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Giacomo Puccini, Kent Nagano, Kiri Te Kanawa
Puccini - La Bohème / Te Kanawa, Leech, Titus, Gustafson, Nagano
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. La Boheme: 'Questo Mar Rosso'
2. La Boheme: 'Gia dell Apocalisse'
3. La Boheme: 'Legna! Sigari! Bordo!'
4. La Boheme: 'Si puo? Chi e la?'
5. La Boheme: 'Al Quartiere Latin'
6. La Boheme: Non sono in vena'
7. La Boheme: 'Oh! Sventata, sventata!'
8. La Boheme: 'Che gelida manina'
9. La Boheme: 'Si. Mi chiamano Mimi'
10. La Boheme: 'O Soave fanciulla'
11. La Boheme: 'Aranci, datteri! Caldi i marroni!'
12. La Boheme: 'Due posti'
13. La Boheme: 'Signorina Mimi, che dono raro'
14. La Boheme: 'Ch'io beva del tossico'
15. La Boheme: 'quando me'n vo soletta'
16. La Boheme: 'Il conto?'
Track Listings (16) - Disc #2
1. La Boheme: 'Ohe, la! Le gaurdie!'
2. La Boheme: 'Mimi? - Speravo . . .'
3. La Boheme: 'Marcello. Finalmente'
4. La Boheme: 'Ebbene, no. Non lo son'
5. La Boheme: 'E Musetta che ride'
6. La Boheme: 'Dunque e proprio finita'
7. La Boheme: 'Che facevi . . . Che dicevi . . .'
8. La Boheme: 'In un coupe'
9. La Boheme: 'O mimi, tu piu non torni'
10. La Boheme: 'Che orsa sia?'
11. La Boheme: 'C'e Mimi! c'e Mimi!'
12. La Boheme: 'Ho tanto freddo'
13. La Boheme: 'Vecchia zimarra, senti'
14. La Boheme: 'Sono andati'
15. La Boheme: 'Oh Dio! Mimi'
16. La Boheme: 'Che ha detto il medico'

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CD Details

All Artists: Giacomo Puccini, Kent Nagano, Kiri Te Kanawa, Richard Leech, Alan Titus, Nancy Gustafson, Alan Ewing, Carlos Chausson, Barry Banks, Oliver Broome, Leslie Fyson, Ambrosian Singers
Title: Puccini - La Bohème / Te Kanawa, Leech, Titus, Gustafson, Nagano
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Erato
Release Date: 10/3/1995
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 706301069929

Synopsis

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This 1995 recording doesn't have an especially promising pedigree but confounds low expectations. Though Dame Kiri Te Kanawa often seems interpretively non-committal, the more mature version of her often thinks more about what she's singing now that the notes aren't so free. Thus, this is a dramatically credible Mimi while also having much of Te Kanawa's customary vocal luster. At the other end of the spectrum, Richard Leech is known for yelling but here is in gratifyingly restrained form. Kent Nagano is full of fresh responses to the music at every turn. The only thing that keeps this from being a standard setter are the secondary leads: Nancy Gustafson's Musetta sounds vocally worn while Alan Titus's Marcello is too vocally dark to be ideal. --David Patrick Stearns

CD Reviews

Ratings a matter of perspective

05/09/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"As a tenor, I found it refreshing to hear someone new. I found the booklet helpful. I just finished an opera gala where I had the opportunity to sing the 3rd act of La Boheme. This recording helped me to learn it and I felt that the quality of sound was great! I felt that all the voices were nicely done, with perhaps a few flaws. The drawback in the whole recording was that in spots of the music, it almost sounded like a faint male voice humming along with Kanawa. However, her voice was beautiful."

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Kevin Mulder | Enschede, The Netherlands | 07/22/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm am very pleased with this purchase. The singing is very good, especially Te Kanawa and Leech. Te Kanawa sounds half her age and Leech sounds very Italian. As far as Nancy Gustafson as Musetta, there is a little bit of wear at the top of her voice but it is not distracting."