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Verdi: Il Trovatore

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by: Bocelli, Cedolins.

Release Date June 21, 2004

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The Best Ever Opera Experience

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by: Various Artists

Release Date August 25, 2005

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Ultimate Verdi

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by: Various Artists

Release Date August 13, 2007

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Verdi: Il Trovatore

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by: Joan Sutherland Luciano Pavarotti Sherrill Milnes Nicolai Ghiaurov The National Philharmonic Orchestra Richard Bonynge

Release Date April 16, 2007
Does it take the death of Pavarotti to finally reveal the greatness of this recording? He is brilliantly ardent, singing at the very height of his powers: at turns meltingly subtle and heroically sumptuous vocally. One feels there is no stopping the man. He could sometimes be unsubtle, but never here - and the golden beauty and power are unfailingly at the service of the music. Sutherland's final scenes are some of the greatest singing even she has committed to disc: ravishing tonal beauty, heart-rending projection and glorious top notes (interpolated or not - they souind right, and that's the thing). But it all hinges on the conductor in this piece and Bonynge does not disappoint. His is a very masculine, white-hot interpretation but also possessing ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 5
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Verdi: Il Trovatore

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from: Opera Double Decca

Release Date January 18, 1999
It is interesting to hear IL TROVATORE conducted by Bonynge, known for brisk music, since it makes for some unusual results with a very controversial choice of tempos.The recording starts off slowly, lacking impetus, as if Ferrando's task was not to keep the soldiers awake late at night by the awkward story, but to make them fall asleep as soon as possible... Bonynge maintains the sluggish mood also at the beginning of the second scene when Leonora steps forward with a big entrance recitative and aria, which makes Sutherland sound too distant, vulnerable and ethereal (strangely, you do not get this impression in the final scene, Prima che d'altri vivere, when Leonora is dying), far from a determined woman in love, waiting impatiently for her lover to come. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 6
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Gubaidulina - Hommage á Marina Tsvetayeva; Sonnensang

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by: Alice Nørregaard

Release Date October 17, 2003
It is interesting to hear IL TROVATORE conducted by Bonynge, known for brisk music, since it makes for some unusual results with a very controversial choice of tempos.The recording starts off slowly, lacking impetus, as if Ferrando's task was not to keep the soldiers awake late at night by the awkward story, but to make them fall asleep as soon as possible... Bonynge maintains the sluggish mood also at the beginning of the second scene when Leonora steps forward with a big entrance recitative and aria, which makes Sutherland sound too distant, vulnerable and ethereal (strangely, you do not get this impression in the final scene, Prima che d'altri vivere, when Leonora is dying), far from a determined woman in love, waiting impatiently for her lover to come. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
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Verdi - trovatore Il

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by: Giuseppe Verdi

Release Date March 22, 2002
It is interesting to hear IL TROVATORE conducted by Bonynge, known for brisk music, since it makes for some unusual results with a very controversial choice of tempos.The recording starts off slowly, lacking impetus, as if Ferrando's task was not to keep the soldiers awake late at night by the awkward story, but to make them fall asleep as soon as possible... Bonynge maintains the sluggish mood also at the beginning of the second scene when Leonora steps forward with a big entrance recitative and aria, which makes Sutherland sound too distant, vulnerable and ethereal (strangely, you do not get this impression in the final scene, Prima che d'altri vivere, when Leonora is dying), far from a determined woman in love, waiting impatiently for her lover to come. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 8
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Liszt - Piano Works - Aldo Ciccolini

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by: Franz Liszt, Aldo Ciccolini

Release Date October 02, 2006
It is interesting to hear IL TROVATORE conducted by Bonynge, known for brisk music, since it makes for some unusual results with a very controversial choice of tempos.The recording starts off slowly, lacking impetus, as if Ferrando's task was not to keep the soldiers awake late at night by the awkward story, but to make them fall asleep as soon as possible... Bonynge maintains the sluggish mood also at the beginning of the second scene when Leonora steps forward with a big entrance recitative and aria, which makes Sutherland sound too distant, vulnerable and ethereal (strangely, you do not get this impression in the final scene, Prima che d'altri vivere, when Leonora is dying), far from a determined woman in love, waiting impatiently for her lover to come. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
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Historical Recordings 1902-1914

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from: Gala

Release Date June 02, 2005
It is interesting to hear IL TROVATORE conducted by Bonynge, known for brisk music, since it makes for some unusual results with a very controversial choice of tempos.The recording starts off slowly, lacking impetus, as if Ferrando's task was not to keep the soldiers awake late at night by the awkward story, but to make them fall asleep as soon as possible... Bonynge maintains the sluggish mood also at the beginning of the second scene when Leonora steps forward with a big entrance recitative and aria, which makes Sutherland sound too distant, vulnerable and ethereal (strangely, you do not get this impression in the final scene, Prima che d'altri vivere, when Leonora is dying), far from a determined woman in love, waiting impatiently for her lover to come. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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Historical Recordings 1902-1914

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from: Gala

Release Date June 06, 2000
It is interesting to hear IL TROVATORE conducted by Bonynge, known for brisk music, since it makes for some unusual results with a very controversial choice of tempos.The recording starts off slowly, lacking impetus, as if Ferrando's task was not to keep the soldiers awake late at night by the awkward story, but to make them fall asleep as soon as possible... Bonynge maintains the sluggish mood also at the beginning of the second scene when Leonora steps forward with a big entrance recitative and aria, which makes Sutherland sound too distant, vulnerable and ethereal (strangely, you do not get this impression in the final scene, Prima che d'altri vivere, when Leonora is dying), far from a determined woman in love, waiting impatiently for her lover to come. ... Read More: