Rossini - Il Turco in Italia / Bartoli, Corbelli, Pertusi, Vargas, Teatro alla Scala, Chailly

Editorial Reviews
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This Pirandello-like, 1814 comedy of manners has long lived in the shadow of Rossini's better-known L'Italiana in Algeri, but this recording, more than either of its predecessors, allows it to bloom in all its ironic loveliness. Cecilia Bartoli, a born comedian, sings expressively and angelically while her character behaves devilishly, and the supporting cast is no less effective. Riccardo Chailly brings out all of the score's humor, and all of its warmth as well. A little-known gem for fans of The Barber of Seville. --Robert Levine

Rossini - Il Turco in Italia / Bartoli, Corbelli, Pertusi, Vargas, Teatro alla Scala, Chailly, Music, Gioachino Rossini, Riccardo Chailly, Cecilia Bartoli, Ramón Vargas, Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Michele Pertusi, Alessandro Corbelli, Roberto di Candia, Francesco Piccoli Laura Polverelli, Classical, Classical Music, Italian Romantic Opera, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Opera/Operetta
Rossini - Il Turco in Italia / Bartoli, Corbelli, Pertusi, Vargas, Teatro alla Scala, Chailly
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Excepcional Recording of Rossini
  • A delightful Rossini rarity
  • PURE ROSSINI!
  • Exceptional Turco
  • Boring CD!!!!!
 Rossini - Il Turco in Italia / Bartoli, Corbelli, Pertusi, Vargas, Teatro alla Scala, Chailly
Gioachino Rossini , Riccardo Chailly , Cecilia Bartoli , Ramón Vargas , Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano , Michele Pertusi , Alessandro Corbelli , Roberto di Candia , and Francesco Piccoli Laura Polverelli
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ASIN: B0000069DB
Release Date: 1998-04-14

Tracks:

  1. Sinfonia - Orch del Teatro alla Scala/Riccardo Chailly
  2. Atto primo: Nostra patria e il mondo intero - Coro del Teatro alla Scalla/Riccardo Chailly
  3. Atto primo: Ho da far un dramma buffo - Roberto De Candia
  4. Atto primo: Ah! se di questi Zingari l'arrivo - Roberto De Candia
  5. Atto primo: Vado in traccia d'una Zingara - Alessandro Corbelli
  6. Atto primo: Chi vuol farsi astrologar - Laura Polverelli/Coro del Teatro alla Scalla
  7. Atto primo: Ah! mia moglie, san chi sono - Alessandro Corbelli
  8. Atto primo: Brava! Intesi ogni cosa - Roberto De Candia
  9. Atto primo: Non si da follia maggiore - Cecilia Bartoli
  10. Atto primo: Voga, voga, a terra, a terra - Coro del Teatro alla Scalla
  11. Atto primo: Bella Italia, alfin ti miro - Michele Pertusi
  12. Atto primo: Che bel Turco! Avviciniamoci - Cecilia Bartoli
  13. Atto primo: Serva...Servo - Cecilia Bartoli/Michele Pertusi
  14. Atto primo: Della Zingara amante - Roberto De Candia
  15. Atto primo: Un marito scimunito! - Roberto De Candia
  16. Atto primo: Ola: tosto il caffe - Cecilia Bartoli
  17. Atto primo: Siete Turchi: non vi credo - Cecilia Bartoli
  18. Atto primo: lo stupisco - Michele Pertusi
  19. Atto primo: Come! Si grave torto - Ramon Vargas
  20. Atto primo: Sono arrivato tardi - Roberto De Candia
  21. Atto primo: Per piacere alla signora - Alessandro Corbelli
  22. Atto primo: No mia vita, mio tesoro - Cecilia Bartoli
  23. Atto primo: Ho quasi del mio dramma - Roberto De Candia
  24. Atto primo: Gran meraviglie - Coro del Teatro alla Scalla/Riccardo Chailly
  25. Atto primo: Per la fuga e tutto lesto - Michele Pertusi
  26. Atto primo: Perche mai se son tradito - Ramon Vargas
  27. Atto primo: Evviva l'amore - Coro del Teatro alla Scalla/Riccardo Chailly
  28. Atto primo: Chi servir non brama amor - Cecilia Bartoli
  29. Atto primo: Qui mia moglie ha da venire - Alessandro Corbelli
  30. Atto primo: Ah! che il cor non m'ingannava - Cecilia Bartoli
  31. Atto primo: Vada via: si guardi bene di cercar - Laura Polverelli
  32. Atto primo: Quando il vento improvviso - Cecilia Bartoli/Laura Polverelli/Ramon Vargas/Francesco Piccoli/Roberto de Candia...

