- Audio CD (Jan 1 1990)
- SPARS Code: ADD
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Universal Music Group
- ASIN: B000001G5W
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #28,644 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. La Traviata: Preludio - Giuseppe Verdi | |||
| 2. La Traviata: Act I: Introduzione: Coro: 'Dell'invito trascorsa e gia l'ora?' (Violetta, Alfredo) - Giuseppe Verdi | |||
| 3. La Traviata: Act I: Toast: Alfredo: 'Libiamo ne' lieti calici' (Alfredo, Violetta) - Giuseppe Verdi | |||
| 4. La Traviata: Act I: Valzer e Duetto: Tutti: 'Che e cio?' (Violetta, Alfredo) - Giuseppe Verdi | |||
| 5. La Traviata: Act I: Valzer e Duetto: Alfredo: 'Un di felice, eterea' (Alfredo, Violetta) - Giuseppe Verdi | |||
| 6. La Traviata: Act I: Valzer e Duetto: Gastone: 'Ebben? Che diavol fatte?' (Violetta, Alfredo) - Giuseppe Verdi | |||
| 7. La Traviata: Act I: Stretta: Tutti: 'Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora' - Giuseppe Verdi | |||
| 8. La Traviata: Act I: Scena ed Aria - Finale: Violetta: 'E strano!.....Ah, fors'e lui' (Violetta) - Giuseppe Verdi | |||
| 9. La Traviata: Act I: Scena ed Aria - Finale: Violetta: 'Follie! Delirio vano e questo!...Sempre libera' (Violetta, Alfredo) - Giuseppe Verdi | |||
| 10. La Traviata: Act II: Scena ed Aria Alfredo: 'Lunge da lei...De' miei bollenti spiriti' (Alfredo) - Giuseppe Verdi | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Flora: 'Avrem lieta di maschere la notte' - G. Verdi | |||
| 2. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Gypsy Girls: 'Noi siamo zingarelle' - G. Verdi | |||
| 3. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Gastone And The Bullfighters: 'Di Madride noi siam mattadori' - G. Verdi | |||
| 4. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Tutti: 'Alfredo! Voi' (Alfredo, Violetta) - G. Verdi | |||
| 5. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Violetta: 'Invitato a qui seguirmi' (Violetta, Alfredo) - G. Verdi | |||
| 6. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Alfredo: 'Ogni suo aver tal femmina' (Alfredo) - G. Verdi | |||
| 7. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Germont: 'Di sprezzo degno se stesso rende' (Giorgio, Alfredo) - G. Verdi | |||
| 8. La Traviata: Act II: Finale II: Violetta: 'Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core' (Violetta) - G. Verdi | |||
| 9. La Traviata: Act III: Preludio - G. Verdi | |||
| 10. La Traviata: Act III: Scena ed Aria: Violetta: 'Annina?' - Annina: 'Comandate?' (Violetta) - G. Verdi | |||
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Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
The 1853 Venice premiere of La Traviata was one of the few failures the mature Verdi ever had--partly because its contemporary theme was too close to home for the audience; Marie Plessis, the original of Violetta and for a time the most popular courtesan in Paris, was only six years dead. The only Verdi opera entirely set indoors, and making minimal use of the chorus, it has always since between one of his most popular operas, and is perhaps his most affecting. Violetta is one of the most demanding parts he ever wrote in her mercurial shifts between joy, despair and practicality; Ileana Cotrubas's voice spans the whole range of effects that Verdi uses to portray Violetta, from coloratura to something close to speech, yet Cotrubas is always actress as well as singer, and always remembers what these effects are for. Domingo is a suitably ardent lover, and surprisingly good in the scenes where the spurned Alfredo turns nasty; Milnes is particularly fine in his duet with Violetta. asking her to break her heart, and learning pity. Carlos Kleiber has only ever recorded works where he was entirely satisfied with what he could do--here, as always, this approach guaranteed excellence. --Roz Kaveney
Amazon.com essential recording
The best Traviata on disc? If not, it's within hailing distance. No true Verdian would want to be without Callas's 1955 live recording, and it's hard not to love those starring Moffo, Caballe, Scotto, Sutherland, and de los Angeles among others. But this set offers the best all-round combination of excellent sound, fine singing, and dynamic conducting. Ileana Cotrubas is a wonderfully spontaneous Violetta, conveying the passion and vulnerability of the character. Only Callas among her starry rivals on disc can match Cotrubas's emotional and vocal mastery here. Domingo sings with ardor, and Milnes uses his beautiful voice to good effect as Germont. But it's Carlos Kleiber's show, and that enigmatic conductor leads the most energetic Traviata since Toscanini. Tempos are fast, but his sense of theatricality is unerring--this is one of those studio recordings that captures the sense of being at the opera house listening to one of those rare performances when everything clicks. --Dan Davis
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A puccinian La Traviata,
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This review is from: Verdi: La Traviata (Audio CD)
It seems everyone has an opinion on Cotrubas as Violetta, so I will give mine. I heard her sing the role back in 1986 at the Vienna State Opera, and she was a small scale, vulnerable Violetta. I have always felt that Puccini' s women are pathetic, while Verdi's are "heroic". Her Violetta seem doomed from the very beginning, it was obvious this Violetta was a loser. She carried the 3 difficult voices of the role with aplomb, but somehow she didn't seem to live the role inside-out. Her conductor in Vienna was Michel Plasson, with whom she seemed to have a much better rapport than with Carlos Kleiber. Kleiber fils conducts a white-hot very dramatic La Traviata, but Cotrubas is not with him. She is too fragile for his view, I think Julia Varady would have fit much better in this recording. Domingo is fine as Alfredo, though he makes a weird sound at the end of the cabaletta. Milnes is not a natural Germont, Giorgio Zancanaro is much, much better either with Gruberova (TELDEC) or Devia (Bongiovanni). But La Traviata stands or falls on its heroine. No finer stereo or even studio recording exists than DG previous recording with Renata Scotto, who lives Violetta like no other soprano since Maria Callas. And since La Divina didn't have luck recording this opera, the Scotto version is a mandatory purchase.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent,
This review is from: Verdi: La Traviata (Audio CD)
The music is beautiful. Ileana Cotrubas and Placido Domingo are doing a great job singing the roles of Violetta and Alfredo. I recommend this cd to anybody who would like to know more about the music of Verdi.
5.0 out of 5 stars
i prefer solti,
By tanya mederick (LA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Verdi: La Traviata (Audio CD)
i prefer solti's traviata. Decca's sound is better than DG. This traviata, for all its merits, is too hard-driven. hard-driven is frequently applied to solti himself. but in this case, solti is not hard driven but kleiber is hard driven.
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