Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Vol. 1

1. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera
   Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
   with Renata Scotto, Luciano Pavarotti, Piero Cappuccilli, Luciano Manganotto
   Conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
   
   

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Vol. 1,Piero Cappuccilli,Gaetano Donizetti,Francesco Molinari Pradelli,Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,Renata Scotto,Luciano Manganotto,Luciano Pavarotti,Madacy Records,Classical,Classical Music,Italian Romantic Opera,Opera,Opera / Operetta / Oratorio

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Average customer rating: Valuable compendium Rareties available on CD at last! Heavenly WHO ELSE CAN SING LIKE THIS TODAY?

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Customer Reviews:

Valuable compendium.......2007-01-24

This set is extremely valuable, not only as an overview of Dame Joans career but because it contains three complete LP sets that have been very hard to find. The sets are the 2 LP French opera (operetta) set, the Mozart album and the Wagner album. Although some of these do not show her to her best advantage (the Wagner set) they all have some very beautiful things and the French items are superb. The annotations and photos are interesting as well and there are some piano songs with Bonynge that are released here for the first time along with a scene from a live Covent Garden Norma.

Rareties available on CD at last!.......2006-03-29

While Joan Sutherland has recorded a number of impressive aria collections throughout the many years of her recording career, they tend to get lost in the shuffle of the countless reissues Decca/London has endlessly repackaged. While some of the original collections have appeared intact on CD--"The Art of the Prima Donna," "The Age of Bel Canto," "Love Live Forever" (her operetta collection that was originally titled "The Golden Age of Operetta"), to name a few--others are currently represented in the CD catalogue by only a few selections on discs that also include excerpts from complete opera recordings or duplicates of selections from other original collections. As a result, it has been impossible to assemble a CD collection of her recordings without a LOT of duplication, and some of the most interesting collections are still unavailable (e.g. "Command Performance" and "Serate Musicale").

While this newest set does include a lot of bits of this and that, ranging from her very first LPs to excerpts from complete recordings most Sutherland fans already have and a few "live" performances, what is perhaps most significant about it is that it features the complete contents of the "Sutherland Sings Wagner" LP--a real repertoire departure for her--and the double-LP album called "French Opera Gala" (in the U.S.--the British title was "Romantic French Arias"), neither of which, to the best of my knowledge, has been available on CD before. "Opera News" magazine once ran an article in which they asked various stars to name the one album that they felt best represented their artistry for future generations, and Dame Joan selected the "French Opera Gala," so for Sutherland fans, this is a long-awaited treat.

I'm not going to waste space saying how miraculous I consider Dame Joan's artistry. If you are familiar with her work already, you know whether you adore her or not; and if you aren't, this massive set is probably not the best place to start (that would be "The Art of the Prima Donna" album that introduced her to most listeners decades ago)--especially since this newest set doesn't contain the lyrics, a must for newcomers. Let's hope Decca/London gets around to releasing the rest of her recordings intact instead of endlessly scrambling and repackaging the same selections over and over.

Heavenly.......2006-01-31

I first heard of Dame Sutherland while on the internet while listening to a internet radio station. I was instantly a fan, her control, technique, and tone is perfectly executed and rivals the equally fantastic Maria Callas. She has a powerful voice and presence that will evoke every emotion from her listeners. Highly recommended to all Opera Diva fans.

WHO ELSE CAN SING LIKE THIS TODAY?.......2005-04-10

This is Decca's second multi disc evaluation of this fantastic singer's long career and many recordings. True that a lot on the first set is duplicated here, but there are a few exceptions here and there that make it a worthy addition. Of particular interest are the very early items of Handel and Italian baroque arias, some forgotten song recordings and a live performance of the duet from Norma. It can't be said too many times - who can sing like this today? For sheer vocalism it's hard to find anyone on the same wavelength. This set will give very young opera goers an idea of what they missed.

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Average customer rating: More glorious heritage from THE VOICE

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Customer Reviews:

More glorious heritage from THE VOICE.......2006-01-15

The singing is so flawlessly superb that all you need to know is WHAT Bob sings:

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Cruda, funesta smania

with Ezio Pinza (Bass), Luigi Vellucci (Tenor)

Conductor: Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 3/8/1952
Length: 5 Minutes 35 Secs.



2. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Il cavallo scalpita

Conductor: Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1/1953
Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs.



3. Cavalleria Rusticana: Oh! Il Signore vi manda

With Zinka Milanov (Soprano)

Conductor: Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1/1953
Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs.



4. I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Silvio! a quest' ora...che imprudenza

With Victoria De los Angeles (Soprano)

Conductor: Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1/1953
Length: 8 Minutes 19 Secs.



5. Porgy and Bess (Gershwin): A woman is a sometime thing

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 9/13/1950
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.



6. Porgy and Bess: I got plenty o' nuttin

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 9/13/1950
Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.



7. Porgy and Bess: Bess, you is my woman now

With Risë Stevens (Mezzo Soprano)

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 9/13/1950
Length: 5 Minutes 0 Secs.



8. Porgy and Bess: It ain't necessarily so


Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 9/12/1950
Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs.



9. Porgy and Bess: Oh Bess, where's my Bess?


Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 9/12/1950
Length: 9 Minutes 35 Secs.



10. Show Boat (Kern): Ol' Man River


Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs.



11. The New Moon (Romberg): Wanting you

With Dorothy Kirsten (Soprano)

Conductor: Russ Case
Russ Case Orchestra
Date of Recording: 9/11/1947
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.



12. The Three Musketeers (Friml): Ma belle


Conductor: Leopold Spitalny
Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1/2/1946
Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs.



13. Rose Marie (Friml): Indian Love Call "When I'm calling you"

With Roberta Peters (Soprano)

Conductor: Charles Sanford
Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1952
Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs.



14. Kiss Me, Kate (Porter): So in Love

With Roberta Peters (Soprano)

Conductor: Charles Sanford
Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1952
Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs.



15. My Life's Desire by Tolchard Evans


Conductor: Henri René
Henri René Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1951
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.



16. My Beloved by Jay Livingston


Conductor: Hugo Winterhalter
Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1951
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.



17. Phyllis has such charming graces (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs.



18. My Lovely Celia by George Munro

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 2 Minutes 21 Secs.



19. Mary of Allendale (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.



20. Down by the Salley Gardens (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs.



21. Be merry, be merry (Anonymous)

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs.



22. A Ballynure Ballad (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 1 Minutes 28 Secs.



23. Oliver Cromwell (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 0 Minutes 43 Secs.




My own particular favourite: the gorgeous duet from The New Moon with the unforgettable Dorothy Kirsten. I LOVE IT! I love this CD.

Average customer rating: GREAT AUDIO HISTORY OF THE 50'S & 60'S AT THE OLD MET

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Tracks:

1. Orfeo ed Euridice: Che faro senza Euridice
2. TOSCA: Vissi d'arte
3. Madama Bufferfly: Un bel di
4. Lucia di Lammermoor: Ardon gl'incensi
5. Lucia di Lammermoor: Tu che a Dio spiegasti
6. VANESSA: To leave, To break
7. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
8. Macbeth: La luce langue
9. Macbeth: Ah, la paterna mano
10. Macbeth: Pieta, rispetto, amore
11. Turandot: Signore, ascolta!
12. Turandot: In questa reggia
13. Turandot: Nessun dorma
14. Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida
15. Il Trovatore: Di tale amor
16. Otello: Era la notte
17. Otello: Si, pel ciel
18. La Boheme: Che gelida manina
19. Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee

Customer Reviews:

