℗ 2017 Digital Remastering Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Released | September 15, 2017 |
Duration | 1h 54m 19s |
Record Label | Warner Classics |
Genre | Classical (Opera) |
Gluck: Alceste (1954 - Milan) - Callas Live Remastered
Maria Callas
Available in MQA and 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
Alceste, Wq. 37, Act 1
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1.1
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Overture - "Salvate il padre" (Chorus / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
6:30 | |||
1.2
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"Sveglia il dolor l'addormentato cor" (Araldo, Chorus / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Enrico Campi; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
2:53 | |||
1.3
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"Non piu pianti" (Evandro, Chorus / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Giuseppe Zampieri; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
4:13 | |||
1.4
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"A voi, nel mio dolor supremo" (Alceste / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
0:31 | |||
1.5
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"O dei, del mio fato crudele" (Alceste, Chorus / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
7:13 | |||
1.6
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Interlude 1 (Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
3:17 | |||
1.7
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"Allontana, o nume, dal trono" (High Priest, Chorus / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Paolo Silveri; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
2:59 | |||
1.8
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"O Apollo immortal" (Alceste / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
1:38 | |||
1.9
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Interlude 2 (Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
1:44 | |||
1.10
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"E'sensibile Apollo" (High Priest / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Paolo Silveri; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
2:44 | |||
1.11
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"Entr'oggi il rege morra" (Voice of the Oracle, High Priest, Chorus / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Nicola Zaccaria; Paolo Silveri; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
2:17 | |||
1.12
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"Che avvenne?" (Alceste / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
4:00 | |||
Alceste, Wq. 37, Act 2
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1.13
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"Altro non puoi raccogliere" (Chorus / 1767 Version] [Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
0:52 | |||
1.14
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"Lo so, numi, lo so" (Alceste / 1767 Version] [Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
1:18 | |||
Alceste, Wq. 37, Act 1
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1.15
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"Divina infernal" (Alceste / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
5:04 | |||
Alceste, Wq. 37, Act 2
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1.16
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"Dunque vieni, la morte t'accetta" (Tanato, Alceste / 1767 Version] [Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Silvio Maionica; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
2:29 | |||
1.17
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"Spendido sorge il di" (Chorus / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
1:25 | |||
1.18
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Dances (Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
6:42 | |||
1.19
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"O mio re!" (A Voice, Evandro, Admeto / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Giuseppe Zampieri; Renato Gavarini; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
2:11 | |||
1.20
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"Dei piu sereni di" (Chorus, Alceste, Admeto / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Renato Gavarini; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
2:13 | |||
1.21
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"Benigni dei, felici amanti" (Chorus / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
2:51 | |||
1.22
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"O divina volutta!" (Admeto, Alceste / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Renato Gavarini; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
0:46 | |||
1.23
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"Perche nutrire terror cotanto" (Admeto / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Renato Gavarini; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
3:28 | |||
1.24
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"Tu m'ami, io t'adoro" (Admeto, Alceste / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Renato Gavarini; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
4:33 | |||
1.25
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"Cotanta grazia" (Chorus / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
2:18 | |||
1.26
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"A' vostri lai io pur" (Alceste, Chorus / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
6:56 | |||
1.27
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"Troppo, ahi non e" (Evandro / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Giuseppe Zampieri; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
4:19 | |||
Alceste, Wq. 37, Act 3
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1.28
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"O numi, ispiratemi ardire" (Alceste / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
4:22 | |||
1.29
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"Sciagurata, ove vai" (Chorus / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
0:56 | |||
1.30
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"O funesta dea" (Alceste / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
2:28 | |||
1.31
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"Ciel! Admeto!" (Alceste, Admeto / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Renato Gavarini; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
0:38 | |||
1.32
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"Vivi e guarda il sovvenir" (Alceste, Admeto / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Renato Gavarini; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
4:11 | |||
1.33
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"Caronte appella" (Tanato, Chorus, Alceste, Admeto, Apollo / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Renato Gavarini; Rolando Panerai; Silvio Maionica; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
4:24 | |||
1.34
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"O amici miei!" (Admeto / Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Renato Gavarini; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
0:32 | |||
1.35
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Dances (Live)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Maria Callas; Carlo Maria Giulini; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
9:24 |
Alceste, in 1954, was the first of two Gluck operas that Callas sang at La Scala, followed three years later by an Italian version of Iphigénie en Tauride. It was in the 1953-54 season that she rose to become "Queen of La Scala", also singing Medea. Elisabetta (Don Carlo) and Giulia (La Vestale) at the Milanese theatre. Her conductor for Alceste was Carlo Maria Giulini. Describing Callas in the role of the Ancient Greek queen who is prepared to sacrifice herself so that her husband may live, he said: “[She] was opera incarnate – absolute harmony between word, music and action … In all my years in the opera house I have never known an artist like Callas. Hers is no fabricated legend: she truly did have something different."
