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The New Sound of Maria Callas


Release Date: 11/04/2016 
Label:  Warner Classics   Catalog #: 557835   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Vincenzo Bellini,  Giacomo Puccini,  Giuseppe Verdi,  Georges Bizet,   ... 
Performer:  Maria Callas
Number of Discs: 3 
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Unforgettable arias sung by the most iconic diva of all time – remastered for the first time in high-definition sound from the original tapes, for an unprecedented sound quality that shines new light on the voice of Maria Callas. “With high definition, you’ll be able to experience sounds which have only been heard so far by people who were either present at Callas’s recording sessions, or who had access to the unique master tape … All we wanted to do is remove the specks of dust, as it were, and wipe the glass clean.” (Allan Ramsay, remastering engineer at Abbey Road Studios) Unforgettable arias sung by the most iconic diva of all time – remastered for the first time in high-definition sound from the original tapes, for an unprecedented sound quality that shines new light on the voice of Maria Callas. “With high definition, you’ll be able to experience sounds which have only been heard so far by people who were either present at Callas’s recording sessions, or who had access to the unique master tape … All we wanted to do is remove the specks of dust, as it were, and wipe the glass clean.” (Allan Ramsay, remastering engineer at Abbey Road Studios) Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Norma: Casta diva by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Italy 
2.
La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimì by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
3.
La Bohème: Donde lieta uscì by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
4.
Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1918; Italy 
5.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1918; Italy 
6.
La traviata: E strano! E strano! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
7.
La traviata: Ah, fors' è lui by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
8.
La traviata: Sempre libera by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
9.
La traviata: Addio del passato by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
10.
Il trovatore: D'amor sull' ali rosee by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
11.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Written: 1873-1874 
12.
Werther: Werther! Qui m'aurait dit...Des cris joyeux "Letter scene" by Jules Massenet
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; France 
13.
Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1835; Italy 
14.
Lucia di Lammermoor: Quando rapito in estasi by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1835; Italy 
15.
La Cenerentola: Nacqui all' affano...Non più mesta by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1817; Italy 
16.
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa...Io sono dolcile by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
17.
Tosca: Vissi' d'arte by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
18.
Tosca: Come è lunga l'attesa! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
19.
La Bohème: O soave fanciulla by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
20.
Turandot: Signore, ascolta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
21.
Turandot: In questa reggia by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
22.
Turandot: Tu, che di gel sei cinta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
23.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
24.
La sonnambula: Come per me sereno...Sovra il sen by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Italy 
25.
Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah": Ombre legère by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Germany 
26.
I vespri siciliani: Mercè, dilette amiche "Bolero" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1855; Italy 
27.
Aida: Ritorna vincitor! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
28.
Lakmé: Où va la jeune indoue? "Bell Song" by Léo Delibes
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883; France 
29.
Louise: Depuis le jour by Gustave Charpentier
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; France 
30.
Faust: Ah! je ris de me voir si belle "Jewel Song" by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; France 
31.
La Wally: Ebben?... Ne andrò lontana by Alfredo Catalani
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
32.
Rigoletto, opera: Gualtier Maldé...Caro Nome by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Italy 
33.
La forza del destino: Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862/1869; Italy 
34.
La forza del destino: Madre, pietosa Vergine by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862/1869; Italy 
35.
Macbeth: La luce langue by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
36.
Adriana Lecouvreur: Ecco, respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella by Francesco Cilèa
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Post-Romantic 
Written: 1902; Italy 
37.
Adriana Lecouvreur: Poveri fiori by Francesco Cilèa
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902; Italy 
38.
Andrea Chénier: La mamma morta by Umberto Giordano
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
39.
Alceste: Divinités du Styx by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1767; Vienna, Austria 
40.
Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice? by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria 
41.
Carmen: Près des ramparts de Seville "Seguidilla" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
42.
Carmen: Les tringles des sistres tintaient "Gypsy Song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: France 
43.
Manon: Je ne suis que faiblesse...Adieu, notre petite table by Jules Massenet
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
44.
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Printemps, qui commence by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; France 
45.
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; France 
46.
Roméo et Juliette: Je veux vivre dans le rêve "Waltz Song" by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; France 

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Average Customer Review:  ( 1 Customer Review )
 Finally! March 9, 2017 By gwen t. (Culver City, CA) See All My Reviews "I love this collection! I have some of the same recordings of the complete operas, and I must say that I am so impressed and pleased by the new engineering. I had thought that it was too bad that the recording techniques and technology we have today was not available when the original recordings were made. The "new sound" is much clearer, and I must say it does not sound phony. You get all the drama of Callas's performances. Very enjoyable!" Report Abuse
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