Maria Callas - La Divina (picture disc, ltd. edition)

Warner Classics

£28.90

Format: LP
ICPN: 5054197685132
Release Date: 27 Oct 2023
Genre: Classical

LP Picture disc in sleeve with hole
Limited edition – 1 bonus track

Maria Callas is credited with changing the history of opera. Known as La Divina, she continues to fascinate as a supreme artist, but also as a woman and an icon of style. Her interpretations were as compelling for their dramatic truth as for their musical integrity. Her voice, with its extraordinary range, was as distinctive as her infallible sense for a phrase. A magnetic presence, she brought operatic heroines to vivid life, magically shaping and colouring her tone, and making insightful use of the text of the libretto.

La Divina Maria Callas BEST OF VINYL is a glittering selection of opera favorites that showcases, both in the studio (Side A) and on stage (Side B), her unique voice and her heartbreaking portrayal of tragic heroines.

Track list
SIDE A ∙ STUDIO RECORDINGS
PUCCINI Tosca “Vissi d’arte”
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire · Georges Prêtre
STEREO ∙ (P) 1965, 2014 Parlophone Records Limited

BIZET Carmen Habanera. “L'amour est un oiseau rebelle”
Chœurs René Duclos, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris ∙ Georges Prêtre
STEREO ∙ (P) 1964, 2014 Parlophone Records Limited

PUCCINI Madama Butterfly “Un bel dì vedremo”
Philharmonia Orchestra ∙ Tullio Serafin
MONO ∙ (P) 1954, 2014 Parlophone Records Limited

VERDI Rigoletto “Gualtier Maldè!” – “Caro nome”
Renato Ercolani tenor ∙ William Dickie baritone ∙ Carlo Forti bass
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano ∙ Tullio Serafin
MONO ∙ (P) 1956, 2014 Parlophone Records Limited

PUCCINI Turandot “Signore, ascolta!” (bonus track only on picture disc LP)
Philharmonia Orchestra ∙ Tullio Serafin
MONO ∙ (P) 1954, 2014 Parlophone Records Limited

CATALANI La Wally “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana”
Philharmonia Orchestra ∙ Tullio Serafin
MONO ∙ (P) 1955, 2014 Parlophone Records Limited

SIDE B ∙ LIVE RECORDINGS
BELLINI Tosca “Casta diva”
Chœur et Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra de Paris ∙ Georges Sébastian [Live, Paris 1958]
MONO ∙ (P) 1999, 2002 Victory Entertainment, under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Limited

VERDI La traviata“Ah, fors'è lui che I'anima” –“Follie! follie! Delirio vano è questo!” – “Sempre libera”
Giuseppe Di Stefano tenor ∙ Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano ∙ Carlo Maria Giulini [Live, Milan, 1955]
MONO ∙ (P) 1990, 1997 Parlophone Records Limited

PUCCINI La Bohème “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì”
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ∙ Malcolm Sargent [Live, London, 1959]
MONO ∙ (P) 1999, 2002 Marcal Investments Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited

DONIZETTI Anna Bolena “Coppia iniqua, l'estrema vendetta”
Gabriella Carturan mezzo-soprano ∙ Gianni Raimondi tenor ∙ Plinio Clabassi bass
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano ∙ Gianandrea Gavazzeni [Live, Milan, 1957]
MONO ∙ (P) 2017 Digital remastering Parlophone Records Limited

PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi “O mio babbino caro”
Orchestre National de la RTF ∙ Georges Prêtre [Live, Paris,1963]
MONO ∙ (P) 1999, 2003 Marcal Investments Ltd under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Limited

MARIA CALLAS soprano

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