Victoria de Los Angeles - The modest Prima Donna 1949-1954CD - DDD - 74'45
Regis 2006
Performer: Victoria De Los Angeles, Giannella Borelli, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Gerald Moore
Composer: Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Charles Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini, Alfredo Catalani, Enrique Granados
Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari, Walter Susskind, Andre Cluytens, Giuseppe Morelli, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra, Rome Opera Orchestra
"In his touching tribute (March 2005 Opera) Nicolai Gedda found her the 'most modest of prima-donnas' (James Murray) "In the 1950s...we went...to de los Angeles for warmth of heart and beauty of tone and expression. Everything she did seemed innate and natural...Nowhere was this more evident than in her 1954 recital, made in Rome...singing with an inimitable freshness...much material that she never repeated, not least Desdemona's 4th Act scene from Otello...The Jewelsong from Faust captures that irresistible smile the soprano could get into her tone and it is fabulously phrased." © Gramophone
Track Listing:
1. Wagner: Tannhäuser - Dich teure Halle
2. Lohengrin Einsam in trüben Tagen
3. Mozart: Figaro Porgi amor
4. Gounod: Faust, Jewel Song O dieu! que de bijoux
5. Verdi: Otello Era piu calm..Piangea cantando.. Ave Maria peina do grazia
6. Boito: Mefistofele Laltra notte in fondo al mare
7. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana Voi la sapete
8. Catalani: La Wally Ebben? ne abdro Iontana
9. Puccini: Boheme Si, Mi chiamano Mimi
10. Boheme Donde lieta usci
11. Madama Butterfly Un bel di vedremo
12. Madama Butterfly Che tua madre
13. Madama Butterfly Tu? Tu?! piccolo Iddio
14. Respighi: Zangarini Stornellatrice
15. Granados El majo discreto
16. Clavelitos with Gerald Moore piano
17. El Rossinyol with Renata Tarrago guitar
Find some more details at Arkivmusic
