate

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Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better than I'd Been Led to Believe, February 12, 2002

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This review is from: Verdi: La Traviata (Audio CD)

Alexander Rahbari is a frustrating conductor. A Karajan protege of sorts, he's too often inclined to indulge a taste for slow, "expressive" performances that, on CD at least, just don't take off and soar. On the other hand, he is a careful craftsman and he uses evident care in assembling his operatic casts, even when his means are limited to those at provincial houses. This Slovakian "Traviata," recorded digitally in Bratislava, is by no means a great recording of the score. (For that, you have to go to Callas in Lisbon under Ghione, or Cotrubas/Carlos Kleiber, or Albanese/Toscanini ... you get my drift!) But I still found much to admire and enjoy here, a real ensemble performance with very decent work from the singers. Monika Krause is Violetta. Krause will not make anyone forget Callas or Cotrubas or Albanese (or Tebaldi, etc., etc., etc.), but she has an attractive voice and she's clearly attempting interesting things with her characterization. Both Ramirez and Tichy are strong, stalwart singers; Tichy has appeared to good effect in other Naxos productions (e.g., their excellent recording of Mozart's "Magic Flute"). The chorus is a bit brash and bluff, but they do bring a sense of fun to the party scenes. I don't want to oversell the quality of the singing, but I would be glad to encounter this cast 'live' at some opera house in a second-string European city... like Zurich or Hamburg or, say, Bratislava. Then again, maybe I just had a really good night and I'm feeling kind. Very good sound quality; Italian libretto but no English translation. Veterans who know their Verdi should go elsewhere, but newcomers on a budget will get a decent introduction to Violetta's charms.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!, June 16, 2004

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Taras Bulba (Can) "Jose Da Vinci" (Mexico, D.F. Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Verdi: La Traviata (Audio CD)

Yordy Ramiro, mexican singer, is one of the greatest tenors in the world. He is a wonderful singer, teacher, and also a wonderful person. Great CD, buy it now!!!