Galina Gorchakova: Verdi & Tchaikovsky Arias

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Galina Gorchakova is that rarity--a genuine spinto soprano--rather than the usual pushed-up lyric, and she wields her dark, sumptuous voice with assurance; her high notes can be thrilling in their power. She is at her best in the four arias by Tchaikovsky, particularly her believably impetuous reading of the Letter Scene from "Eugene Onegin." She sometimes carries too much heft too high for the Verdian repertoire, with an occasional hint of strain as a result, but most listeners will forgive a measure of Slavic production in an Italian role for the chance to hear a soprano who can sing this music without apologies. She is ably and sympathetically accompanied by conductor Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra. --Sarah Bryan Miller

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Verdi: Don Carlo
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A beautiful reading despite the casting of some light voices
  • Unfortunately, the minority standpoint
 Verdi: Don Carlo

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ASIN: B0000C6IVZ
Release Date: 2004-03-09

Tracks:

  1. Su, Cacciator!
  2. Fontainebleau! Forest Immensa E Solitaria!
  3. Io La Vidi
  4. Il Suon Del Corno Alfin Nel Bosco Tace
  5. Al Mio Pie, Perche?
  6. Di Qual Amor, Di Quant'ardor
  7. Al Fedel Ch'ora Viene, O Signora
  8. L'Ora Fatale E Suonata!
  9. Inni Di Festa Lieti Echeggiate
  10. Il Glorioso Re Di Francia, Il Grande Enrico
  11. Carlo Il Sommo Imperatore
  12. Al Chiostro Di San Giusto
  13. E Lui! Dessa! L'Infante!
  14. Dio, Che Nell'alma Infondere
  15. Sotto Ai Folti, Immensi Abeti
  16. Nei Giardin Del Bello
  17. La Regina!

Tracks:

  1. Io Vengo A Domandar Grazia All Mia Regina
  2. Il Re!
  3. Non Pianger, Mia Compagna
  4. Restate!
  5. O Signor, Di Fiandra Arrivo
  6. Oso Lo Sguardo Tuo
  7. Preludio
  8. A Mezzanotte, Ai Giardin Della Regina
  9. Al Mio Furor Sfuggite Invano
  10. Spuntato Ecco Il Di D'Esultanza
  11. Sire, No, L'Ora Estrema
  12. Sire! Egli E Tempo Ch'io Viva!

Tracks:

  1. Ella Giammai M'Amo!
  2. Il Grande Inquisitor!
  3. Nell'ispano Suol Mai L'Eresia Domino
  4. Giustizia! O Sire!
  5. Ah! Sii Maledetto, Sospetto Fatale
  6. Pieta! Perdon! Per La Rea Che Si Pente
  7. O Don Fatale
  8. Son Io, Mio Carlo
  9. Per Me Giunto E Il Di Supremo
  10. O Carlo, Ascolta...
  11. Mio Carlo, A Te La Spada Io Rendo!
  12. Tu Che Le Vanita
  13. Francia, Nobile Suol
  14. E Dessa
  15. Ma Lassu Ci Vedremo In Un Mondo Migliore
  16. Si, Per Sempre!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A beautiful reading despite the casting of some light voices.......2007-01-20


To get the bad news over with quickly, the voices in Haitink's 1997 Don Carlo from London tend to be on the light side, and few of the performers are steeped in Italian style. The King Philip, Roberto Scandiuzzi, is Italian, but his voice sounds woolly and lacks authority. Elisabetta is the then-promising Russian soprano Galina Gorchakova. She has the vocal heft to sing any of Verdi's great dramatic soprano roles, but here she is a bit mature-sounding, and throaty in a Slavic way that takes some getting used to. She's at the opposite extreme from Mirella Freni, whose lyric soprano was clearly too light in Karajan's otherwise gripping set on EMI.

