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Puccini: Tosca (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Victor de Sabata, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724355630421
Label: EMI Classics
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
MPN: 56304
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release Date: August 19, 1997
Studio: EMI Classics
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Editorial Review:
Little can be added to what's been written about this landmark recording, except that Walter Legge's 1953 mono production yields nothing to modern Tosca recordings for vivacity and theatrical impact--especially Maria Callas's. The miraculous Victor de Sabata conjures up a vibrant, inspiring orchestral canvas that enables Callas and her stellar cohorts to work their magic. Tito Gobbi and Callas spur each other on to heights in which the characters take over from the singers in the listener's mind. Giuseppe Di Stefano is on his best behavior, and in fresher voice than on his fine Leontyne Price-Herbert von Karajan remake. On this set, EMI includes texts, translations, and notes that discuss this recording in the context of Callas's mercurial career. --Jed Distler
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Opera as Drama
Originally posted in my music review blog. Check my profile if you are interested.
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Music critics have long been fond of drolly referring to Tosca as a "shabby little shocker" and then misattributing the comment to George Bernard Shaw. No small wonder, then, that this Tosca has long been hailed as the "greatest" opera recording of the last century, even before such milestones as the Solti Ring and the Giulini Don Giovanni.
But are such superlatives justified? There ... Read More
Rating:  - Pretty Good
This CD set is fairly nice for the price it was. Everything sounded beautiful, my only problem was that some parts are way louder than others, so I had to control the volume alot.
Rating: - Simply excelent!
I bought this live recording with Maria Callas and G. di Stefano (no more, and no less!) to have the opportunity to listen a golden-pattern performance, and certainly it is. But moreover, despite of being a live recording in mono, the quality of the sound is really good, differently form other recordings of the time. This box has not the habitual label of "this is a live record in which the sound quality is below the standards". Does anyone knows if this has something to do with the color of the box (black, ... Read More
Rating: - The Incomparable Callas
She was sui generis (unlike any other) and for any fan of Mme. Callas this CD is a "must have!!! For the younger generation who were not fortunate enough to have ever heard her in person, her voice, although imperfect,portrays the complexity of Floria Tosca, through the delicate shadings of Callas' voice. Tosca is vulnerable, she is jealous, she is loving, she is delicate and tough at the same time. All of this is plain to hear through the marvel of this greatest of singing actresses.
Rating: - A complete classic among classics
This is one of the few opera recordings that can reach immortality. De Sabata conducts superb over orchestra and a trinity of "monsters": Di Stefano, Callas and Gobbi understood not only the music but the drama. Opera as it always must be. What can we say about the climatic experience of Callas and Gobbi together, probably the most talented actors in opera?
At the end, pay attention (it is impossible not to) to Tosca's death... In the voice of Callas, no other soprano in history have achieved such perfection.
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