{"product_id":"callas-bellini-norma-1960-stereo-paco215","title":"CALLAS Bellini - Norma (1960, stereo) - PACO215","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBELLINI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eNorma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStereo studio recording, 1960\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 2hr 41:26\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eNorma - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eMaria Callas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAdalgisa - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eChrista Ludwig\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ePollione - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eFranco Corelli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eOroveso - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eNicola Zaccaria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eClotilde - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eEdda Vincenzi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eFlavio - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ePiero De Palma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eChorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eTullio Serafin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO215.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\n“On balance, too, I should choose the new Columbia \u003cem\u003eNorma\u003c\/em\u003e in\nperference to the same company's still available 1954 set which also has\nCallas and Serafin with the Scala chorus and orchestra. The recording is\nfar better, and so are the men: Corelli gives us a likeable Pollione more\nthan a little reminiscent of Lauri-Volpi, and Zaccaria contributes a sound,\nif not very distinguished, High Priest. Though I always long to hear a\nlyrical soprano as Adalgisa, I greatly took to Christa Ludwig's\nperformance, which was thoroughly Italian (in the good sense of that\nadjective), with shapely phrasing and firm attack.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\nOf course, Callas herself is the heart of the matter, and I do not see how\nit can be denied that her vocal (as opposed to interpretative) powers show\nhere a certain decline. For a long time her sustained upper notes have \u003cem\u003e\nresembled\u003c\/em\u003e a slow trill; now they often \u003cem\u003eare\u003c\/em\u003e that. From\ncountless examples I select one, the high A flat at the end of the first\nrecitative, just before \"Casta Diva\". If someone were to put the stylus\ndown, without previous warning or explanation, on this note, and if we did\nnot at once recognise the timbre, we should conclude that (perhaps for\ndemonstration purposes) as part of a singing lesson, someone was executing\na shake at an unusually slow rate. Much the same thing happens to almost\nevery long-held note above the stave, and often to E's and F's also.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\nBelow, the tone is usually veiled, seldom beautiful or pure in the abstract,\nbut often fascinating in context. Though I cannot help wilting under those\nhuge high tremolos, I come in the end to admire and almost to love the\nlower regions of Mme Callas's voice because of the incomparable art, now\nricher than ever, with which it is deployed. There are refinements and\nsubtleties (for instance, the sudden \u003cem\u003epiano\u003c\/em\u003e on the phrase \"pei tuoi\nfigli\" in Norma's plea to Pollione) which come closer to the world of some\ngreat Lieder singer–a Gerhardt, even – than to that\nof Italian opera as we know it today. Of the same order is her exquisite\nfining-off and shading away at the end of many phrases and cadences: for\ninstance, in the first two phrases of \"Deh non volermi vittime\" in the\nFinale, or in the \"Mira, o Norma\" duet with Adalgisa. This opening scene of\nAct 2 is indeed the high water mark, artistically, of the whole set.”\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\n“The Gramophone and the Voice” – \u003cb\u003eDesmond Shawe-Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gramophone\u003c\/i\u003e,\nJanuary 1962\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Callas recorded her first opera in Italy in September 1952. Eight\nyears later she recorded an opera for the last time at La Scala, her career\nas a recording soloist in full-length works almost over. Two more\nrecordings were to follow – both recorded in Paris in the mid-sixties with\nGeorges Prêtre conducting – and were received with mixed reviews. (Her 1964\n\u003cem\u003eCarmen\u003c\/em\u003e was liked by The Gramophone, her \u003cem\u003eTosca\u003c\/em\u003eof 1965, the\nlast Callas opera recording, was not.)