After that it's clear sailing. We get a fine orchestral reading from Haitink, more straightforward than either Karajan or Giulini but refined and beautifully balanced--only at times does the pacing feel too relaxed. It's certainly possible to play the score as a mroe haunted, doomed affair--the three leads, after all, are consumed by guilt almost from the beginning--but that's not Haitink's approach. Hvorostovsky gives one of his best performances on disc as Rodrigo, and the American tenor Richard Margison comes amazingly close to superstars like Domingo and Carreras as Don Carlo. The three bass roles of the Monk, Philip II, and the Grand Inquisitor are taken by very good singers, even if they don't erase memories of Boris Christoff or Nicolai Ghiaurov. Olga Broodina makes for a world-class Eboli, as one would expect. The orchestra and chorus of the Royal Opera Covent Garden sound just right in scale, not overblown like Karajan's Berlin Phil.

Editions have become complicated for this opera. Here we have the 1886 Modena version, an Italian translation in effect of the five-act French score premiered in Paris. I msut say I thoroughly enjoyed it. to the point that even Gorchakova's miscasting can't bring five stars down to four.

5 out of 5 stars Unfortunately, the minority standpoint.......2005-10-04

Haitink's Don Carlo is very much like Giulini's, but better recorded, better conducted (!) and overall more accomplished as a concept.

His cast is very different. While not all ideally suited to their roles, they are sensitive to the drama and have something interesting to say - no weak link among them. The one standout is Hvorostovski as Posa, in what must be his best recorded performance. Also, I prefer Gorchakova and Scandiuzzi here to many others. Margison as Don Carlo is in good voice, but in terms of characterisation not a patch on Carreras, Domingo (live or for Abbado), or Alagna. Recommended!

Galina Gorchakova: Verdi & Tchaikovsky Arias
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Galina Gorchakova is top class
  • Wonderful Recording
  • The rise of the lirico-spinto
 Galina Gorchakova: Verdi & Tchaikovsky Arias

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ASIN: B0000041CI
Release Date: 1996-03-26

Tracks:

  1. La forza del destino: Son giunta!...Madre, pietosa Vergine
  2. Otello: Mia madre aveva...Piangea cantando...Ave Maria
  3. Eugene Onegin: Puskaj pagibnu ja, no prezhde
  4. Pique Dame: Otkuda eti sl'ozy
  5. Charodeika: Gde zhe ty, moj zjelannyj?
  6. Oprichnik: Pachundilis' mne butta galasa
  7. La forza del destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio
  8. Aida: Qui Radamverr.O patria mia
  9. 2 Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida...Di tale amor

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Galina Gorchakova is that rarity--a genuine spinto soprano--rather than the usual pushed-up lyric, and she wields her dark, sumptuous voice with assurance; her high notes can be thrilling in their power. She is at her best in the four arias by Tchaikovsky, particularly her believably impetuous reading of the Letter Scene from "Eugene Onegin." She sometimes carries too much heft too high for the Verdian repertoire, with an occasional hint of strain as a result, but most listeners will forgive a measure of Slavic production in an Italian role for the chance to hear a soprano who can sing this music without apologies. She is ably and sympathetically accompanied by conductor Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra. --Sarah Bryan Miller

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Galina Gorchakova is top class.......2005-11-22

Galina Gorchakova is one of the greats. Her voice is beautiful, expressive and metallic. Verdi and Tchaikovsky are two of my favourite composers and Galina Gorchakova has the perfect voice for them. I personally don't find anything lacking in her voice. Her Pace pace mio dio is absolutely amazing! I love this CD!

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Recording.......1999-06-14

I heard her at the first time in Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, 1996. Once I heard her singing, I loved very much. Her voice is so beautifully. Many people there is something is lacking in her voice. I don't mind it. Because her voice is especially wonderful, and this is the one that I have been wanted to hear. Of course, I had to admit that her voice isn't great in these time, but someday, her voice will be wonderful and dramatic like Tebaldi and so on.

