Jules Massenet Sergey Prokofiev Giuseppe Verdi - Leyla Gencer Vol3 (20 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Jules Massenet, Sergey Prokofiev, Giuseppe Verdi
Leyla Gencer, Vol.3
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Schwanda the Bagpiper, opera: Chi parla qui?
2. Schwanda the Bagpiper, opera: Schwanda!...Aspro quel cammino
3. Schwanda the Bagpiper, opera: Iniquo al rito, infedele sei
4. Schwanda the Bagpiper, opera: In questo paese
5. Simon Boccanegra, opera: Come in quest'ora bruna
6. Simon Boccanegra, opera: Vieni a mirar la cerula
7. Simon Boccanegra, opera: Orfanella il tetto umile
8. Simon Boccanegra, opera: Figlia!...a tal nome io palpito
9. Simon Boccanegra, opera: Nell'ora soave
10. Simon Boccanegra, opera: Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo
11. Simon Boccanegra, opera: Tu qui?...Amelia!
12. Simon Boccanegra, opera: Parla, in tuo cor virgineo
13. Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Va...non ? mal se piango
14. Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Ah! che il coraggio mi abbandona!
15. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Voi lo diceste
16. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Quante volte come un dono
17. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Che, signor! Tu qui?
18. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: A frenart, o cor, nel petto
19. La battaglia di Legnano, opera: Deus meus, pone illos
20. The Fiery Angel, opera, Op. 37: Lasciami, lasciami

CD Details

All Artists: Jules Massenet, Sergey Prokofiev, Giuseppe Verdi, Jaromir Weinberger, Carlo Felice Cillario, Istvan Kertesz, Mário Rossi, Nicola Rescigno, Vittorio Gui, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, Milan Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milan RAI Symphony Orchestra, San Carlo Theater Orchestra (Naples), Trieste Verdi Theater Orchestra, Leyla Gencer, Aldo Bertocci, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Giorgio Giorgetti, Giovanni Amedeo, Giovanni Amodeo
Title: Leyla Gencer, Vol.3
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Label: Myto Records Italy
Release Date: 9/9/2000
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 789368711529, 608974501822

CD Reviews

One Of The Greats At Her Best

James S. Eisenberg | 10/08/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Leyla Gencer, the great Turkish diva only made a handful of studio recordings. (A mixed program of Italian arias for Fonit-Cetra in the late 1950s, an all Donizetti program for the same label in the 1970s and a song recital, mostly Chopin, in the 1980s.) She never recorded a complete opera under studio conditions. This is a real pity. In her best years, 1950s-mid 1960s, she was a first rate interpreter, a superb technician and the possessor of a lovely voice. She covered an astounding range of repertoire from the Baroque to at least conservative moderns.

You have to rely on live performances to hear her at her best.

Myto's third volume devoted to her is the most interesting, including as it does excerpts from her fine performances of Weinberger's SCHWANDA THE BAGPIPER and Prokofiev's THE FIERY ANGEL. The excerpts from SIMON BOCCANEGRA, LA BATTAGLIA DI LEGNANO and WERTHER are really lovely.

The sound recordings are variable, but this is the genuine article on a great diva !"