La Mia Generazione Ha Perso [Import]

1. Si Puo

2. Verso Il Terzo Millennio

3. Il Conformista

4. Quando Saro Capace D'amare

5. Razza In Estinzione

6. Canzone Dell'appartenenza

7. Il Potere Dei Piu Buoni

8. Un Uomo E Una Donna

9. Destra- Sinistra

10. Il Desiderio

11. L'obeso

12. Qualcuno Era Comunista

Tracks:

Anna Bolena: Sinfonia
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Introduzione
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Ella di me, sollecita
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Si taciturna e mesta
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Deh! Non voler costringere
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Copme, innocente giovane
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Legger potessi in me! Non v'ha sguardo
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - O! qual parlar fu il suo!
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Si: l'avrete
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - la mia fama e a pie dell'ara
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Ella pure amor m offria
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene One - Ah! qual sia cercar non oso
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - Chi veggo?...in Inghilterra
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - Da quel di che, lei perduta
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - Ah! cosi nei di ridenti
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - Desta si tosto
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - Io sentii sulla mio mano
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - or che reso ai patri i lidi
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Two - Questo di per noi spuntato

Tracks:

Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - E'sgombro il loco...
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Ah! parea che per incanto
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Basta...basta...tropp'oltre vai...
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Anna! - Riccardo!
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - S'ei t'aborre, io t'amo ancora
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Ah!...per pieta del mio spavento
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Alcun potria ascoltarti
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Tace ognuno
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - Il quegli sgardi impresso
Anna Bolena: Act One, Scene Three - In separato carcere
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene One - O! Dove mai ne andarono
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene One - O mie fedeli
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene One - Dio, che mi vedi in core
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene One - Sul suo capo aggravi un Dio
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene One - Dal mio cor punita io sono
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene One - Va, infelice, e teco reca

Tracks:

Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Ebben? dinanzi ai giudici
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Scostatevi...il Re giunge...
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Ambo morrete
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Al Consiglio sien tratti
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Sposa a Percy
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Per questa fiamma indomita
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Stolta! non sai...
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Two - Ah! pensate che rivolti
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Tu pur dannato a morte
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Vive tu, te ne scongiuro
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Nel veder la tua costanza
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Chi puo vederla
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Piangete voi?
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Al dolce guidami castel natio
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Qual mesto suon?...
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Cielo, a'miei lunghi spasimi
Anna Bolena: Act Two, Scene Three - Coppia iniqua

Customer Reviews:

SILLS GOES FOR BROKE -------- AND SHE TRIUMPHS.......2006-04-17

I, being a great admirer of Callas, Caballe', Sutherland, and Sills, cannot understand why people so vehemently bash one of them in favor of the other. This does nothing to further the interest of music, and it reduces great operatic singing to the level of ice hockey. "Anna Bolena" is an opera that requires a very special type of soprano. It is, essentially, a florid bel canto opera for a considerably heavier voice than that associated with such bel canto heroines such as those encountered in "Puritani", "Sonnambula", and "Lucia". A great "Anna Bolena" should also be able to command Norma and Rossini's "Semiramide". Beverly Sills had a basically small voice, and she herself has admitted repeatedly that her undertaking Donizetti's Three Queens (Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Elizabeth in "Roberto Devereux) probably shortened her career by a decade. She was, of course, right. She certainly makes Anna Bolena a convincing vocal creation, and she sings with great conviction and involvement. But even so, there are moments when you know that she's pushing her resources to the virtual end of their endurance. She manufactures low chest tones that are completely out of allignment with the rest of her voice, and some of her top notes are nothing more than pitched screams. Of course, her passion and sincerity compensates for a lot of these deficiencies, and she emerges with a great success. I respect Sills, and have always felt that she was a little undone by her publicity machine, as well as the constant shadows of Callas, Sutherland, and Caballe. Truth to tell, all three had voices far more suited to these heavier bel canto roles. I'm not going to enter any fray and state any opinions here. Beverly Sills put forth a tremendous amount of skill and effort into roles like Anna Bolena, and she paid a vocal price, as one can hear on this recording. Still, I wouldn't be without this performance. Shirley Verrett is an outstanding Jane Seymour (she certainly could have sung Anna Bolena!), though I'm not sure that she and Sills blend all that well together. Whatever the case, let's give all these great sopranos a break and stop bashing them. My message to the bashers is: Callas, Sills, Caballe' & Sutherland have BEEN there and made it. What have YOU accomplished?

Enough!.......2006-01-25

Will this awfully mellow coloratura chirper ever stop shrieking? Sills couldn't fit the role of Anna less! Maria Callas, La Divina, has always been, and will always remain the role's owner.
Incidentally, how can some people blatantly dare show their absolute ignorance? How can somebody call -and get away with it- Callas' soloists Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giulietta Simionato, and Gianni Raimondi "second rate"??? I guess you've neither listened to any of them nor heard of their superb and much acclaimed qualities as musicians!!!

The best set available - wonderful.......2005-03-27

This is one of my favourite operas. I have heard the Callas, Sunderland (CD and DVD performances) and Gruberova (not to mention some live recordings).

Callas was breathtaking in her live performance from the 50's (especially in Act 3) BUT the sound quality is very poor indeed and the other soloists are second rate. The performance was also heavily cut. I only wish she had recorded the whole opera in the studio, instead of one or two arias.

Sunderland was well past her prime by the time she recorded her performance on CD. Her diction, never a strong point for her, is particularly 'woolly' and she has problems sustaining the higher register without strain. It is a pity she didn't record it much earlier in her career. Boynage conducts in a pedestrian manner too (compare the overture from Boynage and Rudel, Rudel makes the overture exciting and vibrant. Boynage conducts a somewhat flat and one dimensional rendition).

Gruberova's recording on CD is from a live performance and is truly aweful in places. I actually think it is one of the worst performances of anything I have ever heard 'recorded'. Don't touch it with a barge pole.

Then there is Sills performance. OK, I wish the voice was a little heavier at times but her singing is, as usual, beautiful. You feel that Anna Bolena is a role she loved, she conveys dramatic sincerity throughout. Rudel conducts his orchestral forces with such energy. Indeed, he is a major selling point of this set for me. He injects the performance with flair and gusto. Verrett, Burrows and Plishka don't put a foot wrong. A wonderful performance. I love this recording above all the others. Buy it. This set leaves the competition standing, (although, if you can tolerate the appalling sound, Callas' performance is fantastic too, however overall this set is far superior).

A great Anna.......2004-05-20

I'm sorry if I hurt anyone. I was just so mad and angry because Callas got bashed so many times by a Sills-Fanatic. I deeply apologise. Sills has a very beautiful voice, one of the best lyric coloratura voices out there. I hope Bev's fans will forgive me. This is one of the best Annas ever.

I've had it!.......2004-05-20

A Sills-Fanatic keeps bashing Callas with one star reviews in a row! I warned him that our patience is at its end! Now we'll retaliate! Sills is AWFUL as Anna Bolena, thin, sour, glassy and fake with no middle. A stupid coloratura chirper. Stop singing, Sills! My ears hurt, stop shrieking!

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