Dona Mariah's only daughter, Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos, was born in Salvador, Bahia and was brought up listening to music - on the radio always turned on in the house, in the record store where she worked as a teenager, at the Tenis Baiano Club - with friends, until she got in touch with the group of rising stars, such as Caetano Veloso who in the early '60s was already pioneering towards the new Brazilian Popular music. Later came the courage to come down to Rio and São Paulo. The first show in São Paulo, "Arena Canta Bahia", wasn't exactly a hit but who ever saw it, will never forget it: Gal still called herself "Gracinha", was quiet and thoughtful, listening most of the time and being only listened when she sang Bossa Nova standards. When everything became psychedelic and marvellous with Gilberto Gil's, Tom Ze's, Torquato Neto's antropophagic Tropicalismo, Maria de Graça turned into Gal (from the nickname "Gau", given by a younger cousin), Brazil was going through a dictatorship totally against new ideologies and concepts, and while Gil and Caetano chose to become political exiles in London, Gal took part in politically radical concerts, thighs and hair swaying to the sound of Jorge Benjor, Adoniram Barbosa, Luis Melodia, Roberto and Erasmo Carlos. Even then Gal already had the ability to turn any song immersed in prejudice, such as the wishy-washy romantic songs on the hit parades and the almost forgotten sambas by old composers, into dark jewels of unbelievable value for the cultural Brazilian soul. She started using words more and more, preferably to sing, to express herself through other composers' lyrics, she never wrote a song. The habits were changing and Gal was showing the change. She went through several periods: the belly button, and the barefoot periods, changing and trying to find the right temperature of a country made of miracles, highways, sugar cane, soccer World Cup, feathers and high-rises. Gal gave her name to the dunes of a beach in Rio. She was known to all who had long hair and colorful necklaces. She started to guide the camping groups of the first and last Brazilian hippies, natural rice and bananas - and set up a trademark, an enormous mouth with bloodred lipstick, bleeding over the Carnivals, bathed by the merry sounds of its music, the sun and an ever rising success. The campus stages and those of alternate show places suddenly became too small. It was time to cross the borders. And in the early '80s, several countries received her setting up an international bridge, with concerts in Japan, France, Israel, Argentina, USA, Portugal, Italy... "O Sorriso do Gato de Alice is the twentieth album of a career that confirming João Gilberto's omen, turned into one of the most successful in the international music world. Actually, as was previously said, Gal Costa's voice is our best exportation choice.
Domingo,Gal Costa e Caetano Veloso,Universal Int'l,Brazil,Brazilian,Brazilian Pop,Int'l & World Music,Jazz Music,Latin,Latin Continuum,Latin Pop,MPB,Tropicalia,World Music
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Nessun Dorma ~ 20 Great Tenor Arias / Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo, Bergonzi, Aragall, Björling, Di Stefano, Kollo, Corelli, Del Monaco...
Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000007OTX Release Date: 1998-06-09 |
Tracks:
- La Boheme: Che gelida manina
- Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai
- Carmen Bizet: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Flower Song)
- Luisa Miller: O! fede negar potessi .. Quando le sere al placido
- La Traviata: Lunge da lei ... De' miei bollenti spiriti
- Martha: M'appari
- Giordano: Amor ti vieta
- L'Africaine: Mi batte il cuor .. O paradiso
- La Favorita: Favorita del re . . . Spirto gentil
- Werther: 'Pourquoi me reveiller'
- Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: 'Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein'
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: O Dieu! De quelle ivresse
- TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle
- Pagliacci: Recitar! ... Vesti la giubba
- Il Trovatore: Di quella pira
- Aida: Se quel guerrier .. Celeste Aida
- TOSCA: Recondita armonia
- L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima
- La Gioconda: Cielo e mar!
- Turandot: Nessun dorma
Customer Reviews:
The End of the Big Voice?.......2007-04-16
Fla Gator Lady.......2007-01-12
20 Great Tenor Arias.......2007-01-09
Plesantly surprised..........2006-01-14
First it is a great buy. A booklet with pictures of each tenor, a small bio, the year recorded and TRANSLATIONS of each aria are provided. This is really nice. It seems more & more that translations are being left out. Being a former opera singer, I may know most of the words, but sometimes it's just nice to read along (sometimes it's just nice to listen too).
Being on the Decca label, there is admittedly quite a few Pavarotti selections. Out of 20 selections, he has 6 of them. But I love Pavarotti, so this is no problem for me. These are all early recordings & his voice is magnificent! Being a singer, I still marvel at his ability to sing "All'armi!" on a high D and still say the 2nd syllable "mi" on such a note! WOW. There is also of course his very sweet, impassioned and lyrical turn as Rodolfo in "La Boheme" as well as the lesser known (although I still have it on casette) "La Favorita" which has a particularly high tessitura.
Also featured are a young Plácido Domingo singing a VERY nice "Flower song/ La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" from Carmen. He usually sounds too pushed for me on the top notes (as one might expect from a Pavarotti fan, I like free top notes) but in this recording he is pretty darn fabulous. He also sings an aria from "Tales of Hoffman/Les Contes d'Hoffman" and I have always felt that he, like Neil Schicoff, were well suited to this role.
Lamentably there are only one selection each from Carreras, Correlli, Monaco, Aragall & Kollo. Especial kudos to the young recording they feature for Aragall. He had a very free and nice high tenor well suited to Verdi. Of course as his career went forward with the natural darkening of his voice and the "heavier" roles, he did start to develop a wobble. But this recording is before that. His top, his phrasing are all beautifully done in his featured aria from "La Traviata."
Mario del Monaco's "E lucevan le stelle" is hauntingly beautiful and has such a wonderful pianissimo in it that it makes you just want to gasp for beauty's sake. I now know every tenor I've heard sing this aria was trying to emulate what he did.
This is a great CD because it does bring together on one CD some of the greatest singers of the 20th/21st century. Bergonzi, di Stefano, Björling, in addition to the previously mentioned artists is quite an impressive collection. I'm sure there's only one of each for Carreras, Aragall (I believe they are formerly EMI/Angel artists) and perhaps some of the others because they are "imported" from another label. There's so much Pavarotti on this CD because he IS a Decca artist.
A highly recommended CD, affordable, not the usually obscure and unpolished artists that are sometimes found on compilations. Plus acutal linear notes and translations. Nicely done, Decca!!!
Absolutely Agree About Corelli.......2005-05-27
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Chant
Gregorian Chant , and The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002SKX Release Date: 1994-03-15 |
Tracks:
- Puer Natus Est Nobis: Intriot (Modo VII)
- Os Iusti: Gradual (Modo I)
- Christus Factus Est Pro Nobis: Gradual (Modo V)
- Mandatum Novum Do Vobis: Antiphonal And Psalm 132 (Modo III)
- Media Vita In Morte Sumus: Responsorio (Modo IV)
- Alleluia, Beatus Vir Qui Suffert: (Modo I)
- Spiritus Domini: Introit (Modo VIII)
- Improperium: Offertorio (Modo VIII)
- Laetatus Sum: Gradual (Modo VII)
- Kyrie XI - A: (Modo I)
- Puer Natus In Bethlehem: Ritmo (Modo I)
- Jacta Cogitatum Tuum: Gradual (Modo VII)
- Verbum Caro Factum Est: Responsorio (Modo VII)
- Genuit Puerpera Regem: Antiphonal And Psalm 99 (Modo II)
- Occuli Omnium: Gradual (Modo VII)
- Ave Mundi Spes Maria: Sequenza (Modo I)
- Kyrie Fons Bonitatis: Trope (Modo III)
- Veni Sancte Spiritus: Sequenza (Modo I)
- Hosanna Filio David: Antiphonal (Modo VII)
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Thanks to good marketing, good cover art, and good luck, this disc probably has sold more copies than most other recordings of Gregorian chant put together. It's often quipped that most of those discs have been listened to exactly once and put away--to the puzzlement of many musicians and critics, who point out that there are more beautiful, more varied performances by professional singers available. Yet the singing of these Spanish Benedictines has a special quality that probably explains this disc's popularity--a reverent serenity that no doubt stems from the fact that the monks are actually praying, not just performing. Granted, Chant can become a bit monotonous with repeated listening, but it really gives you the sense of devotion that has always been the purpose of "Gregorian" chant. If this recording (ahem) enchants you at first, wonderful. If you get bored with it later, don't give up--there has been an extraordinary variety of styles and sounds over the 1,500-year history of plainchant, so go exploring with Anonymous 4, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Sequentia, or Ensemble Organum. You won't be sorry. --Matthew WestphalCustomer Reviews:
Chant.......2007-06-25
Chant.......2007-03-09
Some things are ageless.
PEACE FROM WITHIN.......2007-01-09
Gregorian Chant.......2006-08-13
RELAXING.......2006-03-24
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Carreras · Domingo · Pavarotti ~ the three tenors in concert / Mehta
Francesco Cilea , Giacomo Meyerbeer , Giacomo Puccini , Franz Lehar , Vencenzo De Crescenzo , Salvatore Cardillo , Ernesto de Curtis , Agustin Lara , Pablo Sorozabal , Umberto Giordano , Leonard Bernstein , Vincenzo d' Annibale , Anonymous , Andrew Lloyd Webber , Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomizhsky , Juan De Dios Filiberto , Louis Louiguy , Ruggiero Leoncavallo , Rudolf Sieczynski , Joseph M. Lacalle , Eduardo di Capua , Zubin Mehta , Plácido Domingo , Luciano Pavarotti , and José Carreras Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000041XX Release Date: 1990-09-05 |
Tracks:
- Il Lamento Di Federico
- O Paradis
- Recondita Armonia - Luciano Pavarotti
- Dein ist Mein Ganzes Herz
- Rondine Al Nido - Luciano Pavarotti
- Core 'ngrato
- Torna A Surriento - Luciano Pavarotti
- Granada
- No Puede Ser
- L'impovviso
- E Lucevan Le Stelle
- Nessun Dorma
- Finale Medley: Maria - Tonight, 'O paese d' 'o sole, Cielito lINDO
- Memory, Ochi tchorniye, Caminito
- Mattinata ; Wien, Wien, Nur Du Allein, Amapola, 'O sole mio
- Encore: 'O sole mio
- Encore: Nessun Dorma
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Magic was created one starlit night in July 1990, when Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and José Carreras met onstage at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome and became the Three Tenors. They eschewed competitive instincts and cooperated in the spirit of mutual admiration to create one of the greatest musical events ever. This concert is an awe-inspiring orgy of the greatest hits for the tenor voice. Domingo and Pavarotti sing perfectly. The audience wins as these vocal supermen compete to seduce the hearts of the audience. One moment Domingo brings thrilling fire and pain to "E lucevan le stelle" from Tosca; the next, Pavarotti rises to heavenly heights in an inspired rendition of "Nessun dorma" from Turandot. Carreras is the competent little brother, one step behind the greatness of the big brothers from opera's Ponderosa. His singing isn't as captivating as that of the big boys; but his enthusiasm and passion are unrivaled. Mehta exquisitely captures the largeness of this bonanza through the grandiose orchestra. --Barbara Eisner BayerCustomer Reviews:
delivery went ok.......2006-11-14
A knockout performance .......2006-05-28
One of the most remarkable music performances I have seen.
