Credits:

Brigitte Nielsen, Serge Chervitzky, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Franco Corelli, Renata Scotto, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (1911

Description:

Marking the centenary of Birgit Nilsson’s birth: the celebrated former EMI “Turandot”, long regarded as the finest recording of the opera ever made, reissued with a Japanese translation of the libretto. First release worldwide on SACD.To mark the centenary of Birgit Nilsson’s birth, her signature role of Turandot is reissued complete with a Japanese translation of the libretto, allowing this landmark of the operatic discography to be enjoyed in full on SACD. This former EMI classic is a model of opera recording, capturing the voices of Corelli and Scotto at the height of their powers in a wholly natural acoustic. For this reissue the original master held in the home country was digitised at 96kHz/24bit, and separate new masterings were prepared for the SACD and CD layers. A