Zarzuela Arias

1. La Tempranica, zarzuela Zapateado
   Composed by Jeronimo Gimenez
   with Victoria de Los Angeles
   Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
   
   
2. La Tempranica, zarzuela Canción de la Tempranica
   Composed by Jeronimo Gimenez
   with Victoria de Los Angeles
   Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
   
   
3. La Patria Chica, zarzuela Canción de Pastora
   Composed by Ruperto Chapi y Lorenta
   with Victoria de Los Angeles
   Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
   
   
4. La Chavala, zarzuela Canción de la gitana
   Composed by Ruperto Chapi y Lorenta
   with Victoria de Los Angeles
   Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
   
   
5. La Gran Via, zarzuela Tango de la menegilda
   Composed by Federico Chueca, Joaquin Valverde
   with Victoria de Los Angeles
   Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
   
   
6. La Gran Via, zarzuela Chotís del eliseo madrileño
   Composed by Federico Chueca, Joaquin Valverde
   with Victoria de Los Angeles
   Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
   
   
7. Los de Aragon, zarzuela Romanza de Gloria
   Composed by Jose Serrano
   with Victoria de Los Angeles
   Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
   
   
8. La Alegria del batallon, zarzuela Canción de la Gitana
   Composed by Jose Serrano
   with Victoria de Los Angeles
   Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
   
   
9. Los Claveles, zarzuela Escena lírica
   Composed by Jose Serrano
   with Victoria de Los Angeles
   Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
   
   
10. La Corte de Faraon, zarzuela Couplets babilónicos
    Composed by Vicente Lleo
    with Victoria de Los Angeles
    Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
    
    
11. Gigantes y Cabezudos, zarzuela Romanza del Pilar
    Composed by M.F. (Manuel Fernandez) Caballero
    with Victoria de Los Angeles
    Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
    
    
12. El Barberillo de lavapiés, zarzuela Canción de Paloma
    Composed by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
    with Victoria de Los Angeles
    Conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
    
    

Zarzuela Arias,Francisco Asenjo Barbieri,M.F. (Manuel Fernandez) Caballero,Ruperto Chapi y Lorenta,Federico / Valverde, Joaquin Chueca,Jeronimo Gimenez,Vicente Lleo,Jose Serrano,Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos,Victoria de Los Angeles,Capitol,Classical,Classical Music,Opera,Spanish/Latin American/Italian Operetta (Zarzuela)

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Average customer rating: One of he greatest voice ever! overall Beautiful

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Tracks:

1. El Rey que rabi?: Mi t?o se figura
2. El Caser?o: Bueno d?as
3. La Canci?n del olvido: Marinela, Marinela
4. El Cabo primero: Yo quiero a un hombre
5. La Leyenda Del Beso: Amor, mi raza sabe conquistar
6. Bohemios: No quiero que sepa que aqu? vengo yo
7. La generala: Mi dulce sueno de adolescente
8. MARINA: Pensar en ?l
9. La Dolores: !Dolores m ... ! Aquu!
10. El Nino jud?o: De Espana vengo
11. Luisa Fernanda: Caballero del alto plumero
12. La Rosa del Azafr?n: No me duele que se vaya
13. Don Gil de AlcalBendita cruz
14. El D?o de la Africana: Comprende lo grave de mi situaci?n

Customer Reviews:

One of he greatest voice ever!.......2007-01-10

A privilege to hear this wonderful voice in these native, for her, works.

overall.......2006-03-16

Great recording
Great music selection, Great orchestration

Every thing is what I was looking for.
I wish you had the same subjects in DVD
Thank you

Beautiful.......2001-09-29

This is a must have if you are not familiar with zarzuela (Madrid's response to Vienna's operetta). It's a nice combination of arias sung by Caballe in beautiful voice and joined by her husband tenor Bernabe Marti for the duets. The CD comes with translations for non Spanish speaking which will greatly improve your satisfaction.
Caballe is in as beautful voice as ever and feels at home with this non very taxing repertoire. She doesn't overindulge in her other times frequent "floatiness" and is very expressive throughout. Thogh sometimes when some coloratura is needed she tends to drop the consonants blurring her enunciation of the words. We are used to this from her opera recordings though she's not as bad as Sutherland.
Marti is a nice tenor but is not in the same league as Caballe. That's why he never got star recognition though he made a few recordings whith his wife, like Bellini's "Il Pirata". His is a lyrical tenor, a little throaty but with nice projection of the sound. He sounds a little strained over the "passagio" but hits all the notes. More importantly, he compensates for his lack of vocal lustre with burning impersonations of his characters. Passionate and burning in some, tender and caressing in others. In this respect is better than his wife who is a little more doll like hidding behind her vocal resources. So I specially enjoyed the many and varied duets in this recording.
Strongly recommended.

