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Release Date: 02/10/2004 Label: Virgin Classics Catalog #: 45626 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Francesco Cilča, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni Performer: Rolando Villazón Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 |
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 Unless something strange happens, I'd be willing to bet that relative newcomer Rolando Villazon will have a phenomenal career. The somewhat dark-hued-but-lyric voice has an innate intensity and beauty that is just the icing on an otherwise splendid cake. He delineates character and sings with a type of "morbidezza" not heard since Carlo Bergonzi, and his training must be impeccable: he delivers a perfect "messa di voce" at the close of "De' miei bollenti spiriti", he has a genuine pianissimo (rather than a vague falsetto-like croon), and he handles the bel canto-like cadenzas at the close of both Rigoletto arias with ease, accuracy, and grace. The high-Cs that cap both "O mio rimorso" (only one verse is given) and "Che gelida manina" are beauties. A quick vibrato creeps in around the E-F-G range and might be a problem, but as of now it's just something to notice. His taste is flawless--he refuses to sob or moan--but his attention to dynamics and detail say far more than any gulp or whine would: the beautiful L'Arlesiana aria, sung as written without the interpolated high-B, is a heartbreaker, and his legato in "Angelo casto e bel" could melt a stone. Cavaradossi seems a bit heavy for him, but every other selection here is powered ideally. This is the man who might walk away with the prize. Buy this--it's a remarkable debut recital, and we may just have found the tenor who has everything. He and the orchestra are in very good hands under Marcello Viotti. [2/28/2004] --Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com |
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L'Arlesiana: E la solita storia...Anch'io vorrei "Lamento" by Francesco Cilča | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1897-1898; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 4 Minutes 43 Secs. Language: Italian |
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Il Duca d'Alba: Angelo casto e bel by Gaetano Donizetti | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1839; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 6 Minutes 24 Secs. Language: Italian |
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| Notes: This selection begins with "Inosservato..." | |||||
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L'Elisir d'Amore: Quanto č bella! Quanto č cara! by Gaetano Donizetti | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1832; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs. Language: Italian |
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L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima by Gaetano Donizetti | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1832; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs. Language: Italian |
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Lucia di Lammermoor: Fra poco a me ricovero by Gaetano Donizetti | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1835; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 7 Minutes 7 Secs. Language: Italian |
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| Notes: This selection begins with "Tombe degli avi miei..." | |||||
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Don Carlos: Io l'ho perduta by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1867/1884; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs. Language: Italian |
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I lombardi: La mia letizia infondere by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1843; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs. Language: Italian |
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Macbeth: Ah, la paterna mano by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1847/1865; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 3 Minutes 21 Secs. Language: Italian |
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Rigoletto: Parmi veder le lagrime...Possente amor mi chiama by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1851; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 4 Minutes 49 Secs. Language: Italian |
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Rigoletto: La donna č mobile by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1851; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 2 Secs. Language: Italian |
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La traviata: De' miei bollenti spiriti by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1853; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 5 Minutes 15 Secs. Language: Italian |
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| Notes: This selection begins with "Lunge da lei..." | |||||
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La Bohčme: Che gelida manina by Giacomo Puccini | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1896; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs. Language: Italian |
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Tosca: E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1900; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs. Language: Italian |
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L'Amico Fritz: Ed anche Beppe amň...O amore, o bella luce by Pietro Mascagni | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1891; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs. Language: Italian |
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Nerone: Quando al soave anelito by Pietro Mascagni | ||||
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Performer:
Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1935; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 07/2003 Venue: Studio no 1, Bavarian Radio, Munich Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs. Language: Italian |
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| Notes: This selection begins with "Vergini, Muse..." | |||||
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