Composer: Gaetano Donizetti, Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi,
Performer: Fernando Corena, Ilva Ligabue, Lydia Marimpietri, Regina Resnik, Fernanda Cadoni, Luigi Alva
Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Conductor: Sir Edward Downes, Alberto Erede
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Eloquence
Catalogue: ELQ4820268
Release: 2015
Size: 297 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Verdi: Falstaff / Act 1
01. Ehi! paggio!… L’onore!
Verdi: Falstaff / Act 2
02. Presenteremo un bill
Verdi: Falstaff / Act 3
03. Ehi! Taverniere!
04. Dal labbro il canto
05. Sul fil d’un soffio etesio
Verdi: Falstaff / Act 1
06. Alice… Meg… Nanetta
Verdi: Falstaff / Act 2
07. Siam pentiti e contriti…Reverenza
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1
08. “A un dottor della mia sorte”
Rossini: La gazza ladra / Act 1
09. “Il mio pianto è preparato”
Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore / Act 1
10. “Udite, udite, o rustici”
Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Act 1
11. “Ah! Un foco insolito”
Eloquence is proud to release one of the hidden gems of the Decca catalogue – the 1963 recording of nearly an hour of highlights from Verdi’s Falstaff conducted by Sir Edward Downes with a model cast of soloists, including Fernando Corena as the knight and Regina Resnik in one of her signature roles, Alice Ford. What makes the recording even more remarkable is the quality of the Decca sound – certainly one of the most vibrant, thrilling and impactful examples of analogue audio engineering. The reissue is filled out with rare recordings of Rossini and Donizetti bass arias made by Fernando Corena in 1950 and 1952. They require all of Corena’s sense of character and vocal dexterity, and he delivers admirably.