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Contents: A new Karajan experience! 30 of Karajan's masterpieces are now available on UHQCD for the first time! Turandot was a repertoire piece that Karajan never conducted in live performance throughout his life. This is also the first recording of the opera, featuring Ricciarelli, Domingo, and others, recorded at the Musikverein with the Vienna Philharmonic. The splendor of the performance is uniquely Karajan's. (??Lyrics translation is not included.) Puccini: Opera "Turandot" Turandot... Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano) Emperor Altoum... Piero de Palma (Tenor) Timur... Ruggero Raimondi (Bass) Prince Calaf... Placido Domingo (Tenor) Li?... Barbara Hendricks (Tenor) Ping... Gottfried Honig (Baritone) Pang... Heinz Zednik (Tenor) Pong... Francisco Araiza (Tenor) Official... Siegmund Nimsgern (Bass) Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Recording: May 1981 Vienna Track Listing [CD 1] Puccini: Turandot, complete opera, Act 1 1. "People of Beijing!" (Officials, crowd) 2. "Get back, you dogs!" (Guards, crowd, Li?) 3. "It's my father! It's my father!" (Calaf, guards, crowd, Li?, Timur) 4. "Turn, whetstone!" (Men) 5. "Why is the moon rising so late?" (Crowd) 6. "On the eastern mountains over there!" (Children) 7. "Boy! Grant him a pardon!" (Crowd, Calaf) 8. "Princess, grant him a pardon!" (Crowd, Calaf) 9. "Son! What are you doing?" (Timur, Calaf, Li?, crowd) 10. "Don't move! What are you doing?" (Ping, Pong, Pan, Calaf) 11. "Quiet, be quiet!" 16. "Hey, Pan!" (Maids-in-waiting, Ping, Pang, Pong, Calaf, Timur) 17. "Even on nights without lamps" (Pang, Pong, Ping, Ghost, Calaf, Timur) 18. "Listen, Master!" [Listen, Prince] (Liu) 19. "Don't cry, Liu!" [Don't cry, Liu] (Calaf, Liu) 10. "Ah! This is my last request" (Timur, Liu, Ping, Pong, Pan, Calaf, Crowd) Act 2, Scene 1 11. "Hey, Pan!" (Ping, Pong, Pan) 12. "Oh China, oh China" (Ping, Pong, Pan) 10. "I have a house in Henan" (Ping, Pong, Pan) 11. "Oh, the world... a world full of people mad with love" (Ping, Pong, Pan, Crowd) 22. "Farewell, love, farewell, tribes!" 2. "Fortunately, there are no more women in China who will reject love!" (Ping, pong, pan) 22. "Listen to the sound of the trumpet! What peace!" (Pong, pan, ping) Act 2, Scene 2 23. "Stern, hulking, and majestic scholars" (Crowd) 24. "A cruel oath to me to keep wicked rules" (Emperor, Calaf) 25. "Long live our emperor!" (Crowd) 26. "People of Beijing!" (Officials, children) [CD 2] Puccini: Complete opera Turandot Act 2, Scene 2 1. "In this palace" (Turandot, crowd) 2. "From all corners of the world" (Turandot, Calaf, crowd) Act 2, Scene 2 3. First riddle: "Listen, foreigners" (Turandot) 4. Answer to the first riddle: "Yes! He will rise again!" (Calaf, the wise men, Turandot) 5. The second riddle: "He will leap up like fire!" (Turandot, the emperor, the crowd, Li?) 6. Answer to the second riddle: "Yes, Princess!" (Calaf, the wise men, the crowd) 7. The third riddle: "With the ice that gives you fire!" (Turandot) 8. Answer to the third riddle: "My victory has now given you to me!" (Calaf, the wise men, the crowd) Act 2, Scene 2 9. "Your Majesty! My sacred father! I refuse!" (Turandot, the emperor, the crowd) 10. "No, proud princess!" (Calaf, the crowd, the emperor) 11. "I will prostrate myself at your feet!" (The crowd) Act 3, Scene 1 12. "The princess has commanded!" (Officials, the crowd) 13. "Shall no one sleep?!" 14. "You who gaze at the stars..." (Ping, Pong, Pan, Calaf, crowd) 15. "You foreigner, you do not know." (Ping, Pong, Pan, crowd, ministers, Calaf, police) 16. "My precious princess!" (Ping, Turandot, Calaf, Li?, crowd) 17. "My lord, I will never tell you!" (Li?, Ping, Timur, Calaf, crowd, Turandot) 18. "Who has given your heart such power?" (Turandot, Li?) 19. "Get the secret out of me!" (Turandot, Ping, Calaf, crowd, Li?) 20. "You too, encased in ice" (Li?, crowd, Calaf) 21. "Li?! Li?! Stand up!" (Timur, Ping, crowd) 22. "Li?...kind girl! Li?...gentle girl!" (Timur, Pong, Ping, Pang, crowd) 23. "Princess of Death!" (Calaf, Turandot) 24. "What's wrong with me?" (Turandot, Calaf, women's voices, children, men) 25. "Your glory is shining again!" (Calaf, Turandot) 26. "Do not desire any more victories!" (Turandot, Calaf) 27. "I know your name!" (Turandot, Calaf) Act 3, Scene 2 28. "Long live our Emperor!" (crowd) 29. "O holy father!" (Turandot, crowd) Media reviews and more Turandot is a repertoire that Karajan never conducted in a live performance throughout his life. This was also his first recording, featuring Ricciarelli, Domingo, and others, and recorded at the Musikverein with Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. The splendor of the performance is typical of Karajan. (C)RS