Puccini - Turandot: Sutherland/Caballe/Pavarotti (180g Vinyl 3LP Box Set)
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Puccini Turandot: Sutherland/Caballe/Pavarotti on 180g 3LP Box Set: Half-Speed Mastered by Miles Showell & Cut at Abbey Road. Available on Vinyl for the First Time Since 1980.
To mark 100 years since the premiere of Puccini's final opera Turandot, Decca presents a deluxe reissue of the legendary 1972 recording conducted by Zubin Mehta.
Featuring an all-star cast of Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé and Nicolai Ghiaurov, this "definitive" recording includes Pavarotti's signature aria "Nessun Dorma," which became a global phenomenon during the FIFA World Cup 1990 and remains the most streamed opera aria of all time.
Newly remastered in 24-bit/192kHz from the original master tapes, this release is available on vinyl for the first time since 1980.
Presented in a linen-bound deluxe box with a hardback book, archival material and exclusive artwork.
The LP's are half-speed mastered by Miles Showell & cut at Abbey Road Studios, and pressed on 180g vinyl; with poly-lined inner sleeves.
Meticulously researched and lavishly presented hardback book in multiple languages, housed in a deluxe cloth-wrapped rigid slipcase, with sticker and onsert.
Features:
- Strict One-Time Pressing
- Deluxe 180g 3LP Box Set
- Newly Remastered in 24-bit/192kHz from the Original Master Tapes
- Half-Speed Mastered by Miles Showell & Cut at Abbey Road Studios
- First Time on Vinyl Since 1980
- Linen-Bound Deluxe Rigid Slipcase Box with Sticker & Onsert
- Hardback Book in Multiple Languages with Archival Material & Exclusive Artwork
- New Feature-Length Essay from Internationally Renowned Writer on Opera, Roger Pines
- Individual Features on Pavarotti, Sutherland, Caballe by Roger Pines & Katherin Cooper
- Special Article from Decca's Rising Tenor Freddie de Tommaso on His Approach to Performing the Role of Calaf in the 21st Century
- Facsimiles from the Original 1970s LP Release Booklet, Including the Complete Libretto in Four Languages
- Original Session Photographs & Recently Unearthed Shots
- Exclusive 1920s-Style Turandot Collectible Poster (A4)
- Poly-lined Sleeves
Track Listing
Side 1:
- Popolo di Pekino!
- Gira la cote! – Perché tarda la luna? – Là, sui monti dell'est
- O giovinetto! Grazia, grazia!
Side 2:
- Figlio, che fai?
- Fermo! Che fai? T'arresta!
- Signore, ascolta!
- Non piangere, Liù! – Ah! Per l'ultima volta!
Side 3:
- Olà, Pang! Olà, Pong! – O China, che or sussulti
- Ho una casa nell'Honan
- O mondo pieno di pazzi innamorati! – Addio, amore
- Introduction to Scene 2
- Gravi, enormi ed impotenti
- Un giuramento atroce mi costringe
- Popolo di Pekino!
Side 4:
- In questa reggia – O Principi
- The 3 Riddles. Straniero, ascolta... Gelo che ti dà foco
- Gloria, gloria, o vincitore
- Tre enigmi m'hai proposto
Side 5:
- Introduction – Così comanda Turandot
- Nessun dorma – Tu che guardi le stelle
- Principessa divina!
- Tu che di gel sei cinta
- Liù! Liù! Sorgi! Sorgi!
Side 6:
- Principessa di morte!
- Che è mai di me?
- Del primo pianto – Più grande vittoria non voler
- So il tuo nome!
- Final Scene. Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore! – Padre augusto





