Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Norma: Sinfonia - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
2. Norma: Act One, Scene One: Ite sul colle...Dell'aura tua profetica - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
3. Norma: Scene One: Svanir le voci ! - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
4. Norma: Scene One: Meco all'altar di Venere - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
5. Norma: Scene One: Odi?...I suoi riti a compiere - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
6. Norma: Scene One: Me protegge, me difende - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
7. Norma: Scene One: Norma viene - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
8. Norma: Scene One: Sediziose voci - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
9. Norma: Scene One: Casta Diva - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
10. Norma: Scene One: Fine al rito, e il sacro bosco - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
11. Norma: Scene One: Ah! bello a me ritorna - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
12. Norma: Scene One: Sgombra la sacra selva - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
13. Norma: Scene One: Eccola - va, mi lascia - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
14. Norma: Scene One: Va, crudele - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
15. Norma: Scene One: Vieni in Roma - Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala

Disc 2:

1. Norma: Scene Two: Vanne, e li cela entrambi - Vincenzo Bellini
2. Norma: Scene Two: Adalgisa!...Alma, costanza - Vincenzo Bellini
3. Norma: Scene Two: Oh, rimembranza - Vincenzo Bellini
4. Norma: Scene Two: Ah si, fa core, abbracciami - Vincenzo Bellini
5. Norma: Scene Two: Ma di'...l'amato giovine? - Vincenzo Bellini
6. Norma: Scene Two: Oh, di qual sei tu vittima - Vincenzo Bellini
7. Norma: Scene Two: Perfido!...Or basti! - Vincenzo Bellini
8. Norma: Scene Two: Vanne, si, mi lascia, indegno - Vincenzo Bellini

Disc 3:

1. Norma: Act Two, Scene One: Introduzione - Vincenzo Bellini
2. Norma: Scene One: Dormono entrambi! - Vincenzo Bellini
3. Norma: Scene One: Ol ! Clotilde! - Vincenzo Bellini
4. Norma: Scene One: Mi chiami, o Norma? - Vincenzo Bellini
5. Norma: Scene One: Deh! con te, con te li prendi - Vincenzo Bellini
6. Norma: Scene One: Mira, o Norma - Vincenzo Bellini
7. Norma: Scene One: Cedi...deh cedi! - Vincenzo Bellini
8. Norma: Scene One: Si, fino all'ore estreme - Vincenzo Bellini
9. Norma: Scene Two: Non parti? - Vincenzo Bellini
10. Norma: Scene Two: Guerrieri! a voi venirme - Vincenzo Bellini
11. Norma: Scene Two: Ah! del Tebro al giogo indegno - Vincenzo Bellini
12. Norma: Scene Three: Ei torner . Si! - Vincenzo Bellini
13. Norma: Scene Three: Squilla il bronzo del Dio! - Vincenzo Bellini
14. Norma: Scene Three: Guerra! guerra! - Vincenzo Bellini
15. Norma: Scene Three: Ne compi il rito, o Norma? - Vincenzo Bellini
16. Norma: Scene Three: In mia man alfin tu sei - Vincenzo Bellini
17. Norma: Scene Three: Gi mi pasco ne' tuoi sguardi - Vincenzo Bellini
18. Norma: Scene Three: Dammi quel ferro! - Vincenzo Bellini
19. Norma: Scene Three: Qual cor tradisti - Vincenzo Bellini
20. Norma: Scene Three: Norma! deh! Norma, scolpati! - Vincenzo Bellini
21. Norma: Scene Three: Deh! Non volerli vittime - Vincenzo Bellini

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #93852 in Music
• Released on: 2000-10-27
• Number of discs: 3
• Dimensions: .52 pounds

From Amazon.co.uk
A recording of Norma is essential for any Maria Callas collection. This intense and musically demanding drama deals with forbidden love, infidelity, conflicting emotions, and death that comes almost as a relief from overwrought passion. It gives Callas golden opportunities for characterisation and dramatic gestures in her timing, vocal coloration, verbal and dynamic emphases. Of the half-dozen or more perennially on the market, the first choice is this one, dating from 1954 when her voice was in relatively good shape (although the 1960 EMI recording, also conducted by Tullio Serafin, had even better acting and, in Christa Ludwig, a much better supporting cast). Callas is essential to those who enjoy opera primarily as theatre. The singing is vivid, if typically uneven, and reinforced by Serafin's expert conducting. --Joe McLellan

Amazon.com essential recording
A recording of Norma is essential for any Maria Callas collection. This intense and musically demanding drama deals with forbidden love, infidelity, conflicting emotions, and death that comes almost as a relief from overwrought passion. It gives Callas golden opportunities for characterization and dramatic gestures in her timing, vocal coloration, verbal and dynamic emphases. Of the half-dozen or more perennially on the market, the first choice is this one, dating from 1954 when her voice was in relatively good shape (although the 1960 EMI recording, also conducted by Tullio Serafin, had even better acting and, in Christa Ludwig, a much better supporting cast). Callas is essential to those who enjoy opera primarily as theatre. The singing is vivid, if typically uneven, and reinforced by Serafin's expert conducting. --Joe McLellan