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Donizetti - La Favorita (Richard Bonynge, Fiorenza Cossotto, Luciano Pavarotti) [1990]

Posted By: Sowulo
Donizetti - La Favorita (Richard Bonynge, Fiorenza Cossotto, Luciano Pavarotti) [1990]

Donizetti - La Favorita (Richard Bonynge, Fiorenza Cossotto, Luciano Pavarotti) [1990]
EAC Rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Covers | 3cd, 746.76 MB
Classical | Label: DECCA | Catalog Number: 430 038-2

There is only one studio recording available of Donizetti's La Favorita (Italian version, not the original French language La Favorite) This is a bravura role for Luciano Pavarotti who's voice is certainly at its best here singing the role of Fernando, repertoire that could have been written just for him. The high C's and C#'s are exquisite here. He truly seems to know what he is singing about for this recording and his performance comes accross as very believable because of it. Fiorenza Cossotto is especially moving in her role as the "the favorite," Leonora. I found it unfortunate that she was not in better voice for the first act of this recording. Very disturbing was the love duet with Pavarotti. Ms. Cossotto was very wobbly and flat. In fact, at the end of the duet, (which is a definitive moment in the plot of the opera) Donizetti calls for the star tenor and mezzo-soprano to produce a lavish and sustained high C. Pavarotti's C is ample, well placed, and quite in tune, but Ms. Cossotto's C is extremely flat and ugly, especially considering there are two singers singing the same note at the same time, making her bad note sound even worse next to her partner's perfect note! I do not know why Maestro Richard Bonynge would not have asked for another take of the duet. Fortunately, she sounds much better for the remainder of the recording. I find it very strange! The rest of the cast, including Ileana Cotrubas, Gabriel Bacquier, and Nicolai Ghiaurov, are superb, and overall one could only hope that the only available studio recording of this opera in its Italian version would be so great. I highly reccomend the French version, La Favorite, recorded with Ramon Vargas and Veselina Kassarova. (I believe this is the only French version studio recording as well, and this opera has such beautiful music you will want both!)

Tracklisting:
CD1:
01. Sinfonia
02. Atto I. Scena 1. Bell'alba, foriera (Monaci)
03. Quella preghiera non odi tu? (Baldassarre)
04. Parla, figliol … Una vergine, un angel di Dio (Baldassarre, Fernando)
05. E fia ver? Son desto o vaneggio? (Baldassarre)
06. Scena 2. Bei raggi lucenti, bell'aure beate! (Ines)
07. Silenzio! Silenzio! (Ines)
08. Messaggera gentile, ninfa discreta (Fernando)
09. Ah, mio bene! (Leonora)
10. Fia vero? Lasciarti! (Fernando)
11. E l'uorn che la desia, e il re? (Fernando)
CD2:
01. Atto II. Giardini d'Alcazar (Alfonso)
02. Vieni, amor! A' piedi tuoi (Alfonso)
03. De' nemici tuoi lo sdegno (Alfonso)
04. Tutta la mia corte per la festa previen! (Alfonso)
05. In questo suol a lusingar tua cura (Alfonso)
06. Ballabile - ballet
07. Ah, Sire! - Che mai fu? (Don Gasparo, Alfonso)
08. Ah, paventa il furor (Baldassarre)
09. Voi tutti che m'udite (Baldassarre)
10. Atto III. A lei son presso alfine! (Fernando)
11. Leonora, ei del suo cor la brama (Alfonso)
12. A tanto amor (Alfonso)
13. Fia dunque vero? (Leonora)
14. O mio Fernando (Leonora)
15. Scritto in ciel e' il mio dolor (Leonora)
CD3:
01. Ines! - Sposo a te, Fernando? (Leonora, Ines)
02. Di giа nella cappella (Cortigiani)
03. O viltade, obbrobrio insano! (Don Gasparo)
04. Per me del ciel si dispiega il favor (Fernando)
05. Sire, io ti deggio…O ciel! Di quell'alma (Fernando, Alfonso)
06. Orsu', Fernando, ascolta! (Alfonso)
07. Atto IV. Preludio - Fratelli! Fratelli andiam (Monaci)
08. Figlio diletto, ascolta! (Baldassarre)
09. Favorita del re! (Fernando)
10. Spirto gentil (Fernando)
11. Figlio, deh, vien! (Baldassarre)
12. Fernando, Fernando! Dove mai lo trovero'? (Leonora)
13. Fuggiam da questa soglie! (Leonora)
14. Pietoso al par del Nume (Leonora)
15. Addio! Fuggir mi lascia! (Fernando)
16. Vieni, ah vien! Io m'abbandono (Fernando)

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 1 from 15. November 2010

EAC extraction logfile from 7. August 2011, 14:14

Richard Bonynge, F.Cossotto; L.Pavarotti; G.Bacquier; N.Ghiaurov, I.Cotrubas / Donizetti - La Favorita - CD1

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Richard Bonynge, F.Cossotto; L.Pavarotti; G.Bacquier; N.Ghiaurov, I.Cotrubas / Donizetti - La Favorita - CD2

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Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 1 from 15. November 2010

EAC extraction logfile from 7. August 2011, 17:12

Richard Bonynge, F.Cossotto; L.Pavarotti; G.Bacquier; N.Ghiaurov, I.Cotrubas / Donizetti - La Favorita - CD3

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Performer:
Alfonso - Gabriel Bacquier
Leonora - Fiorenza Cossotto
Fernando - Luciano Pavarotti
Baldassarre - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Don Gasparo - Piero de Palma
Ines - Ileana Cotrubas
Un Cortigiano - Bruno de Franceschi
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Conductor - Richard Bonynge