Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (The Maiden of the West) [Double Album]

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Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (The Maiden of the West) [Double Album]

Label Pentatone

Artists Melody Moore, Marius Budoiu, Lester Lynch, Kevin Short, Lawrence Foster, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, Amitai Pati, Marius Vlad, Martin-Jan Nijof

€29,99 EUR

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Lawrence Foster conducts Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West (The Maiden of the West), together with the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Cluj-Napoca and a cast of seasoned Puccini singers, including Melody Moore (Minnie), Marius Vlad (Dick Johnson) and Lester Lynch (Jack Rance). Puccini’s “Spaghetti Western” is not only an exploration of the New World, with the delightfully charismatic saloon owner Minnie running the show, but equally of new music, a pioneering work full of harmonic innovation and state-of-the-art orchestration effects. The depth of the orchestration, as well as of the various ensemble scenes that are characteristic of the opera, fully comes to life in this studio recording. Lawrence Foster has a vast Pentatone discography, including operettas and operas such as Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus (2018) and Der Zigeunerbaron (2016), as well as Verdi’s Otello (2017). You will find all the DSD albums featuring conductor Lawrence Foster at NativeDSD here. The latter album - Otello - features Melody Moore and Lester Lynch, who have also starred in recordings of Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Puccini’s Il Tabarro (both 2020). Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Cluj-Napoca Lawrence Foster, Conductor Melody Moore - Soprano Lester Lynch - Baritone Marius Vlad - Tenor Amitai Pati - Tenor Martin-Jan Nijof - Bass Kevin Short - Bass Baritone

Tracklist

Total time: 02:12:26

1. Act 1 - Introduction

01:11

2. Act 1 - Hello Nick

05:50

3. Act 1 - Che faranno i vecchi miei

04:00

4. Act 1 - Jim perche piangi

03:14

5. Act 1 - Andiam ragazzi

01:19

6. Act 1 - Un poker Nick gettoni

01:52

7. Act 1 - Mrs Rance fra poco

01:18

8. Act 1 - Hello Minnie

03:24

9. Act 1 - Dove eravamo

03:34

10. Act 1 - La posta La posta

03:09

11. Act 1 - Ti voglio bene Minnie

01:52

12. Act 1 - Minnie dalla mia casa son partito

02:23

13. Act 1 - Laggiu nel Soledad

02:33

14. Act 1 - Chi c e per farmi i rici

01:51

15. Act 1 - Vi recordate di me

01:39

16. Act 1 - Mister Johnson voi m avete seccato

01:31

17. Act 1 - Mister Johnson un valzer

05:24

18. Act 1 - Mister Johnson siete rimasto indietro

03:47

19. Act 1 - Io non son che una povera fanciulla

01:17

20. Act 1 - Quelle che tacete

01:03

21. Act 1 - Come voi leggermi in cor non so

02:39

22. Act 1 - Ah non temete nessuno ardira

05:19

23. Act 2 - Il mio bimbo e grande e piccino

02:24

24. Act 2 - Billy, e fissato

02:04

25. Act 2 - Voglio vestirmi tutta

03:56

26. Act 2 - Oh, se sapeste

05:03

27. Act 2 - Ugh, Neve

08:12

28. Act 2 - Hello

04:59

29. Act 2 - Vieni fuori

01:23

30. Act 2 - Lo so, Io so - Ma non vi avrei rubato

03:35

31. Act 2 - L'han ferito - Che importa

02:32

32. Act 2 - Che c'e di nuovo, Jack

03:28

33. Act 2 - E la, E la

02:09

34. Act 2 - Un partita a poker

05:44

35. Act 3 - Ve lo giuro, sceriffo

01:55

36. Act 3 - Maledetto cane

02:04

37. Act 3 - Ah, Ah, Ah

05:04

38. Act 3 - Sceriffo Rance

00:26

39. Act 3 - E cosi, Mister Johnson, come va

02:12

40. Act 3 - Risparmiate lo scherno

02:11

41. Act 3 - Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano

02:47

42. Act 3 - Ah-Ah-Ah

02:08

43. Act 3 - Basta, 'quando per voi

02:04

44. Act 3 - E anche tu lo vorrai

03:20

45. Act 3 - Le tue parole sono di Dio

02:37

Additional Information

Label

Pentatone

SKU

PTC5186778

Qualities

FLAC 96 kHz, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 64, DSD 128, DSD 256, DSD 512, DXD 24 Bit

Channels

2ch Stereo, 5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround

Artists

Melody Moore, Marius Budoiu, Lester Lynch, Kevin Short, Lawrence Foster, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, Amitai Pati, Marius Vlad, Martin-Jan Nijof

Composers

Puccini

Conductors

Lawrence Foster

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 64

Instruments

Orchestra

Release Date

February 04, 2021

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Reviews

Pizzicato

Remy Franck

On December 10, 1910, La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West) premiered in the Met Puccini's New York opera. Emmy Destinn and Enrico Caruso sang the leading roles. The audience gave the singers and the composer a triumph that was rare in this famous house. Nevertheless, the opera remained a stepchild in the repertoire.

In this new recording, Lawrence Foster's tense, dramatic, somber, and yet also extremely lyrical interpretation is what makes the recording so appealing. Although there is no death scene in La Fanciulla del West, unlike other Puccini operas, there is something consistently negative about the whole plot of melancholy, sadness, and dissatisfaction, which is only opposed by the honest, combative love of Minnie. As a commentator on the plot, the orchestra becomes another character in the opera.

Melody Moore can ideally embody the saloon owner Minnie. In this opera, she tries to take as much as possible out of even the shortest movements. Marius Vlad can't let Domingo be forgotten, but he's an excellent actor.

It is mainly because of Lawrence Foster's conducting that this new production deserves interest. It does justice to a work that has often been unjustly criticized, but whose qualities were once praised by Anton Webern (in a letter to Arnold Schönberg) for a reason. There is “not a gram of kitsch” in it, said Webern, and that is exactly what distinguishes Foster's interpretation. It is a piece from life, tight, dramatic, and often poignant.

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Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (The Maiden of the West) [Double Album]

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (The Maiden of the West) [Double Album]

€29,99 EUR

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