BaL 7.07.12 - Puccini's Turandot

[Flosshilde]

So how does the Berio effort end then? With Calaf getting his head chopped off as he might be thought to deserve?

As far as I can remember it's broadly speaking much quieter & more hesitant in feeling. There is a U-tube here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLpg...eature=related .

[Alf-Prufrock]

Thanks, Flosshilde. I will examine the excerpt you suggest.

[Barbirollians]

Found the Leinsdorf in a charity shop - the copy appeared once to have been owned by a library in Scotland which had withdrawn it !

Fortunately, it plays perfectly and I thought it was great - Nilsson, Bjorling and Tebaldi in the lead roles . It seems to have received plenty of critical brickbats largely directed at Leinnsdorf. I am not quite sure why - some speeds are said to be a bit slow .

[mikealdren]

I agree Barbs, it's the performance I got to know on LP nearly 50 years ago and it still sounds good - great singing.