Andrea Bocelli, Jennifer Wilson, Zubin Mehta - Puccini: Turandot (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Andrea Bocelli, Jennifer Wilson, Zubin Mehta - Puccini: Turandot (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 117:02 minutes | 2,36 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Andrea Bocelli sings Puccini’s final "Turandot" on this emotionally charged account of the complete opera, featuring the world-renowned aria Nessun dorma. Conductor Zubin Mehta, who has made a speciality of this first-class Puccini opera ever since his landmark 1972 Decca recording, draws a stirring orchestral performance from the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Starring Bocelli in the lead role of Calaf the unknown prince, his powerful tenor tells a compelling story of riddles answered, triumph secured, honour displayed and love deeply felt. The key role of the icy riddler princess, Turandot, is sung by American soprano Jennifer Wilson.

Following last year’s release of Manon Lescaut, Andrea Bocelli stays with Puccini for an emotionally charged account of the composer’s magnificent Turandot. This new complete opera recording, featuring the world-renowned aria “Nessun dorma” (“None shall sleep”), will be warmly welcomed by Bocelli’s army of ardent fans. It is conducted by Zubin Mehta, who has made a speciality of this first-class Puccini opera ever since his landmark 1972 Decca recording, here drawing a stirring orchestral performance from the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana.

Bocelli takes the lead role of Calaf – the unknown prince – and his powerful tenor tells a compelling story of riddles answered, triumph secured, honour displayed and love deeply felt. The key role of the ice-cold riddler princess, Turandot, is sung by American soprano Jennifer Wilson.
Completing an impressive cast are Jessica Nuccio as Liù, Alexander Tsymbalyuk as Timur, Pablo García López as Pong and Germán Olvera and Valentino Buzza as Ping and the Gran Cancelliere, the last two coming from Plácido Domingo’s training centre, the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo at Valencia’s Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía.

The soprano who created the role of Turandot in Puccini’s final, unfinished masterpiece, Rosa Raisa, described the first night to a biographer: “It was an electrified atmosphere, with the greatest musicians and critics in the world gathered for this world premiere and listening religiously to Puccini’s last creation. At the end of the Third Act [first scene], while the dead Liù is accompanied by Timur, with Ping, Pang and Pong following, and as the chorus continues to intone the motif of the last aria that she sang, until the whole stage is emptied, Toscanini laid down his baton, and in a voice choking with emotion announced that this is where Puccini left off: ‘Here is where the maestro died.’”
Bocelli’s deep-rooted commitment to opera shines through in his moving rendition of “Nessun dorma,” perhaps the best-known and most-loved tenor aria of all time. As the legendary reviewer Edward Greenfield has written, “Bocelli’s great natural gift is a powerful tenor of very distinctive timbre, not conventionally rounded in a Pavarotti-like way but above all virile with a baritonal tinge.”

Tracklist:

01 - Act 1: Popoli di Pekino!
02 - Act 1: Gira la cote!
03 - Act 1: O giovinetto! Grazia, grazia!
04 - Act 1: Figlio, che fai
05 - Act 1: Fermo! Che fai T'arresta
06 - Act 1: Signore, ascolta
07 - Act 1: Non piangere Liù
08 - Act 2: Olà, Pang! Olà, Pong!
09 - Act 2: Ho una casa nell'Honan
10 - Act 2: O mondo, O mondo
11 - Act 2: Introduzione (Scene 2)
12 - Act 2: Gravi, enormi ed impotenti
13 - Act 2: Un giuramento atroce mi costringe
14 - Act 2: Popolo di Pekino
15 - Act 2: In questa reggia
16 - Act 2: Straniero, ascolta
17 - Act 2: Gloria, gloria, o vincitore
18 - Act 2: Tre enigmi m'hai proposto
19 - Act 3: Introduzione - Così comanda Turandot
20 - Act 3: Nessun dorma!
21 - Act 3: Principessa divina!
22 - Act 3: Tu che di gel sei cinta
23 - Act 3: Liù! Liù! Sorgi! Sorgi!
24 - Act 3: Principessa di morte!
25 - Act 3: Che è mai di me
26 - Act 3: Del primo pianto
27 - Act 3: So il tuo nome!
28 - Act 3: Diecimilia anni al nostro Imperatore!

