Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo - Pagliacci /

Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Pavarotti, Freni, Varady, Cappuccilli, Gavazzeni, Patanè

This may not be the most dramatically charged of all Cav/Pag combos, but it does star the golden-voiced, sincere, in-his- prime Luciano Pavarotti in both operas, and that's enough for some people. Add to this the lovely Mirella Freni as Nedda in I Pagliacci, and the exciting, underrecorded Julia VarÂ´dy in Cavalleria Rusticana, and quite the dramatic evening unfolds. Giuseppe PatanÃ© leads I Pagliacci with vigor and sensitivity to the tenor, who turns in a stunning "Vesti la giubba," and Gianandrea Gavazzeni takes a big approach to the earlier scenes in Cavalleria Rusticana, while keeping the one-on-ones intimately intense. Ingvar Wixell is overparted as Tonio, but Piero Cappuccilli's Alfio is a fine, snarling portrait. A first choice for Cavalleria Rusticana alone might be the recording with Domingo and Baltsa or that with Bjorling and Milanov; for I Pagliacci alone, try BjÃ¶rling and de los Angeles. But if it's The Large One you want, here's the right place. --Robert Levine
Country USA
Brand Verve Label Group
Manufacturer Decca
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 028941459022
Model 1989742
ReleaseDate 1988-11-14
UnitCount 2
UPCs 028941459022
EANs 0028941459022

Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Pavarotti, Freni, Varady, Cappuccilli, Gavazzeni, Patanè