Helge Rosvaenge - Prima Voce: Helge Roswaenge (1897 - 1972)

By Michele Ronchi

In the classical situation of having to save three records from the armageddon, my choice would include this Roswaenge's CD (togheter with Caballè's Puccini's arias and Marian Anderson's spirituals, especially Crucifixion). In this CD has been peaked up the Roswaenge's the best of the best. The first three items are shocking: you'll hear in sequence the best Florestan ever recorded, the best Oberon's Huon ever recorded (consider that Placido Domingo's best recording of a complete opera is in fact Oberon with Nilsson under Kubelik; Domingo is so good that it seems somebody else, and is therefore at least three levels below Roswaenge) and the great aria from Adam's "Le Postillon de Lonjoumeau" with the incredible high D (for which Roswaenge was called the "knight of the high D") which is far better than the excellent recording provided by the great Joseph Smidth. Particulary worthly of mention is also the aria from Massenet's Manon.

At last this is the synthesis of a career which spanned over 30 year, covering a repertorio of more than 110 operas, from Behetoven and Mozart (unfortunately this collection doesn't include the tremendous recording of the Aria "Un'aura amorosa" from Così fan Tutte) to Wagner and Puccini (listen again to this CD the "In fernem land" from Loengrin and you'll hear again the best Loengrin of ever). My point is that there are many similarities between the career, repertorio and vocality of Roswaenge and Giacomo Lauri Volpi, but, proofs at hand, we must realize the superiority of the former: range, legato, mezza-voce, ring, top notes, variety of roles, interpratation, diction, he had almost everything, with just one problem: the short impression of some hoarse sounds in some passaggi in the middle-low register when ther artist used the chest resonances, especially in descending scales.

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Helge Rosvaenge - Prima Voce: Helge Roswaenge (1897 - 1972)
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Artist...............: Helge Rosvaenge
Album................: Prima Voce: Helge Roswaenge (1897 - 1972)
Genre................: Opera
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1999
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.99
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Extreme, (avg. bitrate: 260kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz

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Tracklisting
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1. Helge Rosvaenge - [09:13]
2. Helge Rosvaenge - [06:18]
3. Helge Rosvaenge - [03:01]
4. Helge Rosvaenge - Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 3: Ah! fuyez dolce image[04:20]
5. Helge Rosvaenge - [04:00]
6. Helge Rosvaenge - A Life for the Tsar (Ivan Susanin; Zhizn' za tsarya), opera, G. xii: Act 3: Brothers, follow me[04:39]
7. Helge Rosvaenge - Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 2: Echo lointain de ma jeunesse[04:48]
8. Helge Rosvaenge - [04:04]
9. Helge Rosvaenge - [04:10]
10. Helge Rosvaenge - Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: Act 3: in fernem Land[04:31]
11. Helge Rosvaenge - Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: Act 3: Mein lieber Schwan[04:27]
12. Helge Rosvaenge - Il Trovatore: Act 3: Ah! si ben mio...Di quella pira[04:16]
13. Helge Rosvaenge - Pagliacci: Act 1: un tal gioco [02:54]
14. Helge Rosvaenge - Pagliacci: Act 1: Vesti la giubba [02:52]
15. Helge Rosvaenge - Tosca: Act 1: Recondita armonia [02:48]
16. Helge Rosvaenge - Tosca: Act 1: Ah, guegli occhi [04:10]
17. Helge Rosvaenge - Tosca: Act 3: E Lucevan le stelle [02:56]

Playing Time.........: 01:13:28
Total Size...........: 136.84 MB

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