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Verdi: Il Trovatore / Cellini, Bjoerling, Milanov, Warren


Release Date: 10/25/1990 
Label:  Rca Victor Gold Seal Catalog #: 6643   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Zinka Milanov,  Fedora Barbieri,  Margaret Roggero,  Leonard Warren,   ... 
Conductor:  Renato Cellini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra,  Robert Shaw Chorale
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 55 Mins. 

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The classic RCA recording of 1952, with four of the reigning stars of the Metropolitan Opera at their peak, remains among the very finest recorded versions... Milanov...is here recorded with a purity and firmness... Bjoerling is, as ever, superb in his heroic projection... Leonard Warren and Fedora Barbieri are also perfectly focused... A recording to treasure...

-- Penguin Guide [2003/4 edition]


This set includes a libretto in Italian and English. The classic RCA recording of 1952, with four of the reigning stars of the Metropolitan Opera at their peak, remains among the very finest recorded versions... Milanov...is here recorded with a purity and firmness... Bjoerling is, as ever, superb in his heroic projection... Leonard Warren and Fedora Barbieri are also perfectly focused... A recording to treasure...

-- Penguin Guide [2003/4 edition]


This set includes a libretto in Italian and English. Read less

Works on This Recording

1. Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Zinka Milanov (Soprano), Fedora Barbieri (Mezzo Soprano), Margaret Roggero (Mezzo Soprano),
Leonard Warren (Baritone), Nicola Moscona (Bass), Jussi Björling (Tenor),
Paul Franke (Tenor), George Cehanovsky (Baritone), Nathaniel Sprinzena (Tenor)
Conductor:  Renato Cellini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra,  Robert Shaw Chorale
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 03/1952 
Venue:  Manhattan Center, New York City 
Length: 116 Minutes 54 Secs. 
Language: Italian 

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Average Customer Review:  ( 1 Customer Review )
 The voices rule February 19, 2013 By J S E T. (West Grove, PA) See All My Reviews "For sheer star vocal power this recording has never been bettered. Others may be more complete, (standard theatre cuts here), have more orchestral presence, or dramatic thrust, but for voices that know how to put the grand Verdi line across to the listener, this recording has no equal." Report Abuse
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