La Nuit De Mai

1. May Night (Mayskaya noch'), comic opera in 3 acts
   Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
   Performed by Moscow State Boys Choir
   with Daniil Demianoff, Yalizaveta Antonva, Piotr Malyoutienko, Sergei Streiltsoff, Gueorguy Abramoff, Maria Maksakova, Zaria Doloukhanova, Serguei Krassovsky, Yelizaveta Vladimirovna Shumskaya, R. Pavlova-Assiar, L. Khananina
   
   

La Nuit De Mai,Daniil Demianoff,Gueorguy Abramoff,Serguei Krassovsky,Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov,L. Khananina,Maria Maksakova,R. Pavlova-Assiar,Yalizaveta Antonva,Zaria Doloukhanova,Moscow State Boys Choir,Yelisaveta Choumskaya,Yelizaveta Vladimirovna Shumskaya,Piotr Malyoutienko,Sergei Streiltsoff,L.Y.S.,Classical,Opera,Russian Romantic Opera

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Average customer rating: Susan Graham, Songs of Reynaldo Hahn Excellent Catalyst for Seduction. Buy It. Graham's Artistry Makes for Compelling Listening in a Collection of Songs from a 'Minor' Composer The beauty of "La Belle Époque" A very good Hahn collection

Susan Graham - La Belle Époque (The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn) Reynaldo Hahn , Susan Graham , and Roger Vignoles Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Susan Graham ~ Berlioz - Les nuits d'été Poèmes de l'Amour Susan Graham - Songs of Ned Rorem Susan Graham - Mozart & Gluck Arias ~ Il tenero momento Debussy - Mélodies / Ameling · Mesplé · Command · Souzay · von Stade · Baldwin ASIN: B00000AG7M Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

1. A Chloris
2. Le Rossignol des lilas
3. L'Enamour
4. Trois Jours de vendage
5. Lyde
6. Tyndaris
7. Phyllis
8. Les Fontaines
9. L'Automne
10. Infidelit
11. Dans la nuit
12. D'une prison
13. Quand la nuit n'est pas teoilee
14. Fume
15. Le Printemps
16. Je me souviens
17. Quand je fus pris au pavillion
18. Paysage
19. Fetes galantes
20. Nocturne
21. Mai
22. L'Heure exquise
23. Offrande
24. Si mes vers avaient des ailes

Amazon.com

Lyric mezzo-soprano Susan Graham stands out from the crowd for her expressive, opulent voice and communicative gifts. Someone at Sony has made the decision to place her in the public mind primarily as a singer of French works, and although it would be a shame to see her limited to that area of the repertoire, she does sing the French repertoire exceptionally. Graham sings sensitively and idiomatically in this group of 24 songs by Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947), a Venezuelan-born, French-reared composer and conductor who knew how to craft a song like few others. In such lovely songs as "A Chloris," which opens the album, and "Je me souviens," Hahn creates a bevy of beautiful little worlds, which Graham and the outstanding pianist Roger Vignoles present in memorable form. This album belongs in the collection of all lovers of song. --Sarah Bryan Miller

Customer Reviews:

Susan Graham, Songs of Reynaldo Hahn.......2007-01-10

Stunning. The sticker on the front of the CD (New York Times quote) says it all: "breathtaiking and unforgettable!".

Excellent Catalyst for Seduction. Buy It........2006-05-19

'La Belle Epoque, The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn' by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, accompanied by pianist, Roger Vignoles, is much different from my earlier subject of a Graham Review, some songs from Berlioz. The Berlioz material struck me as a concerto for orchestra and voice. This was excellent material for to wow a mate on a first date. Reynaldo Hahn's chamber songs are for much more intimate venues and objectives. Even more than any other 'Lieder' or 'Chansom' specialist I can think of, these are the sorts of things you want to use when the object is seduction.

The songs are so gentle and so seductive that they are as likely to set the tone for the seducer as well as for the seductee. Even if you are not in a seductive situation, the songs will make you want to be there.

All this means is that while Reynaldo Hahn does not have the great reputation of Berlioz or Shubert or Schuman or Debussy, you really should know his songs, and Ms. Graham does a great interpretation to make this introduction.

Graham's Artistry Makes for Compelling Listening in a Collection of Songs from a 'Minor' Composer.......2006-02-27

This was only Graham's second solo outing, and for many listeners it confirmed the promise of her d?but recording of "Les Nuits d'?t?" -- an unusual accomplishment for a relatively minor project.

I know the songs of Reynaldo Hahn from a number of worthy recordings from other artists -- Rachel Yakar, Martyn Hill, Bruno Laplante, Mady Mespl?, Graham Johnson & Co. (the Hyperion French Song Edition), one-offs on Elly Ameling albums, not to mention vintage recordings by Hahn himself. All the same, this recording was a complete revelation. Her beauty of tone, her ease with the French language (surpassing, I daresay, the much-vaunted Francophony of Felicity Lott), her canny selection of songs, Vignoles's sensitive accompaniment, they all add up. But there's that (ahem) je-ne-sais-quoi that makes something a classic, and this album has it. It captures an era, it creates a time and place that come wafting out of your speakers.

My favorite song on this record is "Si la nuit n'est pas ?toil?e" -- it is a rapturous melody to a quintessential Victor Hugo text. But there is nary a false note on the entire album. I do recommend, if you can find it, the Ameling album "Serenata," which includes two Hahn songs I haven't encountered elsewhere, "L'amiti?" with its faint melancholy and "La vie est belle" with its French ?lan.

As we know, Graham has gone on to much bigger things, but she retains her commitment to the art of song and to breathing fresh life into French rarities (as in her delightful operetta album). In terms of tone, timbre, and intonation, for my money she has the most beautiful voice in opera today. My only hope is that she doesn't go the way of Ren?e Fleming and become The Voice Beautiful ... she veered a bit in that direction with her recent Chausson record, and I hope she gets back to business and gets her vivid personality back in action in her song performances.

The beauty of "La Belle Époque".......2005-09-13

This is one of the most beautiful vocal recordings I have recently experienced. The songs of Reynaldo Hahn are beautiful gems exquisitly presented by the polished voice of Susan Graham. I have gone back to this recording many times.

A very good Hahn collection.......2004-12-05

Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn was taken to Paris at age 3, and became, early enough (his most famous song, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, was composed when he was 12!) a steady feature in the musical life of Paris.

Lover of Marcel Proust, sought-after musical entertainer in the salons of the Highest Society, diarist, composer, singer, renowned conductor, influential music writer in the most powerful daily in France (Le Figaro) finally General Manager of the Opéra Comique before dying of a brain tumor in 1947, Hahn was a multi-faceted musician of the highest probity. His songs are simple, patrician, utterly elegant, and always set to the best poetry. His simplicity and purity of means accomplish in little what many pretentious thunderers fail even to approximate.

Hahn himself had a light little baritone voice, a little croak of a voice, really, with which he became popular in high society drawing rooms before the First World War: a voice that charmed duchesses and made the most reserved princesses smile. He even made some 50 records between 1920 and 1930, which show his unique, expressive musicality, unfailing sense of phrasing, elegance of style, and fine piano-playing (He almost invariably accompanies himself.)

Hahn's own 78s, and a very few others by the likes of Ninon Vallin, give a clear recorded testimony of how his songs ought to be performed: simply, elegantly, with charm.

Graham is a lovely singer and a supple musician. Her French is not exactly top-notch but most people will not care: they will respond to her beautiful sound and endearing manner. The pianist is also good.

Average customer rating: Great collection but the title's a misnomer

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Customer Reviews:

Great collection but the title's a misnomer.......2006-07-17

The producers of Essential Opera 1 and 2 finally decided to give us a wonderful gift and combined the two for the price of one. The effect is an exciting collection for opera lovers and opera beginners alike. Thank you, producers.

However, I can't agree that the collection lives up to its name. How can it be essential when where is Maria Callas in the line-up? Absent Maria, any opera collection that deems itself "essential" deludes itself. Callas is as indispensable to opera as, say, Picasso is to cubism. To paraphrase Franco Zeffirelli, Callas showed us the maximum of what opera is. Callas IS essential opera.

This misnomer is made the more stark and jarring when one sees that a contemporaneous rival, Renata Tebaldi, is given two tracks to sing and Callas, none. Tebaldi was Callas' rival like Clementi was Mozart's--whoever remembers the rivals now? History has judged well who the masters are. So I listen to arias in this CD, arias that Callas have incomparably defined like Tosca's Vissi d'Arte, La Wallys's Ebben Ne'andro Lontana", to disappointment.

I'd give this disc four and a half stars for Callas' omission, but the Amazon rating system does not allow it. In any case, Tatiana Troyano's Habanera, Cecilia Bartoli's "Una Voce Poco fa," Krause, Popp, and Fassbaender's "Saove sia il vento," and Sutherland and Berbie's Lakme duet, and ten other tracks still make this compilation wonderful, exciting, and highly commendable. Do yourselves a favor and get this cd.

Average customer rating: Heavenly... Nice collection of major figures Gran recopilatorio blend of great opera for novice or opera buff! Nessun dorma!

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Tracks:

1. Dis (Flower Duet from Lakm Nathalie Dessay and Delphine Haidan
2. E lucevan le stelle (Tosca): Placido Domingo
3. Ebben? ne andrntana (La Wally): Maria Callas
4. Suzel, bon di (Cherry Duet from L' amico Fritz): Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni
5. Belle nuit, it d'amour (Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffmann): Ann Murray, Jessye Norman
6. Song to the Moon (from Rusalka): Lucia Popp
7. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci): Josarreras
8. Ecco! respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancell (from Adriana Lecouvreur): Kiri Te Kanawa
9. O soave fanciulla (from La boh): Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna
10. Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly): Montserrat Caballe
11. Ingemisco (from Verdi's Requiem): Luciano Pavarotti
12. Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fom Xerxes): David Daniels
13. Non pirai (from Le nozze di Figaro): Thomas Allen
14. Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet from Les Peurs de perles): Ernest Blanc, Nicolai Gedda
15. O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi): Angela Gheorghiu
16. La donna obile (from Rigoletto): Roberto Alagna
17. Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore): L'Orchestra et Coro del Teatro alla Scala
18. Der H Rache (from Die Zauberfl: Natalie Dessay
19. Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) (from La Traviata): Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna

Tracks:

1. Casta Diva (from Norma): Maria Callas
2. Canzonetta sull'aria (from Le nozze di Figaro): Anna Moffo, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
3. Se quel guerrier io fossi...Celeste Aida (from Aida): Placido Domingo
4. Vissi d'arte (from Tosca): Angela Gheorghiu
5. Che gelida manina (from La boh): Roberto Alagna
6. SMi chiamano Mimfrom La boh): Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda
7. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera from Carmen): Victoria de los Angeles
8. Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco): L'Orchestra et Coro del Teatro alla Scala
9. Dove sono (from Le nozze di Figaro): Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
10. Un aura amorosa (from Cosan tutte): Placido Domingo
11. J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orphet Eurydice): Anne-Sofie von Otter
12. Non mi dir (from Don Giovanni): oan Sutherland
13. O Mimtu pi torni (from La boh): Jussi Bjng, Robert Merrill
14. La mamma morta (from Andrea Cher): Maria Callas
15. Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia): Thomas Hampson
16. Summertime (from Porgy and Bess): Kiri Te Kanawa
17. Dich, teure Halle (from Tannher): Jessye Norman
18. Nessun dorma (from Turandot): Rhine Opera Chorus, Josarreras

Amazon.com

This is a remarkable collection: two and a half hours' worth of opera arias, duets, and a couple of choruses, and nary a dud among them. All the stars are here, from Alagna to Schwarzkopf, with stops at Gheorghiu, Callas, Bjoerling, Dessay, Gedda, Carreras, Popp, Domingo, Norman--and a bunch of others. And the repertoire is wisely chosen: the gorgeous Flower Duet from Lakme, de los Angeles singing Bizet's Habanera from Carmen, the famous Pearl Fishers duet (Gedda, Blanc), Wally's exit into the snow from La Wally (Callas), the Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann (Jessye Norman and Ann Murray), "Largo al factotum" with an energetic Thomas Hampson as The Barber of Seville, Domingo in "Celeste Aida," countertenor David Daniels in a Handel aria, the heavenly "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka, sung as in a dream by Lucia Popp, Caballe as Madama Butterfly, and many more--37 tracks in all. Even if you already own some of these, having them all in one place makes for breathless, glorious listening. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

Heavenly..........2007-04-03

I am not particularly a fan of opera but do realize it's merit. I also appreciate the talent of it's artists. This 2 disc set offers a wide, wisely chosen selection from most of the popular operas, performed by most of the world's greatest singers, present and yesteryear. Yes, you will find legends such as Maria Callas to Pavarotti to the up and coming Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu; sharing space on these discs. Economically, I was able to obtain this set for under ten bucks. My research could not find a more varied set with such a stellar roster at any price. It will impress any novice to seasoned collecter. I wish that EMI annotated the set better, a brief synopsis of each track would have tutorial value. The sound reproduction flows seemlessly from track to track.

Nice collection of major figures.......2007-01-04

This is billed as "the greatest opera stars on one double album for the first time ever."

Many major voices of the first part of the past half century are presented on this CD (e.g., Shwartzkopf, Moffo, Freni, de los Angelos, Sutherland, Callas, Gedda, Merrill, Bjoerling, Pavarotti, Sutherland, Domingo, et al.). Also represented are some more contemporary singers, among whom are Kanawa, Gheorgiu, Alagna, Dessay, and so on).

So, a nice album. But we are also reminded of the absence of some major figures on CDs (such as Richard Tucker, who is little represented on CDs). . . . Hopefully, in future years, more of those glorious voices will become accessible on CD.

Gran recopilatorio.......2004-02-29

Este recopilatorio ofrece variedad de estilos, versiones siempre de alto nivel y precio medio muy interesante. Muy recomendable para iniciarse en el mundo de la opera de la mano de los mejores artistas de hoy y de ayer, aunque algunos de los grandes cantantes se echan quiza en falta.

blend of great opera for novice or opera buff!.......2003-03-03

Beautiful music for anyone. Even those I know who generally dislike opera have taken an interest! These are truly highlights of some of the greatest peices...breathtaking voices...relaxing and yet movingingly passionate. I reccomend this for anyone wanting a varied and yet stunning collection.

Nessun dorma!.......2002-12-01

This set of two CDs is a great way to listen to some highlights from many different operas when you aren't in the mood to listen to a full opera. Many of your favorite arias are here, such as Nessun Dorma, Habanera, Non piu andrai etc. But what I liked most about it is that it features many different artists. While I love my Pavarotti and Domingo albums, it is nice to hear other singers.

Also, hearing some pieces that sounded familiar have gotten me interested in operas I haven't heard or seen before, such as the Flower Duet from Lakme. I've heard that before--but where? Probably in some car commercial...

This music will haunt you, and is wonderful for listening to while driving or just sitting. Try it with headphones on so the rest of the world goes away.

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Tracks:

1. Vocalise Op.34 No.4 - Natalie Dessay
2. Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber
3. Serse - Ombra Mai Fu - Gerard Lesne
4. Les Contes D'Hoffman - Barcorolle: Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'Amour - Jessye Norman
5. Requiem - Lacrimosa - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6. Giulio Cesare - Duetto: Son Nata A Lagrimar - David Daniels
7. Pavane Op. 50 - The King's Singers
8. Apres Un Reve Op. 7 No. 1 - Roger Vignoles
9. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 - Aria - Barbara Hendricks
10. Trauer-Ode BWV 198 - Aria: Der Ewigkeit Saphirnes Haus - Ian Bostridge
11. El Vuelo - Tomas Gubitsch
12. Platee - Soleil, Fuis De Ces Lieux - Patricia Petibon
13. Vocalise In Forme De Habanera - Arleen Auger
14. Die Swei Blauen Augen - Ann Murray
15. Berceuse De Grainne Pour Diarmait - Breda Mayock
16. Wiegenlied Op. 41 No. 1 - Gundula Janowitz
17. Summertime - The Swingle Sisters

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1. Requiem - In Paradisum - Stephen Farr
2. The Magic Flute - Ach, Ich Fuhl's - Dawn Upshaw
3. Carmina Burana - Veras Leta Facies - Carl Orff
4. In Trutina - Janice Watson
5. Miserere - Gregorio Allegri
6. L'Incoronazione Di Poppea - Put Ti Miro - Arleen Auger
7. Horche'l Ciel, E La Terra, E'l Vento Tace - The Consort Of Musicke
8. Cantique De Jean Racine - Stephen Farr
9. Madama Butterfly - Humming Chorus - Chorus & Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
10. Peer Gynt - Solvveig'song - Lucia Popp
11. Le Nozze De Figaro - Porgi Amor - Veronique Gens
12. Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings - Martyn Hill
13. Vocalise 'Le Temps Retouve' - Natalie Dessay
14. Pulcinella - Serenata: Mentre L'Erbetta Pasce L'Agnella - Martyn Hill
15. Sheherezade - Il La Flute Enchantee - Arleen Auger
16. Infant Joy - Tomas Gubitsch
17. Realta Na Maidne (Morningstar) - Caitriona O'Leary
18. Song For Athene - Winchester Cathedral Choir

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Average customer rating: A star of the 'chansom'. Buy It. A fine, underestimated master of the mélodie Beautiful French lieder

Songs by Reynaldo Hahn / Lott, Bostridge, Bickley; Johnson Reynaldo Hahn , Graham Johnson , Felicity Lott , Ian Bostridge , and Stephen Layton Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Susan Graham - La Belle Époque (The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn) Chansons Grises & other songs by Reynaldo Hahn Songs by Camille Saint-Saëns Reynaldo Hahn: Piano Quartet, Violin Sonata & Other Chamber Music The Songs of Henri Duparc ASIN: B00000300V Release Date: 1996-07-10

Tracks:

1. If My Verses Had Wings
2. A Landscape
3. Reverie
4. An Offering
5. May
6. Infidelity
7. Alone
8. The Swans
9. Nocturne
10. Three Days Of Vintaging
11. From A Prison
12. Seraphina
13. The Exquisite Hour
14. Fetes galantes
15. Day
16. I Submit To Your Mercy
17. Smiling Spring, You Have Arrived!
18. Air
19. Peace
20. Beware The Arrow From The Window
21. Fishing
22. When In Her Pavillion I Lost My Heart
23. The Stars
24. Autumn
25. Night
26. The Memory Of Singing

Tracks:

1. When Night Is Not Studded With Stars
2. The Loveliest Gift
3. On The Water
4. The Nightingale Among The Lilac
5. To Chloris
6. My Youth
7. Since I've Pressed My Lips...
8. Lydia
9. Neaera
10. Salinum
11. Thaliarque
12. Lyde
13. You Will Drink...
14. Tyndaris
15. Pholoe
16. Phidyle
17. Phyllis
18. The Water Nymph
19. To The Nightingale
20. I Remember
21. Air de la lettre
22. It Is Very Bad To Be Unfaithful
23. There Are Trees...
24. We've Had A Lovely Trip
25. The Last Waltz

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A star of the 'chansom'. Buy It........2006-10-02

'Songs by Reynaldo Hahn',French 'chansoms' written by a Venezualean Jew and performed by an all star English team of vocalists and accompaniest, is quite enough for me to forsake my Shubert for a few hours and immerse myself in these evocations of the world's most musical language. My discovery of Hahn in this release and the similar collection by Susan Graham shows me that the salon art song did not die in the 19th century, even if offerings from artists in English, German, and Italian are a bit thin.

From my point of view of the amateur listener, these performances are simply so pretty, as with an overripe peach, they approach, but never pass over to the banal.

Beautiful songs, expertly realized.

A fine, underestimated master of the mélodie.......2004-12-05

Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) was taken to Paris at age 3 and became, early enough (his most famous song, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, was composed when he was 12!) a steady feature in the musical life of Paris.

Lover of Marcel Proust, sought-after musical entertainer in the salons of the Highest Society, diarist, composer, singer, renowned conductor, influential music writer in the most powerful daily in France (Le Figaro) finally General Manager of the Opéra Comique before dying of a brain tumor in 1947, Hahn was a multi-faceted musician of the highest probity. His songs are simple, patrician, utterly elegant, and always set to the best poetry. His simplicity and purity of means accomplish in little what many pretentious thunderers fail even to approximate. He was a minor master.

Hahn had a light little baritone voice, a little croak of a voice, really, with which he made himself enourmously popular in high society drawing rooms before the First World War: the voice that charmed duchesses and made the most reserved princesses smile! He even made some 50 records between 1920 and 1930, which show his unique, expressive musicality, unfailing sense of phrasing, unpretentious elegance of style, and fine piano-playing (He almost invariably accompanies himself.)

Hahn's own 78s, and a very few others by the likes of Ninon Vallin, give a clear recorded testimony of how his songs ought to be performed: simply, sincerely, with charm.

Charm is not in oversupply in this Hyperion collection (the singers are rather wooden English people with somewhat grey voices) but the other qualities are honestly, conscientiously supplied. Many of these pieces are not easily come by, especially in such well-recorded, well-accompanied perfomances, and though Hahn might perhaps have smiled to hear such a straight-laced presentation of his little creations, this album is really quite worth the asking price.

Beautiful French lieder.......1999-04-24

Reynaldo Hahn's early years coincided with the sway of French impressionism, and these early experiences with introverted poetic expression affected his life for ever. Hahn's songs are by nature reflective. Many of them are set to poems by impressionist poets, such as Verlaine; some of the most sublime ones grow out of the lyrics by Victor Hugo. Some of these songs subtly reflect Hahn's personal experiences: he was gay, unreconciled with himself, and closeted till the day he died. Even some of his closest friends didn't know the source of his restlessness. A one-time lover, and a life-long friend of Marcel Proust's, Hahn learned to express himself in song, the way Proust expressed himself through the chain of forever regressing recolletions in prose. The selection of songs on these two discs presents some of the best Hahn's output, exhibiting all the hallmarks of his style: subtly undulating accompaniment, melodies full of free-flowing intimacy, imaginative cadences, and plenty of room for interpretation by individual performers. Of the wonderful vocalists here, Steven Varcoe, a beguilingly beautiful baritone voice, deserves a special mention.

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The Essential Coloratura Album.......2007-02-16

The artistry of Rita Streich presented in this multi-disc set represents an art that in all likelihood would not return: the Viennese school of coloratura and lyrical singing.
Together with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Rita Streich studied voice with Maria Ivogun, a great coloratura soprano of the German-Austro school. Together with her colleague, Streich excelled in the Viennese-style coloratura singing. This album presents her wide range of repertoire from Austro-German to French to Italian opera; from classical opera to romantic Strauss operetta; from lieder to folk songs.
What this album does NOT include is Streich's Russian repertoire, some thing that, owing to her maternal descent, she was most adept at.
Unlike Schwarzkopf, Streich owned a voice that is out-right lyrical. It is even lighter, even more agile, even more silvery, though not as forceful as Schwarzkopf's on demand. Listen to her delightful "Bastien und Bastienne", her Mozart concert arias and enjoy her highly articulated, musically refined delivery. It is the exemplary Viennese singing. Her soubrettes as well as lyrical heroines are nothing short of being superb.
Not being as internationalised a singer as Schwarzkopf, Streich nonetheless was a representative figure of Viennese coloratura singing. Some times I would even feel that her coloratura is even more superior to that of the great dramatic coloratura of the 20th century, Joan Sutherland, again a very much more internationalised singer than Streich.
If you are undergoing voice training, this box set is essential.

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Tracks:

1. La Traviata - Prelude, Act I - Giuseppe Verdi
2. Falstaff - Sul fil dun soffio etesio (Nanettas Aria) - Giuseppe Verdi
3. Andrea Cher - O pastorelle, addio - Umberto Giordano
4. Manon - En fermant les yeux - Jules Massenet
5. Les Peurs de Perles - Zurga, quant tous deux Au fond du temple saint - Georges Bizet
6. Adriana Lecouvreur - Ecco! Respiro appena Io son lumile ancella - Francesco Cilea
7. Cosan tutte - Soave sia il vento - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
8. La Boh - Smi chiamano Mim Giacomo Puccini
9. Don Giovanni - Dalla sua pace - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
10. Tannher - Wie TodesahnungO du mein holder Abendstern - Richard Wagner
11. Guilliaume Tell - Quel jour serein le ciel prge - Gioachino Rossini
12. Orfeo ed Euridice - Che farnza Euridice? - Christoph Willibald Gluck
13. Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo - Pietro Mascagni
14. Norma - Casta Diva Vincenzo Bellini
15. Lelisir damore - Una furtiva lagrima - Gaetano Donizetti
16. Turandot - Signore, ascolta - Giacomo Puccini
17. Don Giovanni - Deh, vieni alla finestra - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
18. Lakm Viens, MallikaDis (Flower Duet) - Leo Delibes

Tracks:

1. Introduction to Khovanshchina - Modest Mussorgsky
2. Rusalka - Song to the Moon - AntonDvorak
3. Porgy and Bess - Summertime - George Gershwin
4. Les Contes dHoffmann - Belle nuit, it damour (Barcarolle)
5. Xerxes - Ombra, mai fu - George Frideric Handel
6. Le Nozze di Figaro - Porgi amor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
7. Gianni Schicchi - O mio babbino caro - Giacomo Puccini
8. La Traviata - Di Provenza il mar - Giuseppe Verdi
9. Nabucco - Va, pensiero - Giuseppe Verdi
10. Le Nozze di Figaro - Voi che sapete - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
11. Die Zauberfl- Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd sch Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12. Orfeo ed Euridice - Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Christoph Willibald Gluck
13. Don Giovanni - Il mio tesoro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
14. Samson et Dalila - Mon cur souvre a voix - Camille Saint-Sa
15. La Wally - Ebben?Ne andrntana - Alfredo Catalani
16. Les Peurs de Perles - Je crois entendre encore - Georges Bizet
17. Le Nozze di Figaro - Deh vieni, non tardar Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
18. Madama Butterfly - Humming Chorus - Giacomo Puccini