Average customer rating: On the wings of Song and Zarzuela Arias, Victoria de los Angeles

On the Wings Of Song and Zarzuela Arias - Victoria de los Angeles Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Delibes, Léo | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Zarzuela Arias & Duets Romanzas de Zarzuelas Zarzuela: Spanish Operetta Preludes & Choruses From Zarzuelas Songs Of Spain / De Los Angeles, et al ASIN: B000GEU6DQ Release Date: 2006-08-01

Tracks:

1. Op. 34 No. 2, Auf Flugeln Des Gesanges
2. Op. 5 No. 3, Ich Liebe Dich
3. Op. 49 No. 4, Wiegenlied
4. Op. 55 No. 4, Johannes Brahms
5. Plaisir D'amour
6. L-Enamouree
7. Les Filles De Cadix
8. An Irish Lullaby
9. Era La Vo (Sicilian Lullaby)
10. La Paloma
11. Azulao
12. De Espana Vengo
13. Carceleras
14. Zapateado ('La Tempranica')
15. Cancion De La Tempranica
16. Cancion De Pastora ('La Patria Chica')
17. Cancion De La Gitana ('La Chavala')
18. Tango De La Menegilda ('La Gran Via')
19. Chotis Del Eliseo Madrileno
20. Romanza De Gloria
21. Cancion De La Gitana ('La Alegria Del Batallon')
22. Escena Lirica
23. Couplets Babilonicos ('La Corte Del Faraon')
24. Romanza De Pilar ('Gigantes Y Cabezudos')
25. Cancion De Paloma ('El Barberillo De Lavapies')

Customer Reviews:

On the wings of Song and Zarzuela Arias, Victoria de los Angeles.......2007-03-09

A glorious recording.

Average customer rating: An awesome display of vocal fireworks A Great singer, BUT... Review... Unequalled Neopolitan Songs Not a Corelli fan and even less now after hearing these CDs.

Franco Corelli - Songs and Arias George Frideric Handel , Gioachino Rossini , Giuseppe Verdi , Tortorella , Wilder , Louis Niedermeyer , Anonymous , Charles Gounod , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Franz Schubert , Georges [composer] Bizet , Cesar Franck , Agustin Lara , Stefano Donaudy , Ernesto de Curtis , Ciarone , Giovanni Baptista Pedrazuolli , Edvard Grieg , Guy d' Hardelot , Mingardo , Ferrafo , Jose Serrano , Manuel Cardoso , Bareri , Vincenzo d' Annibale , Gaetano Errico Pennino , Vincenzo Bellini , and Ernesto Tagliaferri Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Franck, César | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | 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 Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | 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 Corelli, Franco | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Tenors | Voices | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Heroes - Franco Corelli The Very Best of Franco Corelli Franco Corelli: Corelli in Concert Franco Corelli: The Unknown Recordings The Singers: Franco Corelli ASIN: B000002SF0 Release Date: 1996-11-26

Tracks:

1. Pieta, Signore (Aria Di Chiesa)
2. Ave Maria, D.839 (Inno Alla Vergine)
3. Serse - Ombra Mai Fu (Largo)
4. Ave Maria
5. (OrchMottl): L'Ange
6. Requiem - Ingemisco
7. Adeste Fideles
8. Ave Maria
9. Ave Verum Corpus, KV 618
10. Petite Masse Solennelle - Domine Deus
11. Agnus Dei
12. Panis Angelicus
13. Granada
14. Vaghissima Sembianza
15. Ti Voglio Tante Bene
16. Mon Ciel, c'est Toi
17. Il Canto Della Rinuncia
18. I Love Thee
19. Because
20. Carretiere
21. Tu Lo Sai
22. Pourquoi Fermer Ton Coeur?

