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Verdi: I due Foscari | 
 enlarge | Creators: Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Oliviero De Fabritiis, Tullio Serafin, Fenice Theater Orchestra, Trieste Verdi Theater Orchestra, Alessandro Maddalena, Augusto Veronese, Giacinto Prandelli, Giangiacomo Guelfi, Leyla Gencer, Marisa Salimbene, Mirto Picchi, Nino Carta, Ottorino Begali, Raimondo Botteghelli, Uberto Scaglione
Label: Myto Records Italy
Category: Music
List Price: $41.98
Buy New: $30.02
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 486838
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 675754588724
EAN: 0675754588724
ASIN: B00008S82D
Release Date: March 25, 2003
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Act 1. Introduzione | | • | Act 1. Silenzio... | | • | Act 1. Qui ti rimani alquanto | | • | Act 1. Dal piu remoto esilio, | | • | Act 1. Del Consiglio alla presenza | | • | Act 1. Odio solo, ed odio atroce | | • | Act 1. No... mi lasciate... | | • | Act 1. Tu al cui sguardo onnipossente | | • | Act 1. Che mi rechi?... | | • | Act 1. La clemenza?... s'aggiunge lo scherno!... | | • | Act 1. Tacque il reo! | | • | Act 1. Eccomi solo alfine... | | • | Act 1. O vecchio cor, che batti | | • | Act 1. L'illustre dama Foscari. | | • | Act 1. Tu pur lo sai che giudice | | • | Act 2. Introduzione | | • | Act 2. Notte!... perpetua notte, | | • | Act 2. Non maledirmi, o prode | | • | Act 2. Ah, sposo mio!... che vedo? | | • | Act 2. No, non morrai; che i perfidi, | | • | Act 2. Tutta e calma la laguna; | | • | Act 2. Speranza dolce ancora | | • | Act 2. Ah, padre!... | | • | Act 2. Nel tuo paterno amplesso | | • | Act 2. Addio... | | • | Act 2. Ah si, il tempo che mai non s'arresta | | • | Act 2. Che piu si tarda?... | | • | Act 2. O patrizi... il voleste... eccomi a voi... | | • | Act 2. Queste innocenti lagrime |
Disc 2
| • | Act 3. Alla gioia!... Alle corse, alle gare... | | • | Act 3. Donna infelice, sol per me infelice, | | • | Act 3. All'infelice veglio | | • | Ancor non giunse! | | • | Regnava nel silenzio | | • | Quando, rapito in estasi | | • | Lucia, perdona | | • | Sulla tomba che rinserra | | • | Verranno a te sull'aure | | • | Soffriva, nel pianto... | | • | Se tradirmi tu potrai, | | • | Il dolce suono | | • | Ardon gl'incensi... | | • | S'avanza Enrico! | | • | Spargi d'amaro pianto |
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| Customer Reviews:
Excellent July 10, 2008
Constantin Declercq
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Little known opera but three excellent singers. Worth discovering. br /--------------- br /Sixieme opera de Verdi (il avait une trentaine d'annees), I due Foscari est un de ces fameux operas de jeunesse dont on ne sait jamais d'avance s'ils meritent qu'on s'y interesse. Il y a donc peu d'enregistrements disponibles et comme souvent dans ce cas-la Leyla Gencer est fidele au poste -et avec brio ! Cet enregistrement datant d'une representation pour la Saint Sylvestre 1957 est dirige par Tullio Serafin qui articule son orchestration autour des trois voix. Mirto Picchi est un Jacopo d'une admirable noblesse, Giangiacomo Guelfi un Francesco sombre et poignant (peut-etre le plus grand succes de sa carriere) et Leyla Gencer une Lucrezia admirable qui n'evite aucun des ecueils de la partition. br /L'opera dure 1 heure 45, ce qui est la duree normale de l'opera, Verdi aimant la concision surtout a cette epoque. A cela, Myto a rajoute 40 minutes d'extraits de Gencer chantant Lucia de Lamermoor (1957). br /Il existe un autre enregistrement interessant de cet opera, celui de Giulini de 1951 avec un Bergonzi epoustouflant. Malheureusement Guelfi, age de 27 ans, est encore trop jeune (il a fait ses debuts en 1950 et ses debuts scaligeres en 1952). Maria Vitale a une tres belle voix meme si elle est moins expressive que Gencer. L'enregistrement le plus courant (chez Aura music) donne le texte du livret (sauf bizarrement l'air d'entree de Lucrezia) mais on doit se contenter d'un deuxieme cd de 25 minutes seulement, ce qui est en gros la duree normale de l'acte III comme sur les autres enregistrements, mais il y avait quand meme de la place pour autre chose... br /L'enregistrement de 1977 est a eviter : le chef Gardelli est sans interet, Jose Carreras gache son beau timbre en etant de bout en bout ecorche vif et Ricciarelli n'a aucune personnalite.
MEMORABLE VENETIAN NEW YEAR'S EVE March 4, 2007
RASTKO-R KOZLEVEAR (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm in love with Venice, I like history and lord Byron and I adore Leyla Gencer, that's true. And yet, even if you don't appreciate too much early Verdi's operas and you are not particularly fond of historic tragedies, you should buy this item. br /"The Two Foscari" is based upon real tragic episod from Venetian history - in 1457 the doge Francesco Foscari before being deposed lost his son Jacopo who was exiled for ever from Venice and died soon after it on the way to Crete. Lord Byron wrote a historic tragedy and young Verdi an excellent opera with truly inspired music from the beginning to the end. Even if Verdi himself underestimated his work considering it "un mortorio" ( a funeral ), I think it's one of those forgotten operas which definitely deserves to be still performed. br /On New Year's Eve 1957 in Venice Gian Giacomo Guelfi found the role of his life. From his first words "Eccomi solo alfine.." to the deeply moving final aria "Questa dunque e l'iniqua mercede" he simply IS Francesco Foscary face to face with his tragic destiny. Leyla Gencer was ideal choice for Lucrezia Contarini: her outbursts of fury as for example "La clemenza ? ...s'aggiunge lo scherno!" already announce the future Lady Macbeth and Paccini's Saffo and her hauntingly-sweeet pianissimi are as always to die for. Mirto Picchi was never not one of the best tenors on Earth but in 1957 he was definitely very decent Jacopo Foscari. br / br /Strange choice of music for New Year's Eve perhaps, but very venetian. I'm sure this performance is still part of the memories of La Fenice.
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