Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Una vela! Una vela! - Giacomo Prestia, Ramón Vargas, Sergei Leiferkus, Michael Schade, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung, Choeurs de l'Opera Bastille, Denis Dubois
2. Esultate! - Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung, Choeurs de l'Opera Bastille, Denis Dubois
3. Roderigo, ebben che pensi? - Sergei Leiferkus, Michael Schade, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
4. Fuoco di gioia! - Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung, Choeurs de l'Opera Bastille, Denis Dubois
5. Roderigo, beviam! - Sergei Leiferkus, Ramón Vargas, Michael Schade, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung, Choeurs de l'Opera Bastille, Denis Dubois
6. Inaffia l'ugola! Trinca, tracanna (Brindisi) - Sergei Leiferkus, Ramón Vargas, Michael Schade, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung, Choeurs de l'Opera Bastille, Denis Dubois
7. Capitano, v'attende la fazione ai baluardi - Giacomo Prestia, Ramón Vargas, Sergei Leiferkus, Michael Schade, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung, Choeurs de l'Opera Bastille, Denis Dubois
8. Abbasso le spade! - Plácido Domingo, Sergei Leiferkus, Ramón Vargas, Giacomo Prestia, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
9. Già nella notte densa (Love Duet) - Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
10. Non ti crucciar - Sergei Leiferkus, Ramón Vargas, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
11. Vanne! la tua meta già vedo - Sergei Leiferkus, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
12. Credo in un Dio crudel - Sergei Leiferkus, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
13. Ciò m'accora - Sergei Leiferkus, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
14. Dove guardi splendono - Sergei Leiferkus, Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung, Choeurs de l'Opera Bastille, Denis Dubois, Maitrise des Hauts de Seine, Francis Bardot
15. D'un uom che geme sotto il tuo disdegno - Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
16. Se inconscia, contro te, sposo, ho peccato - Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo, Sergei Leiferkus, Denyce Graves, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
17. Desdemona rea! - Plácido Domingo, Sergei Leiferkus, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
18. Tu?! Indietro! fuggi! - Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
19. Ora e per sempre addio - Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
20. Pace, signor - Sergei Leiferkus, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
21. Era la notte, Cassio dormia - Sergei Leiferkus, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
22. Oh! mostruosa colpa! - Plácido Domingo, Sergei Leiferkus, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
23. Si, pel ciel marmoreo giuro! - Plácido Domingo, Sergei Leiferkus, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung

Disc 2:

1. La vedetta del porto - Philippe Duminy, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
2. Continua - Plácido Domingo, Sergei Leiferkus, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
3. Dio ti giocondi, o sposo - Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
4. Esterrefatta fisso - Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
5. Dio! mi potevi scagliar - Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
6. Cassio è là! - Sergei Leiferkus, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
7. Vieni; l'aula è deserta - Sergei Leiferkus, Ramón Vargas, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
8. ...e intanto, giacchè non si stanca mai - Sergei Leiferkus, Ramón Vargas, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
9. Quest'è il segnale - Sergei Leiferkus, Ramón Vargas, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung, Choeurs de l'Opera Bastille, Denis Dubois
10. Il Doge ed il Senato salutano - Ildebrando d' Arcangelo, Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Denyce Graves, Sergei Leiferkus, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung, Choeurs de l'Opera Bastille, Denis Dubois
11. Messeri! Il Doge - Plácido Domingo, Michael Schade, Sergei Leiferkus, Ramón Vargas, Ildebrando d' Arcangelo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
12. A terra!...si...nel livido fango - Cheryl Studer, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
13. Quell' innocente un fremito - Denyce Graves, Ramón Vargas, Michael Schade, Ildebrando d' Arcangelo, Cheryl Studer, Sergei Leiferkus, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung, Choeurs de l'Opera Bastille, Denis Dubois
14. Fuggite! - Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Denyce Graves, Ramón Vargas, Michael Schade, Ildebrando d' Arcangelo, Sergei Leiferkus, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung, Choeurs de l'Opera Bastille, Denis Dubois
15. Era più calmo? - Denyce Graves, Cheryl Studer, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
16. Mia madre aveva una povera ancella - Cheryl Studer, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
17. "Piangea cantando nell'erma landa..." - Cheryl Studer, Denyce Graves, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
18. Ave Maria, piena di grazia - Cheryl Studer, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
19. Chi e là? - Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
20. Diceste questa sera le vostre preci? - Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
21. Aprite! Aprite! - Denyce Graves, Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Ramón Vargas, Sergei Leiferkus, Ildebrando d' Arcangelo, Giacomo Prestia, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
22. Niun mi tema - Plácido Domingo, Ramón Vargas, Ildebrando d' Arcangelo, Giacomo Prestia, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16218 in Music
• Released on: 1994-10-12
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .56 pounds
• Running time: 132 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
This is Pl´cido Domingo's third recording of Otello and arguably his best. Besides benefiting from years of study and restudy, the older, rougher, darker Domingo voice is better suited to the role than his prettier, younger self. Also, the title character's rage always seemed a bit forced in previous recordings; not so here. His colleagues aren't always at peak level of inspiration but they're consistently excellent. Sergei Leiferkus's metallic, Russian sound is ideal for Iago; besides being sinister, he sounds like an outsider. Conductor Myung-Whun Chung is anything but a routinist, particularly with the Bastille forces that he worked with intensity for years. This is a fine modern recording of a great opera. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews

A Great Performance.
Domingo has made three recordings of this opera and the latest is clearly the best. Domingo brings years of experience in the title role to this recording and his performance is mesmerising. Domingo's voice is not as trumpet-like as once it was, but his darker, more burnished tone suits his more introspective reading given here - listen to "Dio mi potevi" where Domingo brings out the internal pain of the character with great intensity. Throughout, Domingo provides a heartfelt and superbly "acted" account. The rest of the cast are also far better here than on Domingo's previous recordings. Sergei Leiferkus is one of the few baritones around who can capture all of Iago's nuances in a studio recording- his credo is superb and sparks fly in his scenes with Domingo. Cheryl Studer sings radiantly as Desdemona and gives a rounded portrayal. Chung conducts a searing account of the score. Domingo sings well on his two other recordings of Otello, but his fellow singers are not at their best in those. Try Domingo in the Zeffirelli film of the opera or the video of his performance under Solti at Covent Garden - both are memorable performances. If you want something more vintage try Vickers and Gobbi under Serafin, where the cast and the conductor are all at the height of their powers.