Madama Butterfly
Album by Giacomo Puccini & Mirella Freni & José Carreras & Teresa Berganza & Juan Pons & Ambrosian Singers & Philharmonia Orchestra & Giuseppe Sinopoli
Madama Butterfly is an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, premiered in 1904. The work combines late-Romantic orchestration and sweeping lyricism with musical references to Japanese sonorities to convey its tragic storyline, and it represents a key work of Puccini's mature operatic output.
First released: 20th September 1988
Tracklist
- 1.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "E lzaghi ed Izanami, Sarundasico e Kami"7:39
- 2.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. Intermezzo / "Oh eh! oh eh!"10:46
- 3.Madama Butterfly: Act I. Introduction / "E soffito e pareti"2:57
- 4.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Un bel dì vedremo levarsi un fil di fumo"4:57
- 5.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Sorride Vostro Onore?"3:08
- 6.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Già il sole! Cio-cio-san"2:19
- 7.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "C'è. Entrate" / "Chiedo scusa"4:40
- 8.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Dovunque al mondo lo Yankee vagabondo"3:41
- 9.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Chi sia?" / "Zitta!" / "Non la destar"3:10
- 10.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Yamadori, ancor le pene dell'amor non v'han delluso?"5:18
- 11.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "lo so che alle sue pene non ci sono conforti!"4:32
- 12.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Ed è bella la sposa?"1:00
- 13.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Addio fiorito asil"1:55
- 14.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Amore o grillo, dir non saprei"3:36
- 15.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Ora a noi. Sedete qui"3:26
- 16.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Ecco! Son giunte al sommo del pendio"3:46
- 17.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Due cose potrei far"2:38
- 18.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Glielo dirai!" / "Prometto"5:20
- 19.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Vespa! Voglio che tu risponda"7:45
- 20.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Gran ventura" / "Riverenza" / "È un po' dura la scalata?"4:17
- 21.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "E questo? Egli potrà pure scordare?"8:17
- 22.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Tu? tu? Piccolo Iddio!"5:14
- 23.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Vespa! Rospo maledetto!"1:08
- 24.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "L'imperial commissario"3:12
- 25.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Vieni, amor mio"3:12
- 26.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Vedrai, piccolo amor, mia pena e mio conforto"3:39
- 27.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Ieri son salita tutta sola secreto"2:17
- 28.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio"11:21
- 29.Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. Coro a bocca chiusa3:05
- 30.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Tutti zitti!" / "È concesso al nominato Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton"3:00
- 31.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "O Kami! O Kami!"3:17
- 32.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Bimba, bimba, non piangere"2:18
- 33.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Viene la sera"4:28
- 34.Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia"12:37