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Notes and Editorial Reviews
Rost comes with good credentials; she has already won her spurs at the Vienna State Opera, La Scala and Covent Garden as, variously, Lucia, Gilda and Violetta, all represented on this disc. She sings here with a consistent sense of line, considered phrasing, and musicality – perhaps under Mackerras’s influence, she opts for both verses of Violetta’s arias. I like the way in the second verse of “Ah! fors e lui” she takes the word “dolcissimo” in a suitably dolce tone and, in the recitative before “Addio del passato” goes up to the E at the end of the phrase “ogni speranza e morta” with proper delicacy and feeling. Her singing throughout is filled with that kind of intelligence. There’s also vocal agility of a youthfully engaging kind, not
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least in Norina’s credo... Mackerras provides just the sympathetic, experienced support a young singer needs. The recording is true and well-balanced.
-- Gramophone [1/1998]
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Works on This Recording
1.
Rigoletto: Caro nome by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Andrea Rost (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1997
Venue: Air/Lyndhurst Studio, London, England
Language: Italian
2.
La traviata: Ah, fors' è lui...Sempre libera by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Aquiles Machado (Tenor),
Andrea Rost (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1997
Venue: Air/Lyndhurst Studio, London, England
Language: Italian
3.
La traviata: Addio del passato by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Andrea Rost (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1997
Venue: Air/Lyndhurst Studio, London, England
Language: Italian
4.
La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimì by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Andrea Rost (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1997
Venue: Air/Lyndhurst Studio, London, England
Language: Italian
5.
La Bohème: Quando m'en vo' soletta "Musetta's Waltz" by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Andrea Rost (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1997
Venue: Air/Lyndhurst Studio, London, England
Language: Italian
6.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Andrea Rost (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1918; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1997
Venue: Air/Lyndhurst Studio, London, England
Language: Italian
7.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Prendi, per me sei libero by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Andrea Rost (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1997
Venue: Air/Lyndhurst Studio, London, England
Language: Italian
8.
Don Pasquale: Quel guardo il cavaliere...So anch'io la virtù by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Andrea Rost (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1997
Venue: Air/Lyndhurst Studio, London, England
Language: Italian
9.
Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Andrea Rost (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1997
Venue: Air/Lyndhurst Studio, London, England
Language: Italian
10.
Lucia di Lammermoor: Il dolce suono "Mad Scene" by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Andrea Rost (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1997
Venue: Air/Lyndhurst Studio, London, England
Language: Italian
11.
Lucia di Lammermoor: Ardon gl'incensi "Mad Scene" by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Andrea Rost (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1997
Venue: Air/Lyndhurst Studio, London, England
Language: Italian
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