℗ 1964 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Digital remastering (p) 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK A Warner Music Group Company
Released | September 19, 2014 |
Duration | 44m 28s |
Record Label | Warner Classics |
Genre | Classical (Opera) |
Callas sings Mozart, Beethoven & Weber Arias - Callas Remastered
Maria Callas, Nicola Rescigno, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Scena & Aria
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"Ah! perfido", Op. 65 (feat. Nicola Rescigno, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Maria Callas; Nicola Rescigno; Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire |
14:29 | |||
Don Giovanni, K. 527
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"Or sai chi l'onore" (Donna Anna)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Maria Callas; Nicola Rescigno; Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire |
3:12 | |||
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 2
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"Porgi, amor" (Countess)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Maria Callas; Nicola Rescigno; Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire |
4:12 | |||
Oberon, J. 306, Act 2
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"Ocean! thou mighty monster" (Reiza)
Carl Maria von Weber; Maria Callas; Nicola Rescigno; Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire |
9:02 | |||
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2
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1.5
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"Non mir dir" (Donna Anna)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Maria Callas; Nicola Rescigno; Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire |
6:56 | |||
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"In quali eccessi, O Numi!...Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata" (Donna Anna)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Maria Callas; Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire; Nicola Rescigno |
6:37 | |||
Digital Booklet
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"The disc shows the voice in the excitingly fresh condition that was heard in the Covent Garden Toscas [1964]. The Callas personality is here at its most intense. This tigress is fiercer than ever, in some ways more exciting than ever. The flashing eyes seem to drill into one, and the scalp tingles … This is an exciting disc to fire and excite admirers."
- Gramophone
This recital of Austro-German repertoire (albeit composed to Italian and English texts) was prompted by Callas’s indignation on discovering that her EMI producer, Walter Legge, had chosen his wife, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, for a recording of Verdi's Requiem. "If your wife can sing my repertoire, then I can sing hers," declared Callas.
As it turned out, she complemented arias from "Schwarzkopf roles" (Donna Elvira and Countess Almaviva) with one of Donna Anna’s arias and with scenas by Beethoven and Weber that she had first learned as a student in Athens. (She had sung Leonore in Fidelio in Greece at the age of just 21.)
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.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Warner Classics Studio Masters
Tracks 1-6 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-6 – 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 | -2.72 -5.01 to -1.88 | -19.76 -22.78 to -17.44 | -15.57 -18.90 to -13.50 | 10 9 to 11 | |
1 | "Ah! perfido", Op. 65 (feat. Nicola Rescigno, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire) | -1.88 | -20.58 | -16.2 | 11 |
2 | "Or sai chi l'onore" (Donna Anna) | -2.29 | -17.44 | -13.5 | 9 |
3 | "Porgi, amor" (Countess) | -5.01 | -22.78 | -18.9 | 9 |
4 | "Ocean! thou mighty monster" (Reiza) | -2.09 | -18.84 | -14.5 | 9 |
5 | "Non mir dir" (Donna Anna) | -2.89 | -20.11 | -15.6 | 10 |
6 | "In quali eccessi, O Numi!...Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata" (Donna Anna) | -2.19 | -18.82 | -14.7 | 10 |