{"product_id":"panizza-conducts-mendelssohn-and-boero-1928-31-pasc189","title":"PANIZZA conducts Mendelssohn and Boero (1928-31) - PASC189","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eMENDELSSOHN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eFingal’s Cave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eMENDELSSOHN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 4 \"Italian\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eMENDELSSOHN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eWedding March\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBOERO \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eEl Matrero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1928-31\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 67:15 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLa Scala Orchestra, Milan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Orquesta del Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eEttore Panizza\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eA native of Argentina, Ettore Panizza was an\nassistant to Toscanini at La Scala during the 1920s, but had an\ninternational career of his own, including conducting 304 performances\nfor the Metropolitan Opera between December 1934 (an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eAida\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e) and April 1942 (a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eTosca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nin Cleveland while the company was on tour). He was the leading\nconductor of the company’s Italian wing once Tullio Serafin departed for\nLa Scala in 1934, and his solid, idiomatic work can be heard on a good\nmany Met broadcasts of the time. His operatic contribution to this\nPristine Audio CD is some excerpts from Felipe Boero’s opera, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eEl matrero \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e(“The\nArtful Knave”), recorded a month after the opera’s July 1929 premiere.\nThe producer, Mark Obert-Thorn, speculates quite reasonably that the\npresence of the celebrated baritone, Apollo Granforte, in one of the\nleading roles accounts for the recording that, in any case, was only\nissued in Argentina and had appeared here in the U.S. only on a Club 99\nLP in the 1970s. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eGranforte played Don Liborio, a wealthy farmer whose district has been plagued by a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003ematrero.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nOne day, Liborio’s daughter, Pontezuela, is serenaded by a wandering\nsinger, Pedro Cruz, who unsuccessfully courts her. She rejects him,\nsaying that her ideal of a man is the daring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003ematrero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e. Have you guessed who the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003ematrero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e is, yet? Anyway, he has a severe accident and dies in her arms as the opera ends. The music, while it uses the language of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003everismo, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eis flavored with Argentine folk elements and supposedly even uses \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003egaucho\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e dialect in some places, for authenticity. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eAlthough Panizza was primarily associated with\nopera during his career, he was not strictly limited to it, as the three\nMendelssohn recordings demonstrate. He has his own interesting take on\nthe symphony. He seems to be using a thin string section for the\nperformance, but the loss in sonority is compensated by a gain in\nprecision and detail. The tempo is moderate. Not surprisingly, there’s\nno exposition repeat in movement one. The second movement trudges a\nbit—it’s certainly more sober than most, perhaps even mournful, but\ntastefully punctuated and stretched for expression. Except for all the\nskipped repeats, the third movement is conventional, but that isn’t the\ncase with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003epresto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nfinale, which goes at a surprisingly deliberate tempo, deriving its\nmomentum from the clarity of the agitated rhythmic figures that propel\nit. Tension builds through the accumulation of detail, but a little more\nurgency would have helped. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eHebrides Overture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nand the Wedding March (which is also shorn of some repeats) are,\nlikewise, solid performances by a conductor who could obviously stray\noutside his specialty without embarrassing himself. The transfers of\nthese early electrical recordings seem to be about all that could be\nasked for. Further information can be had at www.pristineclassical.com. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eJames Miller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"dateBlockDiv\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 33:4 (Mar\/Apr 2010) of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFanfare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC189.