"O mio babbino caro" recordings?
Brian Wirt
best/worst recordings of the aria "O mio babbino caro" from the opera
"Gianni Schicchi" (sp?) by Puccini.
Thanks!
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Brian Wirt
wi...@u.washington.edu
Seattle, Washington
Bob Morrow
In article <3eiv2j$o...@nntp1.u.washington.edu>, wi...@u.washington.edu (Brian Wirt) writes:
|> Well, the title says it all! I'd like to hear some opinions on
|> best/worst recordings of the aria "O mio babbino caro" from the opera
|> "Gianni Schicchi" (sp?) by Puccini.
My favourite is Victoria de los Angeles on EMI. This is a late 50's -
early 60's recording with Tito Gobbi as Schicchi conducted by
Gabriele Santini.
My least favourite (flame-retardant clothing donned) is Dame Kiri
Te Kanawa. Personally, it does have the gentleness of de los Angeles.
BOB
David Pickering
record.. by Brian Wi...@u.washington.
> best/worst recordings of the aria "O mio babbino caro" from the opera
> "Gianni Schicchi" (sp?) by Puccini.
My personal favorite is the rendition by Monserrat Caballe on her 1971
Puccini Arias disk conducted by Charles Mackerras (which EMI hopefully
hasn't gotten around to deleting yet).
Braden Mechley
> Well, the title says it all! I'd like to hear some opinions on
> best/worst recordings of the aria "O mio babbino caro" from the opera
> "Gianni Schicchi" (sp?) by Puccini.
I don't know a more lusciously sung account than Leontyne Price's, which
you can catch on the RCA disc "Puccini Heroines."
Braden Mechley
Department of Classics
University of Washington
S. LaBonne
David Pickering <dp...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>My personal favorite is the rendition by Monserrat Caballe on her 1971
>Puccini Arias disk conducted by Charles Mackerras (which EMI hopefully
>hasn't gotten around to deleting yet).
I know for a fact they haven't, because I just bought it for my wife
as a birthday present. (I'm not overly fond of Puccini, but even I
think it's a beautiful record.)
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"It can never be satisfied, the mind, never." - Wallace Stevens
Henry Pleas
> best/worst recordings of the aria "O mio babbino caro" from the opera
> "Gianni Schicchi" (sp?) by Puccini.
>
most inappropriate. That is the recording of Ghena Dimitrova performing
it on a Puccini Aria/Duet compilation disk from, I think EMI (?). Its
would be akin to listening to John Vickers perform 'Ecco Ridente' from
Barber of Seville.
The wierd part of it is that two the other artist performing on the disk
are Caballe and Freni, both of which have excellent recordings of this
aria.
Kurt Olsen
singing this aria from "A Room With a View". If it doesn't, the soundtrack
for that movie has that recording on it. Although I'm not really fond of
Kiri, She does a wonderful job on this recording.
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>Excerpts from netnews.rec.music.classical: 6-Jan-95 "O mio babbino caro"
>record.. by Brian Wi...@u.washington.
>> Well, the title says it all! I'd like to hear some opinions on
>> best/worst recordings of the aria "O mio babbino caro" from the opera
>> "Gianni Schicchi" (sp?) by Puccini.
very lyrical and clean
regards
Tim broadley
Braden Mechley
> >>My personal favorite is by te Kanawa on the Verdi/Puccini Album
> very lyrical and clean
Yes, and with that *fabulous* Italian diction that gives, among other
things, the solecism "o mia babbina cara."
Chan Seng Chye Kerryn
better than Kiri.Her floated pianissimis on the high A-flat
makes her interpretation innocent.
Caballe all the way!
Yibo Dong
1. Is there a separate single CD that has the opera that contains this piece?
2. Which CD of this opera is recommended?
Thanks in advance!