GREAT AUDIO HISTORY OF THE 50'S & 60'S AT THE OLD MET.......2000-01-01

A wonderful collection of arias and scenes from recordings made by the wonderful artists who were Metropolitan Opera regulars in the late 1950's and early 1960's. All of them recorded for RCA Victor, and this wonderful vocal bouquet is fairly representative of the singing they did during their vocal heydays, though a couple of them were a little past theirs at the time they did these recordings. Some of the highlights:Jussi Bjoerling's historic "Nessun dorma" from the wonderful complete "Turandot" recording; Anna Moffo's fragile "Un bel di" from the complete recording of "Madame Butterfly"; Birgit Nilsson, with steel and javelin in her laser-beamed voice, singing a spectacular "In Questa Reggia" from the "Turandot" recording noted above; Renata Tebaldi, in exquisite voice, singing "Signore, ascolta" from the same "Turandot" recording; Zinka Milanov, perhaps a shade past her best days, nonetheless singing a beautifully controlled "Visi d'arte" from her complete "Tosca" recording; Roberta Peters performing the Mad Scene from her complete "Lucia" recording; Leontyne Price's opulent voice wrapping itself around "Tacea la notte placida" from her first complete "Trovatore" recording. Remaining contributions from Franco Corelli (a poorly articulated "Flower Song" from "Carmen, Rise Stevens (well past her prime in the aria from Gluck's "Orfeo"), and Leonie Rysenek (vocally and dramatically unsuited to the "Macbeth" scene) are somewhat less auspicious. Still, there is much to savor and admire on this recording, and at the mid-line price, it can't be beat. Enthusiastically recommended for all opera people.

Average customer rating: Impressive in places

Brendel Plays Liszt, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Alfred Brendel plays Liszt ASIN: B00005QKFT Release Date: 2001-10-16

Tracks:

1. Opera Transcriptions: Lucia di Lammermoor: Sextet
2. Opera Transcriptions: Il Travatore: Miserere
3. Opera Transcriptions: Norma: Grand Fantasy
4. Opera Transcriptions: Oberon: Overture
5. Opera Transcriptions: Benvenuto Ceillini: Benediction and Oath
6. Opera Transcriptions: Tannhauser: Pilgrims' Chorus
7. Paganini Etudes: Tremoro In G Minor
8. Paganini Etudes: Octave In E Flat Minor
9. Paganini Etudes: La Campanella In G Sharp Minor
10. Paganini Etudes: Arpeggio In E Major
11. Paganini Etudes: La Chasse In E Major
12. Paganini Etudes: In A Minor

Tracks:

1. Sonetti Dei Petrarca: No. 47
2. Sonetti Dei Petrarca: No. 104
3. Sonetti Dei Petrarca: No. 123
4. Venezia e Napoli: Tarantella
5. Harmonies Poetiques Et Religieuses: Invocation
6. Harmonies Poetiques Et Religieuses: Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude
7. Harmonies Poetiques Et Religieuses: Pensees des Morts
8. Harmonies Poetiques Et Religieuses: Funerailles
9. Harmonies Poetiques Et Religieuses: Cantique d'Amour

Customer Reviews:

Impressive in places.......2006-11-09

I'm not a Brendel fan. His playing bores me as does his hard-core academic, intellectual, cerebral approach to music. When you're listening to a beautiful melody, do you honestly care whether the performer has researched the original manuscripts in the library of the University of Haden-Baden-Unter-Raden-Kladen? It seems to me that performers who constantly pontificate about the "correct" way to play a piece and the paramount importance of the written note are sort of missing the point and end up turning out lacklustre performances.

So it is in the case of some of the pieces on this CD. La Campanella is technically proficient but utterly uninspiring (compare John Ogdon's recording of it which is full of excitement). But then you do have to take your hat off to some of the performances for their technical brilliance. The Lucia di Lammermoor paraphrase is played magnificently from a technical point of view - great clarity, good tempo, the really difficult left and right hand arpeggios executed perfectly and actually perhaps that is the best way to play this piece. The more "emotional" performances of this piece take liberties with the tempo in order to hide technical weakness. So Brendel does this one justice. He also plays the Norma paraphrase excellently, although this is fundamentally a boring piece. Yes, technically you can't really fault him.

But I still find his playing boring overall. Many people would disagree with me though.

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The Best of Opera, Vol. 5 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Opera & Vocal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Opera, Vol. 4 Best of Opera 3/Various The Best of Opera Vol. 2 The Best of Opera, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00004YYQU Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

