Herbert Von Karajan - Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1974) [2017 SACD Vintage Collection]

• Title: Puccini: Madama Butterfly
  
• Year Of Release: 1974 [2017]
  
• Label: Tower Records [PROC-2082~83]
  
• Genre: Classical
  
• Quality: DSD64 image (*.iso) / 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz
  
• Total Time: 02:25:08
  
• Total Size: 3,7 GB (+3%rec.)
  
• WebSite: Album Preview
  

The world's first SA-CD of the 70's DECCA masterpiece by Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic. Furthermore, this year (September 2017), including the fact that it is 10 years after Pavarotti's death, we will reproduce the masterpieces of this century without leaving anything. Karajan worked on Puccini from an early stage, which is rare as a solo conductor, and has left several masterpieces. Although the regular edition leaves only ``Bohème'' and ``Turandot'' except for ``Tosca'' and this ``Madama Butterfly'', each of them is one of the top opera masterpieces, and the cast It can be said that it is a particularly famous sound source among all of Karajan's recordings, including the splendor and uniqueness of .
This "Madame Butterfly" is a DECCA recording following "Boheme" with the Berlin Philharmonic recorded from 1972, and the main cast such as Freni and Pavarotti were recorded as they were. In addition, Karajan conducted Madame Butterfly in actual performances very few times, most of them during the Ulm period (only four times at the Vienna State Opera in 1958-59. Bohème and Tosca were quite (Details on this point can be found in the preface commentary by Mr. Yamazaki). However, Karajan's enthusiasm for this recording is the same as other recordings at the time, and with this SA-CD conversion, it has become more precise than ever. Karajan-like voices in the opening strong beats are also recorded in several places, and with the excellent recording technology of DECCA, you can experience a vast dynamic range that could not be reproduced on LPs and CDs at the time in this reprint. The clear point sound source with depth, and the rich overtones and presence that make use of the characteristics of DSD are different from the high-resolution sound sources of PCM that have already been released, and it is a more natural atmosphere to this history. You can now taste the remaining super masterpieces. I think that you can finally enjoy DECCA's original excellent recordings up close. The tone of the time left in the sound source was revived with the highest level of sound closer to the master.

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Tracks:

Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Disc 1
1. Act I
2. Act II-Prelude - E Izaghi ed Izanami e dentro… ritornato al suo nido

Disc 2
2. Act II-Ah! Taci!… Ah! La fede ti manca. Senti! ～ Con onor muore

Personnel:

Mirella Freni (Cio-Cio San/Madama Butterfly)
Luciano Pavarotti (B. F. Pinkerton)
Christa Ludwig (Suzuki)
Robert Kerns (Sharpless)
Michel Sénéchal (Goro)
Marius Rintzler (Lo zio Bonze)
Elke Schary (Kate Pinkerton)
Giorgio Stendoro (Il Principe Yamadori)
Hans Helm (Il Commissario Imperiale)
Wolfgang Scheider (Yakuside)
Siegfried Rudolf Frese (L'Ufficiale del Registro)
Evamaria Hurdes (La madre di Cio-Cio)
Erna Maria Mühlberger (La zia)
Martha Heigl (La cugina)
Konzertvereinigung des Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

Recorded: January 1974 Sofia Hall Vienna

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