Tracks:

  1. Atto secodo: A proposito, amico - Michele Pertusi
  2. Atto secodo: D'un bell'uso di Turchia - Michele Pertusi
  3. Atto secodo: Se Fiorilla di vender bramate - Michele Pertusi
  4. Atto secodo: Ed invece di pagarla - Michele Pertusi
  5. Atto secodo: Credeva che questa scena - Roberto De Candia
  6. Atto secodo: Non v'e piacer perfetto - Coro del Teatro alla Scalla/Riccardo Chailly
  7. Atto secodo: Che Turca impertinente! - Cecilia Bartoli
  8. Atto secodo: Credete alle femmine - Michele Pertusi
  9. Atto secodo: Fermate! - Roberto De Candia
  10. Atto secodo: Intesi: ah! tutto intesi - Ramon Vargas
  11. Atto secodo: Tu seconda il mio disegno - Ramon Vargas
  12. Atto secodo: Oh sorte deplorabile! - Alessandro Corbelli
  13. Atto secodo: Se ho da dirla, avrei molto piacere - Alessandro Corbelli
  14. Atto secodo: Ah, se nel mondo - Alessandro Corbelli
  15. Atto secodo: Oh! che fatica! - Roberto De Candia
  16. Atto secodo: Ah! sarebbe troppo dolce - Francesco Piccoli
  17. Atto secodo: Amor la danza mova - Coro del Teatro alla Scalla/Riccardo Chailly
  18. Atto secodo: E Selim non si vede! - Cecilia Bartoli
  19. Atto secodo: Amor la danza mova - Coro del Teatro alla Scalla/Riccardo Chailly
  20. Atto secodo: Cara Fiorilla mia - Michele Pertusi
  21. Atto secodo: Amor la danza mova - Coro del Teatro alla Scalla/Riccardo Chailly
  22. Atto secodo: Eccomi qui - Alessandro Corbelli
  23. Atto secodo: Oh! guardate - Alessandro Corbelli
  24. Atto secodo: Dunque seguitemi - Ramon Vargas/Michele Pertusi
  25. Atto secodo: Questo vecchio maledetto - Cecilia Bartoli
  26. Atto secodo: Ah! Poeta, non sai... - Alessandro Corbelli
  27. Atto secodo: Chi avria creduto - Cecilia Bartoli
  28. Atto secodo: I vostri cenci vi mando - Cecilia Bartoli
  29. Atto secodo: Squallida veste - Cecilia Bartoli
  30. Atto secodo: Caro padre - Cecilia Bartoli
  31. Atto secodo: Si: mi e forza partir - Cecilia Bartoli
  32. Atto secodo: Son la vite sul campo appassita - Cecilia Bartoli
  33. Atto secodo: Rida a voi sereno il Cielo - Coro del Teatro alla Scalla/Riccardo Chailly

Amazon.com essential recording

This Pirandello-like, 1814 comedy of manners has long lived in the shadow of Rossini's better-known L'Italiana in Algeri, but this recording, more than either of its predecessors, allows it to bloom in all its ironic loveliness. Cecilia Bartoli, a born comedian, sings expressively and angelically while her character behaves devilishly, and the supporting cast is no less effective. Riccardo Chailly brings out all of the score's humor, and all of its warmth as well. A little-known gem for fans of The Barber of Seville. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excepcional Recording of Rossini.......2007-05-16

