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Lovro von Matacic Leoncavallo Opera Il Pagliacci SACD Hybrid TOWER RECORDS For Sale

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“Il Pagliaccio,” conducted by Matacic during Corelli’s heyday, is finally released on CD (SACD) in Japan for the first time!

This historic masterpiece, featuring a stellar cast, has been newly remastered at 192kHz/24-bit from the original analog master tapes specifically for this release.

Includes new liner notes and a song-text translation.

Limited edition of 800 sets with serial numbers

【Track Listing】Total time 73:20

1. Ruggero Leoncavallo: Complete Opera “Il Pagliaccio”

(Libretto: Ruggero (Theater manager; plays the role of the clown in the play-within-a-play): Franco Corelli (Tenor)

Nedda (Actress; Canio’s wife; plays the role of Colombina in the play-within-a-play): Lucine Amara (Soprano)

Tonio (comic actor playing the role of the fool; plays Taddeo in the play-within-a-play): Tito Gobbi (baritone)

Peppe (comic actor; plays Arlecchino in the play-within-a-play): Mario Spina (tenor)

Silvio (village youth): Mario Zanasi (baritone)

Peasant I: Franco Piva (baritone),

Peasant II: Angelo Mercuriali (tenor)

La Scala Orchestra and Chorus (Chorus Master: Norberto Mora)

Lovo von Matacic 1960, La Scala, Milan

[Original Recordings]

Producers: Walter Legge & Walter Jellinek, Balance Engineer: Harold Davidson

[Original Label]

Warner Classics (formerly EMI)

This stereo recording with the La Scala Orchestra from July 1960 was never released on CD in Japan, leaving this historic masterpiece buried for decades.

Recorded during Corelli’s prime, this performance was produced by Walter Legg. Corelli delivers a passionate portrayal of the tragic reality of the clown Canio with overwhelming vocal power and exquisite expression.

Matacic’s lively conducting is a major highlight, and Tito Gobbi’s exceptional expressiveness as Tonio shines through, making this one of the definitive performances representing Verismo opera.

This latest reissue features a significant improvement in sound quality. For this release, we have gone back to the original master in Italy and present a reissue that has undergone the latest mastering as the final version of the package.

It is widely agreed that this recording of Corelli’s *Il Pagliaccio*, alongside the Del Monaco version, is highly regarded as one of the definitive recordings from the early days of stereo; however, it has not been readily available on CD.

Now, we are releasing a new reissue as a SACD hybrid disc with dramatically improved sound quality.

The combination of Corelli’s beautiful voice at the height of his career and Matacic, then 61 and in his prime, is superb. Backed by the La Scala Orchestra and featuring a spot-on cast including Amara and Gobi, this lineup remains a dream even today. Like the other opera reissues in this series, this album is truly worthy of such high-quality restoration.

In our Definition Series, we have previously released Corelli’s “Turandot” and “Il Trovatore.”

This recording is every bit as impressive, delivering the beautiful voice of Corelli—one of the finest tenors of his generation—in its entirety.

While Matacic is better known in Japan as a concert conductor, he originally visited Japan for the first time in 1965 as one of the conductors of the “Slavic Opera Company” (accompanied by the NHK Symphony Orchestra).

He has continued to conduct opera in Japan since then, and we have also reissued his acclaimed recording of “The Merry Widow” as part of this series.

Matacic’s conducting guides the singers with fluidity, without weighing down the music, thereby bringing out the best in each performer and further elevating the quality of the performance.

This masterpiece of verismo opera retains the unique atmosphere of an era when singers were at the peak of their careers, and it can undoubtedly be called a historic masterpiece.

We anticipate that this high-quality remastering will garner even greater acclaim.

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Lovro von Matacic Leoncavallo Opera Il Pagliacci SACD Hybrid TOWER RECORDS For Sale

Lovro von Matacic Leoncavallo Opera Il Pagliacci SACD Hybrid TOWER RECORDS: $54.99

Lovro von Matacic Leoncavallo Opera Il Pagliacci SACD Hybrid TOWER RECORDS:
$54.99