4 out of 5 stars The rise of the lirico-spinto.......1999-05-13

I will never forget the impression Galina Gorchakova's voice produced on me when I first heard her in the Verdi and Tchaikovski arias album. It was like a punch in the stomach, a flow of pure adrenaline running through my veins. An excitement I have only previously felt listening to Astrid Varnay, Eva Turner, Birgit Nilsson, Kirsten Flagstad, Maria Callas, Anita Cerquetti, Elena Souliotis and Leontyne Price. The opera world seldom produces singers who are able to do full justice to the Verdi and, in general, to the lirico-spinto repertoire. We are accustomed to hear the great dramatic Verdi roles (specially the two Leonoras, Elisabeth de Valois, Aida and Amelia) sung by lyric sopranos who painfully struggle to adapt their voices to those killers. Of course, in this pathetic process, transpositions and strained voices are at the order of the day. Perhaps this is the reason why we are so deeply impressed when a full blooded lirico-spinto soprano makes its appearance in a musical world where dramatic voices are practically extinct. Certainly, Gorchakova's voice is far from perfection. She needs to tame her huge voice and work hard on her breath control, specially for roles such as Aida and Il Trovatore's Leonora where legato and pianissimo are as important as volume and power. Nevertheless, we have to be grateful to Gorchakova for such a powerful, sovereign and impetuous voice and, specially, for reminding us the greatness of the lirico-spinto soprano repertoire and for being the living evidence that from time to time truly great voices come to the world of music.
Verdi: La Forza del Destino
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Very interesting alternative
 Verdi: La Forza del Destino

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ASIN: B0000041KU
Release Date: 1997-04-15

Tracks:

  1. La forza del destino: No. 1 Preludio
  2. La forza del destino: Act I, Scene 1, No. 2 Introduzione - Scena: Buona notte, mia figlia
  3. La forza del destino: Act i, Scene 2, No. 3 Recitativo: Temea restasse qui fino a domani!
  4. La forza del destino: Act I, Scene 2 Romanza: Me pellegrina ed orfana - No. 4 Scena: M' aiuti, Signorina
  5. La forza del destino: Act I, Scene 3 Duetto: Ah! Per sempre, o mio bell'angiol - No. 5 Scena: E tardi!
  6. La forza del destino: Act I, Scene 4 Finale I: Vil seduttor! Infame figlia!
  7. La forza del destino: Act II, Scene 1 No. 6 Coro - Ballabile: Hola, hola, hola - No. 7 Scena: La cena e pronta - Scene 2 No. 8 Recitativo: Viva la guerra!
  8. La forza del destino: Act II, Scene 2 Canzone: Al suon del tamburo
  9. La forza del destino: Act II, Scene 3 No. 9 Preghiera: Padre eterno, Signor, pieta di noi
  10. La forza del destino: Act II, Scene 3 No. 10 Scena: Viva la buona compagnia! - Scene 4 No. 11Scena: Poiche imberbe e L'incognito
  11. La forza del destino: Act II, Scene 4 Ballata: Son Pereda, son ricco d'onore
  12. La forza del destino: Act II, Scene 4 No. 12 Scena, Coro e ripresa della Danza: Sta bene
  13. La forza del destino: Act II, Scene 5 No. 13 Aria: Son giunta, grazie, oh Dio!
  14. La forza del destino: Act II, Scene 6 No. 14 Scena: Chi siete? - Scene 7 Ma s'ei mi respingesse! - Scene 8 No. 15 Scena: Chi mi cerca?
  15. La forza del destino: Act II, Scene 9 Or siam soli - Duetto: Piu tranquilla L'alma sento
  16. La forza del destino: Act II, Scene 9 E fermo il voto?
  17. La forza del destino: Act II, Scene 10 No. 16 Finale II: Introduzione (Allegro assai moderato)
  18. La forza del destino: Act II, Scene 10 Il santo nome di Dio Signore - La Vergine degli angeli

