Eyes of Eternity [Import]

Eyes of Eternity [Import]

Track Listings

1. Rock The Earth

2. Stranglehold

3. Eyes Of Eternity

4. The Everlasting

5. Rage Of Creation

6. Conquerors Hymm

7. Fields Of Fire

8. You Know

9. The Hour Of Dawn

10. Children Of Athe Wasteland

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Asian digipak edition of 2003 album for U.S. metal act featuring 10 tracks including the exclusive bonus track, 'Children Of The Wasteland'. Seoul Record.

Tracks:

Rock The Earth
Stranglehold
Eyes Of Eternity
The Everlasting
Rage Of Creation
Conquerors Hymn
Fields Of Fire
You Know
The Hour Of Dawn
Beautiful Lady (Bonus Track)

Album Description

The M.A.R.S./Impelleteri vocalist's sophomore solo album features 9 tracks. Massacre Records. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Rob Rock Rules.......2003-08-20

Rob Rock once again hits us with an astounding metal album. All the tracks are beautifully written and arranged with blistering performances being the standard across the board. The one song that will make most people do a double take is the albums closer 'The Hour of Dawn' with its four and a half minute guitar solo including such respected players as Jack Frost and the production mastermind of metal Roy Z. In short if you like Halford, Dickinson, Dio and the like you owe it to yourself to go and check out Rob Rock.

The Complete Recordings, 1902-1920 (Box Set)

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Essential edition for opera lovers

The Complete Recordings, 1902-1920 (Box Set)

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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

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Eyes of Eternity
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Manufacturer: Jvc Victor
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009WKSP
Release Date: 2003-08-04

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Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: "Bridge to Infinity", and "Children of the Wasteland".

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Caruso in Love

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ASIN: B000003FGL
Release Date: 1994-02-15

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Aida: Celeste Aida
Your Eyes Have Told Me
Martha: M'appari tutt'amor
Parce-que - Because
La Boheme: Che gelida manina
La Boheme: O soave fanciulla
Noche feliz
Mia sposa sara la mia bandiera
Il Guarany: Sento una forza indomita
For You Alone
La Favorita: Spirto gentil (Romanza)
Lasciati amar
Gartner-Teschemacher: Love Is Mine
L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima
Carmen: Il fior che avevi a me tu dato
Tosti-Weatherly: Parted
Premiere caresse
TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle
Love Me or Not
Eternamente
Rigoletto: Bella figlia dell'amore

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Eyes of Eternity
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ASIN: B00009RG70
Release Date: 2003-06-30

Tracks:

Rock The Earth
Stranglehold
Eyes Of Eternity
Everlasting
Rage Of Creation
Conqueror's Hymn
Fields Of Fire
You Know
Hour Of Dawn
Beautiful Lady

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Beautifully understated drama
More beautiful music than we'd any right to expect.
Two short beautiful, somber lyric operas.

Nicolae Bretan: Golem and Arald

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ASIN: B0000037FS
Release Date: 1995-09-05

Tracks:

Golem: Intro - PO Moldova, Iasi/Cristian Mandeal
Golem: Leave Me Alone, Golem, Leave Me! - Alexandru Agache
Golem: I Looked Deep Into Her Eyes... - Alexandru Agache
Golem: I Cannot Change You Into A Man - Tamas Daroczy
Golem: I Formed You Of Clay... - Tamas Daroczy
Golem: Under The Earth, You Do Not Feel The Cold - Alexandru Agache
Golem: Did You Call Me? - Dan Zancu
Golem: No! I Won't Tear It Out! - Alexandru Agache
Golem: Why Don't You Give Me That Talisman? - Alexandru Agache
Golem: Peace To You, Dream Of The Human Mind - Sounds Of The Autumn Wind
Arald: Prologue- Arald On His Charger Sweeps... - Dan Zancu
Arald: To You, O Timeless Seer, Across The World I Ride... - Ionel Voineag
Arald: You Were Still But A Child - Alexandru Agache
Arald: My People Ceased Their March... - Ionel Voineag
Arald: Out Of The Heart Of Earth Let Man The Dead Awake... - Alexandru Agache
Arald: Come, Arald, Your Sweet Brow Against My Bosom Lean... - Sanda Sandru
Arald: Interlude - PO Moldova, Iasi/Cristian Mandeal
Arald: Lost Of All Eternity Within The Tomb's Constraint - Alexandru Agache

Customer Reviews:

Beautifully understated drama.......2005-06-10

Despite a lack of big arias, Golem is a good opera. The singers in this production are very effective in conveying the inner tensions of their characters. Although there is little physical movement, the drama of Rabbi Judah Loeb confronting the monster he has created is intense.
The scenic cantata, Arald, is Bretan's masterpiece. It is a lyrical evocation of memory, despair, and resignation. Arald puts the listener through all of the emotional upheaval of Das Lied von der Erde in half of the time. This performance of Arald is as affecting as the best performances of Das Lied von der Erde that I have heard.

More beautiful music than we'd any right to expect........2001-01-25

The Transylvanian composer Bretan had one of the grimmer lives of any notable composer - his wife's family were murdered in Auschwitz; his refusal in post-war Romania to become a Communist led to his silencing - but you wouldn't know it from either of these operas.

They are serious and solemn enough. 'Golem' takes the old story of a rampaging Frankenstein-type monster and turns it into a melancholy dialogue about life, science, creation, family. 'Arald', with its hero supplicating the Seer of the Underworld to resuscitate his dead love, forswears doomy Gothic in favour of more metaphysical musings.

From a dramatic point of view, both works are static. Musically, however, they are gloriously reminiscent of mid-period Verdi - bountifully melodic, rapturously sad - with an Eastern European flavour. The fact that an opera composer in the mid-20th century dared even write a TUNE is reason enough to rejoice.

Two short beautiful, somber lyric operas........1999-05-07

"Golem" is a one-act opera about the legendary clay man created by the Rabbi of Prague. The poignant libretto is by the composer. The music is beautiful and lyric, but has no memorable tunes. Stylistically, it is a bit like Rimsky-Korsakoff's operatic writing. "Arald" is not really an opera but a scenic cantata. It tells of the despair of the khan of the Avars over the loss of his wife. The gloom of both text and music put me off at first. On second hearing, I loved it! It is more tuneful than "Das Lied von der Erde" and has none of the dissonance of Bartok's "Duke Bluebeard's Castle", but the mood is similar.

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Delightful light baroque; a great find

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Locatelli is, of course, an exceptionally tasty sheep's milk cheese related to Romano, but he was also a very important and talented composer of violin music. Later generations looked back at him as the "Baroque Paganini," and his music abounds in technical difficulties and flashy writing for the soloist. Of course, instrumental virtuosity alone doesn't make a great composer, but in this collection of concertos and orchestra suites we see that the challenge of writing other types of music didn't faze Locatelli composer one bit. The so-called "Theatrical Introductions" are what we now call "overtures" or "suites," consisting largely of dance movements arranged in a pleasing sequence. The whole collection is expertly performed by this excellent "authentic" instrument group. --David Hurwitz

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Delightful light baroque; a great find.......2007-01-31

I stumbled on these pieces by hearing one on the radio, loving it, and buying this CD. These are bright, inventive, concerto-style compositions in a style very reminiscent of Vivaldi. From the first bars of the first track, you know you're in for a treat. The first CD contains six "Introduttioni Teatrali", or theater introductions, which were apparently played before theater productions. They are in typical baroque concerto style and might better be called concerti for orchestra. The second CD contains six concerti with varying numbers of movements.

The playing is excellent, full of life and energy. The recording quality is fine, and the hall has a full, rich sound. After listening to this CD a few times, the pieces feel like old friends I've known all my life. If you like Vivaldi concerti, I'm sure you'll enjoy these.

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Eyes of Eternity
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Album Description

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The Complete Caruso including The Original Victor Talking Machine Co. Master Recordings

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Tracks:

Rigoletto, Act I: Studenti! Udite!
Rigoletto, Act I: Questa o quella
Aida, Act I: Celeste Aida
Manon, Act II: Chiudi gli occhi (II Sogno)
L'elisir d'amore, Act II: Una furtiva lagrima
Mefistofele, Epilogue: Giunto sul passo estremo
Germania, Act I: Ah, vieni qui ... No, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi
Mefistofele, Act I: Dai campi, dai prati
Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle
Iris, Act I: Apri la tua finestra
Mefistofele, Act I: Dai campi, dai prati
Fedora, Act II: Amor ti vieta
Aida, Act I: Celeste Aida
La Gioconda, Act II: Cielo e mar
Pagliacci, Act I: Recitar! mentre preso dal delirio...Vesti la giubba
Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana)
Non t'amo piu
La mia canzone
Adriana Lecouvreur, Act II: No, pui nobile
Luna fedel
Un bacio ancora
Luna fedel
L'elisir d'amore, Act II: Una furtiva lagrima
Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle
Germania, Act I: Ah, vieni qui ... No, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi
Rigoletto, Act IV: La donna e mobile
Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola (Seciliana)

Tracks:

Tu non mi vuoi piu ben
Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle
Gli Ugonotti (Les Hugenots), Act I: Qui sotto ii ciel
Rigoletto, Act I: Questa o quella
Rigoletto, Act IV: La donna e mobile
L'elisir d'amore, Act II: Una furtiva lagrima...Un solo isante
Aida, Act I: Celeste Aida
Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle
Tosca, Act I: Recondite armonia
Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana)
I Pagliacci, Act I: Recitar! mentre preso dal delirio...Vesti la giubba
Maron, Act II: Chiudi gli occhi (II Sogno)
Mattinata
I pescatori di perle (Les pecheurs de perles), Act I: Mi par d'udir ancora
Don Pasquale, Act III: Com'e gentil (Serenata)
Carmen, Act II: Il fior che avevi a me tu dato
Gli Ugonotti (Les Huguenots), Act I: Ah, quel soave vision
La Gioconda, Act II: Cielo e mar
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intanto amici...Viva il vino (Brindisi)
Marta, Act III: M'appari tutt'amore
La Boheme, Act I: Che gelida manina
Faust, Act III: Salut demeure chaste et pure
Il Trovota, Act III: Di quella pira

Tracks:

La Favorita, Act IV: Spirito gentil, ne' sogni miei (Romanza)
La forza del destino, Act III: Solenne in quest'ora
Aida, Act I: Celeste Aida
Triste ritorno
Ideale
L'Africana (L'Africaine), Act IV: O Mimi, tu piu non torni
Rigoletto, Act IV: Bella figlia dell'amore (Quartet)
La Boheme, Act IV: O mimi, tu piu non torni
Andrea Chenier, Act I: Un di all'azzurro spazio (Improvviso)
I Pagliacci, Act I: Recitar! mentre preso dal delirio...Vesti la giubba
La Boheme, Act I: O soave fanciulla
I prescatori di perle (Les pecheurs de perles), Act I: Del tempio al limitar
Don Sebastiano, Act II: Deserto in terra
Don Sebastiano, Act II: Deserto in terra
Adorables tourments (Valse lente)
Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II: Chi mi frena in tal mometno? (Sextet)
Rigoletto, Act IV: Bella figlia dell'amore (Quartet)
La Boheme, Act III: Addio, dolce svegliare alla mattina
Madama Butterfly, Act I: Un po' di vero c'e...Oh quanti occhi fisi

Tracks:

Lolita (Spanish Serenade)
Rigoletto, Act I: Questa o quella
Rigoletto, Act IV: La donna e mobile
Il Travatore, Act III: Ah si ben mio
Il Trovatore, Act IV: Se m'ami ancor... Ai nostri monti
Aida, Act I: Celeste Aida
Pour un baiser
Tosca, Act I: Recondita armonia
Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle
Mamma mia che vo' sape
La forza del destino, Act III: Della natal sua terra il padre...O tu che in sena agl' angeli
Aida, Act IV: O terra addio
Aida, Act IV: La fatal pietra
La Regina di Saba (Die Konigin von Saba), Act II: Magiche note
Carman, Act II: Il fior che avevi a me tu dato
Carmen, Act II: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee
Gli Ugonotti (Les Huguenots), Act I: Ah, qual soave vision...bianca al par di neve
Il Trovatore, Act IV: Quel suon, quelle preci...Ah! che la morte (Miserere)
Il Trovatore, Act IV: Quel suon, quelle preci...Ah! che la morte (Miserere)
Marta, Act I: Solo, profugo, reietto!

Tracks:

Faust, Act I: O mereveille!...A moi les plaisirs
Faust, Act III: Siegneur dieu, que voi-je!
Faust, Act III: Eh! quoi! toujours seule?
Faust, Act III: Il se fait tard...Laisse moi...Eterbekke! O nuit d'amour
Faust, Act IV: Que voulez vous messieurs?
Faust, Act V: Mon coeur est penetre d'epouvante...Attends!Voici la rue...Alerte! ou vous etes perdus
Germania, Act I: Studenti! Udite!
Germania, Act I: Ah, vieni qui...no, non chiudi gli occchi vaghi
La Gionconda, Act II: Cielo e mar
Madama Butterfly, Act I: Amore o grllo dir non saprei
Madama Butterfly, Act III: Non ve l'avevo detto...addio fiorito asil
For You Alone
Otello, Act II: Nell'ore arcane della sua lussuria...Ora e par sempre addio
Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana)
I Pagliacci, Act II: No, pagliaccio non son
Addio
Il Trovatore, Act II: Mal reggenda all'aspro assalto
Il Trovatore, Act IV: Se m'ami ancor...Ai nostri moni

Tracks:

Aida Act IV: Gia i sacerdoti adunansi...Misero appien mi festi...Aida a me togliesti
Un ballo in machera, Act I: Di tu se fedele
La Boheme, Act III: Musette! O gioia della mia dimora...Testa adorata
Eternamente
Core' ngrato
Lo Schiavo (O Escravo), Act II: L'importuna insistenza...Quando nascesti tu
Canta pe' me
La Boheme, Act II: Io non ho che una povero stanzetta
L'elisir d'amore, Act II: Una furtiva lagrima
La forza del destino, Act IV: Invano, Alvaro...Le minaccie, i fieri accenti
Walter B. Rogers: Love Is Mine
Aida, Act I: Se quel quel guerrier io fossi...Celeste Aida
Un ballo in maschera, Act III: Forse la soglia attinse...ma se m'efora perderti
Je suis seul...Ah, fuyez, douce image
Crucifix
I Lombardi, Act III: Qual volutta trascorere

Tracks:

Marta, Act II: Siam giunti, o giovanette...Questa camera e per voi!...Che vuol dir cio?...Presto, presto andiam
Marta, Act II: T'ho raggiunta, sciagurata!...Dormi pur ('Goodnight' Quartet)
Tarantella sincera
Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II: Chi mi frena in tal momento? (Sextet)
Les soirees musicales, No.8: La danza (Tarantella napolitana)
Rigoletto, Act IV: Bella figlia dell'amore (Quartet)
Dreams Of Long Ago
The Lost Chord
Because
Hosanna
Manon, Act II: Manon! Avez-vous peur...On l'appelle Manon
La Boheme, Act I: O soave fanciulla
Don Carlo, Act I: Domanda al ciel...Dio, che nell'alma infondere
Il Trovatore, Act IV: Se m'ami ancor...Ai nostri monti
Op. 38, No. 6: Pimpinella (Canzone floretina)
Rigoletto, Act III: Ella mi fu rapita!...Parmi veder le lagrime
Agnus Dei

Tracks:

Manon Lescaut, Act I: Donna non vidi mai
Ave Maria
Elegie (Song of Mourning)
Lasciati amar
Guardanno 'a luna
Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did Not Know
Fenesta che lucive
Stabat Mater: Cujus animam
The Palms
Cavalleria Rusticana: Mamma, Mamma, quel vino!...Voi dovrete far (Addio alla madre)
Otello, Act II: Oh! Mostruosa colpa!..Si, pel ciel
Op. 38, No. 1: Serenade de Don Juan
Amor mio
Manella mia
The Palms
Trusting Eyes
Serenade espagnole
Parted
Un ballo in maschera, Act I: Amici miei, soldati...La rivedra nell'estasi
Un ballo in maschera, Act I: Cosi scritto e lassu...E'scherzo od e follia

Tracks:

La Partida
El Milagro de la Virgen: Flores purisimas
La Traviata, Act I: Libiamo, libiamo (Brindisi)
Il Guarany (O Guarani), Act I: Sento una forza indomita
Hantis d'amour
Carman, Act I: Parle-moi de ma mere ( w Frances Alda)
La mia canzone
Cielo turchino
Pecche
Messa da requiem: Ingemisco
Il Duca d'Alba, Act IV: Angelo casto e bel
Si vous l'aviez compris
Les duex serenades: Serenade francaise
La procession
Le Cid, Act III: Ah! tout est bien fini!...O Souverain, o Juge,o Pere!
Luna d'estate
'O sole mio
La Reine de Saba, Act II: Faiblesse de la race humaine!...Inspirez-moi, race divine
Mia sposa sara la mia bandiera

Tracks:

Macbeth, Act IV: O fifgli, o figli miei...Ah, la paterna mano
La Boheme, Act IV: Vecchia zimarra, senti
Cantique de Noel
Sancta Maria
Tiempo antico
Santa Lucia
Op. 6, No. 5: Pourquoi?
Eugene Oneguine (Evgeny Onegin), Act II: Pour moi ce jour est tout mystere
Op. 102, No. 6: Chanson de juin
Andrea Chenier, Act IV: Come un bel di di maggio
Samson et Dalila, Act III: Vois ma misere, helas
Les pecheurs de perles, Act I: A cette voix quel trouble...Je crois entendre encore
Les pecheurs de perles, Act II: De mon amie, fleur endormie
Rigoletto, Act IV: Bella figlia dell'amore (Quartet)
Verdi: Bella figlia dell'amore (Quartet)
Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II: Chi mi frena in tal momento? (Sextet)
Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II: Chi mi frena in tal momento? (Sextet)
M'appari tutt'amor
Op. 5: Musica proibita
Uocchie celeste

Tracks:

L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra
L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra
Neron, Act II: Oh! lumiere du jour
Neron, Act III: Oh! lumiere du jour
A la luz de la luna
Sei morta ne la vita mia
La Partida
La forza del destino, Act III: Ne gustare m'e dato un'ora...Sleale! il segreto fu dunque violato
Over There...Par la-bas
Niedermeyer: Pieta, Signore
A Granada
Campane a sera
Inno di Garibaldi
Rosario Bourdon: La Campana di San Giusto
Le Regiment de Sambre et Meuse
Sultanto a tte
Samson et Dalila: Je viens celbrer la victoire
Venti scudi!

Tracks:

A' Vucchella
Vieni sul mar
Tu ca nun chiagne
L'addio a napoli
Nina (Tre giorni son che Nina)
Premiere caresse
Senza nisciuno
Salavator Rosa, Act I: Mia piccirella
Memories Of A Concert
Scordame
Love Me or Not
Serse, Act I: Frondi tenere e belle...Ombra mai fu (Largo)
Noche feliz
Rachel, quand du Seigneur
I' m'arricordo 'e Napule
Vaghissima sembianza
L'Africana (L'Africaine) Act III: Che dicon mai?...Deh, ch'io ritorni
Amadis de Gaule, Act III: Bois epais
A Dream
Petite Messe solennelle: Domine Deus
Petite Messe solennelle: Crucifixus

