Puccini: La Bohème (highlights)
Roberto Alagna (Rodolfo), Leontina Vaduva (Mimi), Thomas Hampson (Marcello), Simon Keenlyside (Schaunard), Samuel Ramey (Colline), Ruth Ann Swenson (Musetta), Enrico Fissore (Benoit/Alcindoro)
London Voices & Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
Pappano's CD recording of Boheme is conducted with ever-fresh imagination, bringing out not just subtle emotions alonside high passion, but also the fun of the piece in lightly sprung rhythms
Puccini: La Bohème (highlights)
Roberto Alagna (Rodolfo), Leontina Vaduva (Mimi), Thomas Hampson (Marcello), Simon Keenlyside (Schaunard), Samuel Ramey (Colline), Ruth Ann Swenson (Musetta), Enrico Fissore (Benoit/Alcindoro)
London Voices & Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
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Pappano's CD recording of Boheme is conducted with ever-fresh imagination, bringing out not just subtle emotions alonside high passion, but also the fun of the piece in lightly sprung rhythms
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Enhanced CD with Libretto; studio recording, 1995
Contents and tracklist
- Roberto Alagna/Leontina Vaduva/Thomas Hampson/Simon Keenlyside/Samuel Ramey/Ruth Ann Swenson/Enrico Fissore/Philip Sheffield/Jeffrey Carl/Paul Parfitt/Juliet Oppenheimer/Kathryn Turpin/Daniel Hoadley/Richard Fallas/London Voices/Philharmoni, Roberto Alagna (tenor), Enrico Fissore (bass), Samuel Ramey (bass), Daniel Hoadley (bass-baritone), Jeffrey Carl (bass), Juliet Oppenheimer (lead vocals), Kathryn Turpin (mezzo-soprano), Leontina Vaduva (soprano), London Oratory Boys' Choir (performed by), Paul Parfitt (bass-baritone), Philip Sheffield (vocals), Richard Fallas (lead vocals), Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Simon Keenlyside (bass-baritone), Thomas Hampson (bass-baritone), Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir (lead vocals)
- London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Antonio Pappano
- Recorded: 1995-08-10
- Recording Venue: 1-10 August 1995, No. 1 Studio, ABbey Road, London
La Bohème, Act I: Ehi! Rodolfo! ... O soave fanciulla (Schaunard / Colline / Marcello / Rodolfo / Mimì)
Track length3:58
Beviam! ... Ch'io beva del tossico! (Mimì / Rodolfo / Marcello / Schaunard / Colline / Alcindoro / Musetta)
Track length3:16
Quando me'n vo (Musetta / Marcello / Alcindoro / Mimì / Rodolfo / Schaunard / Colline)
Track length7:00
Awards and reviews
2010 edition
Pappano's CD recording of Boheme is conducted with ever-fresh imagination, bringing out not just subtle emotions alonside high passion, but also the fun of the piece in lightly sprung rhythms
