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The 1947 recording of Verdi's Otello by Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra and chorus is regarded as one of the most notable early Verdi opera recordings. The role of Otello was sung by Ramón Vinay , Desdemona by Herva Nelli , and Iago by Giuseppe Valdengo , and Cassio by tenor Virginio Assandri .
- Si Pel Ciel
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In the soaring duet which closes Act II, Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro(“Yes, by the marble heavens I swear”), Otello swears vengeance on Desdemona and Cassio. He is joined in his vow by Iago. As the curtain comes down, we are swept into a terrifying whirlwind of maniacal fervor.
The haunting Dio! mi potevi scagliar is from the third act of Otello. The jealous Otello is losing his grip on reality, believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful with Cassio. Following her exit from the room, he is left alone to ask God, “Why have you afflicted me in this manner?” Following a long chromatic descent into Hell, we hear an obsessiv...
In Act IV, Desdemona offers a tender prayer to the Virgin Mary in the moments before Otello enters her bedroom to take her life. In the aria’s final moments, as she drifts off into sleep, listen to the softly shimmering, angelic sheen of the strings, evaporating into the highest registers:
Verdi: Otello, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Newman, Giuseppe Valdengo, Herva Nelli, Leslie Chabay, Nan Merriman, Nicola Moscona, Ramón Vinay, Virginio Assandri AmazonListen to the complete operaListen to an excerpt from one of Toscanini’s rehearsalsin preparation for the broadcast6. Juli 2017 · David Denby lists his favorite recordings of the conductor Arturo Toscanini, some of which Sony Classical reissued on its boxed set “The Essential Recordings.”
There’s a live 1955 recording from Covent Garden under Kubelík (9/06; available on iTunes and elsewhere as a download), but here we will focus on three earlier ones, of which two are outstanding. The famous one is Arturo Toscanini’s, assembled from NBC broadcasts in 1947. The conducting is electric, it goes without saying. Toscanini ...
Arturo Toscanini - The Essential Recordings, 150th Anniversary Edition. NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic*, The Philadelphia Orchestra†. rec. 1929-1952. RCA RED SEAL 88985 376042 [20 CDs: ca 20 hrs] Can you remember when you lost your Toscanini virginity?
Arturo Toscanini – The Essential Recordings [RCA Red Seal] Includes Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Mozart, Schubert, Strauss, Tchaikovsky and Wagner … and complete recordings of La bohème, Falstaff, and Otello. Recorded between 1929 and 1952. Reviewed by: Rob Pennock. To commemorate the 150th-anniversary of the birth (on 25 March 1867) of ...
This legendary recording of Verdi's 'Otello' has been spoken about in laudatory terms and after hearing it in one white hot session, I can definitely confirm that the sound is truly state of the art for 1947.
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