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The score for La Bohme comes to glowing life under Herbert von Karajans baton, and Mirella Freni and Luciano Pavarotti make beautiful music together as the ill-fated lovers. The smaller parts are wonderfully sung, the comedy sharply profiled, and the pathos contained in such a way that the operas ending proves remarkably gripping. Londons sound is excellent. --Ted Libbey
Rate Points :5.0
Binding :Audio CD
Label :Decca
Manufacturer :Decca
MPN :421049
ProductGroup :Music
Studio :Decca
Publisher :Decca
UPC :028942104921
EAN :0028942104921
Price :$33.98USD
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Although some of the most ardent opera buffs will still prefer Beecham, this is really the version to turn to for most people. This is quite simply Pavarottis best role, full of vigour and poetry. If one really wished to find something to pick on, it would perhaps be that he only rarely seems willing to sing quietly, but the feeling (in particular the desperation) and warmth he brings to the role is, as far as I know, unmatched. Freni also, in my view, outperforms e.g. Callas, at least in terms of sheer beauty of sound, although a case could be made that Callas is the superior interpreter. Panerai and Harwood are excellent as well.
But if there is anything sweeping all competition aside, it is Karajan. He has simply got it all, focus on orchestral beauty as well as a taut grip on the drama and momentum. Put that together with splendid sound, and youve got a winning set. A must.
Pure magic
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When you compare Freni with the light roles that she used to sing in the 60s and this Freni, you will think they are two different singers. But what is truly amazed is the fact that not only her voice changed, but she became bar none to one the hardest heavy lyric soprano roles ever: Mimi. And when she has Pavarotti next to her, it is like heaven. But, wait... Who is conducting is Karajan, unarguably one of the best puccinian ever. This is a record to listen, re-listen, re-listen, re-listen until I dont know when...
One of the two best recordings
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In a recent BBC3 "CD Review" broadcast, Alexandra Wilson made a gallant attempt to achieve the impossible task of choosing amongst forty or so recordings of "La Boheme" - and while I agreed with her ultimate choice of the Beecham recording with Bjorling, Merrill and De Los Angeles, I have rather more regard for this discarded Karajan recording simply because Pavarottis voice, in its prime, as she herself put it, "runs through the recording like a golden seam". The rest of the cast is wonderful, too, although Karajans love for the score is manifested in a rather deliberately "beautiful" approach and thereby slightly undercuts the drama. I cannot be without either recording of this eternally youthful and moving opera, and although Freni was captured in slightly fresher, more limpid voice in the earlier Schippers set, for me Gedda is absolutely no substitute for Pavarotti at his best. Both Merrill and Panerai are infinitely touching in the great duet "O Mimi, tu piu non torni" and although Beechams recording is a little rough around the edges, he conveys greater energy and fun in the slapstick scenes while, Karajan extracts slightly more pathos from the last act, in better sound. Acquire both sets for the complete experience.
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Im sorry this is not a review. I was wondering if someone can tell me if libretto is included in this product. Thanks in advance.
A Definitive Production of La Bohme.
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Puccinis iconic La Bohme (1896) is among the most popular operas in history (second only to Puccinis Madama Butterfly), and "Che gelida manina" is one of the most familiar arias in opera. Based on Scnes de la vie de Bohme by Henri Murger, La Bohme is a romantic opera in four acts. Set in Paris (around 1830), Puccinis opera is about four bohemians living in the Quartier Latin. One of them (Rodolfo) falls in love with a seamstress (Mim), who contracts a cough which slowly consumes her (it is presumably tuberculosis). Rodolfo confesses to Marcello that he has left Mimi because of her deadly illness. When Mimi later dies, Rodolfo cries out Mims name and then weeps uncontrollably. La Bohme was first performed in Turin in 1896.
I experienced a live HD simulcast performance of Puccinis opera from The NYC Metropolitan Opera yesterday, with tenor Ramn Vargas performing as Rodolfo, Angela Gheorghiu in the role of Mim, and Nicola Luisotti conducting. (Franco Zeffirelli produced the opera and designed the sets.) Before the Met performance, I listened to this CD performance to familiarize myself with the opera, and it is truly superb. This production, conducted by maestro Herbert von Karajan, is a definitive recording of La Bohme, with perfect performances (rich in bohemian heart and soul) by Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni in the leading roles. Many opera buffs more knowledgeable than me have called this the greatest recording of La Bohme. The sound quality is impeccable. Highly recommended.
G. Merritt
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