Puccini / Ambrosian Singers / Nagaono / Lso La Boheme CD

Puccini: La Boheme / Nagano, Te Kanawa, Leech, Ambrosian Singers, LSO. Composer: Giacomo Puccini, Performer: Alan Ewing, Richard Leech, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Carlos Chausson, Conductor: Kent Nagano Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, St. Clement Danes Nearly a century after it's premiere in Turin in February 1896 we have a fresh and vibrant new recording of this opera - one of the best known and probably most loved in Puccini's output. Nagano is well able to delineate Puccini's large musical canvas, sweeping the colors of the orchestral scoring and the glorious vocal lines onwards and upwards with an intoxicating, rumbustious swagger. If Te Kanawa had made a recording of this role around the time she sang it at Covent Garden in 1976 (with Pavarotti as Rodolfo) or in the subsequent revival in 1979, it would have made for a fascinating comparison. Amazingly, this is her first recording of Mim? and she has successfully managed to integrate her mature, lustrous sound with the poignant vulnerability and gradually ebbing strength of Mim? to remarkable effect. It is a hauntingly convincing performance. Leech provides an excellent shaping of Rodolfo with a rich, passionate tone. Titus (Marcello) and Gustafson (Musetta) are as finely characterized and vividly sung as one could hope and all the ensemble interplays, especially in Acts III and IV, have a fresh and dynamic intensity.

1. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 1. Questo Mar Rosso Mi Ammollisce E Assidera 2. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 1. Gi? Dell'apocalisse Appariscono I Segni 3. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 1. Legna! - Sigari! - Bord?! 4. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 1. Si Pu?? 5. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 1. Al Quartiere Latino CI Attende Momus 6. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 1. Non Sono in Vena. Chi ? L??! - Scusi 7. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 1. Oh! Sventata, Sventata! la Chiave Della Stanza Dove L'ho Lasciata? 8. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 1. Che Gelida Manina 9. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 1. S?. Mi Chiamano Mim? 10. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 1. O Soave Fanciulla 11. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 2. Arranci, Datteri, Caldi I Marroni! 12. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 2. Due Posti - Finalmente!... Parpignol! Parpignol! 13. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 2. Signorina Mim?, Che Dono Raro Le Ha Fatto Il Suo Rodolfo? 14. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 2. Ch'io Beva Del Tossico! - Oh! - Essa! - Musetta! 15. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 2. Quando Me N'V? 16. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 2. Il Conto? - Cos? Presto? - Chi L'ha Richiesto? 17. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 3. Oh?, L?, Le Guardie! Aprite!... Sa Dirmi, Scusi, Qual ? L'osteria 18. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 3. Mim?! - Speravo Di Trovarvi Qui 19. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 3. Marcello! Finalmente!... Mim? ? Una Civetta 20. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 3. Ebbene, No, Non Lo Son... Mim? ? Tanto Malata! 21. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 3. ? Musetta Che Ride... Donde Lieta Usc? Al Tuo Grido D'amore 22. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 3. Dunque ? Proprio Finita! 23. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 3. Che Facevi, Che Dicevi 24. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 4. in Un Coup?? 25. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 4. O Mim?, Tu Pi? Non Torni 26. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 4. Che Ora Sia? - L'ora Del Pranzo Di Ieri... Gavotta! - Minuetto! - Pavanella! 27. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 4. C'? Mim?! 28. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 4. Ho Tanto Freddo! 29. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 4. Sono Andati? Fingevo Di Dormire 30. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 4. Oh Dio! Mim?! - Che Avvien? - Nulla. Sto Bene 31. La Boh?me, Opera: Act 4. Che Ha Detto Il Madico