Performer: Piotr Beczala, Evgeniya Khomutova
Orchestra: Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Conductor: Marco Boemi
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: PentaTone
Size: 981 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
01. Tosca, SC 69 (Excerpts): Recondita armonia
02. Tosca, SC 69 (Excerpts): E lucevan le stelle
Francesco Ciléa (1866 – 1950)
03. Adriana Lecouvreur (Excerpts): La dolcissima effigie
04. Adriana Lecouvreur (Excerpts): L’anima ho stanca
05. Adriana Lecouvreur (Excerpts): Il russo Mèncikoff
Pietro Mascagni (1863 – 1945)
06. Cavalleria rusticana (Excerpts): Intanto amici – Viva il vino spumeggiante
07. Cavalleria rusticana (Excerpts): Mamma, quel vino è generoso
Giacomo Puccini
08. Manon Lescaut, SC 64 (Excerpts): Donna non vidi mai
09. Manon Lescaut, SC 64 (Excerpts): Tra voi, belle
Umberto Giordano (1867 – 1948)
10. Andrea Chénier (Excerpts): Come un bel dì di maggio
11. Andrea Chénier (Excerpts): Un dì all’azzuro spazio
Umberto Giordano
12. Fedora: Amor ti vieta
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 – 1919)
13. Pagliacci: Recitar! – Vesti la giubba
Giacomo Puccini
14. La fanciulla del West, SC 78: Ch’ella mi creda libero e lontano
15. Edgar, SC 62: Orgia, chimera dall’occhio vitreo
16. Gianni Schicchi, SC 88: Avete torto – Firenzo è come un albero fiorito
17. Madama Butterfly, SC 74: Addio fiorito asil
18. Turandot, SC 91: Nessun dorma
Global star tenor Piotr Beczala presents Vincerò!, the first fruit of his exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE. Vincerò! is a collection of heart-wrenching opera arias by Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano and Cilea. For Beczala, this recording documents his vocal transition from the lyrical tenor repertoire to the more dramatic roles of Verismo, and thus simultaneously marks a significant new chapter in his stage career. Beczala is accompanied by the Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana and the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, led by maestro Marco Boemi; an extraordinary singers conductor who has worked with the greatest vocalists of our age. Piotr Beczala has the kind of voice you want to hang medals on. Its luminosity makes many of his fellow lyric tenors, past and present, sound by comparison like flickering candlewicks. Beczalas clarity and cleanliness of tone are the essence of his appeal. (Opera News Awards, 2015)