New Album Releases: PUCCINI - TOSCA (Melody Moore, Ștefan Pop, Carlo Montanaro, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra)

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Artist:
Melody Moore
Ștefan Pop
Carlo Montanaro
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
01:49:25

Record Label:
Pentatone

Purchasing Links:
CD, Apple Music

Release Date
November 17, 2023




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Product Description: The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and conductor Carlo Montanaro present a powerful interpretation of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, together with a cast of soloists including Melody Moore (Tosca), Stefan Pop (Cavaradossi) and Lester Lynch (Scarpia). Tosca has been an audience favourite from the onset. Premiered in 1900, it marks the beginning of twentieth- century opera, in which sex, violence and the uncanny abysses of the human psyche would be explored, inspiring composers to expand the musical means of expression in all thinkable ways. Until today, Tosca has lost little of its expressive power, and Puccini’s intricate score deserves to be taken seriously. Its symphonic qualities are fully brought out by the inspired playing of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, led by the seasoned maestro Carlo Montanaro. Melody Moore, Stefan Pop and Lester Lynch bring the passionate, electrifying score to life with performances of dazzling power. The splendid cast is completed by Kevin Short (Angelotti), Alexander Köpeczi (Un Sagrestano), Colin Judson (Spoletta), Georg Streuber (Sciarrone), Axel Scheidig (Un Carceriere), and Lean Miray Yüksel (Un Pastore). The members of Rundfunkchor Berlin and Kinderchor der Deutschen Oper Berlin add their marvelous choral sound to the recording, culminating in the famous Te Deum. Melody Moore and Lester Lynch both have a vast Pentatone discography, including complete opera recordings as well as solo recitals. The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin also has a long history with the label, having recorded multiple orchestral works, as well as Wagner’s ten mature operas, often in collaboration with the Rundfunkchor Berlin. Stefan Pop makes his Pentatone debut.

TRACK LIST:

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Disc 1

1 . Act 1: Ah!... Finalmente!... Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (02:52)

2 . Act 1: E sempre lava! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (02:25)

3 . Act 1: Dammi i colori! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (00:34)

4 . Act 1: Recondita armonia Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (03:26)

5 . Act 1: Gente là dentro!... Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (01:12)

6 . Act 1: Mario! Mario! Mario! - Son qui! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (06:51)

7 . Act 1: Ah, quegli occhi! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (01:37)

8 . Act 1: Mia gelosa! - Sì, lo sento Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (03:50)

9 . Act 1: È buona la mia Tosca Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (03:34)

10 . Act 1: Sommo giubilo, Eccelenza! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (01:42)

11 . Act 1: Un tal baccano in chiesa! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (03:34)

12 . Act 1: Or tutto è chiaro Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (03:13)

13 . Act 1: Ed io venivo a lui tutta dogliosa Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (04:06)

14 . Act 1: Te Deum - Tre sbirri... Una carozza... Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (04:04)

15 . Act 2: Tosca è un buon falco! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (03:08)

16 . Act 2: Ha più forte sapore la conquista violenta Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (02:25)

17 . Act 2: Meno male! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (02:52)

18 . Act 2: Dov’è Angelotti? Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (02:45)

19 . Act 2: Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (01:07)

20 . Act 2: Sciarrone, che dice il Cavalier? Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (03:00)

21 . Act 2: Orsù, Tosca, parlate Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (02:59)

22 . Act 2: Nel pozzo... nel giardino... Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (00:37)


Disc 2

1 . Act 2: Floria!... - Amore... Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (00:59)

2 . Act 2: Nel pozzo del giardino. Va, Spoletta! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (03:44)

3 . Act 2: Se la giurata fede debbo tradir Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (03:52)

4 . Act 2: Vissi d’arte Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (03:35)

5 . Act 2: Vedi... le man giunte io stendo a te Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (03:40)

6 . Act 2: E qual via scegliete? Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (01:26)

7 . Act 2: Tosca, finalmente mia! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (04:23)

8 . Act 3: Introduction - Io de’ sospiri Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (05:57)

9 . Act 3: Mario Cavaradossi? A voi Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (01:40)

10 . Act 3: Intermezzo Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (01:09)

11 . Act 3: E lucevan le stelle... Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (03:49)

12 . Act 3: Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca... Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (02:04)

13 . Act 3: O dolci mani Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (01:34)

14 . Act 3: Senti, l’ora è vicina Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (01:35)

15 . Act 3: Amaro sol per te Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (01:56)

16 . Act 3: E non giungono... Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (01:50)

17 . Act 3: L’ora! - Son pronto! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (00:33)

18 . Act 3: Come è lunga l’attesa! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (02:06)

19 . Act 3: Presto, su! Mario! Mario! Giacomo Puccini Carlo Montanaro / Melody Moore / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ștefan Pop (01:40)

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