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIt seems incredible today that such a stellar career in the studio was so\nshort-lived. But as the article quoted here suggests, her voice was\nstarting to fail her, and despite her ever-greater artistry as a performing\nsinger in opera, clearly her producers were ready to move on.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nA golden age of opera recording, which had needed the new technology of\nlong-playing records for its success, was reaching a curious place, one\nwhere instead of continuing to explore the operatic repertoire, artists\nlike Callas were being asked to re-record in stereo works that they’d only\nrecorded a very few years earlier in mono. Certainly the sound was better\nhere in 1960 than it had been in 1954, but given the high expense of buying\na set of LPs such as those of an opera that runs for at the time – the cost\nof the three long-playing discs, including sales taxes in the UK, was over\n£170 – nearly $220US – in today’s money.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nDespite the great leap forward in sound quality, there is still room for\nimprovement. I find some of the stereo positioning of the voices less than\nconvincing, and alas right now I’m unable to do much about this, but the\noverall sound in this XR remaster is now much fuller and richer than in the\noriginal EMI, bringing a welcome added depth to the entire production.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBELLINI \u003c\/b\u003eNorma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003edisc one\u003c\/b\u003e (63:18)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Sinfonia  (5:36)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAct One, Scene One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Ite sul colle... dell'aura tua profetica  (9:38)\u003cbr\u003e3. Svanir le voci!  (3:10)\u003cbr\u003e4. Meco all'altar di Venere  (2:56)\u003cbr\u003e5. Odi?... I suoi riti a compiere  (1:33)\u003cbr\u003e6. Me protegge, me difende  (1:38)\u003cbr\u003e7. Norma viene  (4:22)\u003cbr\u003e8. Sediziose voci  (4:31)\u003cbr\u003e9. Casta Diva  (7:00)\u003cbr\u003e10. Fine al rito, e il sacro bosco  (1:41)\u003cbr\u003e11. Ah! bello a me ritorna  (3:21)\u003cbr\u003e12. Sgombra è la sacra selva  (6:35)\u003cbr\u003e13. Eccola - va, mi lascia  (1:48)\u003cbr\u003e14. Va, crudele  (5:41)\u003cbr\u003e15. Vieni in Roma  (3:48)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003edisc two\u003c\/b\u003e (28:02)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAct one, Scene two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Vanne, e li cela entrambi  (4:25)\u003cbr\u003e2. Adalgisa! Alma, costanza  (3:38)\u003cbr\u003e3. Oh, rimembranza!  (5:19)\u003cbr\u003e4. Ah si, fa core, abbracciami  (3:07)\u003cbr\u003e5. Ma di' ... l'amato giovine  (3:08)\u003cbr\u003e6. Oh, di qual sei tu vittima  (4:17)\u003cbr\u003e7. Perfido! ... Or basti!  (1:27)\u003cbr\u003e8. Vanne, si, mi lascia, indegno  (2:41)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003edisc three\u003c\/b\u003e (70:06)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAct two, Scene one\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduzione  (3:47)\u003cbr\u003e2. Dormono entrambi!  (4:55)\u003cbr\u003e3. Olà! Clotilde!  (0:50)\u003cbr\u003e4. Mi chiami, o Norma?  (2:50)\u003cbr\u003e5. Deh! con te, con te li prendi  (4:28)\u003cbr\u003e6. Mira, o Norma  (4:16)\u003cbr\u003e7. Cedi ... deh cedi!  (1:09)\u003cbr\u003e8. Si, fino all'ore estreme  (2:10)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAct two, Scene two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Non parti?  (5:16)\u003cbr\u003e10. Guerrieri! a voi venirne  (1:56)\u003cbr\u003e11. Ah! del Tebro al giogo indegno  (3:03)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAct two, Scene two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Ei tornerà. Sì!  (4:30)\u003cbr\u003e13. Squila il bronzo del Dio!  (1:22)\u003cbr\u003e14. Guerra! guerra!  (2:06)\u003cbr\u003e15. Né compi il rito, o Norma?  (4:06)\u003cbr\u003e16. In mia man alfin tu sei  (5:43)\u003cbr\u003e17. Già mi pasco ne' tuoi sguardi  (1:44)\u003cbr\u003e18. Dammi quel ferro!  (3:26)\u003cbr\u003e19. Qual cor tradisti  (5:04)\u003cbr\u003e20. Norma! deh! Norma, scòlpati!  (2:40)\u003cbr\u003e21. Deh! 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