Various Composers - Opera Intermezzzi (Herbert von Karajan)

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1. Verdi - La Traviata: Prelude to Act 3
2. Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico
3. Puccini - Suor Angelica: Intermezzo
4. Leoncavallo - Pagliacci: Intermezzo from Act 1
5. Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina: Intermezzo from Act 4
6. Puccini - Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo from Act 3
7. Schmidt - Notre Dame: Intermezzo
8. Massenet - Thais: M'editation (Intermezzo from Act 2)
9. Giordano - Fedora: Intermezzo from Act 2
10. Cilea - Adriana Lecouvreur: Intermezzo from Act 2
11. Wolf-Ferrari - I gioielli della Madonna: Intermezzo from Act 3
12. Mascagni - L'amico Fritz: Intermezzo from Act 3

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Date: 1967
label: Deutsche Grammophon
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4777163

"The conductor shows his mastery of phrase and idiom immediately in the opening La Traviata Prelude which is beautifully done, and the same poise gives distinction to the famous Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo and indeed the Puccini items. Where high drama is called for, as in the music of the verismo school, Karajan rises to the occasion and one can hear the resin sizzle as those Berlin string bows bite."

-- Stereo Record Guide

More reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/Opera-Intermezzi-Karajan-Modest-Mussorgsky/dp/B000W99IKC

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Herbert von Karajan (5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 35 years. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. He made a large number of recordings and was the top-selling classical music recording artist of all time, having sold an estimated 200 million records. He was admired and also criticized for his over polished sound of the orchestras he conducted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_von_Karajan

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