1. Overture - Barry Wordsworth
2. Pres Des Remparts De Seville (Seguidilla)/And Duet - Giorgio Lamberti
3. Ch' Ella Mi Creda Libera - Thomas Harper
4. Una Voce Poco Fa - Sonia Ganassi
5. Treulich Gefuhrt (Bridal Chorus) - Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
6. Abscheulicher, Wo Eilst Du Hin - Ingo Nielsen
7. March Of The Priests - Hungarian Festival Chorus
8. La Mamma Morta - Lila Larinova
9. Prelude To Act I - Alexander Rahbari
10. Gualtier Malde...Caro Nome - Alida Ferrarini
11. Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi...Celeste Aida - Kristjan Johannsson
12. D'amor Sull' Ali Rosee - Daniela Longhi
13. Un'aura Amorosa - John Dickie
14. Il Dolce Suono (Mad Scene) - Luba Orgonasova

Average customer rating: gigli in his prime

Beniamino Gigli: The Complete Victor Recordings, Vol. 1: 1921-25 Manufacturer: Romophone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Boito, Arrigo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Flotow | Flotow, Friedrich von | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Lalo, Edouard | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mascagni | Mascagni, Pietro | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Ponchielli | Ponchielli, Amilcare | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Gigli, Beniamino | ( G ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Boito, Arrigo | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Buzzi-Peccia, Arturo | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Catalani, Alfredo | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Donizetti, Gaetano | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Giordano, Umberto | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Gounod, Charles | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Denza, Luigi | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Capua, Eduardo di | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Flotow, Friedrich von | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Curtis, Ernesto de | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Mascagni, Pietro | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Meyerbeer, Giacomo | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Ponchielli, Amilcare | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Puccini, Giacomo | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Lalo, Edward | H to L | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Beniamino Gigli: The Complete Victor Recordings, Vol. 3: 1929-32 Beniamino Gigli: The Complete Victor Recordings, Vol. 2: 1926-28 ASIN: B000001S3Y Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

1. Mefistofele: Dai Campi, Dai Prati
2. Tosca: Recondita Armonia
3. Tosca: E Lucevan Le Stelle
4. Mefistofele: Giunto Sul Passo Estremo
5. La Gioconda: Cielo E Mar!
6. La Favorite: Spirto Gentil
7. Faust: Salve, Dimora Casta E Pura
8. Iris: Apri La Tua Finestra
9. Tu Sola
10. Santa Lucia Luntana
11. I Million D'Arlecchino: Notturno D'amore
12. Le Roi D'ys: Vainement, Ma Bien Aimee
13. I Pagliacci:Vesti La Giubba
14. Serenata
15. Andrea Chenier: Un Di All'azzurro Spazio
16. Andrea Chenier: Come Un Bel Di Di Maggio
17. Tosca: O Dolci Mani
18. L'Africana: O Paradiso

Tracks:

1. Loreley: Nel Verde Maggio
2. Romeo Et Juliette: Ange Adorable
3. Romeo Et Juliet: Ah, Ne Fuis Pas Encore
4. Canto Del Cigno
5. Martha: M'appari
6. Paquita
7. Fumiculi, Funicula
8. Povero Pulcinella
9. Sentinella
10. Sto Penzanno 'A Maria
11. Come, Love With Me
12. Mandulinata A Napule
13. L'eliser D'Amore: Quanto E Bella
14. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Tombe Degl'avi Miei
15. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Tombe Degl'avi Miei
16. Tu Che A Dio Spiegasti L'aliLucia Di Lammermoor:
17. Good Bye, Marie
18. Quanno 'A Femmena Vo'
19. Maria, Mari

Customer Reviews:

gigli in his prime.......2001-04-21

Gigli went to US in 1920, having made some tonally beautiful but poorly acted acoustics for 'HMV'. Linking to his appearance at the Met, 'Victor' began a long association of recordings both acoustic & electric, and this album from Romophone is the 1st of 3 dealing with this period. Gigli's tone developed to its full during these recs, parallel with some intrusive bad vocal habits - nobody needs to use aspirates at all, and certainly not to the degree of Gigli. The mix on the album balances opera & song. He was one of the best interpreters of Neapolitan songs, having a more ringing style than Schipa and a more affectionate style than Corelli; perhaps di Stefano was a natural successor? On several tracks he has magnificent partners (e.g. Rethberg, Pinza). Some alternative takes are offered, which provide little extra knowledge about the singers, but make things complete. In summary: attractively toned, Italianate singing, if you can ignore his bad habits. The Obert-Thorn transfers are clear, but can sound oversharp with clinical-sounding hardware plus silver-based cabling.

