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Title: Finally, the definitive version!
Review: Il Tabarro is performed here in Hamburg in 1955. We are just NOW getting to hear it. The GREAT Ettore Bastianini gives one of his truly great performances, giving the role it's only true interpretation. Outstanding cast as well. De Rosa handles the part with incredible ease, as does Puma. The conducting by Cordone, is sumptious, leading you on a journey from the very start and never lets up! Also the sound on this CD is tremendous! By the time you get to "Nulla!...Silenzio!", your blood will freeze. One of the most sinister and dramatic of ALL operatic arias, performed past perfection by Bastianini. The world will never hear his like again. I couldn't recommend this CD more. It has never turned up anywhere before. Grab it.
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