Orchestra Del Teatro Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo - Pagliacci  3CD

Limited Deluxe Edition!

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to continue its Hardback Opera Series with these truly legendary 1965 opera recordings from the golden age of stereo, remastered to true 24-bit Audio from the original analogue tapes, presented on High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc + CD  in deluxe hardback editions with libretti and synopsis in English, French and German. 

"Karajan and his La Scala forces bring a real feel of the theatre to these two much-loved works. Bergonzi, Panerai, Carlyle and Cossotto are on top form. And the Scala chorus are thrilling in the great choral numbers" - Gramophone on Cavalleria Rusticana
 
"Karajan takes real care to bring clarity and definition to music that in the wrong hands can leave you wallowing in emotional treacle... His graphic handling of orchestral texture brings the world of "Cavalleria" to life, with every nuance of light and colour brought into focus in the playing of La Scala's orchestra. Cossotto is quite outstanding, surely one of the finest mezzos on record. Here she sings with exquisite pathos and dramatic intensity... [Bergonzi] brings instead an elegance that captures something of Turiddu's duplicitous charm..." - BBC Music Magazine on Cavalleria Rusticana

"Conviction and insight instil this Pagliacci with excitement and real drama. A troupe of actors arrives to give a performance of a commediadell'arte play. The illustration of real love, life and hatred is portrayed in the interplay of Tonio, Silvio, Nedda and her husband Canio. As the two rivals, Caro Bergonzi and Giuseppe Taddei are superb. Taddei's sinister, hunch-backed clown, gently forcing the play-within-the-play closer to reality until it finally bursts out violently is a masterly assumption, and Karajan controls the slow build-up of tension with a grasp that few conductors could equal. The forces of La Scala, Milan respond wholeheartedly and the 1965 recording sounds well" - Gramophone on Pagliacci

Remastered in 96kHz/24-bit audio from original analogue sources
Presented on CD + High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc containing the complete operas in 24-bit audio
Deluxe hard-back editions with artwork inspired by the original covers
Edition includes libretto, synopsis and original liner notes