Lajos Miller Jozsef Moldvai Ottorino Respighi - Respighi Belfagor (35 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Lajos Miller, Jozsef Moldvai, Ottorino Respighi
Respighi: Belfagor
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Prologue.: 'Candida! Candida!'
2. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Prologue.: 'Est. Non Est.'
3. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Prologue.: 'Pss, Amico!'
4. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Prologue.: 'Io Sono Que Per Ordine Superiore'
5. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Prologue.: 'La Quale Cadde Sopra L'Umilissimo'
6. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Prologue.: 'Albeggia... Debbo Andar'
7. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Prologue.: 'Non Piangere'
8. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 1.: 'Brava, Candida Mia!'
9. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 1.: 'In Che Posso Servir Vossignoria?'
10. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 1.: 'Alichino, Io Vedi'
11. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 1.: 'Ah, Ah!... Volevo Dire!'
12. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 1.: 'Uh!- Poveretta Me!'
13. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 1.: 'Candida!'
14. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'Babbo! Mamma!'
15. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'Baldo, O Baldo Mio'
Track Listings (20) - Disc #2
1. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'All'Inferno!'
2. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'Candida, Ancora Una Volta' '
3. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'S?, S?... Ma Penso A Candida'
4. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'Buon Appetito!'
5. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'E Dov' ??'
6. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'Andate, Amico Mio!'
7. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'Cognato, Cognato'
8. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'O Mamma , Mamma'
9. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'No, Prima Mi Dirai, Candida'
10. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'La Sposa!'
11. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: Danza/ Dance
12. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'Andate Via!'
13. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: 'Ma Sona Istanti'
14. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: Epilogue.: 'Qui, Che C'? L'Acqua'
15. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: Epilogue.: 'Segnati, E Mangia In Pace'
16. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: Epilogue.: 'Amico, S'? Saziato'
17. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: Epilogue.: 'Ma Se Fosse Vero?'
18. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: Epilogue.: 'O Chi Piange L? Seduto?'
19. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: Epilogue.: 'No! No! Io Vedo'
20. Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137: Act 2.: Epilogue.: 'Chi Muove Le Campagne'

CD Details

All Artists: Lajos Miller, Jozsef Moldvai, Ottorino Respighi, Lamberto Gardelli, Klara Takacs, Márta Lukin, Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Sylvia Sass, Magda Kalmar, Maria Zempleni, Giorgio Lamberti
Title: Respighi: Belfagor
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hungaroton
Release Date: 4/18/1994
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 750582164927

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CD Reviews

Give the Devil his due...

Eric D. Anderson | South Bend, IN United States | 03/15/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"From the opening bars of Belfagor, it's clear that the listener is in the hands of an unusual genius. The prelude and opening love music is filled with a strange, tender, introspective beauty that makes the heart bleed. And throughout the opera, it's those moments of passionate feeling between two human beings (or between arch-devil and human being) that bring out the best of Respighi's instincts. The comedic moments have their rewards, too, with the composer's famously colorful orchestral imagination in full flower, but it's still the love music that makes this opera a masterpiece.The title character is an amusing, down to earth, and fairly benign Devil, who is sent to earth to discover whether matrimony is truly the primary cause of male damnation, as so many new arrivals in hell claimed. It's to the credit of both the librettist and composer, that, while always rooting for Candida and her Baldo, we develop sympathy for this devil, and feel sorry for him when he, against his own intentions, truly falls in love, and loses Candida because of his faith in her. This scene, which closes the second act, is breathtakingly dramatic.Respighi's musical language is harmonically adventurous, but in a fascinating, romantic way--filled with soaring Italian lyricism. After listening to this opera, I'm desperate to get my hands the composer's other mature operas. Unfortunately, his next effort, "La campana sommersa", one of his most admired and colorful operas, hasn't been commercially recorded, at least in recent history. It must certainly be one of the most gaping holes in the catalogue!"

Weird and fascinating, though nothing to hum...

Eric D. Anderson | 09/24/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a beautiful recording, technically speaking, and the music is free-flowing, like late Puccini, but without any memorable tunes or melodies. Sylvia Sass's voice is dark and moody and compelling. This is about as good a recording of this piece as we will ever see."

Polytonal Gianni Schicchi

Eric D. Anderson | 11/14/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Different from his other big operas, but still fascinating. Lyrical moments mixed with more adventurous sections, with the devil presented in a comic light. Worth exploring for Respighi fans."