| Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) - Guglielmo Tell (1987) |
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| Guglielmo Tell | 67:51 | ||||
| 01 | Sinfonia | 12:22 | |||
| 02 | Act I: "E il ciel sereno, seren il giorno" | 04:30 | |||
| 03 | Act I: "Il piccol legna ascendi" | 05:08 | |||
| 04 | Act I: "Oh! quale alta d'intorno" | 06:37 | |||
| 05 | Act I: "Al fremer del torrente" | 02:38 | |||
| 06 | Act I: "Contro l'ardor del giorno" | 01:05 | |||
| 07 | Act I: "Il mio giuro, egli disse?" | 03:13 | |||
| 08 | Act I: "Arresta! Quali sguardi" | 09:02 | |||
| 09 | Act I: "Il sol che intorno splende" | 02:16 | |||
| 10 | Act I: "Oh smania!" | 04:08 | |||
| 11 | Act I: "Delle antiche virtudi l'esempio rinnovate" | 03:11 | |||
| 12 | Act I: "Cinto il crine di bei fiore" | 04:25 | |||
| 13 | Act I: Passa a sei" | 05:22 | |||
| 14 | Act I: "Gloria, onore al giovinetto" | 03:54 | |||
| Guglielmo Tell | 73:20 | ||||
| 01 | Act I: "Ecco la, tremante, e reggendosi appena" | 03:49 | |||
| 02 | Act I: "Nume pietoso, Dio di bonta!" | 03:13 | |||
| 03 | Act I: "Che sento, ohime!" | 02:48 | |||
| 04 | Act I: "Cio ch'ei fece l'oserebbe" | 04:14 | |||
| 05 | Act II: "Qual silvestre metro intorno" | 04:02 | |||
| 06 | Act II: "S'allontanano alfine!" | 03:27 | |||
| 07 | Act II: "Selva opaca, deserta brughiera" | 05:36 | |||
| 08 | Act II: "Se il mio giunger t'oltraggia" | 03:02 | |||
| 09 | Act II: "Tutto apprendi, o sventurato" | 10:28 | |||
| 10 | Act II: "Ciel! Guglielmo! Gualtiero! Dio!" | 02:57 | |||
| 11 | Act II: "Allor che scorre de' forti il sangue" | 11:12 | |||
| 12 | Act II: "Confuso da quel bosco" | 04:08 | |||
| 13 | Act II: "Domo, o ciel, da un stranier" | 04:49 | |||
| 14 | Act II: "De' prodi, ascolta, e gia compiuto il patto" | 02:48 | |||
| 15 | Act II: "La valanga che volve dalla cima dei monti" | 03:21 | |||
| 16 | Act II: "Giuriam, giuriam pei nostri danni..." | 03:26 | |||
| Guglielmo Tell | 57:37 | ||||
| 01 | "Act III: "Arnoldo! e d'onde nasce" | 02:24 | |||
| 02 | "Act III: "Ah! se privo di speme e l'amore" | 08:05 | |||
| 03 | "Act III: "Gloria al poter supremo!" | 07:12 | |||
| 04 | "Act III: "Quell'agil pie ch'egual non ha" | 09:30 | |||
| 05 | "Act III: Ballabile di soldati | 04:59 | |||
| 06 | "Act III: "Inchinati, superbo" | 02:20 | |||
| 07 | "Act III: "Quel fasto m'offende" | 03:05 | |||
| 08 | "Act III: "Corri alla madre" | 06:17 | |||
| 09 | "Act III: "Resta immobile, e ver la terra" | 04:09 | |||
| 10 | "Act III: "Vittoria! vittoria!" | 05:24 | |||
| 11 | "Act III: "...e il suo destin segnato" | 02:09 | |||
| 12 | "Act III: "Anatema a Gessler!" | 02:03 | |||
| Guglielmo Tell | 35:29 | ||||
| 01 | Act IV: "Non mi lasciare, o speme di vendetta" | 03:45 | |||
| 02 | Act IV: "O muto asil del pianto" | 09:34 | |||
| 03 | Act IV: "Resta omai! ah, ti perde il duolo" | 02:18 | |||
| 04 | Act IV: "Sottratto a orribil nembo" | 05:27 | |||
| 05 | Act IV: "E per partire i nostri mali estremi" | 02:18 | |||
| 06 | Act IV: "Tu che l'appoggio del debol sei" | 02:59 | |||
| 07 | Act IV: "Io lo vidi, io lo vidi!" | 02:42 | |||
| 08 | Act IV: "Io ti rivedo" | 03:17 | |||
| 09 | Act IV: "Tutto cangia, il ciel s'abbella" | 03:09 | |||
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| Notes |
| Guglielmo Tell: Sherrill Milnes
Arnoldo: Luciano Pavarotti Matilde: Mirella Freni Gualtiero: Nicolai Ghiaurov Melchthal: John Tomlinson Jemmy: Della Jones Edwige: Elizabeth Connell Un pescatore: Cesar Antonio Suarez Leutoldo: Richard van Allan Gessler: Ferruccio Mazzoli Rodolfo: Piero de Palma Un cacciatore: John Noble Italian translation by Calisto Bassi Notes, illustrations, text and translations Essay: "Rossini and William Tell" by William Weaver Gramophone review: "If ever there was a case for armchair opera - and on CD at that - it is Rossini's Guglielmo Tell. The very limitations which have made it, so far, a non-repertory work, give space for the imagination to redress the balance: the short, Rousseauesque scenes of life by Lake Lucerne, the distant entrances and exits of shepherds and huntsmen, the leisurely but perfectly balanced side-vignettes of fisherman, hunter, child. "This recording is the only one in which the entire opera is available in this form; and thanks to the clarity and liveliness of the recording itself and, above all, the shrewd casting, it creates a vivid charivari of fathers, sons, lovers and patriots, all played out against some of Rossini's most delicately painted pastoral cameos. "Riccardo Chailly keeps up the undercurrent of tension between private love and public loyalty, as well as working hard the rustic jollity of the score. Tell himself could hardly have a better advocate than Sherrill Milnes, who succeeds in portraying the moral rectitude of a man who casts himself in the role of his brother's keeper, while managing to glow with true ardour and integrity in the cause for which he is fighting. "Arnoldo and Matilde, too, are cleverly cast. Pavarotti contains the coarse, direct impulsiveness of Arnoldo's shepherd stock with the tenderness of love, in his characteristic charcoal cantabile and, indeed, the numbness of his remorse. Even in his reflective Act 4 aria, O muto asil there is a rough, peasant edge gritting the vocal line which is both entirely truthful and nicely propulsive. Freni, singing opposite him as the forbidden Princess Matilde, phrases with aristocratic poise, folding into every fragment of embryonic bel canto the fragile ardour of a young girl's love. The vocal chemistry between them in their Act 2 declaration of love is a lively incarnation of their respective roles. "A similarly interesting patterning of vocal timbres is produced by the casting of Elizabeth Connell as Edwige, Tell's wife, and of Della Jones as Jemmy, their son. Their last act trio with Matildeis matched by the contrasting colours of the basses of Ghiaurov, Tomlinson and Van Allan: their roles may be small, but their characters are vividly stamped on what is an excellent ensemble performance." |