Gomes - Il Guarany: Tank Patassini

The Brazilian-born composer AntônioCarlos Gomes (1836-96) foundimmediate success in Europe with IlGuarany, his first opera to be stagedthere, ensuring his reputation at thetime despite being little-known today. As recently as two decades ago, however,this work was re-staged in Germany,by Werner Herzog no less, and starringPlácido Domingo! The highly authentic, idiomatic anddefinitive studio recording at hand,dating from Sao Paulo, 1959 here makesa welcome return to the active catalog.