Sondra Radvanovsky, Ermonela Jaho, Jonas Kaufmann – Puccini: Turandot (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:05:36 minutes | 2,17 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
This recording of Turandot, Puccini’s spectacular final opera marks a number of important firsts. Before the recording sessions in Rome in March 2022, Sir Antonio Pappano had never conducted Turandot; neither Sondra Radvanovsky, who takes soaring title role, nor Jonas Kaufmann as Turandot’s suitor, Calaf – who sings ‘Nessun dorma’ – had previously performed the opera. It is also the first studio recording of Turandot to include the entire, crucial final scene as completed after Puccini’s death in 1925 by Franco Alfano. Radvanovsky and Kaufmann are joined by Ermonela Jaho as the slave Liù, Michele Pertusi as King Timur and Michael Spyres – a star tenor in a character role – as the Emperor of China. Pappano conducts the forces of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. The success of the entire project was confirmed by a public concert performance, greeted with a standing ovation, that took place a few days after recording had been completed: “Stunningly beautiful,” was the view of Opera magazine, “Pappano brings out the dramaturgical sense of every moment of the score …The singing was outstanding.” Il Corriere della Sera wrote that “First and foremost, this Turandot will be remembered [for] Antonio Pappano’s absolutely inspired achievement … It really felt like discovering a new Turandot.”
“Sondra Radvanovsky has steel in her soprano for the titular princess, eager to chop off her suitors’ heads if they can’t answer her riddles. But there’s a hint of something else from her first appearance, when her imperious hauteur admits softness at the recollection of her wronged ancestor.”
Tracklist:
1-01. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Popolo di Pekino!” (Mandarino, Coro) (02:10)
1-02. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Indietro, cani!” (Coro, Liù) (00:40)
1-03. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Padre! Mio padre!” (Calaf, Liù, Coro, Timur) (02:40)
1-04. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Gira la cote!” (Coro) (02:34)
1-05. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Perché tarda la luna?” (Coro) (03:43)
1-06. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Là, sui monti dell’est” (Coro) (01:13)
1-07. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “O giovinetto! Grazia! Grazia!” (Coro, Calaf) (03:08)
1-08. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “La grazia!” – “O divina bellezza” (Coro, Calaf) (02:02)
1-09. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Figlio, che fai?” (Timur, Calaf, Liù, Il principe di Persia, Coro) (01:40)
1-10. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Fermo! che fai?” (Coro, Calaf, Pong, Pang, Ping) (01:52)
1-11. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Silenzio, olà!” (Le ancelle di Turandot, Coro, Calaf, Timur) (01:50)
1-12. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Notte senza lumicino” (Coro, Calaf, Pong, Pang, Ping, Timur) (02:47)
1-13. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Signore, ascolta!” (Liù) (02:28)
1-14. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Non piangere, Liù!” (Calaf, Liù, Timur) (02:18)
1-15. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 1: “Ah! per l’ultima volta!” (Timur, Liù, Coro, Calaf, Ping) (02:55)
1-16. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Olà, Pang! Olà, Pong!” (Ping, Pong, Pang) (01:21)
1-17. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “O Cina, che or sussulti” (Ping, Coro, Pong, Pang) (02:06)
1-18. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Ho una casa nell’Honan” (Ping, Pong, Pang, Coro) (03:25)
1-19. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “O mondo, pieno di pazzi innamorati!” (Coro, Ping, Pong, Pang) (01:45)
1-20. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Addio, amore! Addio, razza!” (Coro, Pong, Pang, Ping) (01:58)
1-21. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Non v’è in Cina” (Coro, Ping) (01:53)
1-22. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Udite trombe! Altro che pace!” (Pong, Pang, Coro) (01:21)
1-23. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Gravi, enormi ed impotenti” (Coro) (03:20)
1-24. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Un giuramento atroce mi costringe” (Altoum, Calaf) (03:12)
1-25. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore!” (Coro) (01:30)
1-26. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Popolo di Pekino!” (Mandarino, Coro) (01:32)
1-27. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “In questa Reggia” (Turandot, Coro) (02:46)
1-28. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “O Principi, che a lunghe carovane” (Turandot, Calaf, Coro) (03:40)
1-29. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Straniero, ascolta!” (Turandot) (01:49)
1-30. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Sì! Rinasce!” (Calaf, Coro, Turandot) (00:51)
1-31. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Guizza al pari di fiamma” (Turandot, Altoum, Coro, Liù) (01:25)
1-32. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Sì, Principessa!” (Calaf, Coro, Turandot) (00:52)
1-33. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Gelo che ti dà foco” (Turandot) (01:50)
1-34. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “La mia vittoria” (Calaf, Coro) (01:49)
1-35. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Figlio del cielo!” (Turandot, Altoum, Coro) (02:27)
1-36. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “No, no, Principessa, altera!” (Calaf, Coro, Altoum) (02:40)
1-37. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 2: “Ai tuoi piedi ci prostriam” (Coro) (02:29)
1-38. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Così comanda Turandot” (Coro) (03:16)
1-39. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Nessun dorma!” (Calaf, Coro) (03:04)
1-40. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Tu che guardi le stelle” (Ping, Pong, Pang, Coro, Calaf) (02:20)
1-41. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Straniero, tu non sai” (Ping, Coro, Calaf) (01:37)
1-42. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Principessa divina!” (Ping, Turandot, Calaf, Liù, Coro) (02:30)
1-43. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Signor, non parlerò!” (Liù, Ping, Timur, Calaf, Coro) (01:16)
1-44. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Chi pose tanta forza nel tuo cuore?” (Turandot, Liù) (02:22)
1-45. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Strappatele il segreto!” (Turandot, Ping, Calaf, Coro, Liù) (01:11)
1-46. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Tu, che di gel sei cinta” (Liù, Coro, Calaf) (03:05)
1-47. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Liù…Liù…sorgi!” (Timur, Ping, Coro) (02:20)
1-48. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Liù…bontà! Liù…dolcezza!” (Timur, Ping, Pong, Pang, Coro) (02:53)
1-49. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Principessa di morte!” (Calaf, Turandot) (03:31)
1-50. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Che è mai di me?” (Turandot) (00:46)
1-51. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Mio fiore!” (Calaf, Coro, Turandot) (03:42)
1-52. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “E li ho spregiati” (Turandot) (01:10)
1-53. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Tormentata e divisa” (Turandot, Calaf) (01:29)
1-54. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Più grande vittoria non voler” (Turandot, Calaf) (01:55)
1-55. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Arbitra son del tuo destino” (Turandot, Calaf, Coro) (02:40)
1-56. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore!” (Coro) (01:43)
1-57. Antonio Pappano – Turandot, Act 3: “Padre Augusto” (Turandot, Coro, Calaf) (02:17)
