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Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

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"Karajan draws ravishing playing from the Vienna Philharmonic strings ..."
- Gramophone

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Madama Butterfly - Act 1  
1
"... E soffitto e pareti"
Giacomo Puccini; Luciano Pavarotti; Michel Sénéchal; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:55
2
"Sorride Vostro Onore?"
Giacomo Puccini; Christa Ludwig; Luciano Pavarotti; Robert Kerns; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 3:30
3
"Dovunque al mondo"
Giacomo Puccini; Luciano Pavarotti; Robert Kerns; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:59
4
"America For Ever"
Giacomo Puccini; Luciano Pavarotti; Michel Sénéchal; Robert Kerns; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:34
5
"Ier l'altro il Consolato"
Giacomo Puccini; Robert Kerns; Luciano Pavarotti; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:09
6
"Ecco. Son giunte al sommo del pendio"
Giacomo Puccini; Herbert von Karajan; Wiener Philharmoniker; Wiener Staatsopernchor; Michel Sénéchal; Mirella Freni; Robert Kerns; Luciano Pavarotti
 3:43
7
"Gran ventura"
Giacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni; Michel Sénéchal; Luciano Pavarotti; Robert Kerns; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 3:52
8
"L'Imperial Commissario"
Giacomo Puccini; Luciano Pavarotti; Michel Sénéchal; Erna Maria Muhlberger; Mirella Freni; Eva Maria Hurdes; Martha Heigl; Wolfgang Schneider; Robert Kerns; Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 3:32
9
"Vieni, amor mio!"
Giacomo Puccini; Luciano Pavarotti; Michel Sénéchal; Mirella Freni; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:51
10
"Ieri son salita tutta sola in segreto alla Missione"
Giacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:15
11
"Tutti zitti!"
Giacomo Puccini; Hans Helm; Michel Sénéchal; Mirella Freni; Luciano Pavarotti; Robert Kerns; Siegfried Rudolf Frese; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 3:11
12
"O Kami! O Kami!"
Giacomo Puccini; Luciano Pavarotti; Michel Sénéchal; Wolfgang Schneider; Martha Heigl; Eva Maria Hurdes; Marius Rintzler; Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 0:36
13
"Cio-cio-san! Cio-cio-san!"
Giacomo Puccini; Marius Rintzler; Luciano Pavarotti; Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:44
14
"Bimba, bimba, non piangere"
Giacomo Puccini; Luciano Pavarotti; Mirella Freni; Christa Ludwig; Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:20
15
"Viene la sera"
Giacomo Puccini; Luciano Pavarotti; Mirella Freni; Christa Ludwig; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 7:32
16
"Vogliatemi bene"
Giacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni; Luciano Pavarotti; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 7:59
Madama Butterfly - Act 2  
17
"E Izaghi ed Izanami, Sarundasico e Kami"
Giacomo Puccini; Christa Ludwig; Mirella Freni; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 7:36
18
"Un bel dì vedremo"
Giacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 4:39
1
"C'è. Entrate"
Giacomo Puccini; Robert Kerns; Michel Sénéchal; Mirella Freni; Giorgio Stendoro; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 6:41
2
"Si sa che aprir la parta"
Giacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni; Robert Kerns; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 1:04
3
"Udiste?"
Giacomo Puccini; Michel Sénéchal; Robert Kerns; Giorgio Stendoro; Mirella Freni; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:00
4
"Ora a noi. Sedete qui."
Giacomo Puccini; Robert Kerns; Mirella Freni; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:56
5
"Ebbene, che fareste, Madama Butterfly?"
Giacomo Puccini; Robert Kerns; Mirella Freni; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:53
6
"E questo? E questo?"
Giacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni; Robert Kerns; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:27
7
"Che tua madre dovrà prenderti in braccio"
Giacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni; Robert Kerns; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 5:18
8
"Vespa! Rospo maledetto!"
Giacomo Puccini; Christa Ludwig; Michel Sénéchal; Mirella Freni; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:01
9
"Una nave da guerra"
Giacomo Puccini; Christa Ludwig; Mirella Freni; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:45
10
"Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio"
Giacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni; Christa Ludwig; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 5:39
11
"Or vienmi ad adornar"
Giacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni; Christa Ludwig; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 5:34
12
Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
Giacomo Puccini; Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 3:04
13
Intermezzo
Giacomo Puccini; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 6:16
14
Fischi d'uccelli dal giardino
Giacomo Puccini; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 1:49
15
"Già il sole!"
Giacomo Puccini; Christa Ludwig; Mirella Freni; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:32
16
"Chi sia?"
Giacomo Puccini; Christa Ludwig; Robert Kerns; Luciano Pavarotti; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:33
17
"Io so che alle pene"
Giacomo Puccini; Robert Kerns; Luciano Pavarotti; Christa Ludwig; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:10
18
"Non ve l'avevo detto?"
Giacomo Puccini; Robert Kerns; Luciano Pavarotti; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 1:54
19
"Addio fiorito asil"
Giacomo Puccini; Luciano Pavarotti; Robert Kerns; Elke Schary; Christa Ludwig; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 3:10
20
"Suzuki! Suzuki! Dove sei?"
Giacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni; Christa Ludwig; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 1:56
21
"Tu, Suzuki, che sei tanto biona"
Giacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni; Christa Ludwig; Robert Kerns; Elke Schary; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 5:45
22
"Come una mosca prigionera"
Giacomo Puccini; Christa Ludwig; Mirella Freni; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 2:44
23
"Con onor muore chi non può serbar vita con onore"
Giacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni; Luciano Pavarotti; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
 5:32
Digital Booklet
Total Playing Time    2:25:40
"... inspires singers and orchestra to a radiant performance which brings out all the beauty and intensity in Puccini's score, sweet but not sentimental, powerfully dramatic but not vulgar. Freni is an enchanting Butterfly, constantly growing in stature ... Pavarotti is an intensely imaginative Pinkerton.”
- The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music

A 1974 recording of Puccini's classic opera Madama Butterfly, one of the most-performed operas in the world. Herbert von Karajan conducts The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with a compelling Mirella Freni in the title role, up-and-coming superstar Luciano Pavarotti as Pinkerton, Christa Ludwig as Suzuki and Robert Kerns as Sharpless.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Decca Music Group Studio Masters

Recording Producer: Christopher Raeburn
Assistant Recording Producer: Michael Woolcock
Recording Engineers: James Lock, Jack Law, Gordon Parry

Recording Location: Sofiensaal, Vienna, January 1974

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