La Scala director Riccardo Chailly admires classic Italian overtures, preludes, and intermezzi in this album, bursting at the seams with fanfare, drama, and overwhelming passion. The Filarmonica della Scala conquers Leoncavallo’s mighty prelude to Act I of I Medici, bringing forth its sense of depth and richness.
- Nino Machaidze, Michele Mariotti & Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
- Mirella Freni
- James Levine, Berlin Philharmonic & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Hilde Gueden, Vienna Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Clemens Krauss
- Angela Gheorghiu & Evelino Pidò
- Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Franco Capuana, Giulietta Simionato, Giulio Fioravanti, Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia & Renata Tebaldi