Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Scotto, Matiucci, Labò, Ghiuselev; Stefanov. Sofia, 1976
$5.95
Description:
This performance of Verdi’s Requiem features strong contributions from chorus, orchestra, and soloists, with particular distinction going to Renata Scotto. In the mid-1970s, Scotto began her transition into more dramatic repertoire, and for a time, she was able to combine the lyricism of her earlier years with a newfound dramatic slancio. While her dramatic soprano career never fully reached its anticipated heights, this performance captures her at an ideal moment—fully equipped to meet Verdi’s soaring and spiritually intense writing for the soprano soloist.
Flaviano Labò and Nicolai Ghiuselev also contribute finely crafted performances as the tenor and bass soloists, respectively, bringing clarity and dignity to their roles. The sound is very good.
In Stereo
OD 11353-1