Tracks:

  1. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 1 No. 17 Scena: Attenti al gioco, attenti
  2. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 1 La vita e inferno all'infelice! - Romanza: Oh, tu che in seno agli angeli
  3. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 1 No. 18 Scena: Al tradimento - Scene 2 Fuggir! Ferito siete? - Duettino: Amici in vita, in morte
  4. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 2 No. 19 Scena: All'armi! - Battaglia: Arde la mischia! - Scene 4 No. 20 Scena: Piano...qui posi...approntisi il mio letto
  5. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 4 Duettino: Solenne in quest'ora
  6. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 5 No. 21 Scena: Morir! Tremenda cosa!
  7. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 5 Aria: Urna fatale del mio destino
  8. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 6 No. 22 Coro: Lorche pifferi e tamburi
  9. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 6 Strofe: Venite all'indovina - No. 23 Scena: Qua, vivandiere, un sorso
  10. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 7 Arietta: A buon mercato
  11. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 8 No. 24 Coro: Pane, pan per carita - Scene 9 Povere madri - Scene 10 No. 25 Coro - Tarantella: Nella guerra, e la follia
  12. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 10 No. 26 Predica: Toh, toh! Poffare il mondo
  13. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 10 No. 27 Rataplan
  14. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 11 No. 28 Scena: E come ricambiarvi tante cure? - Duetto: Sleale! Il segreto fu dunque violato?
  15. La forza del destino: Act III, Scene 12 No. 29 Scena - Aria: Qual sangue sparsi! orrore!

Tracks:

  1. La forza del destino: Act IV, Scene 1 No. 30 Coro: Fate la carita - Scene 2 Aria buffa: Che? Siete all'osteria?
  2. La forza del destino: Act IV, Scene 3 No. 31 Scena: Auf! Pazienza non v'ha che basti! - Duetto: Del mondo i disinganni
  3. La forza del destino: Act IV, Scene 4 No. 32 Scena: Giunge qualcun, aprite - Scene 5 No. 33 Scena: Spento mi credi, Alvaro
  4. La forza del destino: Act IV, Scene 5 Fratello - Duetto: Col sangue sol cancellasi
  5. La forza del destino: Act IV, Scene 6 No. 34 Melodia: Pace, mio Dio!
  6. La forza del destino: Act IV, Scene 7 No. 35 Scena - Finale ultimo: Chi preme questa terra e maledetto! - Io muoio! Confession - Scene 8 Temerari, del ciel l'ira fuggite!
  7. La forza del destino: Act IV, Scene 8 Si dunque a me presso
  8. La forza del destino: Act IV, Final Scene Miserere mei Deus

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Very interesting alternative.......2000-06-28

What we have here is the first St. Petersburg version of La Forza del Destino, so be aware that a lot of the familiar music is missing, such as the overture and the final trio. In compensation we hear a fiendishly difficult aria for the tenor that Verdi wisely dropped and several other first thoughts. This recording is excellent, with large slavic voices that can cope with La Forza del Destino better than many of the light-brand of singers we are getting for the real article in the West. First of all there is Galina Gorchakova, a gorgeous soprano with a very important instrument. She may not be Callas, Price or Milanov, but by any standard she is very good. The Georgian tenor Gegam Grigorian is rather rough and not as sweet sounding as our best Verdi tenors, but he is also very competent and once you accept his voice, he is manly and valiant. His aria with chorus is one of the main reasons for getting this album. The Carlo is also rough vocally, but very well acted. Valery Gergiev makes sure that everything sounds verdian, thank God. Even if this recording is not a first choice (go for Price-Domingo-Milnes and Levine on RCA) it still is very collectable and certainly worth hearing.
Italian Opera Arias
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Raw vocal beauty
 Italian Opera Arias

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ASIN: B00005QK12
Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