Average customer rating: Caruso for a song. Number Ten and Counting; And Simply the Best Caruso on CD

Enrico Caruso: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 10 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Flotow | Flotow, Friedrich von | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Godard, Benjamin | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Caruso, Enrico | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Donizetti, Gaetano | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Giordano, Umberto | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cottrau, Teodoro | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Faure, Gabriel | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Flotow, Friedrich von | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Saint-Saens, Camille | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Vocal Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | U to Z | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Opera & Vocal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Caruso: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 12 Enrico Caruso: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 11 The Complete Recordings, Vol. 9 The Complete Recordings, Vol. 8 Enrico Caruso: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 6 ASIN: B0000BX5KY Release Date: 2003-10-21

Album Description

When complete the Naxos Historical Caruso edition will constitute the complete cycle of all Caruso's recordings issued in chronological order, thus enabling the artistic development of this great artist to be followed in detail. In 1919, shortly after the period covered by this CD, Caruso was to celebrate his twenty-fifth year, yet in these recordings there is no sign of strain or wear on the voice at all, only the brilliant sounds that made Caruso world-famous and the first real operatic star of the gramophone.

Customer Reviews:

Caruso for a song........2004-03-15

In the liner notes provided with this CD, you will read that opera patrons during the years these recordings were made sometimes paid the equivalent of $1,000 to attend a Caruso performance. Modern marketing, Naxos, and restoration engineer Ward Marston allow us to hear 77 minutes of Caruso recordings for merely a fraction of this cost.

Doyen of reviewers J Scott Morrison has already given Volume 10 of the Naxos Complete Recordings of Enrico Caruso series a rave review, so I shall add only a few comments. Regarding track identification: the composer Faure to whom Track 1 is attributed is not Gabriel but the less well-known French composer J B Faure (1830-1914). The Tchaikovsky item in Track 4 is his Op 6, No 5. The starry quartet and sextet items (2 takes of each) are the ones to go for in the Caruso discography. They are (almost) debut recordings for his compatriot Amelita Galli-Curci, one of the few singers whose voice, like Caruso's, was wonderfully well caught by the acoustic recording process.

Number Ten and Counting; And Simply the Best Caruso on CD.......2003-11-08

Naxos, praise be, is issuing all of Caruso's known recordings in the order in which they were recorded. In this, the tenth of the series, we have reached the era which, for some of us, is the ne plus ultra as regards Caruso's depth of musicianship and richness of voice, 1916 to early 1917. Not long afterward his health began to ebb. But in this time period his tenor voice was at its most baritonal, his breath control inhuman, and his musicianship scrubbed of it earlier vulgarity. I know there are those who revel in the latter, but I'm not one of them. We also get several alternate takes that were not issued on 78 at the time of their recording--one of the opening of the Quartet from 'Rigoletto' that only goes to the point where the mezzo enters, another of the complete Lucia 'Sextet' with Amelita Calli-Curci, Giuseppe de Luca and Marcel Journet among others.

Of special interest here are the selections sung in French--with excellent diction, it must be said--Tchaikovsky's 'Pourquoi?,' and Lensky's aria from 'Eugène Onegin' (gorgeous!), as well as Godard's 'Chanson de Juin,' Saint-Saëns's 'Vois ma misère, hélas' from 'Samson et Dalila.' Best of all are the two arias from Bizet's 'Pearl Fishers': 'De mon amie, fleur endormie,' and especially an absolutely stunning 'Je crois entendre encore.'

Other highlights: the full Quartet from 'Rigoletto' with Galli-Curci, Flora Perini, and de Luca; 'M'appari' from Flotow's 'Martha' with a final B-flat that will knock your socks off (and SO much better than the version he recorded more than ten years earlier).

Fauré's 'Sancta Maria' sounds Italian, I must say. 'Santa Lucia' is just a tad hokey. But Caruso's own 'Tiempo antico' is delightful. Andrea Chenier's 'Come un bel di di maggio' is sung with delicacy, grace and ardor. There are a couple takes of a ditty ('L'alba separa dall luce l'ombra') by Tosti and another couple of popular songs by Castaldon and De Crescenzo.

