Verdi: Don Carlo
Five-act version
Plácido Domingo (Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un Frate), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Carlo Maria Giulini
Awards:
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
The CD transfer of the analogue recording brings astonishing vividness and realism, a tribute to the original engineering of Chirstopher Parker. Even in the big ensembles the focus is very precise,...
Verdi: Don Carlo
Five-act version
Plácido Domingo (Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un Frate), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Carlo Maria Giulini
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Awards:
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
The CD transfer of the analogue recording brings astonishing vividness and realism, a tribute to the original engineering of Chirstopher Parker. Even in the big ensembles the focus is very precise,...
About
The brand new series celebrates EMI - The Home of Opera with Giulini's legendary recording of Don Carlo with Plácido Domingo and Montserrat Caballé. Includes complete libretto and synopsis on a bonus CD ROM.
Contents and tracklist
- John McCarthy (director), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor), Simon Estes (bass), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Shirley Verrett (contralto), Ruggero Raimondi (baritone), John Noble (baritone), Maria Rosa del Campo (soprano), Giovanni Foiani (bass), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ambrosian Singers
- Carlo Maria Giulini
- Recorded: 1970-08-31
- Recording Venue: 18-31 August 1970 / Walthamstow Town Hall
Awards and reviews
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Presto FavouritesRecommended Recording
2010 edition
The CD transfer of the analogue recording brings astonishing vividness and realism, a tribute to the original engineering of Chirstopher Parker. Even in the big ensembles the focus is very precise, yet atmospheric too
2014
This was my first-ever Verdi recording, and I've yet to find an account of my favourite of all the operas which surpasses it (though a live performance at Covent Garden two years ago came close!); Giulini's auto da fe still terrifies, the throbbing passion of the garden-scene still quickens the pulse, and Caballé's legendary floated pianissimi in the fifth act remain unparalled.