  1. Cavalleria Rusticana: Vio Lo Sapete, O Mamma
  2. Tosca: Vissi D'arte
  3. I Pagliacci: Ballatella: Stridono Lassu
  4. Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Di
  5. Madama Butterfly: Tu, Tu, Tu Piccolo Iddio
  6. Manon Lescaut: In Quelle Trine Morbide
  7. La Boheme: Quando Men Vo
  8. La Wally: Ebben, Ne Andro Lontana
  9. Tosca: Non La Sospiri
  10. Manon Lescaut: Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata
  11. Adriana Lecouvreur: Io Son L'Umile Ancella
  12. Aida: Ritorna Vincitor!
  13. La Boheme: Si, Mi Chiamno Mimi
  14. Turandot: Tu, Che Di Gel Sei Cinta
  15. Gianna Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro
  16. La Forza Del Destino: Pace, Pace, Mio Dio!

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Raw vocal beauty.......2001-10-22

Galina Gorchakova has always been a controversial singer. People either love her raw, untamed sound or hate it. I have always been in the former category and I still am, despite a few technical problems which never seem to go away. Some of her high notes on this album are so flat and weak that I'm surprised they didn't do another take. I've heard her do Leonora's aria better on two other recordings. And she's not exactly a master of subtlety, particularly in her high register. But the beauty of her enormous voice and the way she completely throws herself into her characters, in my opinion, more than makes up for technical flaws. Verismo doesn't have to be sung perfectly anyway. I much prefer the raw emotion of this disc to the bland interpretations in Jane Eaglen's new album of much the same repertoire. In particular, the three death scenes (Butterfly, Manon, and Liu) are very powerful.
Italian Opera Arias [Hybrid SACD]
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    ASIN: B00005QK13
    Release Date: 2002-02-05
    Verdi - Don Carlo / Gorchakova · Borodina · Hvorostovsky · Scandiuzzi · Margison · Lloyd · Norberg-Schulz · Haitink
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • There is no perfect Don Carlo; this one scores quite near.
    • A lovely, somewhat quiet performance (minus Italians in the cast)
    • A Good Recording of Verdi's Classic
    		 Verdi - Don Carlo / Gorchakova · Borodina · Hvorostovsky · Scandiuzzi · Margison · Lloyd · Norberg-Schulz · Haitink
    Giuseppe Verdi , Bernard Haitink , Olga Borodina , Galina Gorchakova , Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden , Dmitri Hvorostovsky , Roberto Scandiuzzi , Richard Margison , Robert Lloyd , Sylvia McNair , Robin Leggate , Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz , and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
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    ASIN: B0000041M1
    Release Date: 1997-11-11

    Tracks:

    1. Don Carlo: Su, cacciator (Coro)
    2. Don Carlo: Fontainebleau! Foresta immensa e solitaria! (Don Carlo)
    3. Don Carlo: Io la vidi (Don Carlo)
    4. Don Carlo: Il suon del corno alfin nel bosco tace (Don Carlo, Tebaldo, Elisabetta)
    5. Don Carlo: Al mio pie perche? (Elisabetta, Don Carlo)
    6. Don Carlo: Di qual amor, di quant' ador (Elisabetta, Don Carlo)
    7. Don Carlo: Al fedel ch'ora viene, o Signora (Tebaldo, Elisabetta, Don Carlo)
    8. Don Carlo: L'ora fatale e suonata! (Elisabetta, Don Carlo)
    9. Don Carlo: Inni di festa lieti echeggiate (Coro, Elisabetta, Don Carlo)
    10. Don Carlo: Il glorioso Re di Francia, il grande Enrico (Il Conte di Lerna, Elisabetta, Don Carlo, Coro)
    11. Don Carlo: Carlo il sommo Imperatore (Il frate, Coro)
    12. Don Carlo: Al chiostro di San Giusto (Don Carlo, Il frate)
    13. Don Carlo: E lui! Desso! I'Infante! (Rodrigo, Don Carlo)
    14. Don Carlo: Dio, che nell'alma infondere (Don Carlo, Rodrigo, Il frate, Coro)
    15. Don Carlo: Sotto ai folti, immensi abeti (Tebaldo, Eboli, Coro)
    16. Don Carlo: Nei giardin del bello (Eboli, Tebaldo, Coro)
    17. Don Carlo: La Regina! (Eboli, Elisabetta, Tebaldo, Rodrigo, Coro)

