Patané: "Intermezzo" (Mascagni, Puccini, Verdi) - Electrola SME 81028 (ED1)

Jacket VG / LP NM This handsome and rather rare LP from Electrola (SME 81028, German pressing, white/gold label – ED1, stereo) entitled "Intermezzo" features the great conductor Giuseppe Patané and the Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in a captivating album of overtures and ballet music, all brought with tremendous character, brilliantly mingling both poetry and panache. The exact contents are as follows: Vincenzo Bellini: Overture to Norma Giuseppe Verdi: Dance of the Moorish Slaves, Ballet Music & Act II Finale from Aida Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to Nabucco Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Intermezzo from Der Bajazzo Pietro Mascagni: Intermezzo Sinfonico from Cavalleria rusticana Pietro Mascagni: Intermezzo from Freund Fritz Giacomo Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut Giacomo Puccini: Intermezzo from Schwester Angelica Recorded in the mid-1960s, Patane draws playing of enormous character from the Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and one can only wish he had been afforded the opportunit