-YD
Erica Schulman
<dp...@andrew.cmu.edu> says:
>SUOR ANGELICA, a little levity is definitely needed). I only know of
>one recording of GIANNI SCHICCI by itself, a Eurodisc recording with
>Helen Donath conducted by Guiseppi Patane. However, I haven't heard it
>yet so I can't give any kind of recommendation.
There is at least one other recording (on LP) which is very good. I have
it at home, will give more details when I get them.
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Erica N. Schulman en...@psuvm.psu.edu
Department of Chemistry (I'm really a physicist.)
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Dr Shirin Ismail
I am not familiar with the opera aprat from that aria and one that Schicci sings.
I have heard it sung by Tebaldi, Caballe, Callas and others I can't recall. Though
I don't particularly care for her voice, I have to say you haven't heard O mio babbino until
you hear her sing it (same goes for another very popular aria *Ebben n'andro lontano*)
. Mail me if you ever get to hear it.
shirin
shi...@ttsh.gov.sg
In article <sj7bAGO00...@andrew.cmu.edu>, David Pickering <dp...@andrew.cmu.edu> says:
>
Erica Schulman
><dp...@andrew.cmu.edu> says:
>>SUOR ANGELICA, a little levity is definitely needed). I only know of
>>one recording of GIANNI SCHICCI by itself, a Eurodisc recording with
>>Helen Donath conducted by Guiseppi Patane. However, I haven't heard it
>>yet so I can't give any kind of recommendation.
There is also an LP on Columbia, with Gobbi and Cotrubas. A great recording,
really captures the humor and character acting of the work. I don't know
whether it has been reissued onto CD, however.
Asim Choudhri
international label. the label is a new one started by the
conductor alexander rahbari (who has made recordings for naxos).
the performance is conducted by rahbarri and has former naxos
stars (the term stars will i'm sure be debated) miriam gauci
and eduard tumagian. i recently picked this disc up for a
pleasantly low price of $4 and i think it is rather good.
however, i am not the best critic of opera as it takes a lot
to offend me. for such a low price, i'd say it's worth taking
a gamble on it. as is the case with naxos operas, there is no
translated libretto, only an italian libretto and a track-by-
track summary of the plot. this poses no problem for anyone
who had either french or spanish in high school (not to mention
italian), as you can follow along in the libretto fairly easily
if you know more or less what's happening.
in case anyone is wondering why naxos or discover do not include
translated librettos, it is because most librettos are public
domain and no royalties must be paid to publish them. however,
any translation made after 1915 is subject to royalties (and
any translations from before that may not be public domain since
there may be no way to verify that they were translated that long
ago... without proof, any italian scholar could claim to have
made the translation).
asim
E.M.P. Pringle
Erica Schulman <EN...@psuvm.psu.edu> wrote:
>>In article <sj7bAGO00...@andrew.cmu.edu>, David Pickering
>><dp...@andrew.cmu.edu> says:
>>>SUOR ANGELICA, a little levity is definitely needed). I only know of
>>>one recording of GIANNI SCHICCI by itself, a Eurodisc recording with
>>>Helen Donath conducted by Guiseppi Patane. However, I haven't heard it
>>>yet so I can't give any kind of recommendation.
>
>There is also an LP on Columbia, with Gobbi and Cotrubas. A great recording,
>really captures the humor and character acting of the work. I don't know
>whether it has been reissued onto CD, however.
It has, but I'm afraid I don't have the number off hand. I think it has only
been rereleased as part of a complete Trittico though.
r0ch...@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Try Te Kanawa's collection of Puccini and Verdi arias, Pritchard leading.
I belive "O mio babbino ca and ro" "Sogno di Doretta appear in the movie
soundtrack for "A Room with a View." I watched this insipid movie all the
way through just to get the credits for those two arias.
Ray
andrew levine
In article <3g65j9$a...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, E.M.P. Pringle writes:
> It has, but I'm afraid I don't have the number off hand. I think it has
only
> been rereleased as part of a complete Trittico though.
It's available seperately with the number (EURODISC) 7751-2-RC.
Andrew.
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