Maria Callas - Sings Mozart, Beethoven & Weber Arias (1964) [Remastered 2014]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 44:27 minutes | 943 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet
This recital of Austro-German repertoire (albeit composed to Italian and English texts) was prompted by Callas’s indignation on discovering that her EMI producer, Walter Legge, had chosen his wife, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, for a recording of the Verdi Requiem. ‘If your wife can sing my repertoire, then I can sing hers,’ declared Callas. As it turned out, she complemented arias from ‘Schwarzkopf roles’ (Donna Elvira and Countess Almaviva) with one of Donna Anna’s arias and with scenas by Beethoven and Weber that she had first learned as a student in Athens. (She had sung Leonore in Fidelio in Greece at the age of just 21.) ‘The disc shows the voice in the excitingly fresh condition that was heard in the Covent Garden Toscas [1964],’ wrote Gramophone. ‘The Callas personality is here at its most intense. This tigress is fiercer than ever, in some ways more exciting than ever. The flashing eyes seem to drill into one, and the scalp tingles … This is an exciting disc to fire and excite admirers.’
Tracklist:
01 - Beethoven - "Ah ! perfido", Op. 65:Scena & Aria
02 - Mozart - Don Giovanni, K. 527:Act 1: "Or sai chi l'onore" (Donna Anna)
03 - Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492:Act 2: "Porgi, amor" (Countess)
04 - Weber - Oberon, J. 306:Act 2: "Ocean! thou mighty monster" (Reiza)
05 - Mozart - Don Giovanni, K. 527:Act 2: "Non mir dir" (Donna Anna)
06 - Mozart - Don Giovanni, K. 527:Act 2: "In quali eccessi, O Numi!…Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata" (Donna Anna)
Recorded: December 6, 12, 13, 18, 23, 30, 1963 & January 8, 1964 at Salle Wagram, Paris.
Newly Remastered from the Original Master tapes at Abbey Road Studios, London, U.K.
Performers:
Maria Callas - soprano
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra. Conducted by Nicola Rescigno.
Analyzed: Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno / Mozart, Beethoven, Weber Arias
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -1.88 dB -17.59 dB 14:28 01-"Ah ! perfido", Op. 65:Scena & Aria
DR9 -2.29 dB -14.43 dB 3:12 02-Don Giovanni, K. 527:Act 1: "Or sai chi l'onore" (Donna Anna)
DR9 -5.01 dB -19.82 dB 4:12 03-Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492:Act 2: "Porgi, amor" (Countess)
DR9 -2.09 dB -15.84 dB 9:02 04-Oberon, J. 306:Act 2: "Ocean! thou mighty monster" (Reiza)
DR10 -2.89 dB -17.11 dB 6:57 05-Don Giovanni, K. 527:Act 2: "Non mir dir" (Donna Anna)
DR10 -2.19 dB -15.81 dB 6:36 06-Don Giovanni, K. 527:Act 2: "In quali eccessi, O Numi!…Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata" (Donna Anna)
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2878 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -1.88 dB -17.59 dB 14:28 01-"Ah ! perfido", Op. 65:Scena & Aria
DR9 -2.29 dB -14.43 dB 3:12 02-Don Giovanni, K. 527:Act 1: "Or sai chi l'onore" (Donna Anna)
DR9 -5.01 dB -19.82 dB 4:12 03-Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492:Act 2: "Porgi, amor" (Countess)
DR9 -2.09 dB -15.84 dB 9:02 04-Oberon, J. 306:Act 2: "Ocean! thou mighty monster" (Reiza)
DR10 -2.89 dB -17.11 dB 6:57 05-Don Giovanni, K. 527:Act 2: "Non mir dir" (Donna Anna)
DR10 -2.19 dB -15.81 dB 6:36 06-Don Giovanni, K. 527:Act 2: "In quali eccessi, O Numi!…Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata" (Donna Anna)
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2878 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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