Maria Callas — The Complete Studio Recordings 1949-1969 [Remastered Edition, 70CD Box Set] (2014) (Part 2) FLAC/MP3

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Due for release on September 22 is \’Callas Remastered: The Complete Studio Recordings\’, a 69-disc Warner Classics box-set produced as the result of a major remastering project to transfer the original tapes to 24-bit/96kHz digital sound.
Containing 26 operas and 13 recital albums, and the subject of a major feature in Gramophone\’s 2014 Awards issue, on sale now, the Callas project will also be available as 24-bit/96kHz s from the Bowers & Wilkins Society of Sound, exclusively from Monday (September 22) until October 5.
The new set encompasses all the studio recordings Callas made for both Columbia and the Italian label Cetra between 1949 and 1969, and while these recordings have previously been remastered at CD quality, remastering eeer Allan Ramsay explains that this is the first the tapes have been remastered at 24-bit/96kHz \’beyond CD\’ quality: \’What this means is we\’ve now got more high-frequency content and better definition to the sound.
\’We\’ve been so careful in this project not to tamper, just to remove technical faults.for example, to reduce the rumble from a passing tube train at the Kingsway Hall, even remove the noise of a motorbike outside La Scala, Vespas going past and you can hear this noise which is terrible, it\’s louder than the sig in some cases. With the technology we have now, we can reduce this noise and give the sound of the voice without interference.\’
The remastering was carried out at London\’s Abbey Road Studios with Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series speakers used throughout the process. The Worthing-based speaker company has a relationship with the studios going back more than a quarter of a century. Abbey Road eeer Andy Walters says that, for a project like this, \’It\’s obviously important that the monitoring speakers and room acoustics of a remastering room are superb: Bowers & Wilkins speakers don\’t flatter or compliment the sound, but give a complete, true response.
\’This means we can hear exactly what problems might exist on an original master recording and then be afforded the opportunity to put them right, using our state-of-the-art technology.\’
\’Callas Remastered: The Complete Studio Recordings\’ contains at least one complete recording (in certain cases two recordings) of all Callas\’s most famous stage roles, with the exception of Anna Bolena, though the lengthy final scene of that opera features on the recital \’Mad Scenes\’. The collection also contains complete recordings of operas she sang on stage more rarely — or even never at all — such as Manon Lescaut and Carmen.
Callas a Paris Vol. 1
1. Gluck — Orphee Et Eurydice, Act 4: \»J\’Ai Perdu Mon Eurydice\» (Orfeo)
2. Gluck — Alceste, Act 1: \»Divinites Du Styx\» (Alceste)
3. Bizet — Carmen, Act 1: \»L\’Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle\» (Habanera) [Carmen]4. Bizet — Carmen, Act 1: \»Pres Des Remparts De Seville\» (Seguedille) [Carmen]5. Saint-Saens — Samson Et Dalila, Act 1: \»Printemps Qui Commence\» (Dalila)
6. Saint-Saens — Samson Et Dalila, Act 2: \»Samson, Recherchant Ma Presence Amour! Viens Aider Ma Faiblesse!\» (Dalila)
7. Saint-Saens — Samson Et Dalila, Act 2: \»Mon Coeur S\’Ouvre À Ta Voix\» (Dalila)
8. Gounod — Romeo Et Juliette, Act 1: \»Je Veux Vivre\» (Waltz) [Juliet]9. Thomas, Ambroise — Mignon, Act 2: \»Ah, Pour Ce Soir.Je Suis Titania\» (Polonaise) [Philine]10. Massenet — Le Cid, Act 3: \»De Cet Affreux Combat Pleurez, Mes Yeux\» (Chimene)
11. Charpentier — Louise, Act 3: \»Depuis Le Jour Ou Je Me Suis Donnee\» ( Louise)
Maria Callas
Orchestre National De La Radiodiffusion Francaise, Georges Pretre
Callas a Paris Vol. 2
1. Gluck — Iphigenie En Tauride, Act 2: \»O Malheureuse Iphigenie!\» (Iphigenie)
2. Berlioz — La Damnation De Faust, Op. 24: \»D\’Amour L\’Ardente Flamme\» (Marguerite)
3. Bizet — Les Pecheurs De Perles, \’The Pearl Fishers\’, Act 2: \»Ma Voila Seule Comme Autrefois\» (Leila)
4. Massenet — Manon, Act 2: \»Je Ne Suis Que Faiblesse..Adieu, Notre Petite Table\» (Manon)
5. Massenet — Manon, Act 3: \»Suis-Je Gentille Ainsi . Je Marche Sur Tous Les Chs\» (Manon)
6. Massenet — Werther, Act 3: \»Werther! Qui M\’Aurait Dit La Place. Des Cris Joyeux (Air Des Lettres)\»
7. Gounod — Faust, Act 3: \»Il Était Un Roi De Thule O Dieu!Que De Bijoux Ah! Je Ris\» (Jewel Song)
Maria Callas
Orchestre National De La Radiodiffusion Francaise, Georges Pretre
Callas at La Scala
01. Bellini — La sonnambula, Act 1: \»Compagne, ti amici ..Come per me sereno\»
02. Bellini — La sonnambula, Act 3: \»Oh, se una volta sola ..Ah! non credea mirarti\» (Amina)
03. Cherubini — Medea, Act 1: \»Dei tuoi figli la madre from Medea\» (Medea)
04. Spontini — La Vestale, Act 2: \»Tu che invoco con orrore\» (Julia)
05. Spontini — La Vestale, Act 2: \»O nome tutelar\» (Julia)
06. Spontini — La Vestale, Act 3: \»Caro oggetto\» (Julia)
Maria Callas (soprano)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 — 1848)Lucia di Lammermoor
Maria Callas (Lucia), Giuseppe di Stefano (Edgardo), Tito Gobbi (Enrico)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 — 1848)Lucia di Lammermoor
Maria Callas (Lucia), Ferruccio Tagliavini (Edgardo), Piero Cappuccilli (Enrico), Bernard Ladysz (Raimondo), Leonard Del Ferro (Arturo), Margreta Elkins (Alisa), Renzo Casellato (Normanno)
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 — 1919)I Pagliacci
Maria Callas (Nedda), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Canio), Tito Gobbi (Tonio), Rolando Panerai (Silvio), Nicola Monti (Beppe)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin
Lyric and Coloratura Arias
1. Cilea — Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l\’umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur)
2. Cilea — Poveri fiori (from Adriana Lecouvreur)
3. Giordano — La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier)
4. Catalani — Ebben Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)
5. Boito — L\’altra notte in fondo al mare (from Mefistofele)
6. Rossini — Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia)
7. Meyerbeer — Ombra leggiera (from Dinorah)
8. Delibes — Où va la jeune Indoue \’Bell Song\’ (from Lakmé)
9. Verdi — Mercè, dilette amiche \’Bolero\’ (from I Vespri Siciliani)
Maria Callas — soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
Mad Scenes
1. Donizetti — Piangete voi . Al dolce guidami castel natio (from Anna Bolena)
2. Ambroise Thomas — A vos jeux, mes amis (from Hamlet)
3. Bellini — Oh! s\’io potessi dissipar le nubi — Col sorriso d\’innocenza (from Il Pirata)
Maria Callas — soprano
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Nicola Reso
Pietro Mascagni (1863 — 1945)Cavalleria Rusticana
Maria Callas (Santuzza), Giuseppe di Stefano (Turiddu), Rolando Panerai (Alfio), Anna Maria Canali (Lola), Ebe Ticozzi (Lucia)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 — 1886)La Gioconda
