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This recording of a live 1989 performance of Rinaldo, one of Handel's finest operas, raises high expectations because it stars Marilyn Horne in what was one of her signature roles. Sadly, the recording has enough problems on various fronts that it can't be enthusiastically recommended, especially when there are some exemplary performances available. First, the opera is drastically cut; about a third of the music is gone, including arias for Horne's title role. One major character is omitted entirely, along with most of his music, although one essential aria is assigned to another character. Second, the sound is mediocre at best. The orchestra is well miked and sounds terrific, but there was apparently inadequate miking on-stage, so the singers' movement does more than create a realistic ambience, it frequently makes them sound distant. There is a fair amount of stage noise, the usual clomping around and a voice that must be the prompter, and the smatterings of applause are feeble enough to be dispiriting. Third, and most significantly, Horne isn't in very good form, and too often sounds like a ghost of herself when she was at her best. Her low register is weak, with little of the remarkable depth and security and power that characterized her voice at its peak. Her coloratura is only sporadically reliable; she manages some of the fast passages with assurance, but she sometimes is distressingly approximate, with noticeably unsteady pitch. The rest of the cast is at least adequate, and Cecilia Gasdia stands out as Almirena, singing with lovely tone. John Fisher leads Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice in a lively and engaging reading of the score.
Horne's fans may want to check out her 1982 recording of the opera on Ponto, made when she was securely in her prime; there is no comparison between that gripping performance and this one. It also has a superlative supporting cast, including Benita Valente, Samuel Ramey, and John Alexander. It's still cut, but not quite as badly as this version. Listeners who want to hear the complete opera in all its glory have a choice between Christopher Hogwood's all-star 1999 version on Decca with Cecilia Bartoli, David Daniels, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, Mark Padmore, and Catherine Bott, or René Jacobs' 2002 version on Harmonia Mundi with Dominique Visse, Vivica Genaux, Miah Persson, and Lawrence Zazzo.
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Rinaldo, HWV 7 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Carlo Colombara, bass - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - John Fisher, Conductor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Carlo Colombara, bass
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Fabio Tartari, tenor - John Fisher, Conductor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Carlo Colombara, bass
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - John Fisher, Conductor - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - John Fisher, Conductor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Fabio Tartari, tenor
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Carlo Colombara, bass
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Caterina Calvi, contralto
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - John Fisher, Conductor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Fabio Tartari, tenor
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
DISCO 2
John Fisher, Conductor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - John Fisher, Conductor - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Carlo Colombara, bass
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - John Fisher, Conductor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Carlo Colombara, bass - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Natale de Carolis, baritone
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Carlo Colombara, bass - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - John Fisher, Conductor
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Carlo Colombara, bass - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Carlo Colombara, bass - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Carlo Colombara, bass
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - John Fisher, Conductor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Carlo Colombara, bass
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - John Fisher, Conductor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Carlo Colombara, bass - Caterina Calvi, contralto
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Carlo Colombara, bass - Caterina Calvi, contralto
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Carlo Colombara, bass - Caterina Calvi, contralto
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Carlo Colombara, bass - Ernesto Palacio, tenor
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Christine Weidinger, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Carlo Colombara, bass - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - John Fisher, Conductor - Carlo Colombara, bass - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Caterina Calvi, contralto
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - John Fisher, Conductor - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Carlo Colombara, bass - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
John Fisher, Conductor - Christine Weidinger, soprano - Ernesto Palacio, tenor - Fabio Tartari, tenor - Cecilia Gasdia, soprano - Carlo Colombara, bass - John Fisher, Conductor - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra - Natale de Carolis, baritone - Caterina Calvi, contralto - Cosetta Tosetti, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
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This recording of a live 1989 performance of Rinaldo, one of Handel's finest operas, raises high expectations because it stars Marilyn Horne in what was one of her signature roles. Sadly, the recording has enough problems on various fronts that it can't be enthusiastically recommended, especially when there are some exemplary performances available. First, the opera is drastically cut; about a third of the music is gone, including arias for Horne's title role. One major character is omitted entirely, along with most of his music, although one essential aria is assigned to another character. Second, the sound is mediocre at best. The orchestra is well miked and sounds terrific, but there was apparently inadequate miking on-stage, so the singers' movement does more than create a realistic ambience, it frequently makes them sound distant. There is a fair amount of stage noise, the usual clomping around and a voice that must be the prompter, and the smatterings of applause are feeble enough to be dispiriting. Third, and most significantly, Horne isn't in very good form, and too often sounds like a ghost of herself when she was at her best. Her low register is weak, with little of the remarkable depth and security and power that characterized her voice at its peak. Her coloratura is only sporadically reliable; she manages some of the fast passages with assurance, but she sometimes is distressingly approximate, with noticeably unsteady pitch. The rest of the cast is at least adequate, and Cecilia Gasdia stands out as Almirena, singing with lovely tone. John Fisher leads Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice in a lively and engaging reading of the score.
Horne's fans may want to check out her 1982 recording of the opera on Ponto, made when she was securely in her prime; there is no comparison between that gripping performance and this one. It also has a superlative supporting cast, including Benita Valente, Samuel Ramey, and John Alexander. It's still cut, but not quite as badly as this version. Listeners who want to hear the complete opera in all its glory have a choice between Christopher Hogwood's all-star 1999 version on Decca with Cecilia Bartoli, David Daniels, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, Mark Padmore, and Catherine Bott, or René Jacobs' 2002 version on Harmonia Mundi with Dominique Visse, Vivica Genaux, Miah Persson, and Lawrence Zazzo.
© TiVo
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- 2 disco(s) - 50 pista(s)
- Duración total: 02:09:44
- Artistas principales: John Fisher
- Compositor: Georg Friedrich Händel
- Sello: Nuova Era Internazionale
- Género Clásica
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
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