    Tracks:

    1. Don Carlo: Io vengo a domandor grazia alla mia Regina (Don Carlo, Elisabetta)
    2. Don Carlo: Il Re! (Tebaldo, Filippo, Coro)
    3. Don Carlo: Non pianger, mia compagna (Elisabetta, Rodrigo, Filippo, Coro)
    4. Don Carlo: Restate! (Filippo, Rodrigo)
    5. Don Carlo: O Signor, di Fiandra arrivo (Rodrigo, Filippo)
    6. Don Carlo: Oso lo squardo tuo (Filippo, Rodrigo)
    7. Don Carlo: No. 11 Preludio
    8. Don Carlo: A mezzanotte, ai giardin della Regina (Don Carlo, Eboli, Rodrigo)
    9. Don Carlo: Al mio furor sfuggite invano (Eboli, Rodrigo, Don Carlo)
    10. Don Carlo: Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza (L'araldo, Filippo, Elisabetta, Rodrigo, Don Carlo, Coro)
    11. Don Carlo: Sire, no, l'ora estrema (Sei deputati di Fiandra, Filippo, Sei frati, Elisabetta, Don Carlo, Rodrigo)
    12. Don Carlo: Sire! egli e tempo ch'io viva! (Don Carlo, Filippo, Elisabetta, Rodrigo, Tebaldo, Una voce dal cielo, I deputati di Fiandra, Coro)

    Tracks:

    1. Don Carlo: NO. 14 Introduzione, Scena e Cantabile
    2. Don Carlo: No. 15 Scena - Il Grande Inquistor!
    3. Don Carlo: Nell' ispano suol mai l'eresia domino
    4. Don Carlo: Giustizia! o Sire!
    5. Don Carlo: Ah! sii maledetto sospetto fatale
    6. Don Carlo: Pita! perdon! per la rea che si pente
    7. Don Carlo: O don fatale
    8. Don Carlo: Son io, mio Carlo
    9. Don Carlo: Per me giunto e il di supremo
    10. Don Carlo: O arlo, ascolta...
    11. Don Carlo: Mio Carlo, a te la spada io rendo!
    12. Don Carlo: Tu che le vanita
    13. Don Carlo: Franica, nobil suol
    14. Don Carlo: E dessa!
    15. Don Carlo: Ma lassu ci vedremo in un mondo migliore
    16. Don Carlo: Si, per sempre!

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars There is no perfect Don Carlo; this one scores quite near........2007-05-29

    The opera is so well known: it calls for superb singers. The Don in title role (Spanish Infant), the King (Philip II), the courtier (Marquis Posa), the lady in waiting (Princess Eboli), the Queen (Elisabetta), and the religious fanatic (the Inquisitor), all call for tremendously good singers to muster the roles' demands.
    How is the report?
    The Don scores some where in the middle. The voice is little bit wobbly, though not significant. The King fares less well, rather unfitting for the crown. The courtier is in great form, forthright and moving, highly lyrical and tragic in the last aria. The Queen is also quite noble, though a bit old. The star of the set, without a doubt, is the Princess Eboli. The Veil Song is so beautifully sung that I would say it is the best on record. Then the last aria of great remorse, sung with such drama and emotion! The timbre of Borodina is very beautiful. It is full bodied and rich, yet highly lyrical. Verrett on the all-time famous Giulini recording did not gain one single inch of ground in the face of Ms. Borodina's fabulous and almost unsurpassed Eboli.
    Bernard Haitinck conducted with zeal and passion, and the music could not be bettered under his firm baton.