The night that started it all!.......2005-11-02
If you are just discovering opera, suffice it to say; Buy this album!!! It was the concert that launched the 3 Tenors phenomenon. It is full of uplifting, heart- tugging favorites, and you will find yourself listening to it over and over. Buy the dvd as well. It imparts absolute electricity! I am a young pianist and vocalist, and this concert is truly inspiring to me! You won't regret one penny you spend on this!
Great singing from the three tenors.......2005-06-23
First of all I have to comment on the editorial review of this cd. I felt the reviewer is "belittling" José Carreras here by saying he's one step behind the big brothers and his singing isn't as captivating as that of the big boys.....?!?!? Of course I can only speak for myself, but I feel she's way out of line. And I'm starting to wonder if she's been listening to the cd at all? In my opinion you have to be dead not to be touched by his rendition of "Lamento di Federico" and "L'improvviso". If anybody can deliver a line it has to be Carreras. When it comes to his interpretation of "Granada" even conductor Zubin Mehta was gobsmacked. Watching the dvd you can see him putting down his baton and applauding. He even steps down from his podium to hug José.
I have to say I'm not too keen on the two other tenors, although I have to admit I loved Pavarotti's "Torna a Surriento" and "Rondine al nido". The thing about Pavarotti is that he has a great singing technique and he's also in possession of this "push-button" which make him sing a lot of high notes, but that alone isn't enough to stir emotion.
As for Domingo, even if he's giving it all in every song, and his "No puede ser" was great,I think he's a bit too much on the nasal side. He's okay when they all perform together, but his "E lucevan le stelle" is sending shivers down my spine - and not of delight. I'm practically unable to sit still and listen to his solos. If you really want "fire and pain" you should check out Carreras in the Tosca-recording from -80, or his recording from -76. It's really breathtaking and I promise you'll end up in tears!
At the end of this concert the three tenors perform a medley together. Their voices blend perfectly and it's powerful to listen to them giving it all. A lot of people are talking about their mis-pronounciations. I for one, think it only adds to the charm of the performers. Pavarotti has some problems with the English songs (okay, big problems..), Domingo stumbles in the words in the beginning of "Wien Wien nur du allein", and (this you'll see in the dvd) in the same song Carreras is actually reading the text from a piece of paper as he's singing and his facial expressions when getting his head around the German words are really hilarious. O sole mio as an encore is fabulous when Pavarotti pushes his button and shakes out all his high notes.... And I love it when the two other join forces and repeat his stunt to perfection.
All in all this is a wonderful album. And well worth 5 stars.... José alone gets 10 stars!!!
Excellent. Like summer sunshine. manna from heaven!.......2004-05-28
The concert was held during the World Cup in 1990 at the Baths of Caracella, which are ruins of the once great Roman baths. In this beautiful setting Luiciano Pavrotti, Jose Carreas and Placido Domingo came together for one of the best CD's ever made.
The singing is exquisite. The passion of the crowd in this live performance should equal the reaction of the listener. This is art at its highest level. It is a celebration of great music, not just of opera, but in my opinion, the soaring human spirit. What power to move the soul! You don't need to be an opera fan to enjoy this music. If you like any kind of music, you cannot help but be affected by the power of this special evening. And what an evening, those in attendance were lucky to have been there!!
The casual listener will already know some of these arias, as they are from some the great operas of all time. However, I believe even the most hardenend opera fan, unless he or she is a real stiff, cannot be helped to be but moved by this music.
It is heavenly! I recommend this CD to you, because in my humble opinion, it will bring sunshine to your heart!!! : )
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Perhaps Love
Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000025MJ Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- He Couldn't Love You More
- Sometimes A Day Goes By (From 'Woman Of the Year')
- Annie's Song
- Time After Time (From 'It Happened In Brooklyn')
- To Love
- Perhaps Love
- Now While I Still Remember How
- Yesterday
- My Treasure
- An American Hymn (From 'East Of Eden')
Customer Reviews:
escellent recording.......2007-05-30
Lovely love music by a classical voice.......2007-05-07
Perhaps Love.......2007-02-10
Great.......2006-08-06
Our wedding songs!.......2006-03-19
We've worn out two casette tapes, so I recently ordered the CD.
If you haven't heard the album, it probably seems like a weird combination of voices and styles, but it actually works incredibly well. If you like love songs, I can't imagine not liking this.
