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Recording Details

Pietro Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana

Recording Details

Checked:
Label: Naxos
Catalog Number: 8.110714-15
Series: Naxos Historical / Great Opera Recordings
Number of Media(s): 2
Media Type: CD
Digital Process: ADD
Release Date: 2001
 

Recording Notes

English notes and detailed synopsis by Keith AndersonIncludes the text of Mascagni's speech in Italian and English translationNo complete librettoCover Painting: Stage design for the first performance at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome, on May 17th, 1890Archivist & Restoration Producer: Ward MarstonDoes not use the 1947 Siciliana, but it is not clear which version is used (the "earlier recording", according to the producer's notes, which seems to be a dubbed version as well).
CD 1
1. Introductory Speech by the Composer
Cavalleria rusticana 1: 30
2. Preludio (Orchestra)
Cavalleria rusticana 2: 37
3. O Lola, ch'ai di latti la cammisa (Turiddu)
Cavalleria rusticana 6: 23
4. Gli aranci olezzano (Chorus)
Cavalleria rusticana 8: 43
5. Dite, Mamma Lucia (Santuzza, Lucia)
Cavalleria rusticana 4: 38
6. Il cavallo scalpita (Alfio, Chorus)
Cavalleria rusticana 2: 57
7. Beato voi, compar Alfio… Regina coeli (Lucia, Alfio, Santuzza, Chorus)
Cavalleria rusticana 8: 10
8. Voi lo sapete, o mamma (Santuzza, Lucia)
Cavalleria rusticana 6: 37
9. Tu qui, Santuzza (Turiddo, Santuzza)
Cavalleria rusticana 4: 20
10. Fior di giaggiolo (Lola, Turiddu, Santuzza)
Cavalleria rusticana 3: 32
11. Ah! Lo vedi, che hai tu detto ? (Turiddu, Santuzza)
Cavalleria rusticana 6: 46
12. Oh! Il Signore vi manda, compar Alfio ! (Santuzza, Alfio)
Cavalleria rusticana 5: 50
62: 03
CD 2
1. Intermezzo (Orchestra)
Cavalleria rusticana 4: 33
2. A casa, a casa, amici (Chorus, Turiddu, Lola)
Cavalleria rusticana 2: 59
3. Viva il vino spumeggiante (Turiddu, Chorus, Lola)
Cavalleria rusticana 3: 00
4. A voi tutti, salute! (Alfio, Chorus, Turiddu, Lola)
Cavalleria rusticana 5: 28
5. Mamma, quel vino è generoso (Turiddu, Lucia, Santuzza)
Cavalleria rusticana 6: 07
6. Overture (Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia) - (2-20397/8) Odeon 5145
Overture
(Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
7: 37
7. Overture (Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani) - (346/7 bi) Polydor 66581
Overture
(I Vespri Siciliani)
9: 00
8. Intermezzo - (536 bg) Polydor 66585
Intermezzo
(L'amico Fritz)
4: 27
9. Overture - (2-20400) Columbia G-50238-D
Prelude
(I Rantzau)
4: 14
10. Intermezzo - (537 bg) Polydor 66580
Intermezzo (Il Sogno di Ratcliff)
(Guglielmo Ratcliff)
5: 05
11. Inno al sole - (351 1/2 bi, 352/3 bi) Polydor 66580/583
Inno del sole
(Iris)
10: 55
12. Dances - (2-20399) Columbia G-50238-D
Danza delle guèchas
(Iris)
3: 26
13. Overture - (348/9 bi) Polydor 66582
Sinfonia
(Le maschere)
6: 57
73: 50

Performances on this Recording

Cavalleria rusticana (1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, 1/11, 1/12, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5)
Santuzza: Lina Bruna Rasa
Turiddu: Beniamino Gigli
Alfio: Gino Bechi
Mamma Lucia: Giulietta Simionato
Lola: Anna Maria Marcucci
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Chorus: Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Chorus Master: Achille Consoli
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Place: E.A. Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Date: April 14-20, 1940
Studio: Studio

Overture (2/6)
Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Place: Berlin
Date: October 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: 2-20397/8Odeon 5145

Overture (2/7)
Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Place: Berlin
Date: October 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: 346/7 biPolydor 66581

Intermezzo (2/8)
Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Place: Berlin
Date: 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: 536 bgPolydor 66585

Prelude (2/9)
Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Place: Berlin
Date: October 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: 2-20400Columbia G-50238-DParlophone R-20049 (2-20400)

Intermezzo (Il Sogno di Ratcliff) (2/10)
Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Place: Berlin
Date: 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: 537 bgPolydor 66580

Inno del sole (2/11)
Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Place: Berlin
Date: 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: 351 1/2 bi, 352/3 biPolydor 66580/583

Danza delle guèchas (2/12)
Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Place: Berlin
Date: October 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: Columbia G-50238-D (2-20399)Parlophone R-20049 (2-20399)Parlophon P 9170

Sinfonia (2/13)
Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Place: Berlin
Date: October 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: 348/9 biPolydor 66582

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