GREAT RECORDINGS phase 17

VERDI HEROINES
Aida · Aroldo · Don Carlo Ernani · Macbeth · Otello

Maria Callas
Nicola Rescigno
Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

3 80020 2

Stereo
ADD

Recorded 1958, 1963 & 1964
79 minutes

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"A triumphant success from this superlative artist. Callas has a field day and her dramatic instinct is well nigh perfect in interpreting these wonderful excerpts, each convincingly and differently characterised. Verdi’s music is brought to life as by no other artist."
(The Gramophone)

This compilation by veteran EMI reissue producer Tony Locantro presents on one CD the very best of the three records of Verdi arias that Maria Callas made.

These magnificent examples of Callas’s understanding of Verdi fully reflect her legendary vocal and dramatic authority in this music.

The programme presents items from 1958 with the voice at its peak alongside carefully selected tracks from more problematical sessions in the 1960s. That Callas even then could still command her best form is shown by the producer’s nomination of the 1964 ‘Ritorna vincitor!’ from Aida as the CD’s most successful performance overall.