Tracks:

1. Mammina Mia
2. Te Quiero
3. Core 'ngrato
4. Senza Nisciuno
5. Adda Turna
6. 'O Paese d' 'o Sole
7. Pecche?
8. Fenesta Che Lucive
9. Piscatore 'e Pusilleco
10. Tu, Ca nun chiagne!!
11. I' te Vurria Vasa
12. Tora a Surriento
13. Dicitencello Vuje
14. Gaupparia
15. Silenzio Cantatore
16. Voce 'e Notte!
17. 'O Maranariello
18. Passione
19. 'O Sole Mio
20. 'O Surdato 'Nnammerato
21. 'AVucchella
22. Torna!
23. Addio, Mia Bella Napoli

Customer Reviews:

An awesome display of vocal fireworks.......2004-05-21

If it's a tenor voice you want to hear look no further. Franco Corelli is undisputedly one of (if not the) greatest tenors of the 20th century. His voice is capable of unbelievable power and exquisite pianissimo's. The broad range of religious arias, Italian songs and arias is enough to keep anyone's attention and have them panting for more. I recommend this wholeheartedly. Enjoy...

A Great singer, BUT..........2002-11-05

First of all: in my opinion I think it would be hard to find any other tenor with more thrilling sound than Franco Corellis.
But what goes wrong when it comes to his studiorecordings? It sounds too often that he wants to surpass oneself, like he wants to give us even more broadly tones all the way up( of cource his high c in "Granada" is good and the ending of "sole mio" is unbelievable) and it only will go at the expense of his overtones, because he uses too much muscles and is too heavy. The result of it: you get tired listening to him. And for Heavens sake: Whats the use for him to sound more manful?!!!!
Of course some songs here are good, but maybe only 10 out of 44, and thats not good enough for such a GREAT singer.
At last, why does he sing "off the voice" in Bach/Gounods Ave Maria? It`s so unnecessary, beacause he really had breath enough!
In my conclusion I will not recommend this recording, Because it`s such a disappointment.

Review..........2002-01-18

I own this C.D. and I have listened to it many, many times. Allthough I understand the feelings of the reviewer saying the songs are sang by the same fiery tone, I don't understand them fully. I would come to this conclusion if I would have listened to this the songs on a (too) soft volume.

If you really listen to it, not as backround music , but so you can hear it well and you aren't doing anything else, you will notice with how much passion a lot of the songs are sang by Corelli. Core 'ngrato is filled with passion, and I think Corelli is unsurpassed with that song. He didn't have lack of musicality either... Perhaps some more lessons would have done him good, but almost everyone could use some more. I even say that listening to some of Corelli's recordings is like having a singing lesson.

I would really recommend this C.D. if you are interested in his voice. the Core 'ngrato, Ave Maria and O sole Mio are great for instance. If you want to try full opera recordings try Il trovatore, Norma or Andrea Chenier

Unequalled Neopolitan Songs.......2001-05-16

Franco Corelli, who sang from 1951 to 1975, was the greatest tenore di forza of the postwar era. A powerful and exciting singer, never a subtle, elegant, or refined one, he had his detractors (who called him crude, vulgar, self-indulgent, and who lambasted his execrable French), but there can be no argument about the quality of his voice, a big, vibrant tenor with a thrilling timbre (often described as rich, dark, or baritonal) and a brilliant, secure top that must have been the envy and despair of other tenors. A nervous performer repeatedly subject to pre-performance jitters and anxiety attacks (a wag once said of him that Corelli could always think of more reasons not to sing than to sing), once onstage he was a generous singer who gave fully of himself and, like Caruso, poured out his magnificent voice unstintingly, never holding back.