    5 out of 5 stars A lovely, somewhat quiet performance (minus Italians in the cast).......2007-01-31

    To get the bad news over with quickly, the voices in Haitink's 1997 Don Carlo from London tend to be on the light side, and few of the performers are steeped in Italian style. The King Philip, Roberto Scandiuzzi, is Italian, but his voice sounds woolly and lacks authority. Elisabetta is the then-promising Russian soprano Galina Gorchakova. She has the vocal heft to sing any of Verdi's great dramatic soprano roles, but here she is a bit mature-sounding, and throaty in a Slavic way that takes some getting used to. She's at the opposite extreme from Mirella Freni, whose lyric soprano was clearly too light in Karajan's otherwise gripping set on EMI.

    After that it's clear sailing. We get a fine orchestral reading from Haitink, more straightforward than either Karajan or Giulini but refined and beautifully balanced--only at times does the pacing feel too relaxed. It's certainly possible to play the score as a mroe haunted, doomed affair--the three leads, after all, are consumed by guilt almost from the beginning--but that's not Haitink's approach. Hvorostovsky gives one of his best performances on disc as Rodrigo, and the American tenor Richard Margison comes amazingly close to superstars like Domingo and Carreras as Don Carlo. The three bass roles of the Monk, Philip II, and the Grand Inquisitor are taken by very good singers, even if they don't erase memories of Boris Christoff or Nicolai Ghiaurov. Olga Broodina makes for a world-class Eboli, as one would expect. The orchestra and chorus of the Royal Opera Covent Garden sound just right in scale, not overblown like Karajan's Berlin Phil.

    Editions have become complicated for this opera. Here we have the 1886 Modena version, an Italian translation in effect of the five-act French score premiered in Paris. I msut say I thoroughly enjoyed it. to the point that even Gorchakova's miscasting can't bring five stars down to four.

    4 out of 5 stars A Good Recording of Verdi's Classic.......1999-08-06

    I really enjoy this recording. I purchased it after having heard Gorchakova in various other Verdi roles. I have since been pleased with her performance of Elizabeth, although it is not perfect. She seems to have problems with clear diction. And while some of that is expected with someone with such a large voice, she sometimes takes it to and extreme. It does get annoying once and a while. She also takes her time getting to the pitch on some notes, which again some artist do do sometimes. It is particularly bad during her aria " Tu che le vanita " but her voice is so large and beatiful one can allow for some inperfections. Margison is also a solid Carlos, my only reservation with him is that is his attack on certain high notes, he seems to hit them instead of letting them soar out. Both Dimitri, and Olga Borodina do a beautifull job and perform their roles extremly well and must be some of the best recorded performances of Eboli and Rodrigo. Another recording to consider is that with Aprile Millo, and Zajick. On that recording the women are wonderful it's the men who are shakey at times. I really don't like the Domingo/Caballe version because I just don't think that Caballe has a large enough voice for Elizabeth. My all time favorite recording of this opera is the Bergonzi/Tebaldi recording for London, it has been on disc but unfortunately is not available at this time, but my library has it, maybe yours does too. But this is probably one of the best recordings AVAILABLE out there.

    Track Listings:

    1. Handel: Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks
    2. Harris: Symphony No. 7, William Schuman: Symphony No. 6
    3. Haydn: Symphonies No. 6, 7 & 8
    4. John Cage: Four4 / Glenn Freeman, percussion
    5. John Cage: One4, Four [all versions], Twenty-Nine / Fong, Krummel, Freeman, Crawford
    6. JS Bach: Keyboard Trio Sonatas
    7. King Richard III [Box set]
    8. Kuhnau: Sacred Music
    9. Latin American Journey
    10. Leo Smit: 33 Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson

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