Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Performer: Freddie de Tommaso, Saioa Hernández, Lester Lynch, Elisabeth Kulman, Annika Gerhards
Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5187048
Release: 2023
Size: 4.55 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Un ballo in mashcera
CD 01
Act 1
01. Preludio
02. Posa in Pace
03. S’avanza il Conte! – Amici miei…
04. Il cenno mio di là con essi attendi
05. Alla vita che t’arride
06. Il primo Giudice
07. Volta la terrea fronte alle stelle
08. Signori, oggi d’Ulrica alla magion v’invito
09. Zitti… l’incanto non dèssi turbare – Re dell’abisso
10. Su, fatemi largo
11. Che veggo!
12. Dalla città all’occaso
13. Su, profetessa, monta il treppiè
14. Di’ tu se fedele il flutto m’aspetta
15. Chi voi siate, l’audace parola
16. È scherzo od è follia
17. Finisci il vaticinio
18. O figlio d’Inghilterra
Act 2
19. Preludio
20. Ecco l’orrido campo – Ma dall’arido stelo
21. Teco io sto – Gran Dio!
22. Ahimè! s’appressa alcun
23. Odi tu come fremono cupi
CD 02
Act 2
01. Seguitemi – Mio Dio!
02. Ve’, se di notte qui colla sposa
Act 3
03. A tal colpa è nulla il pianto
04. Morrò, ma prima in grazia
05. Alzati! Là tuo figlio a te concedo riveder
06. Eri tu che macchiavi quell’anima
07. Siam soli. Udite
08. Dunque l’onta di tutti sol una
09. Il messaggio entri – Ah! Di che fulgor
10. Forse la soglia attinse – Ma se m’è forza perderti
11. Ah! dessa è là… – Sì, rivederti, Saioa Hernández
12. Fervono amori e danze
13. Saper vorreste
14. Fervono amori e danze
15. Ah! perchè qui! fuggite…
16. Ella è pura
Maestro Marek Janowski, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte – Carlo and the Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir present Giuseppe Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera (1859), together with a stellar cast consisting of Freddie De Tommaso (Riccardo), Lester Lynch (Renato) and Saioa Hernández (Amelia). Un ballo in maschera is Verdi’s tragicomic masterpiece, in which the composer skilfully switches gears between the light and tragic, as well as between his earlier and more mature style. As such, it is both an entertaining and highly sophisticated work.
The three main soloists are all seasoned Verdi interpreters, while Janowski approaches this ingenuous score with his eye for symphonic architecture, resulting in a performance that is lively a nd balanced. Marek Janowski is one of the most celebrated conductors of our time, and has a vast Pentatone discography, mostly consisting of German operas and symphonic works. After Cavalleria rusticana and Il Tabarro (both 2020), this is his third Itali an opera recording for the label. Lester Lynch also has a longstanding relationship to Pentatone, and starred in many opera recordings, including Otello (2017), Cavalleria rusticana and Il Tabarro (both 2020), as well as La Fanciulla del West, Madama Butte rfly (both 2021), and La Traviata (2022). The Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir has featured on several opera recordings, while the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte – Carlo appeared on Arabella Steinbacher’s Fantasies, Rhapsodies & Daydreams (2016). Fre ddie De Tommaso and Saioa Hernández make their Pentatone debut.