Montserrat Cabellé & José Carreras: Love Duets

Il Corsaro, opera Ei dorme?
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra
with Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballe
Conducted by Lamberto Gardelli
Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra, opera Misero me!...La sposa
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Valerie Masterson, Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballe
Conducted by Gianfranco Masini
Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Sulla tomba che rinserra
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra
with Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballe
Conducted by Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Un ballo in maschera, opera Ah, perché qui! fuggite
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden
with Ingvar Wixell, Sona Ghazarian, Robert Lloyd, Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballe, Gwynne Howell
Conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Tosca, opera Mario! Mario! Mario!...Son qui!
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden
with Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballe
Conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Tosca, opera Franchigia a Floria Tosca
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden
with William Elvin, Piero de Palma, Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballe
Conducted by Sir Colin Davis

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One of the best duets albums ever--a revelation

Montserrat Cabellé & José Carreras: Love Duets

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000E51K
Release Date: 1993-04-13

Customer Reviews:

One of the best duets albums ever--a revelation.......2005-10-18

As critics frequently say, Jose Carreras was gifted with one of the most beautiful lyric tenors ever heard, but he also was born with ambition. He pushed his voice more and more, until it became coarse and genrealized. Here in this duet collection taken from 1975 to 1979, he is in best voice. One hears him doing spectacular bel canto singing in the excerpt from Rossini's queen elizabeth opera, and the realization sinks in that Carreras could have been the pre-eminent Rossini tenor of the age--not that he would have gained nearly the fame and fortune he did.

Caballe, a fellow native of Barcelona, couldn't be better, either. She is in amazing voice throghout these excerpts, and even though the early verdi, Rossini, and Donizetti are more satisfying than the couple's forays into Puccini's Tosca, that's a quibble. This is world-class sisnging, and the Philips opera sets from which the excerpts were taken are mostly classics. a timing of 75 min. is generous; it's only a shame that this CD is out of rpint, but used copies are easy to find.

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Un Bel Di Verdomo
Montserrat Cabelle
Manufacturer: Foyer
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B00000DTY3
Release Date: 1993-09-02

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Classic Hit Parade Gala Concert
Jose Carreras , and Montserrat Cabelle
Manufacturer: Universal/Eloquence
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000257P4
Release Date: 1998-08-21

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