The voice itself was one of the glories of the generously-endowed operatic scene of the Fifties and Sixties, and one of greatest tenor voices of the century. Herbert von Karajan said of Corelli, "A voice of heroic power, yet with great beauty of tone; darkly sensuous, mysteriously melancholic . . . but above all, a voice of thunder and lightning, fire and blood." Harold C. Schonberg, senior music of the New York Times, reviewing Corelli's Metropolitan debut in 1961, noted that his voice "has something of an exciting animal drive about it, and when Mr. Corelli lets loose, he can dominate an ensemble," and later described his voice as "a force of nature, an act of God, the vocal equivalent of an earthquake, volcano or hurricane." The distinguished musicologist Paul Henry Lang writing in the New York Herald-Tribune called Corelli "a latter-day Caruso." Alan Rich of the New York Herald-Tribune wrote of him, "There is no tenor in modern times, Italian or otherwise, whose voice rings out with greater vibrancy, whose every tone carries with it emotion at white heat. The sounds he makes, seemingly without effort, are dazzlingly bright, urgent, and communicative." Since Corelli's retirement we haven't heard anything remotely like him, and those of us who know his voice (and Bjorling's) can perhaps be pardoned for finding the "three tenors" so popular today somewhat anemic in comparison.

I have been an admirer of Corelli, a collector of his recordings, and a follower of his career since the late 1950s (when he had not yet sung in America, and his only recordings were Italian Cetra imports). I have just about everything he recorded. There is no tenor voice before the public today equal to this one, and I urge you not to miss it.

But the two-CD set under review here is not the place to start. If you are new to Corelli, I recommend the EMI single CD "Heroes" or the EMI two-CD set "Franco Corelli," with their heavy doses of his typical operatic fare, as ideal introductions to this rewarding singer. Corelli was above all a creature of the opera house, in his element singing Puccini, Verdi, and verismo Italian opera. The set under review here, misleadingly entitled "Songs and Arias," contains in fact only one aria, a very atypical one: Handel's "Ombra mai fu" from "Serse" (made famous by a Caruso recording). Indeed, some of the composers represented here-Handel, Schubert, Bach, Mozart, Rossini-are in fact stylistically very far from the kind of singing one associates with Corelli. A couple of the songs, "Because" and Grieg's "I Love Thee," are mildly comical in Corelli's overpoweringly Italianate and operatic renditions. But this is a set well worth owning for anyone who knows and likes Corelli. There is a first-rate Ingemisco from the Verdi Requiem, the traditional religious songs are all sung with seriousness and devotion, and most important, the bulk of the set comprises Neopolitan songs, which Corelli sings superbly. (I think he sings them better than anyone.) Of these my own favorite is "Core n'grato," a powerful song, and Corelli's recording of it is unequalled: there is a prodigious outpouring of bronzen tone here that must be heard to be believed. It's true that some of the orchestral arrangements are corny and dated, but with gloriously gutsy, full-blooded singing like this, from one of the greatest tenor voices of the century in its prime (all the recordings here are from 1961 to 1965), I can overlook the arrangements. These two CDs are very generously filled (22 songs,77 minutes for one and 23 songs, 78 minutes for the other), and include, I believe, everything Corelli recorded for EMI that wasn't opera.

If you like Corelli, if you like Neopolitan songs, you'll want this. But it's not the place to start in appreciating Franco Corelli.

Not a Corelli fan and even less now after hearing these CDs........2001-01-17

Corelli's voice was quite large,but I'm not very sure about it's beauty.He is much better in operas,but on these discs,I find his singing annoying.To the reviewer who wrote the Major Disappointment review and included Di Stefano in those not having a beautiful voice,I'd have to say that you obviously don't know what you're talking about.

Music fan from New Jersey.

Average customer rating: A great singer for a great price!!! Martinez sounds beautiful on disc too! Reminds me of Leontyne Price Brava!!! Martinez: Soprano Arias

Martinez: Soprano Songs and Arias Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Canteloube, Joseph | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Delibes, Léo | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Composers | 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 General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Canteloube, Joseph | ( C ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Delibes, Léo | ( D ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Leoncavallo: Pagliacci Elina Garanca ~ Mozart Opera & Concert Arias Spanish Night - Domingo Opera Recital [Includes Bonus DVD] Rolando Villazon: Opera Recital ASIN: B000BK53G0 Release Date: 2005-11-15

Tracks:

1. Les Filles De Cadix
2. Je Veux Vivre
3. O Mio Babbino Caro
4. Vilja-Lied
5. De Espana Vengo
6. Violetas Imperiales
7. Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta
8. Bailero
9. Un Bel Di Vedremo
10. Aria (Cantilena)
11. Danca (Martelo)

