Joan Sutherland – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:48:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 JOAN SUTHERLAND – Personal Choice https://altocd.com/product/joan-sutherland-personal-choice/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:47:49 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52627 Joan Sutherland
Catalogue Number:ALC 1455
Number of Discs: 1 CD
Date/Runtime: Total Time 75:18 stereo 1954-62
Barcode: 5055354414558

]]> “The death of Dame Joan Sutherland and the subsequent outpourings of affection, not least in these pages, reminded the world that La Stupenda was one of those rare operatic creatures who brought her music to the wider world, touching the hearts and thrilling the ears of millions who usually wouldn’t have visited an opera house.” (Gramophone) “On a personal note, I was lucky enough over the years to attend a number of Sutherland’s recording sessions and was always struck by her professionalism and work ethic, her calm disposition, and an ever-helpful attitude towards her fellow artists” “a huge voice: in so many ways she was a one-off and I very much doubt we will ever hear her like again.” (Tony Watts, ex Decca)

 

1. Il Bacio (Arditi) 3.55 with London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Bonynge Rec..1960
2. Io non sono più l’Annetta- 3.13 with London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Bonynge Rec.1962
3. Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark (Bishop) 4.08
4. The Gypsy and the Bird (Benedict) 2.49
5. Let the Bright Seraphim (Handel) 5.46
6. Sweet Pretty Bird (Stanley) 2.55
7. La Fiorala Fiorentina (Rossini) 3.37
8. Nel cor più non mi sento (Paisiello) 3.59
9. Care Selve (Handel) 3.02
10. When Daisies Pied (Cuckoo Song) (Arne) 2.26
11. Mattinata (Leoncavallo) 1.50
12. Ideale (Tosti) 3.02
13. Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvořák) 2.13
14. I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls (Balfe) 4.31
15. The Last Rose of Summer (Moore-Irish trad-Flotow)3:23
16. Furia di Donna (Piccinni) 3.09
17. Tornami a Vagheggiar (Handel) 4.53
18. With Plaintive Note (Handel) 4.16
19. Die Loreley (Liszt) 6.12
20. Home Sweet Home (Bishop) 4.18
]]> Lucia di Lammermoor (donizetti) complete opera https://altocd.com/product/lucia-di-lammermoor-donizetti-complete-opera/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:41:50 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51730 Lucia di Lammermoor (donizetti) complete opera Joan Sutherland; Renato Cioni; Robert Merrill; Kenneth Macdonald; Cesare Siepi Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome conductor John Pritchard Catalogue Number: ALC 2025 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Stereo 146:44 mins 1961]]>
“full of fresh innocence, Sutherland’s coloratura virtuosity remains breathtaking, and the cast is a strong one, with a most understanding conductor” (Penguin Guide 3 stars) “Sutherland’s miraculous singing is not the only virtue of this set … There is hardly an operatic centre left which has not acclaimed Sutherland’s Lucia … (she) is without rival today in her command of the vocal arts – trills, scales and arpeggios, messa di voce, glissando. Her tone is beautiful, and each year becomes sweeter, rounder and fuller, in both gentle and brilliant passages. Her interpretation of Lucia is a fully conceived study … In this performance, passage after passage is melting, exquisite, dazzling, breathtaking … Cioni, currently Sutherland’s favoured partner, was a first-rate choice for Edgardo.” (Gramophone) Time 146:44 ADD, 1961

    CD One (78:31)
    Act One, Scene One

  • 1. Percorrete le spiagge vicine 4.51
  • 2. Tu sei turbato! 2.55
  • 3. Cruda, funesta, smania 2.02
  • 4. Il tuo dubbio è omai certezza 2.05
  • 5. La pietade in suo favore 3.46

    • Act One, Scene Two

  • 6. Introduzione 2.50
  • 7. Ancor non giunse ! 1.53
  • 8. Regnava nel silenzio 4.09
  • 9. Quando, rapito in estasi 5.01
  • 10. Egli s’avanza! 2.45
  • 11. Sulla tomba che rinserra 2.52
  • 12. Qui di sposa eterna fede …
    Verranno a te sull’aure 6.40

