Reissues
May round-up
n this 1957 Florentine recording of Mascagni’s , the warmth and lyricism of Alberto Erede’s conducting eschews blood and thunder, giving the score a dignity sometimes lost in rougher-edged accounts, though a bit more tension would not go amiss. As Turiddu, Jussi Björling as always remains graceful, almost aristocratic, with maybe★★★★ )
