In November 1989, the trade magazine FonoForum wrote: "This production of Tosca, stark and full of dramatic intent, has been indispensable to the catalogs since its first appearance. Great operational theater on record in a way that is seldom achieved today. Pretre also excels himself on the podium. The sound is immediate and raw ".
On this recording, Maria Callas as Floria Tosca, Carlo Bergonzi as Mario Caravadossi and Tito Gobbi, in the role of Baron Scarpia, set radiant standards that are almost unequaled to the present day.
The recordings are now available in unprecedented sound quality. The original analogue recordings from 1964 form the basis of Christoph Stickel's unobtrusive "refurbishing" which aims to avoid any artistic intervention. You, the valued listener, will be transported back into the sound engineer's chair at the time of recording.
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01. Ah! Finalmente! | 02. Dammi i colori…Recondita armonia | 03. Gente là dentro! |
04. Mario! Mario! Mario! | 05. Ah, Quegli occhi…Quale occhio al mondo puó star di paro | 06. È buona la mia Tosca |
07. Un tal baccano in chiesa! | 08. Or tutto è chiaro…Tosca? | 09. Ed io venivo a lui tutta dogliosa |
10. Tre sbirri, una carrozza | 11. Tosca è un buon falco! | 12. Ha più forte |
13. Meno male! | 14. Dov´è dunque Angelotti? | 15. Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici…Sciarrone, che dice il Cavalier? |
16. Orsù, Tosca, parlate | 17. Nel pozzo…nel giardino | 18. Se la giurata fede debbo tradir |
19. Vissi d´arte | 20. Vedi, le man giunte io stendo a te! | 21. E qual via scegliete? |
22. Io de´sospiri | 23. Mario Cavaradossi? A voi | 24. E lucevan le stelle |
25. Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca | 26. O dolci mani mansuete e pure | 27. E non giungono |
28. Com´è lunga l´attesa! | 29. Presto! Su, Mario! Mario! Su! Presto! Andiam! |
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Thrilling!
The Tosca opera has no place to be sluggish. Blending with the overwhelming expressive power, such as dragging people of the crow, it has become a piece of really listening. I think that the role of a skull piano in this opera is as important as Tosca, but Gobbi's villain is great. The meeting of two people of two acts thrilling this sublessly!
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Mostly satisfying
This is one of the very best Tosca recordings. Which is to say it's mostly satisfying.