{"product_id":"brava-berganza-import","title":"BRAVA BERGANZA! (2 CDS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/DESCRIPTION_WITH_WORLD_1_d9254874-1b5f-48ee-852d-4074a16878e6_480x480.png?v=1595264382\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA newly remastered collection of four original Decca albums featuring the Spanish mezzo-soprano at the height of her powers in the repertoire most associated with her, from Rossini to folk and popular songs from her native Spain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1935, Teresa Berganza was in her mid-twenties when she made the recordings on this album, yet she was already the darling of the opera press by June 1959 when Decca first issued the wide-ranging recital of Rossini arias which opens this anthology, moving with assured mastery from the flirtatious Isabella in ‘L’italiana in Algeri’ to the grave beauty of ‘Fac ut portem’ from the ‘Stabat mater’. Later the same year, she recorded a sequence of eight Basque songs with orchestra which captivatingly exploits the dark, sultry shadings within her mezzo. Although the Rossini LP has been issued piecemeal on CD, this is the first time the recital appears in its entirety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA year later, Berganza was established as an artist of singular gifts who would lend distinction to the extraordinary ‘gala sequence’ inserted in the second act of the label’s new Viennese recording of ‘Die Fledermaus’, capable of standing her own alongside the likes of Björling, Nilsson, Sutherland and Tebaldi. Her contribution to that album was a Lullaby by her husband Félix Lavilla which they recorded together not in Vienna but Kingsway Hall, London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs her long-standing accompanist, Lavilla partnered Berganza in a 1962 recital of Spanish songs that capture the mezzo-soprano in vibrant form, bringing her flaring tone, dramatic energy and captivating charisma to Baroque arias by Pergolesi and Scarlatti as well as songs by Granados and Turina, finishing with a classic account of Falla’s ‘Siete canciones populares españolas’ from 1959. As Richard Wigmore remarks in his new booklet appreciation, not even the legendary Conchita Supervia gave a more thrilling, spine-tingling performance of the cycle’s concluding ‘Polo’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/REVIEWS_CS_WORLD_7ad42b8b-2188-414f-9c17-0e66da4d836d_480x480.png?v=1595264361\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘She is equally at home in the fiendish Cenerentola finale (the best I’ve ever heard) and in the long sweeping line of ‘Fac ut portem’… I can see no obstacle to a long and brilliant career for this singer. The accompaniments are clear and firm, and Decca’s stereo sound is bright and full. I recommend this record without hesitation.’ High Fidelity (Rossini)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘In the Basque songs she immediately identifies herself with each mood from tenderness to humour… I called her performance of [the Falla songs] incomparable, and it still remains so, with her completely idiomatic interpretation, vitality, exemplary enunciation, beautifully clean melismata, and wide range of colour… If for any reason you didn’t have a copy before, make good the omission straight away.’ Gramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_1_81beb09d-4c29-4149-bf73-0d3740fd1d73_480x480.png?v=1595264371\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 1\u003cbr\u003eGIOACHINO ROSSINI\u003cbr\u003eIl barbiere di Siviglia:\u003cbr\u003eUna voce poco fa\u003cbr\u003eContro un cor che accende amore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eL’italiana in Algeri:\u003cbr\u003eCruda sorte! Amor tiranno!\u003cbr\u003ePer lui che adoro\u003cbr\u003eAmici … Pensa all patria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStabat Mater: Fac ut portem Christi mortem\u003cbr\u003eSemiramide: Bel raggio lusinghier\u003cbr\u003eLa Cenerentola: Nacqui all’affanno e al pianto … Non più mesta\u003cbr\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJACINTO GUERRERO: Sagrario’s Romanza\u003cbr\u003ePEDRO MIGUEL MARQUÈS: Margarita’s Romanza\u003cbr\u003eOrchestra conducted by Benito Lauret\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePADRE JOSE ANTONIO DE DONOSTÍA\u003cbr\u003eRESURRECCION MARIA DE AZCUE:\u003cbr\u003eEight Basque Songs\u003cbr\u003eOrchestra conducted by Gerardo Gombau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOSE JUAN CADENAS MUÑOZ\u003cbr\u003eQUINITO VALVERDE:\u003cbr\u003eClavelitos*\u003cbr\u003eRUPERTO CHAPÍ Y LORENTE: Carceleras*\u003cbr\u003eOrchestra conducted by Benito Lauret\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCD 2\u003cbr\u003eLUIGI CHERUBINI: Ahi! Che forse ai miei dì (Demofonte)\u003cbr\u003eANTONIO CESTI: Intorno all’idol mio (Orontea)\u003cbr\u003eAttrib. GIOVANNI BATISTA PERGOLESI: Confusa, smarrita\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALESSANDRO SCARLATTI\u003cbr\u003eQual mia colpa … Se delitto è l’adorarvi\u003cbr\u003eChi vuol innamorarsi\u003cbr\u003eLa Rosaura\u003cbr\u003eElitropio d’amor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJESUS GURIDI:\u003cbr\u003eCómo quieres que adivine\u003cbr\u003eMañanita de San Juan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFELIX LAVILLA: Four Basque Songs\u003cbr\u003eJOAQUIN TURINA: Saeta en forme de Salve a la Virgen de la Esperanza, Op. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eENRIQUE GRANADOS:\u003cbr\u003eEl tra la la y el punteado\u003cbr\u003eEl majo timido\u003cbr\u003eLa maja dolorosa\u003cbr\u003eJOAQUIN TURINA: Farruca (Treptico)\u003cbr\u003eMANUEL DE FALLA Seven Popular Spanish Songs\u003cbr\u003eFELIX LAVILLA: Lullaby\u003cbr\u003eFélix Lavilla, piano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTeresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/STREAMING_BANNER_2_3ffea259-c443-454f-b50b-9beacfe7836d_480x480.png?v=1595265224\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: calc(56.25% + 52px); height: 0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.song.link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falbum.link%2Fs%2F6giQJkU5tEwSdSKzGx3lYH\u0026amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DECCA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32264737751127,"sku":"028948263974","price":20.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/3775911.jpg?v=1595524370","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/en-de\/products\/brava-berganza-import","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}