Finally, two takes of an aria I'd never heard before from Anton Rubinstein's 'Nerone,' 'Ah! lumière du jour.' Caruso's trumpet-like high notes are really something here.

I've acquired all but two of the previous Caruso CDs on Naxos. I've also had earlier transfers of some of the material and I have to say that Naxos and their miracle man, Ward Marston, are doing an amazing job of presenting cleaned-up yet true-sounding transfers. Evviva!

TT=76:59

Scott Morrison

Average customer rating: A must have!! MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION!!! MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION!!! MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION!!!

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Tracks:

1. Tosca: Recondita Armonia
2. Manon Lescaut: Donna Non Vidi Mai
3. I Millioni D'Arlecchino: Notturno D'amore
4. Serenata
5. Serenata
6. Torna, Amore
7. Stornelli Marini
8. Santa Lucia Luntana
9. Rondine Al Nido
10. La Forza Del Destino: Solemne In Quest'ora
11. La Boheme: O Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni - Beniamino Gigli/Titta Ruffo
12. La Gioconda: Enzo Grimaldo, Principe Di Santafior! - Beniamino Gigli/Titta Ruffo
13. Mefistofele: Dai Campi, Dai Prati
14. Addio A Napoli
15. Mefistofele: Giunto Sul Passo Estremo
16. La Boheme: O Mimi, tu Piu Non Torni
17. La Forza Del Destino: Solemne In Quest'ora
18. O Bei Nidi D'amore
19. I Pescatoridi Perle [Les Pecheurs De Perles]: Del Tempio Al Limitar [Au Fond Du Temple Saint] - Beniamino Gigli/Giuseppe De Luca

Tracks:

1. La Gioconda: Enzo Grimaldo, Principe Di Santafior! - Beniamino Gigli/Giuseppe De Luca
2. La Giocondo: Enzo Grimaldo, Principe Di Santafior! - Beniamino Gigli/Giuseppe De Luca
3. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Tombe Degl'avi Miei
4. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Giusto Cielo, Rispondete - Beniamino Gigli/Ezio Pinza/Metropolitan Opr Chor
5. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Tu Che A Dio Spiegasti L'ali
6. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Tombe Degl'avi Miei
7. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Giusto Cielo, Rispondete - Beniamino Gigli/Ezio Pinza/Metropolitan Opr Chor
8. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Tu Che A Dio Spiegasti L'ali
9. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento? - Beniamino Gigli/Amelita Galli-Curci/Louise Homer/Angelo Bada/Giuseppe De Luca, Ezio Pinza
10. Rigoletto: Bella Figlia Dell'amore - Beniamino Gigli/Amelita Galli-Curci/Louise Homer/Giuseppe De Luca
11. Rigoletto: Bella Figlia Dell'amore - Beniamino Gigli/Amelita Galli-Curci/Louise Homer/Giuseppe De Luca
12. Cavalleria Rusticana: Viva Il Vino Spumeggiante 'Brindisi' - Beniamino Gigli/Metropolitan Opr Chor
13. La Traviata: De' Miei Bollenti Spiriti
14. Mignon: Ah, Non Credevi Tu [Elle Ne Croyait Pas]
15. Mignon: Addio, Mignon, Fa Core [Adieu, Mignon, Courage]
16. L'Africana [L'Africaine]: O Paradiso [O Paradis]
17. Voce'e Notte
18. Canta Pe' Me

Customer Reviews:

A must have!!.......2001-06-01

Beniamino Gigli was one of the finest Tenors of all time. That being said, this set offers some of the best work the great Tenor ever recorded. Real standout renditions here are all of the duets recorded with Baritone and friend Giuseppe De Luca, the two lovely arias from Mignon, O Paradiso (rivaled only by Bjoerling and Lanza), Lucia selections (pretty much the entire final scene of the last act), and the Neapolitan selections (such as Toselli's hauntingly beautiful "Rimpianto"). The duets with Ruffo are interesting, but without the subtlety and finesse the same selections with De Luca possess. All three of the Romophon sets of Gigli's Victor recordings are prizes indeed (the third volume being only 1 CD), but this is, in this reviewer's humble opinion, the best of the three. Treat yourself to some truly fine singing and purchase this set now, before it goes out of print.

MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION!!!.......1998-09-22

A WONDERFUL COLLECTION BY WHOM I CONSIDER, THE GREATEST TENOR OF ALL TIME (EXCLUDING CARUSO). HEARING BOTH THE PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED TAKES OF THE DE LUCA/GIGLI DUETS IS SIMPLY A PRIZE, AS WELL AS, THE PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED TAKES OF TOSSELLI'S SERENADE (RIMPIANTO). A MUST HAVE FOR ANYONE WHO APPRECIATES GREAT SINGING. GIGLI'S VOICE IS SIMPLY BREATHTAKING HERE. THIS IS GIGLI IN HIS GLORIOUS PRIME.

MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION!!!.......1998-09-22

A WONDERFUL COLLECTION BY WHOM I CONSIDER, THE GREATEST TENOR OF ALL TIME (EXCLUDING CARUSO). HEARING BOTH THE PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED TAKES OF THE DE LUCA/GIGLI DUETS IS SIMPLY A PRIZE, AS WELL AS, THE PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED TAKES OF TOSSELLI'S SERENADE (RIMPIANTO). A MUST HAVE FOR ANYONE WHO APPRECIATES GREAT SINGING. GIGLI'S VOICE IS SIMPLY BREATHTAKING HERE. THIS IS GIGLI IN HIS GLORIOUS PRIME.

MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION!!!.......1998-09-22

A WONDERFUL COLLECTION BY WHOM I CONSIDER, THE GREATEST TENOR OF ALL TIME (EXCLUDING CARUSO). HEARING BOTH THE PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED TAKES OF THE DE LUCA/GIGLI DUETS IS SIMPLY A PRIZE, AS WELL AS, THE PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED TAKES OF TOSSELLI'S SERENADE (RIMPIANTO). A MUST HAVE FOR ANYONE WHO APPRECIATES GREAT SINGING. GIGLI'S VOICE IS SIMPLY BREATHTAKING HERE. THIS IS GIGLI IN HIS GLORIOUS PRIME.

Average customer rating:

Pavarotti - The Early Years Vol. 2 Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bellini, Vincenzo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works Featuring Luciano Pavarotti | Pavarotti, Luciano | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Giacomotti, Alfredo | ( G ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Bellini, Vincenzo | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Donizetti, Gaetano | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Puccini, Giacomo | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Vocal Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | U to Z | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Freni, Mirella | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Early Years Pavarotti at Carnegie Hall ASIN: B000003FSW Release Date: 1995-08-15

Tracks:

1. Oh! Fede Negar Potessi...Quando Le Sere Al Placido
2. A Te, O Cara, Amor Talora
3. Quesa O Quella
4. Ella Mi Fu Rapita...Parmi Veder Le Lagrime
5. La Donna E Mobile
6. Tombe Degi'Avi Miel
7. Lunge Da Lei...De'Miel Bollenti Spiriti
8. O Madre Mia...La Mia Letiza Infondere
9. O Di Capello Generoso Amici
10. Nessun Dorma

Meditation Music:

1. Donizetti - Maria di Rohan / Scotto · Bruson · Grilli · Zilio · Teatro La Fenice · Gavazzeni
2. Eduardo Alonso-Crespo: Macbeth
3. Einem: Dantons Tod
4. Ferrucio Tagliavini: Great Voices
5. Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor
6. Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore - Highlights From The Sadler's Wells Opera Production / Phipps, Lawlor, Ritchie, Ormiston, Grace, et al
7. Gioachino Rossini: L'Inganno Felice
8. Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza Del Destino
9. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
10. Goeyvaerts: Aquarius

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

The Music From Jim Babjak's Buzzed Meg

Historic Organs of Philadelphia

Guerrero: Los Gavilanes [Import]

Music: Elan [CD-single] [EP]

Doong Spank

Draft 7.30

Die Laengste Single Der W [CD-single] [Import]

From Dusk Till Dawn: Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

Come Clean [Limited Edition] [Import]

Donovan's Greatest Hits [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]

Headin' South [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

El Trovador De Paris [Import]

Fat Beats, Vol. 1

My Father's Eyes

Quiet Now: Night Song