Amazon.com

Ana Maria Martinez is a young Puerto Rican soprano with a natural Mediterranean warmth to her tone and an easy upper extension that is suitably bright but does not lose the color and texture of the rest of her voice. Hers is a true lyric which will probably grow darker soon; at the moment, vocally, there's little she has trouble with. Her high pianissimi are lovely, her agility is tested and true in Juliette's Waltz, her sense of rhythm impeccable, as exhibited in both "Les filled de Cadix" and an aria from the Zarzuela "El Nino Judio." Her version of Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5 is lovely, including the difficult hummed part at the end of the Aria. She lacks both the heft and interpretive subtlety--or interest--for "Un bel di" and Doretta's Dream and lacks charm in "O mio babbino caro," but her "Vilja-Lied" is ravishingly sung. As soon as she begins to delve a bit into the characters she's portraying, she'll be quite something; now, however, Martinez is already a fine singer, with a beautiful voice, and should be heard. Stephen Mercurio is the sympathetic conductor. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

A great singer for a great price!!!.......2007-07-01

In this quality CD, Ana María Martínez demonstrates a palettes of colors that clearly shows her mastery over the voice. Her ability to sing such diverse repertoire and keep an artistic consistency throughout the recording is to be expected of her.
Been myself a double bassist, I didn't quite appreciate the repertoire selections for this recording, although I loved the standards. Otherwise, I have played in the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra while accompanying Ana María, and I have always been astonished by her exquisite musical taste and how it shows through her voice. A great buy!!!

Martinez sounds beautiful on disc too!.......2007-04-10

In 2000, I became a fan of Anna Maria Martinez's voice when I appeared with her in a production of L'elisir d'Amor at Houston Grand Opera. Her beautiful tone , passionate acting and amazingly consistant technique made a memorable impression on me.
It is a pleasure to be able to hear her on my stereo and to play for my singing students, a lovely example of a gifted young soprano.
The next year (2001) she returned to sing a role in Catan's "Florencia en el Amazones" and her voice was even richer and more resonant.
I am not aware of any more recent solo recordings so get this one, and I hope that Naxos will bring her back to make another CD, more reflective of how she sings today.

Reminds me of Leontyne Price.......2006-08-04

A beautiful instrument. The voice has such clarity! The Aria choices superb! I cannot bestow enough accolades!

Brava!!!.......2006-02-21

This CD shows to the world what I have known for years.
Ana Maria Martinez in indeed one of the best sopranos alive today. I bought 25 copies of this CD for friends and family and they are all gone. Everyone loves it.
I have the priviledge of knowing Ana Maria for years and through her I met Steve Mercurio on one of Andre Bocelli's concerts( Ana was singing with Bocelli and Steve was conducting). What wonderful people they are. To both of them....Well done!!! Bravi!!!
Athos Colon, MD
Lubbock, Texas

Martinez: Soprano Arias.......2006-01-30

The quality of de cd is superb and so is Ana María Marinez.

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Zarzuela Arias & Duets Placido Domingo , Garcia Navarro , and Pilar Lorengar Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Zarzuela Arias & Duets Gitano Romanzas de Zarzuelas ASIN: B00000DS0Q Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Amelita Galli-Curci: Lo! Here the Gentle Lark: 25 Songs & Arias Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bellini, Vincenzo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Delibes, Léo | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 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 General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Galli-Curci: Prima Voce Amelita Galli-Curci Vol.2 Audio Archive Classics: Amelita Galli-Curci Lily Pons-Opera Arias ASIN: B000001HJL Release Date: 1996-09-24

Tracks:

