Composer: Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini
Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD778
Release: 2024
Size: 1.26 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Madama Butterfly: Suite
02. Tosca: Suite
03. Preludio Sinfonico
04. Preludio Sinfonico
05. Capriccio sinfonico
In Puccini’s anniversary year, Chief Conductor of Welsh National Opera Carlo Rizzi has created new, purely orchestral versions of some of his most well-known and beloved works. Staying pure and faithful to Puccini’s original orchestration without anything added to ‘cover’ any perceivable lack of vocal line, the brilliance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Tosca, and other works shine through in this album of world premiere recordings.
“I hope that those who already love Tosca and Butterfly will enjoy the opportunity to focus wholly on the orchestra as they listen, and that people who are usually more drawn to the concert hall than to the opera house will be rewarded by exploring something new. In the end my only aim is to share and celebrate Puccini with all of them” – Carlo Rizzi