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Puccini - Turandot / Sutherland Pavarotti Caballe Ghiaurov Krause Pears LPO Mehta | 
 enlarge | Creators: Giacomo Puccini, Zubin Mehta, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, John Alldis Choir, Montserrat Caballe, Tom Krause, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Peter Pears
Label: Decca
Category: Music
List Price: $33.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  141 reviews
Sales Rank: 2593
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 1.4
MPN: 414274
UPC: 028941427427
EAN: 0028941427427
ASIN: B0000041Q3
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Act 1. Popolo di Pekino! / Indietro cani! | | • | Act 1. Gira la cote! / Perche tarda la luna? | | • | Act 1. O giovinetto! Grazia, grazia! | | • | Act 1. Figlio, che fai? | | • | Act 1. Ferno! Che fai? T'arresta / Non indugiare! | | • | Act 1. Signore, ascolta! | | • | Act 1. Non piangere, Liu! / Ah! Per l'ultima volta! | | • | Act 2. Scene 1. Ola, Pang! Ola Pong! | | • | Act 2. Scene 1. Ho una casa nell 'Honan | | • | Act 2. Scene 1. O mondo, o mondo... / O tigre! O tigre! | | • | Act 2. Scene 2. Introduzione | | • | Act 2. Scene 2. Gravi, enormi ed imponenti | | • | Act 2. Scene 2. Un giuramento atroce mi costringe | | • | Act 2. Scene 2. Popolo di Pekino |
Disc 2
| • | Act 2. Scene 2. In questa Reggia | | • | Act 2. Scene 2. Straniero, ascolta | | • | Act 2. Scene 2. Gloria, gloria, o vincitore! / Figlio del cielo! Padre augusto! | | • | Act 2. Scene 2. Tre enigmi m'hai proposto | | • | Act 3. Scene 1. Introduzione. Cosi comanda Turandot | | • | Act 3. Scene 1. Nessun dorma! / Tu che guardi le stelle | | • | Act 3. Scene 1. Principessa divina! / Tanto amore segreto | | • | Act 3. Scene 1. Tu che di gel sei cinta | | • | Act 3. Scene 1. Liu! Liu! Sorgi! | | • | Act 3. Scene 1. Principessa di morte | | • | Act 3. Scene 1. Che e mai di me? | | • | Act 3. Scene 1. Del primo pianto | | • | Act 3. Scene 1. So il tuo nome! | | • | Act 3. Scene 2. Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore! |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
Joan Sutherland is not usually considered a Puccini singer, and in fact she sang the role of Turandot only in the recording studio. But for that assignment she had exactly what was needed: a voice that seemed to have no upper limits and a personality that concealed vulnerability under an air of icy detachment. She also had an ideal set of colleagues, notably Luciano Pavarotti, whose "Nessun dorma" has become practically his signature tune. --Joe McLellan
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| Customer Reviews: Read 136 more reviews...
 A stunning work by an awesome cast August 19, 2008
What incredibly beautiful music this is! Puccini's "Turandot" is my all time favorite and this cast gives a stellar performance on his final, unfinished work. I bought this CD only because I wanted Pavarotti's version of "Nessun Dorma," but I was pleasantly surprised by how wonderful the full performance was.
It is impossible not to be moved to tears when listening to Caballe's "Signore, Ascolta" - this is a scene stealer especially with her held note at the end of the aria that is sure to induce a total "Oh my God" moment. With that said however, Sutherland and Pavarotti are the stars and both effortlessly break the vocal stratosphere in their performances. All under the masterful baton of Zubin Mehta, you are sure to be pleased with this CD. I'm sure you'll love it as much as I do.
I Wish There Is a DVD for This Cast!!! May 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought the recording in the tape form years ago. I could not listen to it any more because of the wear after I played it too many times. Fortunately, technology came to the resue, CD!!!
The tenderness, emotion, range, and capacity, from a delicate note to a full blown key, Luciano Pavarotti's voice is from Heaven. No tenor recordings came close to the quality of singing of this one.
Joan Sutherland is the sweetest Liu that I have ever heard. Better still, the voices of the two, Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pvarotti, were the best combination ever. Add to this, we get Montserrat Caballe as the princess.
What more can one ask for?
Unicos!! April 10, 2008
Siempre he pensado que en la obra maestra de Giacomo Puccini, que por cierto dentro de algunos dias completara 82 anos de haberse estrenado, abusa un poco del registro agudo y sobreagudo para dar forma a la pauta; igualmente en la modulacion de la intensidad y volumen orquestal; pero hay que pensar que no estaba terminada para cuando murio prematuramente; la embergadura de semejante obra deja pasmado al escucha mas docto y exigente; es en si una obra de tales magnitudes que desde su entrada se prevee la exigencia a cada uno de los integrantes del reparto; basta decir que los solistas principales (prima donna e primo uomo) cantan con "la integral" del registro, al tope de sus posibilidades vocales; es una obra extraordinariamente dificil y exigente para los cantantes; por ende se necesita un equipo como este; nos muestra cosas interesantes y por demas geniales; Joanine canta como nunca antes me la hubiera imaginado, con una canto plano, sin coloratura, con exigencias dramaticas incoercibles; bien era conocido el dominio del reino sobreagudo, pero en esta ocasion fue mas alla de todo lo que imagine; perfecta!!; el Calaf que apesar de lo que digan sus detractores, Pavarotti tambien sobrepasa lo esperado, que manera de emitir sus sobreagudos, que manera de mostrarse hasta cierto punto dramatico (siendo una voz lirico spinto); un calaf que desde mi punto de vista llena perfectamente su rol; la maravilla de Caballe en su rol de Liu, con magistral dominio del pianissimi y con su perfecto dominio del legatto; corta participacion pero perfecta tambien; el emperador de los Bajos, Nicolai Ghiaurov como Timur, esplendida voz ya tambien extinta, pero que con un rol pequeno llega hasta la fibras mas profundas y sensibles, basta mencionar la escena del suicidio de Liu y de la planidera voz quebrada por el llanto y la desesperacion, saca lagrimas!!; la participacion de los roles menores tambien a su nivel; la orquesta un tanto "stacatta" pero con una volumen correcto y bien temperada; coros ni que decir.... necesaria y obligada tambien...
Turandot with Sutherland February 15, 2008
This version is certainly the best for me.
Joan Sutherland has always been my favourite, I was lucky enough to have seen her performing several times.
She is exceptional.
 Amazon promptly replace defective CD November 10, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good performance. CD had a "dimple" on the media side. Two tracks were unreadable. Getting a replacement from Amazon was easy and quick. Amazon e-mailed a postage-paid label. Slapped on on the box and dropped in a mailbox. Amazon promptly shipped a replacement. Painless and prompt.
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