This edition has been delivered from Callas Remastered: The Complete Studio Recordings. The epitome of the operatic diva, the American-born Greek soprano is recognised as a singer who defined, and even redefined opera in the 20th century and she has never lost her place among the world’s top-selling classical artists. With the release of Callas Remastered: The Complete Studio Recordings, opera lovers will now be able to hear her as never before.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Warner Classics Studio Masters
Tracks 1-35 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-35 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.42 -7.57 to -0.63 | -21.46 -26.70 to -18.66 | -18.59 -24.30 to -15.80 | 11 8 to 14 | |
1 | Overture - "Salvate il padre" (Chorus / Live) | -2.96 | -20.23 | -17.4 | 10 |
2 | "Sveglia il dolor l'addormentato cor" (Araldo, Chorus / Live) | -3.14 | -19.19 | -16.4 | 9 |
3 | "Non piu pianti" (Evandro, Chorus / Live) | -3.38 | -20.15 | -17.2 | 10 |
4 | "A voi, nel mio dolor supremo" (Alceste / Live) | -5.70 | -20.66 | -17.7 | 9 |
5 | "O dei, del mio fato crudele" (Alceste, Chorus / Live) | -3.09 | -21.36 | -18.1 | 11 |
6 | Interlude 1 (Live) | -5.43 | -26.70 | -24.3 | 12 |
7 | "Allontana, o nume, dal trono" (High Priest, Chorus / Live) | -2.44 | -18.98 | -15.8 | 10 |
8 | "O Apollo immortal" (Alceste / Live) | -5.45 | -23.98 | -20.8 | 11 |
9 | Interlude 2 (Live) | -4.56 | -22.57 | -19.9 | 11 |
10 | "E'sensibile Apollo" (High Priest / Live) | -2.25 | -20.97 | -17.9 | 11 |
11 | "Entr'oggi il rege morra" (Voice of the Oracle, High Priest, Chorus / Live) | -1.92 | -22.08 | -18.9 | 11 |
12 | "Che avvenne?" (Alceste / Live) | -3.40 | -21.17 | -18.3 | 11 |
13 | "Altro non puoi raccogliere" (Chorus / 1767 Version] [Live) | -7.57 | -23.07 | -20.7 | 8 |
14 | "Lo so, numi, lo so" (Alceste / 1767 Version] [Live) | -4.85 | -19.35 | -16.4 | 8 |
15 | "Divina infernal" (Alceste / Live) | -2.57 | -18.66 | -15.9 | 10 |
16 | "Dunque vieni, la morte t'accetta" (Tanato, Alceste / 1767 Version] [Live) | -2.77 | -20.23 | -17.1 | 10 |
17 | "Spendido sorge il di" (Chorus / Live) | -2.35 | -18.79 | -16.3 | 11 |
18 | Dances (Live) | -2.46 | -23.05 | -20.6 | 13 |
19 | "O mio re!" (A Voice, Evandro, Admeto / Live) | -2.08 | -23.56 | -20.7 | 14 |
20 | "Dei piu sereni di" (Chorus, Alceste, Admeto / Live) | -3.28 | -21.03 | -18.4 | 12 |
21 | "Benigni dei, felici amanti" (Chorus / Live) | -4.48 | -23.56 | -20.7 | 11 |
22 | "O divina volutta!" (Admeto, Alceste / Live) | -6.81 | -25.84 | -22.7 | 14 |
23 | "Perche nutrire terror cotanto" (Admeto / Live) | -4.03 | -22.48 | -19.6 | 11 |
24 | "Tu m'ami, io t'adoro" (Admeto, Alceste / Live) | -2.42 | -19.67 | -16.9 | 11 |
25 | "Cotanta grazia" (Chorus / Live) | -3.10 | -21.58 | -18.6 | 10 |
26 | "A' vostri lai io pur" (Alceste, Chorus / Live) | -0.63 | -20.38 | -17.6 | 12 |
27 | "Troppo, ahi non e" (Evandro / Live) | -5.74 | -24.51 | -20.9 | 11 |
28 | "O numi, ispiratemi ardire" (Alceste / Live) | -1.71 | -22.00 | -18.6 | 11 |
29 | "Sciagurata, ove vai" (Chorus / Live) | -4.93 | -20.67 | -18.0 | 10 |
30 | "O funesta dea" (Alceste / Live) | -3.30 | -20.05 | -17.4 | 11 |
31 | "Ciel! Admeto!" (Alceste, Admeto / Live) | -0.88 | -19.75 | -17.3 | 13 |
32 | "Vivi e guarda il sovvenir" (Alceste, Admeto / Live) | -2.65 | -20.03 | -17.3 | 11 |
33 | "Caronte appella" (Tanato, Chorus, Alceste, Admeto, Apollo / Live) | -0.78 | -19.59 | -16.6 | 11 |
34 | "O amici miei!" (Admeto / Live) | -5.07 | -22.79 | -20.0 | 11 |
35 | Dances (Live) | -1.50 | -22.39 | -19.6 | 13 |