Maria Callas -D'amore al dolce impero - Armida - Rossini

[oplutao]

Callas não existiu, foi um sonho que a gente teve...

[MrCafiero]

@oplutao RIght....LOL! 

[turnipoverlord]

i have tested it using WavePad Sound editor, it's a little faster and slightly higher, to my ears

[MrCafiero]

@turnipoverlord That is why the high note sits between E and Eb. These recordings have been manipulated to sound overly "light" and "bright".

[turnipoverlord]

it's the San Remo, but the pitch is different

[MrCafiero]

@turnipoverlord What?

[turnipoverlord]

everything sounds higher and slightly faster than the version i have on the recital CD

[MrCafiero]

@turnipoverlord "Sounds" that way or did you actually test it? Because this is from the recital CD, unless they changed it.

[sicuro75]

Fantastic ....but i believe this is San Remo 1954 not 1956 Milano.

[MrCafiero]

I wasn't sure, but you are probably right. The voice sounds more like 1954 than 1956. Thanks for letting me know.

[512gontran]

@MrCafiero She didn't sing Armida in Milano 1956, only Semiramide. There are only the complete live of 1952 and this aria in concert 1954. May be she recorded it in studio in the 60ies but then it was never published.

[halavey]

Yes I agree also and maybe in the house you still heard her clearly while they clapped before she came off the note but I have talked to famous singers about it and most of them agree -- better to wait till they come off the note. I remember a performance with a great tenor over 30 years ago on the last note of ah si ben mio, it was piano and the idiots screamed and clapped next to me, his fans sure but we missed most of the note . Anyhow at least we heard her last note threw the applause.

[Kievest]

In the midst of this virtuosic fireworks

display, Callas manages sublime

expression, magnificent phrasing

and dynamics! One of a kind!!!

Thank you, MrC!!!

[ElPiconeroalCognac]

I play this every time someone says they don't get Callas. Sfogato supreme! Thanks for sharing, MrCafiero.

[ShawDAMAN]

I'm not an ardent Callas fan but this is exciting and certainly her prime. I enjoyed it very much thanks. :)

[halavey]

I wish people would wait till the singer stops singing to clap.

[magicmonkichi]

I agree, but at the same time I understand the need to burst out in applause...She just pulls ya in and...YAY!~ ^_^

[halavey]

Unique and fine singing and in good sound.

[meltzerboy]

Only a soprano sfogato with the unique gifts of Callas can create such an effect with this exceptionally challenging music. Thanks, MrCafiero, for sharing.