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Verdi: Otello | ||
| 1. | Otello, opera 2:14:02 | |
| Composed by Giuseppe Verdi | ||
| Conducted by James Levine | ||
| Performed by Sherrill Milnes, Malcolm King, Paul Plishka, Jean Kraft, Renata Scotto, Peter Crook, Plácido Domingo, Frank Little and Nation Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
This has always been the most recommendable of modern recordings of Verdi's penultimate opera...Levine conducts it with an almost Toscanini-like sweep and drive, ably abetted by the National Philharmonic...Domingo's dark-hued Otello reaches tragic proportions in Act 3, the agony of the soul expressed in duet, solo and declamation...it [is] a wonderfully musical and accurate account of the great role, passionately, securely and commandingly sung. Alan Blyth, Gramophone