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| 3. Cuando Volveras |
| 4. Doce Meses de Soledad |
| 5. Corazon de Mujer |
| 6. Espérame en el Cielo - Dyango, Nana Mouskouri |
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| 10. Noche Contigo |
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Les Introuvables Du Chant Verdien
Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000051W4C Release Date: 2001-02-13 |
Tracks:
- Ernani: Act I: Surta E La Notte... Ernani! Ernani, Involami - Frieda Hempel
- Ernani: Act I: Che Mai Vegg'io!... Infelice!... Infin Che Un Brando Vindice - Boris Christoff
- Ernani: Act II: Vieni Meco... - Mattia Battistini/Emillia Cors/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scala
- Ernani: Act III: O De' Verd'anni Miei - Giuseppe Kaschmann/Salvatore Cottone
- Ernani: Act III: Gran Dio!... O De' Verd'anni Miei - Benvenuto Franci
- Ernani: Act III: O Sommo Carlo - Mattia Battistini/Emillia Corsi/Luigi Colazza/Aristodemo Silich/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scala
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Tacea La Notte Placida - Giannina Arangi-Lombardi
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Deserto Sulla Terra - Francesco Tamagno
- Il Trovatore: Act II: Stride La Vampa! - Fedora Barbiera
- Il Trovatore: Act II: Condotta Ell'era In Ceppi - Margarete Klose
- Il Trovatore: Act II: Perigliarti Ancor (Sung In German) - Margarete Matzenauer/Heinrich Knote
- Il Trovatore: Act II: Il Balen Del Suo Sorriso - Giuseppe Pacini
- Il Trovatore: Act III: Ah! Si Ben Mio, Coll'essere - Charles Dalmores
- Il Trovatore: Act III: Di Quella Pira (Sung In French) - Cesar Vezzani
- Il Trovatore: Act III: Di Quella Pira - Jussi Bjorling
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Timor Di Me?... D'amor Sull'ali Rosee - Emmy Destinn
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: D'amor Sull'ali Rosee (Sung In German) - Frida Leider
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: D'amor Sull'ali Rosee - EVA TURNER
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Udiste?... Mira, D'acerbe Lagrime... Vivra! - Carlo Galeffi/Giannina Arragi-Lombardi
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Si M'ami Ancor... Ai Nostri Monti - Beniamino Gigli/Cloe Elmo
Tracks:
- Macbeth: Act II: La Luce Langue (Sung In German) - Martha Modl
- Macbeth: Act IV: O Figli, O Figli Mie!... Ah La Paterna Mano - Enrico Caruso
- Macbeth: Act IV: Una Macchia E Qui Tuttora - Margherita Grandi/Vera Terry/Ernest Frank
- Rigoletto: Act I: Questa O Quella - Alfred Piccaver
- Rigoletto: Act I: Questa O Quella - Dino Borgioli
- Rigoletto: Act I: Pari Siamo! - Tito Gobbi
- Rigoletto: Act I: Gia Tre Lune... Veglia, O Donna (Sung In German) - Claire Dux/Joseph Schwartz
- Rigoletto: Act I: E Il Sol Dell'anima (Sung In French) - Miguel Villabella/Elde Norena
- Rigoletto: Act I: Caro Nome (Sung In Russian) - Lydia Lipowska
- Rigoletto: Act I: Caro Nome (Sung In German) - Maria Ivogun
- Rigoletto: Act II: Cortigiani, Vil Razza Damnata (Sung In German) - Joseph Schwarz
- Rigoletto: Act II: Cortigianni, Vil Razza Damnata - Pasquale Amato
- Rigoletto: Act II: Ciel! Dammi Corraggio! Tutte Le Feste - Olimpia Boronat
- Rigoletto: Act II: Tutte Le Feste... Piangi Fanciulla - Lotte Schone/Herbert Janssen
- Rigoletto: Act II: No, Vecchio, T'inganni... Si Vendetta - Maria Galvany
- Rigoletto: Act III: La Donna E Mobile - Enrico Caruso
- Rigoletto: Act III: La Donna E Mobile - Tino Folgar
- Rigoletto: Act III: Bella Figlia Dell'amore - Beniamino Gigli/Louise Homer/Amelita Galli-Curci/Giuseppe De Luca
- Rigoletto: Act III: O Mia Gilda... Lassu In Ciel - Tito Ruffo/Graziella Pareto
Tracks:
- Simon Boccanegra: Prologuo: A Te L'estremo Addio... Il Lacerto Spirito - Francesco Navarini
- Simon Boccanegra: Prologuo: A te L'estremo Addio... Il Lacertato Spirito - Alexander Kipnis
- La Traviata: Act I: Un Di, Felice - Bjorn Talen/Lola Artot De Padila
- La Traviata: Act I: Ah Fors' e Lui (Sung In Russian) - Antonina Neshdanova/Umberto Mazetti
- La Traviata: Act I: Ah Fors'e Lui - Maria kousnezoff
- La Traviata: Act I: Ah Fors'e Lui... Follie!... Sempre Libera - Luisa Tetrazzini
- La Traviata: Act II: De' Miel Bollenti Spiriti - Fernando De Lucia
- La Traviata: Act II: Lunge Da Lei... De' Miei Bollentti Spiriti - Giuseppe Di Stefano
- La Traviata: Act II: Dite Alla Giovine - Nellie Melba/John Brownlee/Harold Craxton
- La Traviata: Act II: Madamigella Valery?... Pura Siccome Un Angelo... Dite Alla Giovine - Rolando Panerai/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
- La Traviata: Act II: Che Fai? Nulla Scrivevi? (Sung In German) - Helge Roswaenge/Maria Cebotari
- La Traviata: Act II: Mio Figlio... Di Provenza - Mattia Battistini
- La Traviata: Act II: Alfredo, Alfredo... - Lilli Lehmann
- La Traviata: Act III: Teneste La Promessa... Addio, Del Passato - Claudio Muzio
- La Traviata: Act III: Teneste La Promessa... Addio De Passato - Margherita Carosio
Tracks:
- Nabucco: Act I: Sperate, O Figli - Nazzareno De Angelis
- Nabucco: Act II: Anch'io Dischiuso Un Giorno - Ines De Frate
- Nabucco: Act III: Ah! Prigioniero Io Sono... Dio Di Giuda - Carlo Galeffi
- La Forza Del Destino: Act I: Ma Pellegrina Ed Orfana - Gina Cigna
- La Forza Del Destino: Act II: Madre, Pietosa Vergine - Celestina Boninsegna
- La Forza Del Destino: Act II: Son Giunta!... Madre, Pietosa Vergine - Dusolina Giannini
- La Forza Del Destino: Act II: Chi Puo Legger Nel Futoro (Sung In German) - Ivan Andresen/Meta Seinemeyer
- La Forza Del Destino: Act II: Alzatevi... La Vergine Degli Angeli - Ezio Pinza/Rosa Ponselle/Chor Of The Metropolitan Opr
- La Forza Del Destino: Act III: O Tu Che In Seno Agli Angeli - Francesco Merli
- La Forza Del Destino: Act III: Solene In Quest'ora - Enrico Caruso/Antonio Scotti
- La Forza Del Destino: Act III: Morir!... Urna Fatale... E Salvo (Sung In German) - Heinrich Schlusnus
- La Forza Del Destino: Act IV: Invano, Alvaro - Gino Bechi/Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
- La Forza Del Destino: Act IV: Pace, Pace, Mio Dio - Salomea Kruszelnicka
- La Forza Del Destino: Act IV: Pace, Pace, Mio Dio - Zinka Milanov
- La Forza Del Destino: Act IV: Non Imprecare - Ezio Pinza/Rosa Ponselle/Giovanni Martinelli
Tracks:
- Don Carlo: Act I: E Lui... Dio, Che Nell'alma - Giuseppe De Luca/Giovanni Martinelli
- Don Carlo: Act II: Nell Giardin Del Bello (Sung In German) - Margarete Arndt-Ober
- Don Carlo: Act II: Restate - Boris Christoff/Tito Gobbi
- Don Carlo: Act IV: Ou Suis-je!... Je Dormirai Dans Mon Manteau Royal (Sung In French) - Pol Plancon
- Don Carlo: Act III: Ella Giammai M'amo!... Dormiro Sol - Boris Christoff
- Don Carlo: Act III: O Don Fatale - Frida Leider
- Don Carlo: Act III: O Don Fatale - Clara Butt
- Don Carlo: Act III: I. Convien Qui Dirci Addio... Per Me Giunto/II. O Carlo Ascolta... Lo Morro - Tito Gobbi
- Don Carlo: Act IV: Tu Che Le Vanita - Hertha Stolzenberg
- I Vespri Siciliani: Act II: O Tu Palermo - Boris Christoff
- I Vespri Siciliani: Act III: In Braccia Alle Dovizie - Riccardo Stracciari
- I Vespri Siciliani: Act IV: Giorno Di Pianto (Sung In German) - Helge Roswaenge
- I Vespri Siciliani: Act IV: Arrigo! Ah Parli A Un Core - Ester Mazzoleni
- I Vespri Siciliani: Act IV: Merce, Dilette Amiche - Rosa Raisa
Tracks:
- I Lombardi/Jerusalem: Act II: Je Veux Encore Entendre - Leonce Escalais
- I Lombardi/Jerusalem: Act II: Grace, Mon Dieu!... O Jour Fatal - Paul Payan
- I Lombardi/Jerusalem: Act III: Or Non Piu... Qual Volutta Trascorrere - Elisabeth Rethberg/Beniamino Gigli/Ezio Pinza
- Aida: Act I: Celeste Aida (Sung In French) - Paul Franz
- Aida: Act I: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!... Celeste Aida (Sung In German) - Helge Roswaenge
- Aida: Act I: I Sacri Nomi (Sung In French) - Felia Litvinne
- Aida: Act I: Ritorna Vincitor - Giannina Russ
- Aida: Act I: Ritorna Vincitor - Florence Austral
- Aida: Act III: O Patria Mia (Sung In German) - Emmy Destinn
- Aida: Act III: Qui Radames Verra... O Patria Mia (Sung In Russian) - Natalia Yushina
- Aida: Act III: Pur Ti Riveggo - Giovanni Martinelli/Rosa Ponselle
- Aida: Act III: Fuggiam Gli Ardori Inospiti (Sung In German) - Elsa Bland/Leo Slezak
- Aida: Act III: Lo L'amo Sempre... Gia I Sacerdoti (Sung In German) - Sabine Kalter/Richard Tauber
- Aida: Act III: Ohime!... Morir Mi Sento - Ebe Stignani/Chor Del Teatro Dell'Opr Di Roma
- Aida: Act III: Morir Si Pura E Bella (Sung In German) - Leo Slezak/Sofie Sedlmair
- Aida: Act III: O Terra, Addio - Johanna Gadski/Enrico Caruso
Tracks:
- I Due Foscari: Act I: O Vecchio Cor - Riccardo Stracciari
- I Due Foscari: Act I: Questa Dunque - Pasquale Amato
- Otello: Act I: Esultate - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
- Otello: Act I: Esultate - John O'Sullivan
- Otello: Act I: Qua, Ragazzi... Inaffia L'ugola! - Apollo Granforte/Nello Palai/Piero Girardi/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano
- Otello: Act I: Gia Nella Notte - Tino Pattiera/Meta Seinemeyer
- Otello: Act II: Credo In Un Dio Crudel - Cesare Formichi
- Otello: Act II: Tu! Indietro... Ora E Per Sempre Addio (Sung In French) - Jose Luccioni
- Otello: Act II: Tu! Indietro... Ora E Per Sempre Addio - Mario Del Monaco
- Otello: Act II: Era La Notte - Eugenio Giraldoni
- Otello: Act II: E Qual Certezza... Era La Notte - Lawrence Tibbett
- Otello: Act II: Si Pel Ciel - Giovanni Zenatello/Paquale Amato
- Otello: Act III: Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar (Sung In German) - Lauritz Melchior
- Otello: Act III: Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar - Renato Zanelli
- Otello: Act IV: Piangea Cantando (Sung In German) - Lotte Lehmann
- Otello: Act IV: Mia Madre Aveva Una Pavera Ancella - Yvonne Gall
- Otello: Act IV: Ave Maria (Sung In German) - Tiana Lemnitz
- Otello: Act IV: Niun Mi Tema - Francesco Tamagno/Salvatore Cottone
- Otello: Act IV: Niun Mi Tema - Giuseppe Borgatti
Tracks:
- Luisa Miller: Act I: Ah! Tutto M'arride... Il Mio Sangue - Tancredi Pasero
- Luisa Miller: Act II: Oh! Fede Negar Potessi... Quando Le Sere Al Placido - Giuseppe Anselmi
- Luisa Miller: Act II: Quando Le Sere Al Placido - Aureliano Pertile
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act I: Zitti... L'incanto... Re Dell'abisso - Irene Minghini-Cattaneo
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act I: E' Scherzo Od E Follia - Aureliano Pertile/Ines Maria Ferraris/Luis Bertana/Antonio Righetti/Cesare Baromeo
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act II: Ma Dall'arido Stelo - Eugenai Burzio
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act II: Ma Dall'arido Stelo - Hina Spani
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia (Sung In German) - Melanie Kurt
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia - Elisabeth Rethberg
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Eri Tu - Giuseppe De Luca
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Saper Vorreste - Selma Kurz
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Forse La Soglia Attinse... Ma Se M'e Forza Perderti - Antonio Cortis
- Falstaff: Act I: L'onore! - Mariano Stabile
- Falstaff: Act II: Alfin, T'ho Colto... Quand'ero Paggio - Antonio Magini-Coletti/Elisa Petri
- Falstaff: Act II: Quand'ero Paggio - Victor Maurel
- Falstaff: Act III: Ehi! Taverniere - Mariano Stabile
- Falstaff: Act III: Da Labbro Il Canto - Tito Schipa
- Falstaff: Act III: Sul Fil D'un Soffio Etesio - Toti Dal Monte/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scal, Milano
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This collection, whose French title might be translated "Verdi Vocal Rarities," is a unique contribution to the Verdi centennial year. Its 136 selections on eight compact discs offer an in-depth survey of singers who recorded notable Verdi performances during the era of 78-rpm recording. Coincidentally, this period covers, within a few years, the half- century after the composer's death, in 1901. Some of the singers in the earliest cuts--tenor Francesco Tamagno and bass Victor Maurel, for example--had known Verdi and sung for him. Many of the singers will be familiar to connoisseurs of Verdi discography--Enrico Caruso, Boris Christoff, Fedora Barbieri, Ezio Pinza, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Tito Gobbi, Beniamino Gigli, and Jussi Bjoerling, to name a few. Others, such as Frieda Hempel, Emmy Destinn, Martha Modl, Joseph Schwarz, Gino Cigna, and Mattia Battistini, are names you come across in books about opera, but you have heard their voices only if you spend a lot of time with historic recordings. And a lot of performances, including some of the best, are likely to be the work of singers encountered for the first time.Most of the big moments from Verdi's operas are included--grouped by opera, not by chronological order of recording. There are a few strange omissions; for example, the "Miserere" scene from Il trovatore. But other selections, such as "Ah fors' e lui" and "La donna e mobile," are given in two or three performances--sometimes in French, German, or Russian as well as Italian. Some of the performances are classics; many are mind-boggling.
Some favorite Verdi singers--Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, among them--are absent because they began recording after the collection's cutoff date. Other problems are mostly related to the dates of the original recordings. The sound is all pre-high-fidelity and sometimes quite primitive, though some remarkable work has been done to optimize the earliest items. The annotations are minimal--mostly the date, venue, and performers in each cut, with pictures of the biggest stars. This decision was probably made to keep the price low, and those who already know most of the arias and ensembles will likely find the tradeoff acceptable. --Joe McLellan
Customer Reviews:
Rare but well-polished Verdi gems........2001-10-21
Few would quibble about the quality of what is to be found in this splendid collection of Verdi "introuvables". You will hear how Emmy Destinn portrayed Aida yearning for her homeland in 1908, and how Elisabeth Schwarzkopf portrayed Violetta intereacting with her lover's father in 1953. You will hear several items duplicated. Francesco Navarini, recorded in 1907 with a piano, makes a stunning Fiesco in the "Simon Boccanegra" prologue, as is not up-staged by the more familiar Alexander Kipnis version which follows.
You might regret that your favourite Verdi record is not here. You'll have opportunities to make comparisons, however. I could never believe that anyone could equal Giuseppe de Luca'a 1930 "O sommo Carlo" from "Ernani, but here I have a chance to hear for the first time how the famous baritone Mattia Battistini did it in 1906.
Keith Hardwick compiled and transferred this collection originally in the late 1980s. He has augmented and transferred that issue onto 8 CDs, and provided the annotations. Full recording details are provided, there are many singer photographs but no singer biographies.
The recording dates range from 1903 to 1953. Sadly, almost all the singers - Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf being a notable exception - are all dead by now. Those of us who have opportunities to hear and collect their work, however, can be grateful that the older we get the better it sounds. Indeed, I have never heard any of the items included here in better transfers. Elsewhere I have given this issue a five star rating. Subsequent hearings have made me aware of a technical matter which may bother some listeners. This set has been transferred from the long playing records on which it was originally issued. Their pristine sound quality has been preserved but also some of the ghostly "swish" that accompanied each revolution.
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Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigali Libri I-III
Manufacturer: Cpo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000AMMSH6 Release Date: 2005-09-20 |
Customer Reviews:
beautiful perfomances of exsquisite madrigals.......2005-10-01
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006LENP Release Date: 2003-02-11 |
Tracks:
- All'erta! All'erta! - Giorgio Tozzi
- Di Due Figli Vivea Padre Beato - Giorgio Tozzi
- Che Piu T'arresti?
- Tacea La Notte Placida E Bella In Ciel Sereno
- Di Tale Amor, Che Dirsi Mal Puo Dalla Parola
- Tace La Notte! ... Il Trovator! - Ugo Savarese
- Deserto Sulla Terra ... Anima Mia!
- Infida!...- Qual Voce! ... Di Geloso Amor Sprezzato ... Un Istante Almen Dia Loco il Tuo Sdegno Alla Ragione
- Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spoglie ... Chi Del Gitano I Giorni Abbella? (Anvil Chorus) - Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- Stride La Vampa! ... Mesta E La Tua Canzon - Mario Del Monaco
- Soli Or Siamo; Deh, Narra Quella Storia Funesta ... Condotta Ell'era In Ceppi - Mario Del Monaco
- Non Son Tuo Figlio? - Mario Del Monaco
- Mal Reggendo All'aspro Assalto ... L'usato Messo Ruiz Invia! - Mario Del Monaco
- Perigliarti Ancor Languente Per Cammin Selvaggio Ed Ermo! - Mario Del Monaco
- Tutto E Deserto - Giorgio Tozzi
- Il Balen Del Suo Sorriso ... Quel Suono! ... Ardir!... Andiam ... Per Me, Ora Fatale, I Tuoi Momenti Affretta - Giorgio Tozzi
- Ah!... Se L'erro T'ingombra, O Figlia D'Eva, I Rai ... Perche Piangete?
- E Deggio... E Posso Crederlo? ... Urgel Viva!
Tracks:
- Or Co' Dadi, Ma Fra Poco Giocherem Ben Altro Gioco - Giorgio Tozzi
- Squilli, Echeggi La Tromba Guerriera - Giorgio Tozzi
- In Braccio Al Mio Rival! ... Che Fu? ... Innanzi, O Strega - Giulietta Simionato
- Giorni Poveri Vivea ... Tu Vedi Chi L'infame, Orribil Opra Commettea ... Deh, Rallentate, O Barbari, Le Acerbe Mie Ritorte - Giulietta Simionato
- Quale D'armi Fragor Poc'anzi Intesi?
- Ah! Si, Ben Mio; Coll'essere Io Tuo, Tu Mia Consorte - Mario Del Monaco
- L'onda De' Suoni Mistici ... La Zingara, Vieni, Tra Ceppi Mira
- Di Quella Pira L'orrendo Foco ... All'armi! All'armi!
- Siam Giunti: Ecco La Torre
- D'amor Sull'ali Rosee Vanne, Sospir Dolente
- Miserere ... Quel Suon, Quelle Preci Solenni ... Ah, Che La Morte Ognora E Tarda Nel Venir
- Tu Vedrai Che Amore In Terra Mai Del Mio Non Fu Piu Forte
- Udiste? Come Albeggi, La Scure Al Figlio, Ed Alla Madre Il Rogo - Ugo Savarese
- A Te Davanti. - Qual Voce!
- Mira, Di Acerbe Lagrime Spargo Al Tuo Piede Un Rio
- (Vivra!... Contende Il Giubilo I Detti A Me, Signore...)
- Madre?... Non Dormi? ... Vedi?... Le Sue Fosche Impronte - Mario Del Monaco
- Si; La Stanchezza M'opprime, O Figlio - Mario Del Monaco
- Che!... Non M'inganna Quel Fioco Lume?
- Parlar Non Vuoi?
- Ti Scosta... - Non Respingermi
- Prima Che D'altri Vivere... Io Volli Tua Morir! ... Sia Tratto Al Ceppo!
Customer Reviews:
A Worthy Trovatore.......2006-05-13
First, there is the pleasure of hearing Tebaldi in a role that wasn't central to her repertory. Having heard her Violetta on an early '50s Decca recording of Traviata I was not expecting much in the way of florid singing. I was pleasantly surprised. True, some of the runs are sketchy and the tone isn't always ideally equalized when she goes for the high notes, but Tebaldi isn't far behind the fabled Milanov, a favorite in this role. Tebaldi's italianate timbre is a decided plus. A few days ago I played the first act aria and cabaletta for some friends without any identification. After some puzzled looks, someone commented that whoever it was, she was great and though she sounded like Tebaldi, the florid singing was too good for it to be her. Needless to say, they were all pleasantly surprised.
I think Simionato is simply the finest Azucena on disc - whether here or in the legendary Salzburg broadcast of a few years later.
Del Monaco isn't an intellectual tenor by any stretch of the imagination, but this is elemental, viscerally exciting singing. I'll give up the subtle nuances for a vital, heroic Manrico like this.
Savarese is a competant Di Luna. He's certainly not offensive, but there's not much here to convince the listener he belongs in the company of the great exponents of the role. I have to admit that I think the role's showpiece, "Il balen" is a problem for any interpreter. I think organ grinder every time I hear it.
It's always a pleasure to hear the young Tozzi's richly overtoned voice as Ferrando.
Erede is no Karajan (or Mehta) but he gives us a well routined reading of the score. Finally, the sonics of this 1956 recording are very impressive early vintage stereo. Despite its occasional flaws, I quickly have become very attached to this venerable Trovatore.
Strangely fascinating!.......2004-01-01
Mario Del Monaco is, as expected, a heroic Manrico. He rarely sings piano and knows little about elegant phrasing but the sheer vigour and ring of his voice strikes in magnificiently! Only F. Corelli equals Mario in force and exciting high notes. Musically, Corelli is certainly more creative but I've always found Del Monaco's voice more handsome. Tastes differ, though. Del Monaco is particularly thrilling in "mal reggendo, all'aspro assalto", "ah! Si, ben mio" and "Di quella pira" even if he could hold the last note longer in the cabaletta.
The casting of Renata Tebaldi as Leonora is for most opera fans controversial. She is a spinto with little agilty; it's interesting to see what such a voice can offer. Indeed, she barely manages the florid parts and the highest notes sound effortfull. In this part she's nowhere near Caballe, Milanov, Callas or even Price. However, there are other moments that no other soprano in my experience has ever sung so idiomatically. In "mira, di acerbe lagrime" for example, the way she sings those long phrases using her glorious spinto instrument is unique. She firmly grasps each note and the result is intoxicating! Same with Miserere and the proceeding Manrico - Leonora encounter. Dramatically her outbreaks are few. However, Tebaldi was THE FIRST who made me realise that Leonora is a woman in love!
If one can argue about the performances of Tebaldi and Del Monaco, little can be said about Simionato's Acuzena. Along with Barbieri and Cossotto she's one of the best interpreters of this wonderful role, probably Verdi's greatest mezzo part. The weakest link of the cast is Ugo Savarese's routine Conte di Luna. If only Bastianini had joined this recording instead. Tozzi does an OK job as Ferrando. Erede conducts well but nothing really memorable. Decca's early stereo sound certainly impresses; pity that EMI and RCA didn't adopt stereo so early as well.
On the whole, this set won't beat famous Trovatores like Karajan's live performance but it will always attract my attention!
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Vivaldi Edition: Le Quattro Stagioni (with bonus CD: Portrait)
Manufacturer: Opus 111 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006IWQR Release Date: 2003-07-15 |
Customer Reviews:
Lives up to the reviews.......2006-03-11
that it more than lives up to them. The Concerto Italiano plays with extreme sensitivity, and with unparalleled sweetness. Everything about their handling of accents and phrases really *is* unlike others'. They tend to linger in the moment, especially the violins, and announce the beauty of moment after moment. This is definitely not for everyone, understandably, and if you are in a musical hurry, this is decidedly not the recording for you. But if you would rather sip a glass of wine than gulp a beer, I think this might just be the merlot you've been looking for.