Amazon.com essential recording

From the youthful bloom and impetuous swagger of Enrico Caruso's debut 1902 recordings to the darker, almost baritonal overtones typifying his final sessions before the acoustic horn, the singer's resplendent vocalism and generous performing style remain the archetype for Italian tenors. As a child of the late 19th century, Caruso was prone to embellish upon composers' texts, yet his passion, communicative power, and soaring musicality transcend time. The Italian sessions from 1902 to 1904 and Caruso's recordings with piano between 1904 and 1905, along with two later sides, receive conventional, unaltered transfers. The remaining material is restored via the controversial Soundstream computer process, which fleshes out the lower partials of the voice while compromising its overtones, relegating the orchestral accompaniment to a rumbling backdrop rather than contributing partner. Yet many will find the Soundstream transfers easier on the ear. Those who wish to acquire the complete Caruso in a single package at midprice should not hesitate to purchase this significant set. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

No - the deffect is NOT on EVERY set!!!.......2006-12-08

The deffect that some previous reviewers were so mad about did not happen to my set. After purchasing it for two years and listening to the disks every other day, they are still shiny and beautiful like new. You can't use the word "EVERY" so cavelierly, because you have not listened to EVERY set.

The Master of Italian Tenor Singing-Get it.......2006-05-20

I have been collecting Caruso performance since 1960- of course they were on vinyl- I even had some 78's. I think the 78 and vinyl records produced a warmer tone, but it is a delight to have the Master's performances in one place. My vinyls are worn to shreds.

Except for the lighter and bel canto roles, Caruso is supreme in the Italian and some of the French repetoire. Last night I listened to the Quartet from Martha for the first time in many years. Caruso sings about a 20 second phrase beginning "Dormi
Pur" which had me in tears as it had in the past. The ease of Caruso cadenzas in "La donna e Mobile" and "Una Furtiva Lagrima" put most tenors with a 1/4 of Caruso's vocal weight and size to shame.

There are no American/Swedish or any other hyphenated Carusos. He was unique and I am a Bjoerling freak. I find it
odd that a previous reviwer mentioned Mario Lanza favorably with Caruso.

Lanza rarely performed on an opera stage. On recording his voice seems large but his singing is amateurish. He squeezes, forces, barks and croons. At times one can hear a pretty sound but I do not consider him a major opera singer.

Rudolf Bing's comment that people who heard Richard Tucker were just as lucky as those who heard Caruso is silly. Tucker was excellent but NOT Caruso.

Lauritz Melchior, in the heavy German repetoire and to my mind Otello, is as unique and uncomparable as Caruso is in the Italian and French repetoire.

WARNING-All Original Releases Corrode Because of Dye.......2005-04-24

EVERYONE who bought the ORIGINAL multi-disc release has seen each disc become unplayable through corrosion because of a dye used to print the label side. BMG is well aware of this and has been inundated with demands for replacement.

This set is available in a subsequently released BUDGET compilation, also available through AMAZON. There are no manufacturing defects.

from a 13 year old kid.......2005-03-15

it is a great cd. when they say complete, they mean complete! 12 cds about 70mins each. comes with booklet with recording dates and matrix #s. in cardboardy-leather box. i did not have a probelem with red batwing labels making a clear film. the set is from the 70's but is the quality that great any way? contains private recordings.

There are other, better options.......2004-05-17

I was surprised to see that this set was still available. These transfers were made in the late 1970's at the dawn of the digital era and were state of the art for that time. But in cleaning up the surface noise these old digital transfers seriously flatten out the sound of Caruso's voice.

I would suggest that people interested in Caruso check out the "complete" Caruso series on Naxos with new digital restorations by the great sound engineer/artist Ward Marston. On the Naxos CD's the voice is preserved in a much more natural and subtle sound while all of the other noises are eliminated as much as possible. It's much more satisfying and true to the original recordings than these old RCA transfers. If you're going to spend $130.00 you should have the best available. It's only fair to Caruso.

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