Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Giacomo Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West," a timeless masterpiece in the realm of opera and classical music. Released on February 5, 2021, by the esteemed label Pentatone, this album offers a rich and immersive experience that spans over two hours and twelve minutes. Puccini's composition is a testament to his unparalleled ability to blend dramatic intensity with lyrical beauty, making it a cornerstone of the operatic repertoire.
"La Fanciulla del West" is set in the American West and tells the story of Minnie, the proprietress of a saloon, and her complex relationship with the outlaw Dick Johnson. The opera is renowned for its vivid orchestration, which paints a vivid picture of the rugged frontier landscape, and its powerful arias, which delve deeply into the characters' emotions and struggles. The album features a full cast of talented singers, each bringing their unique voice and interpretation to Puccini's richly drawn characters.
From the stirring introduction to the dramatic climax, this album is a journey through a world of adventure, love, and redemption. Puccini's music, combined with the compelling narrative, creates an experience that is both thrilling and deeply moving. Whether you are a seasoned opera enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, "La Fanciulla del West" offers a profound and unforgettable listening experience.
2021 Pentatone Music B.V.2021 San Francisco Classical Recording Company
Tracks
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: IntroductionGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Hello, Nick!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Lester Lynch, Kevin Short, Alessandro Luciano, Lóránt Barta, Amitai Piti, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Che faranno i vecchi mieiGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca, Gustavo Castillo, Lóránt Barta, Amitai Piti, Alessandro Luciano, Kevin Short
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Jim, perchè piangi?Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca, Lóránt Barta, Alessandro Luciano, Ruben Ciungan, Kevin Short, Antonio Di Matteo
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Andiam, ragazziGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca, Lester Lynch, Alessandro Luciano, Lóránt Barta, Ruben Ciungan, Radu Cîmpan
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Un poker! Nick, gettoni!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca, Lester Lynch, Martin-Jan Nijhoff, Alessandro Luciano, Lóránt Barta, Ruben Ciungan
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Mistress Rance, fra pocoGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Lester Lynch, Kevin Short
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Hello, Minnie!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Melody Moore, Alessandro Luciano, Lóránt Barta, Ruben Ciungan, Radu Cîmpan, Kevin Short
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Dove eravamo?Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Melody Moore, Amitai Piti, Radu Cîmpan, Martin-Jan Nijhoff, Lester Lynch, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: La posta! La posta!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Melody Moore, Lester Lynch
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Ti voglio bene, MinnieGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Melody Moore, Lester Lynch
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Minnie, dalla mia casa son partitoGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Melody Moore, Lester Lynch
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Laggiù nel SoledadGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore, Lester Lynch
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Chi c'è per farmi i ricci?Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Vi ricordate di me?Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Mister Johnson, voi m'avete seccato!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore, Kevin Short, Radu Cîmpan
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Mister Johnson, un valzer?Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore, Lester Lynch, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca, Kevin Short, Radu Cîmpan
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Mister Johnson, siete rimasto indietroGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Io non son che una povera fanciullaGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Quello che taceteGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Come voi leggermi in cor non soGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore, Amitai Piti
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act I: Ah, non temete, nessuno ardirà!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act II: Il mio bimbo è grande e piccinoGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Alexander Köpeczi, Ilseyar Khayrullova
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act II: Billy, è fissato?Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Melody Moore, Alexander Köpeczi, Ilseyar Khayrullova
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act II: Voglio vestirmi tuttaGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act II: Oh, se sapesteGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act II: Ugh! Neve!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore, Ilseyar Khayrullova
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act II: Hello!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore, Amitai Piti, Lester Lynch, Kevin Short, Martin-Jan Nijhoff
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act II: Vieni fuori!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act II: Lo so, lo so! Ma non vi avrei rubato!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act II: L'han feritoGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act II: Che c'è di nuovo, Jack?Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Lester Lynch, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act II: E là! E là!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Lester Lynch, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act II: Una partita a poker!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Lester Lynch, Melody Moore
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act III: Ve lo guiro, sceriffoGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Amitai Piti
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act III: Maledetto cane!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Amitai Piti, Lester Lynch
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act III: Ah! Ah! Ah!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Amitai Piti, Kevin Short, Lester Lynch, Martin-Jan Nijhoff, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca, Lóránt Barta
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act III: Sceriffo Rance!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Lester Lynch, Martin-Jan Nijhoff, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca, Lóránt Barta, Radu Cîmpan, Alessandro Luciano
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act III: E così, Mister Johnson, come va?Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Lester Lynch, Martin-Jan Nijhoff, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca, Lóránt Barta, Radu Cîmpan, Kevin Short
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act III: Risparmiate lo schernoGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Lester Lynch, Martin-Jan Nijhoff, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca, Lóránt Barta, Radu Cîmpan, Kevin Short
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act III: Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontanoGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Lester Lynch, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act III: Ah! È MinnieGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore, Lester Lynch, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca, Lóránt Barta, Kevin Short
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act III: Basta!Giacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Kevin Short, Melody Moore, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act III: E anche tu lo vorraiGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Kevin Short, Melody Moore, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca, Lóránt Barta, Radu Cîmpan, Amitai Piti
La Fanciulla del West, SC 78, Act III: Le tue parole sono di DioGiacomo Puccini, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca, Lawrence Foster, Marius Vlad, Melody Moore, Kevin Short, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir of Cluj-Napoca, Radu Cîmpan, Amitai Piti
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