Puccini / Callas / Bergonzi / Gobbi / Pretre Tosca (1964-1965) CD

2014 Maria Callas remastered series reissue. With this Abbey Road 24-bit 96 kHz remaster, engineers returned to the original master tapes, bringing new clarity & brilliance to her legendary studio recordings. Tosca was the role in which - in 1965, the year this recording was made - Callas gave her last complete performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera and the Paris Opera. This was her final complete recording of an opera, and, 12 years after her first version of Tosca, it reunited her with the Scarpia of Tito Gobbi. They were joined by Carlo Bergonzi as Cavaradossi. Gramophone praised 'a thrilling and very complete interpretation, with scene after scene, bar after bar, brought to life by sheer intelligence and dramatic insight'.

1. Tosca, Act 1: "Ah! Finalmente!" (Angelotti, Sacristan, Cavaradossi) - Leonardo Monreale, Giorgio Tadeo, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 2. Tosca, Act 1: "Dammi I Colori... Recondita Armonia" (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano) - Carlo Bergonzi, Giorgio Tadeo, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 3. Tosca, Act 1: "Gente la Dentro!" (Cavaradossi, Angelotti, Tosca) - Carlo Bergonzi, Leonardo Monreale, Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 4. Tosca, Act 1: "Mario! Mario! Mario!" (Tosca, Cavaradossi) - Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 5. Tosca, Act 1: "Ah, Quegli Occhi! Quale Occhi Al Mondo Puo Di Paro" (Tosca, Cavaradossi) - Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 6. Tosca, Act 1: "E Buona la Mia Tosca" (Cavaradossi, Angelotti, Sagrestano, Chorus) - Carlo Bergonzi, Leonardo Monreale, Giorgio Tadeo, Choeurs de L'opera National de Paris, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 7. Tosca, Act 1: "Un Tal Baccano in Chiesa!" (Scarpia, Sacristan, Spoletta) - Tito Gobbi, Giorgio Tadeo, Renato Ercolani, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 8. Tosca, Act 1: "Tutto Chiaro Tosca? Che Non Mi Veda Mario! Mario!" - Tito Gobbi, Maria Callas, Giorgio Tadeo, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 9. Tosca, Act 1: "Ed Io Venivo a Lui Tutta Dogliosa" (Tosca, Scarpia) - Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 10. Tosca, Act 1: "Tre Sbirri" (Scarpia, Spoletta, Chorus) - Tito Gobbi, Renato Ercolani, Georges Prete, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire 11. Tosca, Act 2: "Tosca Un Buon Falco" (Scarpia, Sciarrone) - Tito Gobbi, Ugo Trama, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 12. Tosca, Act 2: "Ha Piu Forte" (Scarpia, Sciarrone, Spoletta) - Tito Gobbi, Ugo Trama, Renato Ercolani, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 13. Tosca, Act 2: "Meno Male!" (Scarpia, Spoletta, Cavaradossi) - Tito Gobbi, Renato Ercolani, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 14. Tosca, Act 2: "Dov'e Dunque Angelotti?" (Scarpia, Cavaradossi, Spoletta, Tosca) - Tito Gobbi, Carlo Bergonzi, Renato Ercolani, Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 15. Tosca, Act 2: "Ed or Fra Noi Parliam Da Buoni Amici" (Scarpia, Tosca, Sciarrone, Cavaradossi) - Tito Gobbi, Maria Callas, Ugo Trama, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 16. Tosca, Act 2: "Orsu, Tosca, Parlate" (Scarpia, Tosca, Cavaradossi) - Tito Gobbi, Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Renato Ercolani, Leonardo Monreale, Giorgio Tadeo, Ugo Trama, David Sellar, Choeurs de L'opera National de Paris, Orchestre de la Societe Des Con 17. Tosca, Act 2: "Nel Pozzo... Del Giardino" (Scarpia, Sciarrone, Tosca, Cavaradossi) - Tito Gobbi, Carlo Bergonzi, Maria Callas, Giorgio Tadeo, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 18. Tosca, Act 2: "Se la Giurata" (Scarpia, Tosca) - Tito Gobbi, Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 19. Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi D'arte" (Tosca) - Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 20. Tosca, Act 2: "Vedi, Ecco, Vedi" (Tosca, Scarpia, Spoletta) - Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Renato Ercolani, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 21. Tosca, Act 2: "E Qual Via Scegliete?" (Scarpia, Tosca) - Tito Gobbi, Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 22. Tosca, Act 3: "Io De' Sospiri" (Shepherd's Voice) - David Sellar, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 23. Tosca, Act 3: "Mario Cavaradossi?" (Jailer, Cavaradossi) - Leonardo Monreale, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 24. Tosca, Act 3: "E Lucevan Le Stelle" (Cavaradossi) - Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 25. Tosca, Act 3: "Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca" (Cavaradossi, Tosca) - Carlo Bergonzi, Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 26. Tosca, Act 3: "O Dolci Mani" (Cavaradossi, Tosca) - Carlo Bergonzi, Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 27. Tosca, Act 3: "E Non Giungono" (Tosca, Cavaradossi, Jailer) - Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Leonardo Monreale, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 28. Tosca, Act 3: "Com'e Lunga L'attesa!" (Tosca) - Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre 29. Tosca, Act 3: "Presto! Su, Mario! Andiamo! Andiamo!, Su!" (Tosca, Voices, Sciarrone, Spoletta) - Maria Callas, Ugo Trama, Renato Ercolani, Choeurs de L'opera National de Paris, Orchestre de la Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre