Manon Lescaut

~ Release by Puccini; Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

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Made in West Germany

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Tracklist

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Act Two: Oh, sarò la più bella! engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) soprano vocals: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto II. “Oh, sarò la più bella … Tu, tu amore?” (Manon, Des Grieux) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut: Atto II	Giacomo Puccini		8:35
2	Act Two: Ah! Affé, madamigella engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) bass vocals: Italo Tajo (Italian operatic bass) soprano vocals: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto II. “Ah! Ah! Affè, madamigella, che dolore!” (Géronte, Manon) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut: Atto II	Giacomo Puccini		2:05
3	Act Two: Senti, di qui partiamo… ah, manon mi tradisce engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) tenor vocals: José Carreras (Spanish tenor) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto II. “Ah, Manon, mi tradisce” (Des Grieux, Manon) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut: Atto II	Giacomo Puccini		3:35
4	Act Two: Lescaut? Tu qui? engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) soprano vocals: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) tenor vocals: José Carreras (Spanish tenor) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto II. “Lescaut! Tu qui?” (Des Grieux, Manon, Lescaut, Sergente) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut: Atto II	Giacomo Puccini		3:28
5	Intermezzo engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto III. Intermezzo (Intermezzo between Acts II and III) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut	Giacomo Puccini		5:10
6	Act Three: Ansia eterna, crudel engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) tenor vocals: José Carreras (Spanish tenor) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto III: “Ansia eterna, crudel” (Des Grieux, Lescaut, Manon) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut: Atto III	Giacomo Puccini		4:35
7	Act Three: … e kate rispose al re engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) tenor vocals: Carlo Gaifa (tenor) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto III. “…e Kate ripose al Re” (Lampionaio, Des Grieux, Manon) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) part of: Manon Lescaut: Atto III	Giacomo Puccini		2:41
8	Act Three: All’armi! All’armi! engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto III. “All’armi! All’armi!” (Lescaut, Des Grieux, Manon, Sergente, Commandante) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut: Atto III	Giacomo Puccini		1:40
9	Act Three: Rosetta! engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) bass vocals: Giorgio Tadeo (operatic bass) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto III composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut	Giacomo Puccini		3:56
10	Act Three: Presto! In fila! engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) bass vocals: Giorgio Tadeo (operatic bass) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto III. “Presto! In fila!…No! No! pazzo son” (Des Grieux, Sergente, Comandante) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut: Atto III	Giacomo Puccini		3:44
11	Act Four: Tutta su me ti posa engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) tenor vocals: José Carreras (Spanish tenor) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto IV. “Tutta su me ti posa” (Des Grieux, Manon) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut: Atto IV	Giacomo Puccini		3:00
12	Act Four: Manon, senti, amor mio engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) tenor vocals: José Carreras (Spanish tenor) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto IV. “Manon, senti, amor mio! … Vedi, son io che piango” (Des Grieux) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut: Atto IV	Giacomo Puccini		2:01
13	Act Four: Sei tu che piangi? engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) soprano vocals: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto IV. “Sei tu che piangi?” (Manon, Des Grieux) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut: Atto IV	Giacomo Puccini		4:13
14	Act Four: Sola, perduta, abbandonata engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) soprano vocals [Manon]: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) orchestra: Bologne Opera Orchestra conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) partial recording of: Manon Lescaut: Atto IV. “Sola, perduta, abbandonata” … “Fra le tue braccia, amore” (Manon, Des Grieux) composer: Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi part of: Manon Lescaut: Atto IV	Giacomo Puccini		4:51
15	Act Four: Fra le tue braccia, amore engineer: Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) producer: Chris Hazell and Christopher Raeburn (producer) soprano vocals: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conductor: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) recorded at: Chiesa di San Giorgio Poggiale (Palazzo in Bologna) (from 1987-05 until 1987-06) recording of: Requiem: III. Prendimi fra le tue braccia composer: Sàndro Gòrli (conductor and composer) part of: Requiem	Giacomo Puccini		6:36

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manufactured by:	PDO (German / West German branch of Philips DuPont Optical)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:	The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1988)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/29403145 [info]

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/906769 [info]
other databases:	http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLPUMANO.HTM#62 [info]

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Barcode:: 028942142626
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 1:55:33

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Type:: Album
Packaging:: Slipcase
Status:: Official
Language:: Italian
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Decca Classics
421 426-2

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Europe
1988

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