Performers:
Jennifer Wilson - Princess Turandot
Andrea Bocelli - The Unknown Prince (Calaf)
Jessica Nuccio - Liu, a young slave girl
Alexsander Tsymbalyuk - Timur, deposed King of the Tartars
Javier Agullo - Emperor Altoum / The Prince Of Percia
Germán Olvera - Ping, Minister of the Emperor
Valentino Buzza - Pang, Minister of the Emperor / The Prince of Persia (second role)
Pablo García López - Pong, Minister of the Emperor
Ventseslav Anastasov - A mandarin

Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
Escolania de la Mare de Déu dels Desemparats
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana - Zubin Mehta: Conductor

Analyzed: Andrea Bocelli, Jennifer Wilson, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta / Puccini: Turandot
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.22 dB -11.60 dB 5:42 01-Act 1 - Popoli di Pekino!
DR8 -0.22 dB -12.76 dB 7:18 02-Act 1 - Gira la cote!
DR8 -0.22 dB -12.11 dB 4:58 03-Act 1 - O giovinetto! Grazia, grazia!
DR7 -0.22 dB -11.35 dB 1:35 04-Act 1 - Figlio, che fai
DR11 0.00 dB -15.36 dB 6:11 05-Act 1 - Fermo! Che fai T'arresta
DR10 -0.22 dB -15.32 dB 2:31 06-Act 1 - Signore, ascolta
DR8 0.00 dB -12.47 dB 5:21 07-Act 1 - Non piangere Liù
DR10 -0.22 dB -13.47 dB 3:44 08-Act 2 - Olà, Pang! Olà, Pong!
DR11 -0.22 dB -15.90 dB 3:39 09-Act 2 - Ho una casa nell'Honan
DR8 -0.22 dB -12.01 dB 4:34 10-Act 2 - O mondo, O mondo
DR9 -0.22 dB -12.78 dB 1:05 11-Act 2 - Introduzione (Scene 2)
DR7 -0.22 dB -9.51 dB 3:19 12-Act 2 - Gravi, enormi ed impotenti
DR10 -0.22 dB -14.06 dB 3:26 13-Act 2 - Un giuramento atroce mi costringe
DR9 -0.22 dB -12.87 dB 1:40 14-Act 2 - Popolo di Pekino
DR7 -0.22 dB -11.44 dB 6:10 15-Act 2 - In questa reggia
DR9 -0.22 dB -13.41 dB 6:46 16-Act 2 - Straniero, ascolta
DR7 -0.22 dB -10.98 dB 4:26 17-Act 2 - Gloria, gloria, o vincitore
DR6 -0.22 dB -9.39 dB 4:02 18-Act 2 - Tre enigmi m'hai proposto
DR13 -1.03 dB -17.90 dB 3:40 19-Act 3 - Introduzione - Così comanda Turandot
DR8 -0.22 dB -12.43 dB 7:13 20-Act 3 - Nessun dorma!
DR12 -0.22 dB -17.22 dB 7:36 21-Act 3 - Principessa divina!
DR9 -0.22 dB -14.18 dB 2:55 22-Act 3 - Tu che di gel sei cinta
DR13 -0.22 dB -18.60 dB 4:45 23-Act 3 - Liù! Liù! Sorgi! Sorgi!
DR8 -0.22 dB -11.59 dB 3:15 24-Act 3 - Principessa di morte!
DR11 -0.22 dB -15.15 dB 2:56 25-Act 3 - Che è mai di me
DR9 -0.22 dB -13.57 dB 3:40 26-Act 3 - Del primo pianto
DR8 -0.22 dB -10.41 dB 2:10 27-Act 3 - So il tuo nome!
DR7 -0.22 dB -9.53 dB 2:24 28-Act 3 - Diecimilia anni al nostro Imperatore!
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Number of tracks: 28
Official DR value: DR9

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2920 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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