1. II Barbiere Di Siviglia, Act 1: Una Voce Poco Fa
2. I Puritani, Act 1: Son Vergin Vezzosa (Polonaise)
3. Lucia Di Lammermoor, Act 1: Ah! Talor Del Tuo Pensiero...Verranno A Te
4. Romeo Et Juliette, Act 1: Nella Calma (Valse)
5. Lakme, Act 2: Dove L'indiana Bruna? (Bell Song)
6. Son Cesar De Bazan: Sevillana
7. Deh, Torna, Mio Bene (Air & Variations)
8. Lo! Here The Gentle Lark
9. Pretty Mocking Bird
10. Orange Blossoms: A Kiss In The Dark
11. Mlle. Modiste: Kiss Me Again
12. Say A Little Prayer For Me
13. Sometime
14. Dreamin' Time
15. Guajiras Populares: No Te Vayas, Te Lo Pido
16. La Serenata
17. Parla! (Valse)
18. Las Hijas Del Zebedeo: Al Pensar En El Dueno De Mis Amores (Carceleras)
19. La Paloma
20. Clavelitos
21. Estrellita
22. Russian Nightingale Song
23. Comin' Thro' The Rye
24. My Old Kentucky Home
25. Love's Old Sweet Song

Average customer rating: Engaging, lyrical performances

Lucrezia Bori: Arias Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Falla | Falla, Manuel de | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | 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 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 General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000WRF Release Date: 1996-10-15

Tracks:

1. Louise: Depuis le jour
2. Manon: Gavotte: Obeissons quand leur voix appelle
3. Tales Of Hoffman: Barcarolle
4. Madama Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo
5. La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz Song
6. La Boheme: Si, mi chiamano Mimi
7. La Boheme: Addio di Mimi
8. La Boheme: Sono andati? ... Oh Dio, Mimi
9. Acis Y Galatea: Confiado jilguerillo
10. Don Quijote De La Mancha: Consejo
11. Sieto Canciones Populares Espanoles: Jota
12. El Jilguetro con Pico de Oro
13. Ciribiribin
14. Il bacio
15. Valse d'oiseau
16. Calm As The Night
17. La Primavera d'Or
18. Storiella del Bosco Viennese
19. Malaguenas
20. La Violetera
21. Clavelitos

Customer Reviews:

Engaging, lyrical performances.......2006-11-10

I actually came to own this CD because I'm a big fan of Charlie Chaplin. In particular, his tender masterpiece: City Lights. Charlie Chaplin wrote all of the music in that move with one exception - Jose Padilla's "La Violetera". This song Chaplin used as the theme for his blind flower girl. The melody is so beautiful and haunting, that I had to hear the entire song. It turns out that there are very few releases of this song available now. This disk is the only one with a recording from the time when Chaplin was filming his movie. I love Bori's rendition - I can't stop listening to it over and over and over again. The lyrics are those of a flower girl in Madrid, imploring young men passing by to purchase a violet for their girl. Beauty and love may be expressed for so little a sum through a flower....

Let me back up a bit and discuss this CD itself. You have to realize that this is vintage material from the late 1920s and the 1930s. The producers had a dilemma. They could try to suppress all of the hiss and surface noise of the 78 rpm records. But, in the process you would also lose the high notes of the soprano. Wisely, they chose to leave the high frequencies alone. If you want to suppress them, virtually all playback systems have a "treble" control, if not a full equalizer, so this is no disadvantage. Luckily, there is no detectable wow and flutter from warped disks.

About Bori's singing. It's musical, and tastefully done. It's not overblown with excessive vocal theatrics, or sentimentality as some of the early 1900s singers were prone to. She is an excellent musician. Yet, there is a detectable accent. In Hoffman's Barcarolle, which is sung in English, you've got to listen carefully to make out the words. But then, Lawrence Tibbett also is sometimes hard to make out. It may be their operatic technique of the time as well as the limited frequency response of the recording system. Tibbett seems to be a bass or baritone, and in combination with a soprano, a wide frequency response is needed.

Ironically, even though Bori was born in Spain, when I asked my Spanish speaking friends about the lyrics of "La Violetera", they noted that the Spanish was pronounced with a heavy accent also. Perhaps people knowledgable in Italian can tell us about her Italian pronounciation.

A word about the Italian opera snippets. I'm a nut about Puccini, especially Madame Butterfly. Un bel di is so critical to this opera, that it has to be done right. I'm stuck on Renata Tebaldi's rendition, which to my mind is the gold standard. Bori has a different view, which may take some getting used to. The notes do say that she rarely performed Butterfly in the USA, and so perhaps she was aware of her own problems with this aria. Tebaldi brings out the anguish and makes you cry. Bori seems a little more perfunctory.

Overall, this is quite a fun, musical CD with material that is not often heard today. I really enjoy this one.