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eEttore Panizza's complete Mendelssohn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePlus rare recordings from Boero's Argentine opera, El Matrero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eAs a result of the release (first on LP, more recently on CD) of a number of Metropolitan Opera broadcast performances from the mid-1930s through the early 1940s, Ettore Panizza is remembered today as one of the great opera conductors of the first half of the 20th Century, with particular distinction in the Verdi repertoire. But during his lifetime, his commercial discography was slim, filling fewer than three CDs’ worth of recordings. Nearly all of them were made with the orchestra of La Scala, Milan, where he served as an assistant to Toscanini; and, as one might expect, they center on the (largely operatic) works of Italian composers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eTwo notable exceptions to the rule were Panizza’s recordings of Mendelssohn, all of which are contained on this release, and the scenes from Felipe Boero’s opera \u003cem\u003eEl Matrero\u003c\/em\u003e, which he set down shortly after he conducted the world première on 12 July 1929. The latter is a particularly rarity in his discography in that it was the only recording he made in his native Buenos Aires, where he had been born of Italian parents, and it was also the only recording he made for the Victor label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eVictor’s involvement most likely came about because of the participation of Apollo Granforte, La Scala’s great baritone in the inter-war years, well-known to record collectors due to his participation in the complete Italian HMV recordings of \u003cem\u003eAida\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOtello\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIl Trovatore\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePagliacci\u003c\/em\u003e, who was making his Colón debut that season. The excerpts chosen from the opera (whose title has been variously translated as \u003cem\u003eThe Sly One\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Artful Knave\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bandit\u003c\/em\u003e) center around his character, Don Liborio. (Other \u003cem\u003eMatrero\u003c\/em\u003e recordings were made around this time, including two discs of choral excerpts credited to another conductor, and two 10-inch sides with Nena Juárez on which no conductor or orchestra is identified on the label, and no matrix information is displayed which might tie it to the Panizza sessions.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEl Matrero\u003c\/em\u003e was initially scheduled for three performances in July, 1929; but it caused such a sensation that another three performances were added for the following month, at which time the present recordings were made. They are particularly rare in that they were only issued in Argentina, and their only previous reissue was on the small historical vocal LP label, Club 99, in the 1970s. (I could find no reference of any complete recording of \u003cem\u003eEl Matrero\u003c\/em\u003e ever having been made. A synopsis of the plot can be found lower down this page.) The Mendelssohn items have only previously been reissued on a two-CD set accompanying a Panizza biography published by La Scala.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThe principal sources for the transfers were a black label Italian Voce del Padrone disc for the \u003cem\u003eHebrides Overture\u003c\/em\u003e; a Victor Red Seal “Z”-type shellac pressing for the \u003cem\u003eItalian\u003c\/em\u003e Symphony and its filler; and “Gold” label Argentine Victor pressings for the \u003cem\u003eMatrero\u003c\/em\u003e set. A couple instances of blasting on the \u003cem\u003eMatrero\u003c\/em\u003e sides, as well as some overload distortion in the \u003cem\u003eMidsummer Night’s Dream Wedding March\u003c\/em\u003e, appear to be inherent in the original recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e- \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Obert-Thorn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePANIZZA conducts MENDELSSOHN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003eLa Scala Orchestra, Milan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"body\"\u003eHebrides Overture, “Fingal’s Cave”, Op. 26\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003eRecorded in April, 1928 in Milan. Matrices: CF 1641-2 and 1642-2. \u003cbr\u003e First issued on La Voce del Padrone AW 3984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"body\"\u003eSymphony No 4 \"Italian\" in A, Op. 90\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003eRecorded 5th January, 1931 in Milan. \u003cbr\u003e Matrices: CF 3731-2, 3746-2, 3647-1, 3748-3, 3749-2, 3750-2 and 2F 6-2.\u003cbr\u003e First issued on La Voce del Padrone AW 245 through 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61\u003c\/strong\u003e - Wedding March: Allegro vivace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recorded 10th January, 1931 in Milan. Matrix: 2F 17-1. \u003cbr\u003e First issued on La Voce del Padrone AW 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePANIZZA conducts BOERO's El Matrero\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"body\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAct 1\u003c\/em\u003e - \"\u003cstrong\u003eLa Media Caña\u003c\/strong\u003e\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"body\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAct 1\u003c\/em\u003e - \"\u003cstrong\u003eEl Canto del Hornero\u003c\/strong\u003e\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"body\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAct 1\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePedro’s Aria and Trio\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"body\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAct 2\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eTrio\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"body\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAct 2\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDuet\u003c\/strong\u003e (Act II Finale)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"body\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAct 3\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eTrio\u003c\/strong\u003e (Act III Finale)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePedro Cruz\u003c\/strong\u003e …………………………………………………. Pedro Mirassou (\u003cem\u003etenor\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePontezuela\u003c\/strong\u003e ………………………….………………………Nena Juárez (\u003cem\u003emezzo-soprano\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDon Liborio\u003c\/strong\u003e ………………………………………………… Apollo Granforte (\u003cem\u003ebaritone\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrquesta del Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 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