℗ 1959 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Digital remastering (p) 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK A Warner Music Group Company
| Released | September 19, 2014 |
| Duration | 47m 33s |
| Record Label | Warner Classics |
| Genre | Classical (Opera) |
Callas - Mad Scenes from Anna Bolena, Hamlet & Il pirata - Callas Remastered
Maria Callas
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Anna Bolena, Act 2
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1.1
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"Piangete voi?...Al dolce guidami castel natio" (Anna Bolena, Smeton, Lord Percy, Hervery, Lord Rochefort, Chorus)
Gaetano Donizetti; Maria Callas; Duncan Robertson; John Lanigan; Joseph Rouleau; Monica Sinclair; Nicola Rescigno; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra |
19:58 | |||
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Hamlet, Act 4
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1.2
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"A vos jeux mes amis" (Ophélie)
Ambroise Thomas; Maria Callas; Nicola Rescigno; Philharmonia Orchestra |
10:25 | |||
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Il Pirata, Act 2
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1.3
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"Oh! s'io potessi" (Imogene)
Felice Romani; Vincenzo Bellini; Maria Callas; Nicola Rescigno; Philharmonia Orchestra |
17:10 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Callas did not make complete recordings of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena and Bellini’s Il pirata, though, as the queen of La Scala, she enjoyed triumphs in both roles in 1957–1958. The vocally and dramatically demanding final scenes of both operas feature in this recital with Ophélie’s mad scene from Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet, another coloratura extravaganza.
When this recital first appeared in 1959, Gramophone wrote: "This is a most remarkable record, not only for its material … but for its astonishing vividness and dramatic poetry … It has been a thing of much wonder for me."
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 1-3 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-3 – 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 | -1.26 -1.85 to -0.10 | -23.80 -24.12 to -23.54 | -18.50 -18.60 to -18.40 | 13 13 to 13 | |
| 1 | "Piangete voi?...Al dolce guidami castel natio" (Anna Bolena, Smeton, Lord Percy, Hervery, Lord Rochefort, Chorus) | -1.85 | -23.54 | -18.6 | 13 |
| 2 | "A vos jeux mes amis" (Ophélie) | -1.83 | -24.12 | -18.5 | 13 |
| 3 | "Oh! s'io potessi" (Imogene) | -0.10 | -23.75 | -18.4 | 13 |