From the remote 1954 when Callas registered for EMI this Rossini's 'dramma buffo' I've never listened and enjoy an excellent version like this. Chailly delight from the podium and give it to the cast with a dazzling performance. Bartoli makes a beautiful Fiorilla with your charming voice and expressiveness; Corbelli with your voice and portrayal of the tortured Geronio is a fine comediant. Vargas, Pertusi and De Candia are all excellent, but one pleasant revelation is the Zaida of Laura Poverelli, great and enjoyable voice ant performance. The quality sound and balance of this London register are also very good. Essential recording for all opera lovers.

5 out of 5 stars A delightful Rossini rarity.......2004-07-09

Gioacchino Rossini wrote two kinds of comic opera. First there was the manic, almost farcial "opera buffa" (eg. THE BARBER OF SEVILLE). Then there was a kind of serio-comedy akin to the "dramma giocoso" of Mozart. IL TURCO IN ITALIA (1816) definitely falls in the latter category (as does LA CENERENTOLA). This little-known opera is a real gem. It is about a Muslim prince (Selim, sung by Michele Pertusi in fine voice) from Turkey and the comedy and conflict that ensue when he visits Italy. A clash of cultures ensues as the polygamous Selim tries to steal Don Geronio's young wife, Fiorilla (mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, singing a role written for soprano). While the opera does not have as many memorable melodies or outstanding individual numbers as THE BARBER or CENERENTOLA, it is still a funny, compassionate comedy with some of Rossini's best music. The opera is surprisingly contemporary in feel, especially in the character of the Poet, who "writes" the opera as it unfolds. Bartoli, Pertusi, and Vargas are all excellent, but for me the stand-out is Alessandro Corbelli, who portrays the henpecked husband Geronio with musicality and sympathy. Just about any opera set with Corbelli on it is worth getting, as he is an extremely fine singing-actor in the Mozart/Rossini repertoire.

5 out of 5 stars PURE ROSSINI!.......2003-08-10

This is the best version of 'Il turco in Italia' that you can find at the moment at your store. Cecilia Bartoli makes a really good Fiorilla, Alessandro Corbelli is a very funny Don Geronio and Roberto De Candia is a great Poet. Laura Polverelli is an autentic luxe for the short but difficult role of Zaida. Ramón Vargas has a little voice, but his voice is beautiful and he is well as Narciso. And what about Michele Pertusi? He sings very well, but he's not the perfect singer for comical repertory. Maybe here's the only negative point of these recording.
Chailly makes with her direction a pure rossinian version, with the great orchrestra and chorus of Scalla di Milano.
Sure, you must buy this!

5 out of 5 stars Exceptional Turco.......2003-08-08

This is the very best version of "Turco" in the market today. Cecilia Bartoli makes a really good "sing lesson" with her Fiorilla, Corbelli is a very funny Geronio, Vargas is a Narciso with a very beautiful voice and De Candia is a Poet really inspiried. Pertusi is good, but no enough, He's maybe boring.
Chailly conducts very well with a great chorus and a great orchresta. Do you want a second option for a good "Turco"? In cd there isn't. In VHS try Mariella Devia version from Scalla di Milano.

1 out of 5 stars Boring CD!!!!!.......2001-09-04

Some of the arias were quite good.
though overall, it is very dull opera.
and Batoli didn't help this opera either.
Her mezzo voice is not suitable at all with this high demanding coloratura role as heroine. Terrible miscast to cash in her name even though she doesn't have right soprano voice.
For some arias, I found a joy from Sumi Jo's version for same aria by Philips recording.
However, once again, it is dull opera overall to enjoy from CD only. I guess you have to see from Stage.

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