Puccini: Turandot
Joan Sutherland (Turandot), Luciano Pavarotti (Calaf), Montserrat Caballé (Liù), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Timur), Tom Krause (Ping), Pier Francesco Poli (Pang), Piero De Palma (Pong), Peter Pears (L'imperatore Altoum), Sabin Markov (Un mandarino)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Zubin...
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Building a Library, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
Sutherland gives an intensely appealing interpretation, while Pavarotti gives a performance equally imaginative. Mehta directs a gloriously rich and dramatic performance. Still the best-sounding...
Puccini: Turandot
Joan Sutherland (Turandot), Luciano Pavarotti (Calaf), Montserrat Caballé (Liù), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Timur), Tom Krause (Ping), Pier Francesco Poli (Pang), Piero De Palma (Pong), Peter Pears (L'imperatore Altoum), Sabin Markov (Un mandarino)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Zubin...
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Awards:
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Building a Library, First Choice
-
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
Sutherland gives an intensely appealing interpretation, while Pavarotti gives a performance equally imaginative. Mehta directs a gloriously rich and dramatic performance. Still the best-sounding...
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- Tom Krause (baritone), Peter Pears (tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Sabin Markov (baritone), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Pier Francesco Poli (tenor), Piero de Palma (tenor)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
- Zubin Mehta
- Recorded: 1972-08-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Awards and reviews
Sutherland gives an intensely appealing interpretation, while Pavarotti gives a performance equally imaginative. Mehta directs a gloriously rich and dramatic performance. Still the best-sounding Turandot on CD.
July 2014
this recording...works for me on every level. Of course you get Pavarotti singing Nessun dorma at his lyrical best, but more importantly than that, Montserrat Caballé sings Liù, showing off her famed pianissimo to great effect at the end of Signore, ascolta. Finally, as a bonus bit of luxury casting, Peter Pears takes the small role of Turandot's father, Emperor Altoum.
