Donizetti - Maria Stuarda (Aldo Ceccato, Beverly Sills) [2010]
EAC Rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Covers | 2cd, 642 MB
Classical | Label: Brlliant Classics | Catalog Number: 93963 | TT: CD1:72’35; CD2:79’26
EAC Rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Covers | 2cd, 642 MB
Classical | Label: Brlliant Classics | Catalog Number: 93963 | TT: CD1:72’35; CD2:79’26
Despite the obvious advantage of hearing Beverly Sills in one of her celebrated Three Queens roles, for many opera aficionados there will be an almost equal attraction in being able to hear Eileen Farrell as Elisabetta. She was an under-recorded artist who curtailed her opera career early and there is a special thrill in haring her huge, slightly unwieldy dramatic soprano negotiate Donizetti's florid lines. Her voice obviously contrasts strongly with Sills' lyric coloratura soprano and even though I prefer the great mezzo Dame Janet Baker above all as the doomed Mary Stewart, as long as there is sufficient contrast between the two queens the drama works.Performer:
The rest of the cast is also very strong. We hear Stuart Burrows' lovely, plaintive lyric tenor in its prime, the vibrant mezzo of Patricia Kerns and the firm baritone of Louis Quilico; even the smaller role of Cecil is taken by distinguished British-based South African baritone Christian du Plessis, backed by the excellent John Alldis Choir and directed expertly and idiomatically by Aldo Ceccato.
First performed four years before Verdi's first stage work and obviously a great influence on the next generation of Italian operas, "Maria Stuarda" is replete with both drama and melody; the music moves fluidly from broad cantilena to fleeting arioso to quickfire recitative and conveys a pervasive sense of forward motion; there is little padding or filler and the characters' psychological states are sharply etched. There are passages of great delicacy to offset the Sturm und Drang of conflict - hence Mary's opening aria in which she apostrophises the clouds and the open air of freedom is lightly scored by harps, flutes and dreamy horns - which are of course beautifully complemented by Sills' ethereal soprano..
Maria Stuarda - Beverly Sills
Elisabetta - Eileen Farrell
Anna Kennedy - Patricia Kern
Roberto - Stuart Burrows
Giorgio Talbot - Louis Quilico
Lord Guglielmo Cecil - Christian du Plessis
John Alldis Choir,
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor - Aldo Ceccato
Tracklisting:
CD1
01. Overture
02. Act I. Prelude
03. Qui si attenda (Chorus)
04. Si, vuol di Francia il Rege (Elisabetta)
05. Ah! quando all'ara scorgemi (Elisabetta/Talbot/Cecil)
06. Fra noi perchè non veggio Leicester (Elisabetta/Leicester/Cecil)
07. Hai nelle giostre, o Talbo? (Leicester/Talbot)
08. Questa immago, questo foglio (Talbot/Leicester)
09. Sei tu confuso?
10. Quali sensi!… Ella è commessa (Elisabetta/Leicester)
11. Act II. Allenta il piè, Regina (Maria/Anna)
12. O nube che lieve per l'aria (Maria/Anna/Chorus)
13. Ah! non m'inganna la gioia!
14. Da tutti abbandonata (Maria/Leicester)
15. Qual loco è questo? (Maria/Elisabetta/Leicester/Cecil/Talbot)
16. E sempre la stessa (Elisabetta/Maria/Anna/Talbot/Cecil/Leicester)
CD2
01. Deh! l'accogli… Morta al mondo, e morta al trono
02. Va, preparati furente (Maria/Elisabetta/Anna/Leicester/Talbot/Cecil)
03. Act III. E pensi? E tardi?
04. Quella vita a me funesta (Elisabetta/Cecil)
05. Regina!… A lei s'affretta il supplizio… Deh! per pieta sospendi
06. D'una sorella, o barbara (Elisabetta/Leicester/Cecil)
07. La perfida, insultarmi anche volea (Maria)
08. Che vuoi? (Maria/Cecil)
09. Oh mio buon Talbot!… Delle miei colpe lo squallido
10. Quando di luce rosea (Maria/Talbot)
11. Vedeste? Vedemmo. Oh truce apparato! (Chorus)
12. Anna!… Qui più sommessi favellate… (Maria/Anna)
13. Deh! Tu di un umile preghiera (Maria/Anna/Talbot/Chorus)
14. Oh colpo! (Maria/Anna/Talbot/Cecil/Chorus)
15. Giunge il Conte (Maria/Leicester/Cecil/Chorus)
16. Ah! se un giorno (Maria/Anna/Leicester/Talbot/Cecil/Chorus)
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 12. July 2014, 17:58
Aldo Ceccato, Beverly Sills, Eileen Farrell, Stuart Burrows / Donizetti - Maria Stuarda CD2
Used drive : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-218L Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
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Extraction speed 2.2 X
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Test CRC A7637836
Copy CRC A7637836
Copy OK
No errors occurred
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EAC extraction logfile from 12. July 2014, 17:58
Aldo Ceccato, Beverly Sills, Eileen Farrell, Stuart Burrows / Donizetti - Maria Stuarda CD2
Used drive : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-218L Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
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Peak level 99.9 %
Extraction speed 2.2 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC A7637836
Copy CRC A7637836
Copy OK
No errors occurred
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No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database
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Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 12. July 2014, 16:37
Aldo Ceccato, Beverly Sills, Eileen Farrell, Stuart Burrows / Donizetti - Maria Stuarda CD1
Used drive : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-218L Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
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Peak level 99.9 %
Extraction speed 2.0 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 8D1DFC34
Copy CRC 8D1DFC34
Copy OK
No errors occurred
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You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database
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EAC extraction logfile from 12. July 2014, 16:37
Aldo Ceccato, Beverly Sills, Eileen Farrell, Stuart Burrows / Donizetti - Maria Stuarda CD1
Used drive : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-218L Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
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Peak level 99.9 %
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Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 8D1DFC34
Copy CRC 8D1DFC34
Copy OK
No errors occurred
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