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The Complete Recordings, 1902-1920 (Box Set) Manufacturer: Naxos 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 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 General | Franck, César | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Godard, Benjamin | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Goldmark | Goldmark, Karl | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( 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 Lully | Lully, Jean-Baptiste | ( 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 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 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 All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Szulc, Josef Zygmunt | ( 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 | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | 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 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 Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Adam, Adolphe-Charles | A to B | 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 Ladino | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 22 Caruso 2000 The Complete Caruso Classic Puccini Recordings Leon Fleisher Plays Brahms ASIN: B00030B92K Release Date: 2004-11-23

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The Complete Caruso: Volumes 1 - 12

The Italian tenor Enrico Caruso holds a unique place in musical history, as the first operatic singer whose recordings sold in millions, and who created an international reputation on the strength of these. Caruso's robust tone and musical sincerity made him both an ideal stage and recording artist, whose voice the primitive acoustic recording technology of the early twentieth century was able to reproduce with startling fidelity. The Naxos Historical Caruso edition constitutes the complete cycle of all Caruso's recordings issued in chronological order. In addition, the transfers have been immaculately undertaken by top sound engineer Ward Marston, unrivalled for his knowledge of the specialized world of acoustic opera recordings, and his rare ability to retrieve all of the music lying in the grooves of the original recordings. Naxos Historical's incredible price (12 CD'S FOR THE PRICE OF 10) puts this unique legacy of great singing within the reach of all music-lovers. This! complete cycle of recordings represents a major document in the history of sound recording, and one which no collector and enthusiast of great singing will wish to be without. "There is no series of vocal records that have a greater documentary value, that meant more to the development of the phonograph record, or that are as consistently capable of providing pleasure to lovers of great singing. ...One of the most significant recording industry events of the decade." Fanfare

Customer Reviews:

Get It While You Can.......2006-10-13

This may not be easy to get in the USA for very long.....don't miss it.

Essential edition for opera lovers.......2005-02-01

This set gives you the opportunity to follow the entire recording career of one of the greatest singers in Operatic History. Enrico Caruso was the first superstar of the 20th century -- and this without the benefit of mass media. His person and his records were his greatest publicity.

The set begins with Caruso's Italian made recordings. They show a great raw talent. The artistry is lacking with many sobs, over acting and mistaken cues. The 1902 and 1903 clearly show a tenor with a lot to learn. But learn it he did. His 1904 sessions show a mature artist on par with any heard since. His voice matures before your very ears and by 1910, you wonder if you will ever listen to any other tenor the same way again.

The engineering used for this set is wonderful. There is no attempt at all to use the soundstream process of computer sound enhancement as heard on the RCA issued sets. These are near perfect mint conditioned discs copied by engineer extraordinary Ward Marston. They sound like natural 78s, they way Caruso himself must have heard the playbacks at the (RCA) Victor studios.

Also included are outtakes and extra takes. There is a "Celeste Aida" from 1908, complete with a broken high note, previously released by RCA in a 1973 set commemorating the tenor's centenary birthday. But there are new treasures here as well, including extra takes of two of Caruso's greatest recordings, the Italian song "L'Alba separa dalla l'uce ombra" and an aria from Rubinestine's Nerone. Listening to them, one wonders what Caruso could have possible thought inadquate in those long lost altenative takes.

Finally, there is the simple joy of hearing so many things so well sung. Caruso was the pinnacle of the tenor art. He can be compared to no other single tenor since ... he has the brilliant ring of Bjorling, the passion of Gigli, the beauty of Gedda, the youthful enthusiasm of Lanza, the warm tonal quality of Tucker, the pure strength of Corelli, the charasma of Pavarotti and the artestry of Domingo.

Whether you are an opera fan, a voice fan or just a music lover. This set is worth every penny.

Todd Kosovich

Average customer rating: Best of the Best

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Best of the Best.......2005-10-02

First rate selections, performed by first rate musicians.
Here are some of the most haunting melodies ever created.

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