{"product_id":"paco242-cd","title":"Maria Callas Arias, Vol. 3: Great Scenes \u0026 Mad Scenes - PACO242 - CD","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSPONTINI\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLa vestale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVERDI\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDon Carlo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDONIZETTI\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnna Bolena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHOMAS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBELLINI\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIl pirata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eAmbient Stereo and stereo studio recordings, 1955 \u0026amp; 1958\u003cbr\u003eTotal duration: 75:20\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Callas\u003c\/b\u003e, soprano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003econducted by \u003cb\u003eTullio Serafin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilharmonia Orchestra and Chorus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003econducted by \u003cb\u003eNicola Rescigno\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO242.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: left;\"\u003eThis third and final volume of Pristine’s Callas aria series brings together some of her most sustained dramatic encounters. Three scenes from Spontini’s \u003ci\u003eLa vestale\u003c\/i\u003e, recorded at La Scala with Tullio Serafin in 1955, lead to Verdi’s “Tu che le vanità” and the three extended \u003ci\u003eMad Scenes\u003c\/i\u003e recorded with Nicola Rescigno and the Philharmonia in 1958.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: left;\"\u003eThe Spontini group completes the selections from \u003ci\u003eCallas at La Scala\u003c\/i\u003e begun in Volume 2. Reviewing the original LP in \u003ci\u003eThe Gramophone\u003c\/i\u003e in June 1958, Andrew Porter set Callas beside Rosa Ponselle, whose tonal beauty remained a formidable standard. Callas brought a different intensity to the words. In “Tu che invoco” he especially admired the dramatic and tender continuation beyond Ponselle’s shorter recorded excerpt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: left;\"\u003e“O Nume tutelar” concentrates Giulia’s distress into a prayer; “Caro oggetto” completes the group. Porter also praised the balance between Callas and Serafin’s orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: left;\"\u003eElisabetta’s great scene from \u003ci\u003eDon Carlo\u003c\/i\u003e completes the Verdi recital represented in Volume 1. Its demands drew reservations from Philip Hope-Wallace in \u003ci\u003eThe Gramophone\u003c\/i\u003e: his 1959 review questioned details of vocal colour and the steadiness of the ending, while his stereo reassessment sought greater weight and breadth. Admiration for Callas’s characterisation did not preclude criticism of its execution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: left;\"\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eMad Scenes\u003c\/i\u003e allow her dramatic imagination a broader canvas. In \u003ci\u003eAnna Bolena\u003c\/i\u003e, supporting voices and chorus sustain the theatrical continuity as recollection gives way to alarm, dismay and defiance. Hope-Wallace admired this emotional range. The lyricism of “Al dolce guidami” is one stage in a journey that reaches its culmination in “Coppia iniqua”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: left;\"\u003eThomas’s Ophelia inhabits a more elusive world. Hope-Wallace found dramatic truth in the tenderness, quiet song fragments and sudden rhythmic changes of the \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e scene, despite a strong objection to its climactic high note. Porter’s 1960 review was exceptionally appreciative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: left;\"\u003eBellini’s \u003ci\u003eIl pirata\u003c\/i\u003e closes the programme with another extended finale. Hope-Wallace admired the changing moods, prayerful passages and exciting conclusion, while again finding the upper notes troubling. Enthusiasm and reservation coexist throughout these reviews. Across these longer scenes, each heroine acquires her own pace of thought and her own manner of confronting catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARIA CALLAS\u003c\/b\u003e Arias, Volume 3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat Scenes \u0026amp; Mad Scenes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSPONTINI\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLa vestale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e01.\u003c\/span\u003e Tu che invoco (Act II) \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e(10:49)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e02.\u003c\/span\u003e O Nume tutelar (Act II) \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e(2:30)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e03.\u003c\/span\u003e Caro oggetto (Act III) \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e(3:49)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVERDI\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDon Carlo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e04.\u003c\/span\u003e Tu che le vanità (Act IV) \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e(10:43)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDONIZETTI\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnna Bolena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e05.\u003c\/span\u003e Piangete voi?... Al dolce guidami castel natio (Act II) \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e(19:59)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHOMAS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e06.\u003c\/span\u003e À vos jeux... Partagez-vous mes fleurs... Et maintenant écoutez ma chanson (Act IV) \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e(10:28)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBELLINI\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIl pirata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e07.\u003c\/span\u003e Oh! s’io potessi... 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