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The Best of the Three Tenors
Luciano Pavarotti , Placido Domingo , Jose Carerras , Zubin Mehta , and James Levine Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004UB8A Release Date: 2002-06-11 |
Tracks:
- 'O sole mio
- Funiculi, funicula
- Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)
- Sous le ciel de Paris
- Torero quiero ser
- Parlami d'amore, Mariu
- Manha de Carnaval
- Lolita
- Dicitencello vuie
- Core 'ngrato
- Because
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- Singin' In The Rain
- Maria
- Tonight
- 'O paese d' 'o sole
- Cielito lindo
- Ochi tchorniye
- Caminito
- La Vie en Rose
- Mattinata
- Wien, Wien, nur du allein
- Amapola
- Lippen schweigen
- Brazil
- Sous les ponts de Paris
- Torna a Surriento
- Nessun dorma
- La donna e mobile
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Back in 1990, three of the world's most celebrated tenors--namely, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti--combined forces to create the Three Tenors, now celebrated on a best-of CD. They gave their first concert in Rome. The event was recorded and went on to become one of the best-selling classical titles of all time.This latest release brings together tracks from that night in Rome (including "Nessun dorma" and a competitive rendition of "O sole mio") with music performed in a 1994 concert in Los Angeles and at the 1998 event in Paris where the Three Tenors sang to an audience of thousands with the Eiffel Tower as their backdrop.
The 22 tracks making up The Best of the Three Tenors range from operatic standards, such as the joyful "Brindisi" from La Traviata, to popular songs like "Singin' in the Rain" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" (from Carousel). There are no solos on this disc; each piece is performed by all three singers. And with plenty of applause and cheering to be heard, not to mention the sense of fun in the singers' voices, the disc captures the atmosphere of these extraordinary musical events. --Rebecca Agnew
Customer Reviews:
Nice songs from this album.......2007-07-22
Not bad.......2006-03-18
The best from the three greatest..........2005-08-11
There are no solos on the cd. I think I've read somewhere that they felt there had been enough "three tenors cd's" and if they were to release yet another one it would be one containing what the audience demands, the three of them joining forces and performing together in the songs.
The result, in my opinion is highly recommendable. The three voices blend perfectly together. I have to admit that I have a personal favourite among the tenors and that I would never buy an entire recording featuring only one of the two others, but I recognize their talents and -as stupid as it may sound- since they are performing together I can also appreciate the other two. (I like them too, but in smaller doses....)Some people have commented on their problems with mastering the english language. If anything, I think it just adds to their charm. By the way, who is perfect??
The songs on this cd is a mixture of beautiful songs, heartwrenching songs, toe-tapping songs and powerful songs. It's wonderful to just listen to the beauty in the three voices. It's fun hearing Pavarotti pushing his "high-note-button" in "O sole mio" and Carreras and Domingo copying his stunt. I have no idea what they're singing about in "Manha de Carnaval", but boy does it sound romantic...... And "Dicitencello vuie" brings tears to my eyes (even if I'm still left in the dark when it comes to understanding the meaning of the words...) In "Because" Carreras takes my breath away when singing "because God made thee mine, I'll cherish thee...through light and darkness, through all time to be, and pray his love may make our love divine...." (What woman wouldn't like to hear those words..??!?) Their rendition of "You'll never walk alone" should satisfy some of the soccer-fans since it's the anthem of a European football-club and "Nessun Dorma" will probably satisfy the rest of the soccer-fans, being the antheme of the 1998 world soccer championship. In short, there should be something for every taste on this cd.
It's a very "versatile" cd. You can play it almost everywhere. You can sing along to it in the car, you can dance around the house to it while doing your chores, you can put your feet up and unwind after a hectic week. Or you can write an Amazon review while listening to it.... (Feel free to add suggestions of your own here.....)
To make a long story short - a very enjoyable cd!
Just Like the Real Thing!.......2005-07-14
Powerful and moving!.......2004-10-21
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The Ultimate Puccini Collection
Giacomo Puccini , Herbert von Karajan , Riccardo Chailly , Stephen Barlow , Tullio Serafin , Lorin Maazel , Sir Edward Downes , Giuseppe Patane , Zubin Mehta , Alberto Erede , John Mauceri , Plácido Domingo , José Carreras , Kiri Te Kanawa , John Alldis Choir , Luciano Pavarotti , London Philharmonic Orchestra , Bologna Community Theater Orchestra , Ettore Bastianini , Carlo Bergonzi , Renato Cesari , Fernando Corena , Cesare Siepi , Renata Tebaldi , Gianna D'Angelo , Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra , Franco Corelli , Alfredo Mariotti , Regine Crespin , Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden , London Symphony Orchestra , Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra , Rome Opera House Orchestra , Pilar Lorengar , Berlin Philharmonic Brass Ensemble , Mirella Freni , Rolando Panerai , Jussi Bjorling , Leontyne Price , and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000007OU1 Release Date: 1998-06-09 |
Tracks:
- Turnadot: Nessun Dorma!
- Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro
- Manon Lescaut: Donna Non Vidi Mai
- La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz Song
- Tosca: Recondita Armonia
- Madame Butterfly: Un Bel Di
- TOSCA: E Lucevan Le Stelle
- La rondine: Il Sogno Di Doretta
- La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina
- La Boheme: Si, Mi Chiamano Mini
- La Boheme: O Soave Fanciulla - Love Duet, Act I
- Ch'ella mi creda libero
- TOSCA: Ah, Quegli Occhi...Qual'occhio Al Mondo - Love Duet, Act I
- TOSCA: Vissi D'Arte
- Madame Butterfly: Vogliatemi Bene - Love Duet, Act I
- La Boheme: Donde Lieta Usci
- Turandot: Signore, Ascolta!
- Turandot: In Questa Reggia
Amazon.com essential recording
Ordinarily, it pays to be wary of collections such as these, which often promise a lot but deliver a mishmash of disconnected excerpts. This disc, however, is something of an exception: you really do get just about all of Puccini's best arias, which is possible, because he didn't write so many operas that choosing the best moments becomes a matter of the producer's personal taste. Also, Puccini's operas are so popular that every major label has excellent complete recordings of all of them, so in making this compilation it was possible to cast from strength: all the singers here are fine. In fact, the only proviso that needs to be made before you rush out and add this disc to your collection is that it's wrong to assume that all of Puccini's best tunes lie in his arias. The opening 10 minutes of any one of his operas will tell you that's not true. So by all means enjoy this disc--then start sampling the operas complete. --David HurwitzCustomer Reviews:
Correction to the entry by "sergiocqh".......2005-11-08
Fantastic!.......2003-10-14
HATE OPERA? THIS ONE WILL CHANGE YOUR MIND.......2003-09-04
A great listening experience featuring some of the greatest opera performers of all time.
"Ultimate" only if you like your opera "al fresco"!.......2002-06-13
Wonderful Performance but Average Recording Quality.......2002-02-18
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Chant II
Gregorian Chant , Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta , and Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002SLS Release Date: 1995-10-17 |
Tracks:
- Da Pacem, Domine: Introit
- Haec Dies Quam Fecit Dominus: Gradual
- Victimae Paschali Laudes: Sequence
- Alleluia. Vir Dei Benedictus: Alleluia
- Kyrie, Fons Bonitatis: Trope
- Quam Magnificata Sunt Opera Tua Domine: Responsory
- Ut Queant Laxis Resonare Fibris: Hymn
- Cibavit Eos Ex Adipe Furmenti: Introit
- Oculi Omnium In Te Sperant: Gradual
- Spirtus Domini Replevit Orbem Terrarum: Introit
- Alleluia. Veni Sancte Spiritus: Alleluia
- Os Justi Meditabitur Sapientiam: Gradual
- Kyrie 'Lux Et Origo'
- Gloria In Excelsis Deo
- Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth
- Agnus Dei, Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
- Ave Mundi Spes Maria: Sequence
- Media Vita In Morte Sumus: Responsory
- Salve, Regina, Mater Misericordiae: Antiphon
Customer Reviews:
efficaciously relaxing.......2007-06-27
very calming.......2007-01-19
Beautiful.......2005-08-28
Same Question As Before.......2003-04-24
Same Quation As Before.......2003-04-24
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Verdi - Aida / Caballé · Domingo · Cossotto · Ghiaurov · Cappuccilli · Roni · NPO · Muti
Giuseppe Verdi , Riccardo Muti , Montserrat Caballe , Placido Domingo , New Philharmonia Orchestra , Choir of the Royal Opera House Covent Ga , Fiorenza Cossotto , Nicolai Ghiaurov , Piero Cappuccilli , and Luigi Roni Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005NW0C Release Date: 2001-09-11 |
Tracks:
- Prld
- Act 1, Scene 1: Si, Corre Voce Che L'Etiope Ardisca
- Act 1, Scene 1: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!
- Act 1, Scene 1: Celeste Aida
- Act 1, Scene 1: Quale Insolita Gioia Nel Tuo Sguardo!
- Act 1, Scene 1: Vieni, O Diletta, Appressati
- Act 1, Scene 1: Alta Cagion V'aduna
- Act 1, Scene 1: Su! De Nilo Al Sacro Lido
- Act 1, Scene 1: Ritorna Vincitor!
- Act 1, Scene 1: I Sacri Nomi Di Padre, D'amante
- Act 1, Scene 2: Possente, Possente Ftha
- Act 1, Scene 2: Danza Sacra Delle Sacerdotesse
- Act 1, Scene 2: Mortal, Diletto Ai Numi
- Act 1, Scene 2: Nume, Custode E Vindice
Tracks:
- Act 2, Scene 1: Chi Mai Fra Gl'Inni E I Plausi
- Act 2, Scene 1: Danza Degli Schiavi Mori
- Act 2, Scene 1: Vieni, Sul Crin Ti Piovano
- Act 2, Scene 1: Fu La Sorte Dell'armi A' Tuoi Funesta
- Act 2, Scene 1: Ebben, Qual Nuovo Fremito T'Assal, Gentile Aida?
- Act 2, Scene 1: Pieta Ti Prenda Del Mio Dolor
- Act 2, Scene 1: Su! Del Nilo Al Sacro Lido
- Act 2, Scene 2: Gloria All'Egitto, Ad Iside
- Act 2, Scene 2: Marcia Trionfale
- Act 2, Scene 2: Ballabile
- Act 2, Scene 2: Vieni, O Guerriero Vindice
- Act 2, Scene 2: Salvator Della Patria
- Act 2, Scene 2: Che Veggo! Egli? Mio Padre!
- Act 2, Scene 2: Ma Tu, Re, Tu Signore Possente
- Act 2, Scene 2: Il Dolor Che In Quel Volto Favella
- Act 2, Scene 2: O Re, Pei Sacri Numi
- Act 2, Scene 2: Gloria All'Egitto, Ad Iside
Tracks:
- Act 3: O Tu Che Sei D'Osiride
- Act 3: Vieni D'Iside Al Tempio
- Act 3: Qui Radames Verra!
- Act 3: O Patria Mia
- Act 3: Ciel! Mio Padre!
- Act 3: In Armi Ora Si Desta Il Popol Nostro
- Act 3: Padre, A Costoro Schiava Non Sono
- Act 3: Pur Ti Riveggo, Mia Dolce Aida
- Act 3: Nel Fiero Anelito Di Nuova Guerra
- Act 3: Fuggiam Gli Ardori Inospiti... La, Tra Foreste Vergini
- Act 3: Aida!... Tu Non M'Ami
- Act 3: Ma, Dimmi: Per Quale Via
- Act 3: Traditor!... La Mia Rival!
- Act 4, Scene 1: L'Aborrita Rivale A Me Sfuggia
- Act 4, Scene 1: Gia I Sacerdoti Adunansi
- Act 4, Scene 1: No, Vive Aida!... Vive!
- Act 4, Scene 1: Ohime! Morir Mi Sento!
- Act 4, Scene 1: Spirto Del Nume, Sovra Noi Discendi!
- Act 4, Scene 1: Radames, Radames, Radames
- Act 4, Scene 1: A Lui Vivo, La Tomba!
- Act 4, Scene 2: La Fatal Pietra Sovra Me Si Chiuse
- Act 4, Scene 2: Presago Il Core Della Tua Condanna
- Act 4, Scene 2: Vedi? Di Morte L'Angelo
- Act 4, Scene 2: O Terra, Addio
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Behind the pyramids and the elephants, the long lines of prisoners of war and of slaves carrying booty, the choral shouts of "Glory to Egypt," and the splendid brass sounding the Triumphal March, Aida is the story of a love triangle: Aida, an Ethiopian princess who has become a slave in Egypt; Amneris, an Egyptian princess; and Radamès, the Egyptian general they both love (Aida secretly). There are ironies and conflicts: How can she love a man who is the enemy of her country, but who says he has fought and conquered for the sake of her love? It is suitable only for the biggest opera houses and therefore demands voices capable of great power as well as emotional expressiveness. Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, and Fiorenza Cossotto provide such voices, and Ricardo Muti conducts with a sense of drama and dynastic glory. --Joe McLellanCustomer Reviews:
Marvelous Aida!.......2007-02-27
However, the main reason for me to purchase this set is for the high-octane performance of Amneris given by Fiorenza Cossotto. This brilliant mezzo soprano, whose career is suprisingly still ongoing, has a voice that was tailored to the temperaments of the Verdi mezzo roles. I think that while Giulietta Simionato may have had a warmer timbre, Cossotto inhabited the psychologies of her characters better. I have never heard a more demented Azucena from any other singer, and my recordings of her Eboli show a singer whose grace and elan are unequalled, even by the great Simionato. Her Adalgisa shows a secure instrument that is fluent in coloratura and brilliant in the top registers. Her Santuzza literally puts several sopranos into shame. Her Leonore from Donizetti's La Favorita is a reference performance, equipped with all the coloratura and very large, brilliant high notes. Her Dalila is simply seductive and powerful. Her Principessa di Boullion is menacing, and her Carmen is rightfully seductive. Her recorded Preziosilla on Levine's Forza is perhaps the most accurate and fun interpretation of the gypsy part I've ever heard. Her Lady Macbeth is fierce, and her Rosina is no pushover. Her Amneris, a role which she essayed frequently in many of the world's great theaters, is perhaps the definitive interpretation of the role. Neither Simionato or Barbieri could touch Fiorenza in the thrilling chest notes and the regal interpretation she gave the role. For her, and of course for the cast and Muti, should you buy this set. While some may find Tebaldi's Aida definitive, no one, in my opinion, can skirt around Cossotto's magnificent Amneris. Buy this Aida. It is an essential for any collection.
Is there any Aida without pluses and minuses?.......2006-06-01
Best conducting: Karajan on both his readings, the first for Decca in the early Sixties, the second for EMI in 1980. He has the glorious Vienna Phil. on both--for richness, depth, drama, and splendor nothing equals them. Karrajan himself provides a continuous outpouring of insights into Verdi's deceptively simple score.
Best Aida: For many, Leontyne Price will always be defined by this role, her signature for two decades and perfectly suited to her voice, with its dusky low range and incredible floated high notes. She sounds much fresher in her first RCA recording with Solti than in the remake with Leinsdorf. For other listeners there is no replacement for Callas and her intense involvement with the role, while Tebadi stands out for sheer lusciousness of voice.
Best Rhadames: Bjorling really didn't have the heft to sing this role onstage, but pairing Milanov in a classic RCA mono recording he sounds, as always, ravishing in style and tone. Vickers attacks the role with incredible intensity but is singularly un-Italian despite his glorious, heroic volume of sound. Among stylish tenors with smaller voices, Bergonzi under Karajan, paired with Tebaldi, wins high critical praise. Domingo, for all his virtues, always seems to come in second best.
Let's say we stop there; it's easy to see why the Price-Vickers-Solti set has such a strong following, and also the Tebaldi-Bergonzi-Karajan set. But complaints have always arisen about both, that Vickers has no Italian style and Solti conducts with brazen vulgarity. In the other set, the grouse is that Tebaldi wasn't in best voice and sounds too imperious, while Bergonzi, for all his polish, isn't a viscerally exciting Rhadames.
This carping opened the way for the 70's EMI set with Caballe and Domingo in their vocal prime. Muti conducts skilfully, moving the drama along quickly and with a refreshing lack of overdone sentimentality. Caballe isn't a spinto-dramatic soprano as called for, but she sings for the microphone with wonderful nuance and pathos (I find her less droopy than she often was). Domingo exhibits perfect tone and style, but his reading is a bit callow compared ot what he would achieve later in his career. In other words, there's no true greatness in any part but the whole hangs together nicely. It must be noted, though, that the bland Capuccilli as Amonasro ruins the drama of the Nile scene.
My review, such as it is, stops here, since other reviewers listed below have detailed the specifics of this recording. But I'd like to offer some notes about all the Aidas I've encountered over the years.
--Aida was Birgit Nilsson's best Italian role, and in her EMI recording she softens her steely tone and makes quite a nice success for herself. She is partnered with Corelli, whose vulgar bawling makes him unlistenable to my ears, but if you admire him, this performance led by a young Zubin Mehta ranks with the Caballe-Domingo one.
--Callas must be listened to on her own, or with Gobbi when he enters as her father in Act 3. Their Nile scene is incomparable, not to be missed. Too bad it's ruined by the entrance of the horribly stentorian, unstylish Richard Tucker, a huge blemish on this recording.
--Abbado should have come through with Aida from La Scala when he was musical director there, but his reading for DG is cautious and bland (the same goes for a live performance on Opera d'Oro with Arroyo and Domingo--they aren't great, either, though very good).
--Aidas who can't really manage the part include Katia Ricciarelli for Abbado and Freni for Karajan in his EMI remake (she's wildly overparted but moving and artistic nonetheless). Aprile Millo for Levine from the Met (Sony) can sing the notes but has nothing interesting to tell us. Heresy to say, but I feel the same way about the revered Zinka Milanov with Bjorling on RCA.
--A Rhadames who can't really sing the part is Carreras under Karajan, but he gives his all trying. Pavarotti sang the role both on stage and on disc (with an unknown and forgettable Aida), but his lyric tenor isn't right. Having said that, I was surprised at how enjoyable his Decca performance is. Domingo has sung the role for Muti, Leinsdorf, Abbado, and Levine. All are very good; probably the best is with Leinsdorf, a shame since the conducting is prosaic and the bloom was off Price's voice by then.
--Uninspired condcuting honors go to Leinsdorf, but I get little out of Levine's hectic, impesonal work on Sony, and the sainted Tulio Serafin on the Callas set is authentic but rather workaday. When it comes down to it, Solti for all his vulgarisms threw himself into his preformance, while Karajan is the greatest maestro to take on the opera, pace the fans of Toscanini, whose fiery reading isn't to my taste, even if it didn't have a second-rate cast and boxy, wooden sonics.
The most intimate of stories amidst spectacle sing with musical splendor!.......2005-11-11
HYPERBOLICAL AND GRANDIOSE.......2003-09-16
I suspect that singers who can surmount the musical challenge as triumphantly as these do just find that they are acting superbly as well. The conducting helps just a little of course. Verdi's orchestral conception has now advanced beyond the 'big guitar' stage and the sumptuous sound Muti obtains and the strong forward thrust of his tempi creats an enthralling sense of grandeur. I had to listen to this Aida without interruption, just carried along by the sheer power of it. Loss of spontaneity? -- not a bit of it. The Requiem was still to come, and nobody has ever found any loss of spontaneity in that. For all the heartbreaking tenderness and pathos the final impression left is of an overpowering drama.
JUSTIFIES ITS FAME! Powerful, beautiful and exciting!.......2003-02-27
Although I prefer Caballe in bel canto, as Aida she is superb, full of lyricism. Moreover, Caballe gives here one of her most dramatic studio performances. She doesn't have young Tebaldi's heavenly spinto sound but Montserrat's golden tone is almost equally affective. Notice Caballe's amazing vocal technique; the endless breath, the even registers and the seamless phrasing.
Domingo sings one of his most famous roles. He and Caballe have similar creamy voices and this makes the Aida-Radames duets very successful. He repeated the role in studio many times later but his partnership with Caballe produced the best results. Cossotto, Cappuccilli and Ghiaurov are flawless and remain my favourite Amneris, Amonastro and Ramfis. Muti conducts with grandness and lyricism and creates a masterful AIDA.
Even though this is THE BEST ALL-AROUND AIDA, other sopranos have also given great performances. Arroyo, Milanov, Price and Tebaldi are all superb (each in their own way). More recently, Millo has also successfully performed the title role.
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Gitano
Rolando Villazon & Placido Domingo Manufacturer: Virgin Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000FIHZLE Release Date: 2007-02-06 |
Tracks:
- No puede ser (Sorozabal: La tabernera del puerto)
- Por el humo se sabe donde esta el fuego (Vives: Dona Francisquita)
- Cancion guajira (Serrano: La alegria del batallon)
- Pajarin, tu que vuelas (Luna: La picara molinera)
- De este apacible rincon de Madrid (Moreno Torroba: Luisa Fernanda)
- Bella enamorada (Soutullo & Vert: El ultimo ramontico)
- La roca fria del Calvario (Relato) (Serrano: La dolorosa)
- Mi aldea (Guerrero: Los gavilanes)
- Raquel (Guerrero: El huesped del Sevillano)
- Suena guitarrico mio (Jota de Perico) (Perez Soriano: El guitarrico)
- Te quiero, morena (Jota) (Serrano: El trust de los tenorios)
- Madrilena bonita (Sorozabal: La del manojo de rosas)
- Ya mis horas felices (Soutullo & Vert: La del soto del Parral)
- Amor, vida de mi vida (Moreno Torroba: Maravilla)
- Un gitano sin su honor (Cano: Luna)
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Zarzuela--the Spanish theatrical form that is half-way between what we know as musical comedy and opera--requires as much from the singer as opera. Teresa Berganza, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, and others have popularized it somewhat in the past 20 years, and this terrific new CD from superstar tenor Rolando Villazon should convince others of the music's worth. The selections are filled with heartfelt emotions - love, loss, joy - and the remarkable Villazon inflects his essentially dark-hued voice so intelligently and sensitively that he embodies each experience. He's a tenor with ideas, seemingly incapable of phoning in a performance: the lovely, soft ending to an aria by Pablo Luna stands in wonderful contrast with a near-heroic number by Jacinto Guerrero about loving one's home. So much of great singing is about inflection: Villazon is a master of subtlety. It certainly doesn't hurt that he's singing in his native language and that the orchestra is being led by another famous Spanish tenor, Placido Domingo. A greatly enjoyable CD. --Robert LevineCustomer Reviews:
A Spoil Sport?.......2007-07-28
Gitano.......2007-07-16
Tenor Villazon.......2007-06-27
A Mexican Star Makes Spanish Music Great.......2007-04-14
Magnificent performances.......2007-03-21
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Andrew Lloyd Webber - Requiem / Domingo, Brightman, ECO, Maazel
Andrew Lloyd Webber , English Chamber Orchestra , Lorin Maazel , Plácido Domingo , Sarah Brightman , and Winchester Cathedral Choir Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000428O Release Date: 1995-11-14 |
Tracks:
- Requiem: Requiem & Kyrie
- Requiem: Dies Irae ... Rex Tremendae
- Requiem: Recordare
- Requiem: Ingemisco ... Lacrymosa
- Requiem: Offertorium
- Requiem: Hosanna
- Requiem: Pie Jesu
- Requiem: Lux Aeterna & Libera Me
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Before Andrew Lloyd Webber's seemingly endless run of Broadway shows, when he was known primarily for Jesus Christ Superstar, he managed to write this dramatic, tuneful, occasionally powerful religious work. Although Lloyd Webber takes some liberties with the text and organization of the traditional Requiem mass, the result is a unified and finely crafted composition. There are exciting moments in the "Dies irae" and in the "Lacrymosa", where voices and orchestra are most effectively used to convey the desperate yet hopeful feeling of the text. This work isn't performed much these days in its entirety, but, as in many of Lloyd Webber's musicals, it produced a "hit" tune--the "Pie Jesu"--whose popularity alone could have kept the composer living comfortably for the rest of his life. --David VernierCustomer Reviews:
Sir Andrew should stick to musicals.......2007-03-14
One Great Song.......2007-03-13
Not quite good enough...........2007-02-14
Only game in town.......2006-11-10
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S MOST SOLEMN PIECE OF MUSIC.......2006-09-17
The result of this effort is captured on this CD in form of a requiem mass. This precise form, immortalized by the likes of Verdi and Mozart in the past, seems an awkward and a rather risky choice for a composer who became famous by revitalizing the concept and the perception of the modern musical theatre. And yet, the whole piece managed not only to be embraced by the public, but also it established itself as an important contribution to the genre.
All of the mass parts as recorded on this CD manage to invoke the much needed feeling this type of work requires. The opening `Requiem and Kyrie' number, with its gentle tune, a moving chorus accompaniment and the mixture of the capital voices leaves a deep and haunting feeling with the listener. We can oppose such quiet and dark moments with the fiery strength of `Dies irae', whose music captures the dramatic pace of the written word. `Hosanna', on the other hand, is something you would expect out of this composer-a big, lush melody, with strong choral back up and crescendos. One must also make reference to `Pie Jesu', probably the most touching passage in this score, which became the best known part from this whole piece. Its gentle melody works better as a part of the whole score. Nowadays it reached a new generation of listeners when it was recorded by a young soprano Charlotte Church.
One of the sources this requiem draws its power from is its cast. It was conceived for a high soprano, a treble and a tenor. The soloists who sing these voices are of top class. We have Sarah Brightman (who was then married to Lloyd Webber), Placido Domingo (who reached international stardom a couple of years later as one of the three tenors) and a young boy Paul Miles-Kinsgston. Their voices are perfect for the score and make an excellent bland. Lorin Maazel, a world famous maestro, conducted both this recording and the subsequent world premiere performance in February 1985 at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in New York.
Both the album and the single `Pie Jesu' reached the UK top 10 and the critics honored this piece by awarding Andrew Lloyd Webber a Grammy Award for the best contemporary classical piece.
The other important point this score makes is the fact how gifted a composer ALW really is, easily moving between the world of the classical and the musical theatre music, something his detractors have never seem to grasp or appreciate. This CD is therefore both the proof of a talent as it is a successful representative of the genre.
The fans of this style should have no trouble in liking it and it should also make a nice addition to the collection of ALW's work. Also, it may just serve as a much needed comfort during the time of mourning. When my 93-year old great grandmother Monika died this January, this music was a perfect choice to listen to while thinking about the loss of a loved person and commemorating the event in a most personal way. I would like to dedicate this review to the memory of her.
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