Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan – Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana – Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:38:46 minutes | 3,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Karajan takes real care to bring clarity and definition to music that in the wrong hands can leave you wallowing in emotional treacle . . . His graphic handling of orchestral texture brings the world of “Cavalleria” to life, with every nuance of light and colour brought into focus in the playing of La Scala’s orchestra. Cossotto is quite outstanding, surely one of the finest mezzos on record. Here she sings with exquisite pathos and dramatic intensity . . . [Bergonzi] brings instead an elegance that captures something of Turiddu’s duplicitous charm . . . Record Review / Ashutosh Khandekar, BBC Music Magazine (London) / 01. April 2011

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