Maria Callas (La Gioconda), Gianni Poggi (Enzo), Paolo Silveri (Barnaba), Fedora Barbieri (Laura), Giulio Neri (Alvise), Maria Amadini (La Cieca), Piero Poldi (Zuàne), Armando Benzi (Isèpo), Piero Poldi (Un Pilota)
RAI Chorus & Orchestra Turin, Antonino Votto
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 — 1886)La Gioconda
Maria Callas (La Gioconda), Pier Miranda Ferraro (Enzo), Piero Cappuccilli (Barnaba), Fiorenza Cossotto (Laura), Ivo Vinco (Alvise), Irene Companeez (La Cieca), Leonardo Monreale (Zuàne), Carlo Forti (Un Cantore), Renato Ercolani (Isèpo), Carlo Forti (Un Pilota)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Antonino Votto
Gioachino Rossini (1792 — 1868)Il barbiere di Siviglia
Maria Callas (Rosina), Tito Gobbi (Figaro), Luigi Alva (Almaviva), Fritz Ollendorf (Bartolo), Nicola Zaccaria (Basilio), Gabriella Carturan (Berta), Mario Carlin (Fiorello)
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Alceo Galliera
Gioachino Rossini (1792 — 1868)Il Turco in Italia
Maria Callas (Donna Fiorilla), Nicolai Gedda (Don Narciso), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Selim), Jolanda Gardino (Zaida), Franco Calabrese (Don Geronio), Mariano Stabile (Il poeta Prosdocimo), Piero De Palma (Albazar)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
The Callas Rarities (1953-1969)
Mozart — Non mi dir (from Don Giovanni)
Verdi — Una macchia è qui tutt\’ora (from Macbeth)
Rossini — Bel raggio lusinghier (from Samide)
Rossini — S\’allontanano alfine.Selva opaca (from Guglielmo Tell)
Verdi — Arrigo! ah, parli a un core (from I Vespri Siciliani)
Donizetti — Tranquillo ei posa.Com\’e bello (from Lucrezia Borgia)
Bellini — Sorgete.Lo sognai ferito, esangue (from I Pirata)
Verdi — O don fatale (from Don Carlo)
Rossini — Nacqui all\’affanno, al pianto.Non più mesta (from La Cenerentola)
Weber — Ozean, du Ungeheuer (from Oberon)
Verdi — Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida (from Aida)
Verdi — Te, Ve santa (from I Lombardi)
Verdi — D\’amor sull\’ali rosee (from Il Trovatore)
Verdi — Liberamente or piangi (from Attila)
Verdi — Ah conforto è sol la speme (from Il Corsaro)
Maria Callas — soprano
Monica Sinclair — contralto, Franco Corelli & Alexander Young — tenors
The First Recordings (1949)
1. Wagner — Mild und leise \’Isolde\’s Liebestod\’ (from Tristan und Isolde)
2. Bellini — Casta Diva (from Norma)
3. Bellini — Ah! bello a me ritorna\» (from Norma)
4. Bellini — O rendetemi la speme.
5. Bellini — Qui la voce sua soave.Vien, diletto (from I Puritani)
6. Bellini — Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna (from I Puritani)
Maria Callas — soprano
RAI Orchestra Turin, Arturo Basile
+++ Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)La Bohème
Maria Callas (Mimi), Giuseppe di Stefano (Rodolfo), Rolando Panerai (Marcello), Anna Moffo (Musetta), Nicola Zaccaria (Colline), Manuel Spatafora (Schaunard), Franco Ricciardi (Parpignol), Carlo Badioli (Alcindoro/Benoit)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Antonino Votto
Giacomo Puccini (1858 — 1924)Madama Butterfly
Maria Callas (Butterfly), Nicolai Gedda (Pinkerton), Mario Borriello (Sharpless), Lucia Danieli (Suzuki), Renato Ercolani (Goro), Mario Carlin (Yamadori), Plinio Clabassi (Lo zio Bonzo), Enrico Campi (Il commissario imperiale), Luisa Villa (Kate Pinkerton)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Herbert von Karajan