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Arias de Zarzuela Barroca Manufacturer: Astree ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Boccherini | Boccherini, Luigi | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rossini: Opera Arias and Overtures with Maria Bayo and Rinaldo Alessandrini Cecilia Bartoli ~ Opera Proibita (Handel · Scarlatti · Caldara) / Les Musiciens du Louvre · Minkowski Tragédiennes Sandrine Piau - Handel Opera Seria Lamento ASIN: B0000C8WXK Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

1. Aria D'orestes Llegar ninguno Intente
2. Recitatif D'iphigenia Suspendete Tirano
3. Aria Piedad, Senor
4. Ouverture
5. Seguidilla De Violante Inocentita Y Nina
6. Recitatif Triste Carcel Oscura
7. Aria D'horacio Ay! Amor! Clelia Mia
8. Aria No. 4 Amor, Solo Tu Encanto
9. Ouverture
10. Cavatina De Clementina Almas Que Amor Sujeto
11. Aria No. 13 Deydad Que Las Venganzas
12. Aria D'horacio Adios, Prenda De Mi Amor
13. Ouverture
14. Aria De Porsena Mas Facil Sera Al Viento

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Luis Sagi Vela, Grandes Arias De Zarzuelas, La Viuda Alegre - Marina Luis Sagi Vela , and Luis Sagi Vela Manufacturer: Sony Discos/Orfeon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Spain | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music CDs $7 - $10 | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000002EXC Release Date: 1989-04-15

Tracks:

1. La Del Soto Del Parral
2. La Cancion Del Olvido
3. El Huesped Del Sevillano
4. Marina
5. Jinetes En El Cielo
6. Que Sabes Tu
7. El Baturrico
8. Ramona
9. Oguere
10. La Viuda Alegre

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Antonio Cortis: Arias by Gounod, Donizetti, Verdi... Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mascagni | Mascagni, Pietro | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( 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 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 Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000JCJB Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

1. Faust: Salve dimora casta e pura
2. L'africana: O Paradiso
3. Manon: Ah! Dispar vision
4. Werther: Ah! Non mi ridestar
5. La Favorita: Una vergine, un angel di Dio
6. Rigoletto: Questa o quella
7. Rigoletto: Ella mi fu rapita!.. Parmi veder le lagrime
8. Rigoletto: La donna e mobile
9. Il Trovatore: Ah! si, ben mio coll'essere
10. Il Trovatore: Di quella pira
11. La Boheme: Che gelida manina
12. La Boheme: Mimi e una civetta
13. TOSCA: Recondita armonia
14. TOSCA: E lucevan le Stelle
15. Turandot: Nessun dorma
16. La Cena delle Beffe: Ah! Che tormento
17. La Cena delle Beffe: Mi svestii
18. Andrea Chenier: Credo a una possanza
19. Iris: Apri la tua fenestra
20. Cavalleria Rusticana: Siciliana
21. Una Vieja: Cavatina
22. Dona Francisquita: Mujer fatal - Romanza de Fernando
23. Alegria del Batallon: Cancion y Guajiras

Meditation Music:

1. Alberto Franchetti: Cristoforo Colombo
2. Alma [Import]
3. Antologia de la Zarzuela
4. Aulis Sallinen: Palatsi
5. Bellini: I Puritani
6. Berg - Lulu / Migenes · Fassbaender · Adam · Hotter · Maazel [Box set]
7. Bizet: The Fair Maid of Perth / Sir Thomas Beecham
8. Borodin: Prince Igor [Box set]
9. Carlos Alvarez - Opera Arias (Verdi, Donizetti, Bellini, Bizet, Tchaikovsky)
10. Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

Unfocus on It

Danzas Fantasticas

Brahms: Concerto No.2/MacDowell: Concerto No.2

Music: Inferno

Dreamchasing [Enhanced]

Everyday [CD-single]

Chansons Gaillardes du Nord, Vol. 1 [Import]

Duke [Original recording remastered]

DJ's Choice: Rock Star

Eric Clapton Live [Import] [Limited Edition] [Live] [Original recording remastered]

Complete Studio Sessions [Import]

Dale Campana [Import]

Amor em Hi-Fi

Turn Yourself Around

Barbeque Dog