    • Act Two, Scene One

  • 13. Lucia fra poco a te verrà 4.17
  • 14. Il pallor funesto 4.38
  • 15. Soffriva nel pianto 3.24
  • 16. Che fia? …
    Suonar di giubilo, senti la riva? 1.23
  • 17. Se tradirmi tu potrai 3.24
  • 18. Ebben? … Di tua speranza 8.00

    • Act Two, Scene Two

  • 19. Per te d’immenso giubilo 3.32
  • 20. Dov’è Lucia? 4.06
  • 21. Chi mi frena in tal momento? 3.47

    • CD Two (68:13)

  • 1. T’allontana, sciagurato 5.30

    • Act Three, Scene One

  • 2. Orrida è questa notte 8.59
  • 3. D’immenso giubilo …
    Deh, cessate quel contento! 2.30
  • 4. Dalle stanze ove Lucia 2.41
  • 5. Oh, qual funesto avvenimento! 2.22
  • 6. Eccola! … Oh, giusto cielo! … Il dolce suono 4.22
  • 7. Sparsa è di rose! … Ardon gl’incensi 7.26
  • 8. S’avanza Enrico! 3.06
  • 9. Spargi d’amaro pianto 4.06
  • 10. Si tragga altrove, Alisa! 1.44

    • Act Three, Scene Two

  • 11. Tombe degli avi miei 4.03
  • 12. Fra poco a me ricovero 3.06
  • 13. Oh, meschina! Oh, fato orrendo! 4.20
  • 14. Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali 4.30
  • 15. Ancor non giunse … Perchè non ho del vento 9.19 (alternative recit/aria)
]]> Joan Sutherland Collector’s Album: Rare Broadcasts https://altocd.com/product/joan-sutherland-collectors-album-rare-broadcasts/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:39:35 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51384 Joan Sutherland Collector’s Album: Rare Broadcasts Joan Sutherland various orchestras & Richard Bonynge Catalogue Number: ALC 1185 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: A/DD Time 79:31 (1957/61)]]> “includes the most perfect trill (the Bononcini) we have ever heard” (alto) ‘After so many spinto Annas who sound like refugees from Brünnhilde’s riding club, it was a revelation to hear a fresh, young lyric voice of uncommon purity at the command of an impeccable musician…She did not stun with bravura; she captivated with humanity’ (Opera Magazine on Sutherland’s Donna Anna 1957/8)

  • 1. Ecco l’infido…Di, cor mio, quanto t’amai (Alcina:Handel) 7:25
    with Norma Procter, Thomas Hemsley / Capella Coloniensis
    / Ferdinand Leitner. 1959
  • 2. Tiranna gelosia…Tornami a vagheggiar (Alcina:Handel) 5:00
    with Capella Coloniensis / Ferdinand Leitner. 1959
  • 3. Ah! Ruggiero crudel…ombre pallide, lo so m’udite (Alcina:Handel) 7:00
    with Capella Coloniensis / Ferdinand Leitner. 1959
  • 4. Se ti perdo (Haydn) with Dennis Brain (Horn)/Goldsborough Orchestra 10:55
    conducted by Charles Mackerras. 1956
  • 5. Exsultate, jubilate (Mozart) 14:31
    with the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra / Alberto Erede.1959
  • 6. Madre, deh placati..Ah! di contento (Emilia di Liverpool:Donizetti) 5:00
    with April Cantelo, with Liverpool Music Singers Group
    /Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / John Pritchard.1957
  • 7. Confusa e alma…non intende il mio contento 6:41
    (Emilia di Liverpool:Donizetti) with Liverpool Music Singers Group
    /Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / John Pritchard.1957
  • 8. La fiorala Fiorentina (Rossini) with Richard Bonynge (Piano).1957 3:36
  • 9. Canzonetta:La promessa (Soirées musicales:Rossini) 3:17
  • 10. Arietta: L’orgia (Soirées musicales:Rossini) /Ernest Lush (Piano).1958 3:23
  • 11. Tirolese: La pastorella dell’Alpi (Soirées musicales:Rossini) 2:09
  • 12. Barcorola: La gita in gondola (Soirées musicales:Rossini) 2:54
  • 13. Per la gloria d’adoravi (Griselda:Bononcini) 4:47
  • 14. Cherry Ripe (Horn) with Richard Bonynge (Harpsichord). 1961 1:53
    (Tracks 9, 11-13 with Richard Bonynge (Piano). 1960 (T.13= 1961):
]]> Joan Sutherland “La Stupenda” https://altocd.com/product/joan-sutherland-la-stupenda/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:38:04 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51145 Joan Sutherland “La Stupenda” Joan Sutherland *Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli ** Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Nello Santi Catalogue Number: ALC 1155 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: 77:05 stereo, 1960]]> (* Penguin Guide Rosette on Art of Prima Donna vol.2) “this 1959 recital** at once put her on the map as one of the greatest recording artists of all time” “most cherishable of all operatic recital records” (Penguin Guide) “breathtaking display” re Il bacio.

  • 1. E strano..Ah fors’è lui…Sempre libera* (La Traviata:Verdi) 1960 6:55
  • 2. Gualtier Maldè…Caro nome* (Rigoletto:Verdi:Piave) 1960 6:22
  • 3. Mercè, diletti amiche**(I Vespri Siciliani:Verdi)1959 3:36
  • 4. Mia madre aveva una povera ancella…Piangea cantando*
    (Otello:Verdi) 1960 8:12
  • 5. Ancor non giunse!..Regnava nel silenzio**
    (Lucia di Lammermoor:Donizetti) 1959 13.08
  • 6. Mad Scene:Il dolce suono…Ardon gl’incensi**
    (Lucia di Lammermoor:Donizetti)1959 16.18
  • 7. Ah! Tardai troppo…O luce di quest anima**
    (Linda di Chamounix:Donizetti) 1959 6.14
  • 8. Mad scene:A vos jeux mes amis* (Hamlet :Thomas) 1960 8.57
  • 9. Waltz Song:Je veux vivre*
    (Roméo et Juliette:Gounod)1960 3.32
  • 10. Il bacio (Arditi) with Instrumental Accompaniment 1960 3:59
]]> Mozart: Don Giovanni https://altocd.com/product/mozart-don-giovanni/ https://altocd.com/product/mozart-don-giovanni/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:37:42 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51093 Mozart: Don Giovanni Eberhard Wächter / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Joan Sutherland / Carlo Maria Giulini Catalogue Number: ALC 2502 Number of Discs: 1 Released: November 2010]]> “The best recording of the greatest of all operas.”
– Joe McClellan, Amazon

For half a century, a rare concensus of critical opinion has deemed this landmark recording of Mozart’s Don Giovanni the finest recording of a work frequently deemed greatest opera in the repertoire. The cast is a who’s who of opera legends from the early stereo era, including (a young) Joan Sutherland, Eberhard Waechter, Giuiseppe Taddei, Gottlob Frick, and Luigi Alva, all under the direction of an energized young Carlo Maria Giulini.

Disc 1
Act One

  • 1. Overture 6:16
  • 2. Notte e giorno faticar 1:38
  • 3. Non sperar, se non m’uccidi 1:22
  • 4. Lasciala, indegno! 2:08
  • 5. Leporello, ove sei? 0:28
  • 6. Ah del padre in periglio 2:37
  • 7. Fuggi, crudele, fuggi! 4:01
  • 8. Orsù, spicciati presto 1:16
  • 9. Ah, chi mi dice mai, quel barbaro dove? 3:25
  • 10. Chi è là? 2:28
  • 11. Madamina, il catagolo è questo 5:27
  • 12. In questa forma 0:29
  • 13. Giovinette che fate all’amore 1:33
  • 14. Manco male è partita 2:00
  • 15. Ho capito, Signor, sì 1:38
  • 16. Alfin siam liberati Zerlinetta gentil 1:36
  • 17. Là ci darem la mano 3:12
  • 18. Fermati, scellerato! 0:40
  • 19. Ah! Fuggi il traditor! 1:17
  • 20. Mi par ch’oggi il demonio si diverta 0:52
  • 21. Non ti fidar, o misera 3:58
  • 22. Povera sventura! 0:20
  • 23. Don Ottavio, son morta! 2:50
  • 24. Or sai chi l’onore 2:50
  • 25. Come mai creder deggio 0:24
  • 26. Dalla sua pace 4:22
  • 27. Io deggio ad ogni patto 1:24
  • 28. Finch’han dal vino 1:21

Disc 2
Act One (conclusion)

  • 29. Masetto, senti un po 1:00
  • 30. Batti, batti, o bel Masetto 3:47
  • 31. Guarda un po 0:33
  • 32. Presto, presto, pria ch’ei venga 1:52
  • 33. Tra quest’arbori celata 2:30
  • 34. Bisogna aver coraggio 2:08
  • 35. Protegga il giusto cielo 2:19
  • 36. Riposate, vezzose ragazze 1:21
  • 37. Venite pur avanti 1:27
  • 38. Ricominciate il suono! 2:47
  • 39. Ecco il birbo, che t’ha offesa! 1:33
  • 40. Trema, trema, o scellerato! 2:06

Act Two

  • 1. Eh via, buffone 1:08
  • 2. Leporello !…Signore? 1:34
  • 3. Ah taci, inguisto coro ! 4:52
  • 4. Amico, che ti par? 0:26
  • 5. Eccomi a voi 1:21
  • 6. Deh vieni alla finestra 1:50
  • 7. V’è gente 1:07
  • 8. Metà di voi qua vadano 3:13
  • 9. Zitto, lascia ch’io senta 1:39
  • 10. Vedrai carino 3:13
  • 11. Di molte faci il lume 0:22
  • 12. Sola, sola in buio loco 3:02
  • 13. Ferma, briccone, dove ten vai? 2:21
  • 14. Mille torbidi pensieri 2:24
  • 15. Dunque quello sei tu 0:22
  • 16. Ah, pietà Signori miei 1:53
  • 17. Ferma, perfido, ferma 0:29
  • 18. Il mio tesoro 4:39
  • 19. In quali eccessi 1:48
  • 20. Mi tradì, quell’alma ingrata 3:47

Disc 3
Act Two (conclusion)

  • 21. Ah, ah, ah, ah, questa è buono 3:41
  • 22. O statua gentilissima 3:36
  • 23. Calmatevi, idol mio 0:36
  • 24. Crudele? Ah no, mio bene 1:52
  • 25. Non mi dir, bell’idol mio 5:03
  • 26. Ah, si sequa il suo passo 0:13
  • 27. Già la mensa è preparata 4:38
  • 28. L’ultima prova dell’amor mio 2:14
  • 29. Che grido è questo mai? 1:14
  • 30. Don Giovanni, a cenar teco 5:22
  • 31. Da qual tremore insolito 1:04
  • 32. Ah, dov’è il prefido? 1:40
  • 33. Or che tutti, o mio tesoro 2:58
  • 34. Questo è il fin 1:40
]]> https://altocd.com/product/mozart-don-giovanni/feed/ 0 Art of the Prima Donna https://altocd.com/product/art-of-the-prima-donna/ https://altocd.com/product/art-of-the-prima-donna/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:37:19 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51021 Art of the Prima Donna Joan Sutherland / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli / Orchestra Royal Opera House Covent Garden Catalog Number: ALC 1125 Number of Discs: CD Released: January 2011]]> “[T]his album exhilarates me… Joan Sutherland takes sixteen tests in Advanced Vocalism, and sails through them with startling freedom, scattering grupetti and volate as she goes.”
– High Fidelity

First released by Decca in 1960 as a two LP set, “The Art of the Prima Donna” created a sensation among critics and opera fans, brought soprano Joan Sutherland and international following, and became one of the best-selling opera recordings of all time. The young Sutherland took on some of the most difficult coloratura soprano arias and demonstrated an astonishing level of ease, assurance, and control, recording this formidable program in a mere two days, with many arias done in a single take. Alto is pleased to make this landmark recording available at a super-value price.

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