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James Bond's Greatest Hits / Mourir D'Aimer - 2 LP's in One CD
Franck Pourcel Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000ILJWGE |
Product Description
Spanish IMPORT CD from the great Mestro Franck Pourcel. Two of his most rare and hard to find LP's in one CD. A great collection of very rare songs from the JAMES BOND'S movies and another LP with the Meastro and his Orchestra.
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Great Voices of the 50's
Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000042GT Release Date: 1997-09-16 |
Tracks:
- Wesendonk-Lieder: Der Engel - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Wesendonk-Lieder: Stehe still - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Wesendonk-Lieder: Im Treibhaus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Wesendonk-Lieder: Schmerzen - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Wesendonk-Lieder: Traume - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- 3 Ruckert-Lieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- 3 Ruckert-Lieder: Ich atmet' einen linden Duft - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- 3 Ruckert-Lieder: Um Mitternacht - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Lieder: Einerlei, Op. 69 No. 3 'Arnim' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Lieder: Ich wollt' ein StrauBlein binden, Op. 68 No. 2 'Brentano' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Lieder: Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69 No. 5 'Heine' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Lieder: Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4 'Dehmel' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Four Last Songs: Beim Schlafengehen 'Hesse' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Four Last Songs: September 'Hesse' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Four Last Songs: Fruhling 'Hesse' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Four Last Songs: Im Abendrot 'Eichendorff' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Tracks:
- Sheherazade: Asie
- Sheherazade: La Flute enchantee
- Sheherazade: L'Indifferent
- Trois Poemes de Stephane Mallarme: Soupir
- Trois Poemes de Stephane Mallarme: Placet futile
- Trois Poemes de Stephane Mallarme: Surgi de la croupe et du bond
- Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: La Fleur des eaux
- Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: Interlude
- Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: La Mort de l'amour
- La Damoiselle elue
Tracks:
- I Puritani: Son vergin vezzosa
- I Puritani: Qui la voce ... Vien, diletto
- La Sonnambula: Come per me sereno ... Sovra il sen
- La Sonnambula: Ah! no cread mirarti ... Ah! non giunge
- Il bacio
- Theme & Variations
- Villanelle
- Le Rossignol
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Wohlan, nur Mut und Vertrauen
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Die Legende von Klien Zaches
- Fidelio: Gott! Welch' Dunkel heir
- Il re pastore: L' amero, saro costante
- Exsultate, jubilate, K 165
Tracks:
- Pique Dame: Ich muss am Fenster lehnen
- Pique Dame: Es geht auf Mitternacht
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Morro, ma prima in grazia
- Zigeunerliebe: Lied und csardas
- Die lustige Witwe: Vilja Lied
- Die Dubarry: Ich schenk' mein Herz
- Der Zarewitsch: Einer wird kommmen
- Le nozze di Figaro: Non piu andrai
- Die Walkure: Leb' wohl, du kuhnes, herrliches Kind! (Wotan's Farewell And Magic Fire Music)
- Oberon: Ocean! Du Ungeheuer!
- Salome: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund kussen lassen
Tracks:
- Samson et Dalila: S'apre per te il mio cor
- Eugene Onegin: Tatyana's Letter Scene
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete
- Le nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete
- Andrea Chenier: Nemico della patria
- Mefistofele: L'altra notte in fondo al mare
- La Gioconda: E' un anatema
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
- La forza del destino: Morir! Tremenda cosa! ... Urna fatale del mio destino
- Le nozze di Figaro: Dove sono i bei momenti
- La Wally: Ne mai dunque avro pace
- Lodoletta: Flammen, perdonami
- Cecilia: Per amor di Gesu
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Morir de Amor
Laura Flores Manufacturer: Universal Latino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002C4IMC Release Date: 2004-06-29 |
Tracks:
- Si Se Te Notara
- Oiga (A Dn Triny)
- Silencio
- QuiSe Enamoro
- Que Poca
- Amor ExtraAmor Raro)
- Amor Amor
- Reconquistame
- Pobres de los Dos
- Morir de Amor
Customer Reviews:
A great CD.......2007-07-25
My favorite tracks here are Si se te notara, Oiga (duet with Triny)-this duo is so cute, Reconquistame and Morir de amor. I love the whole CD but in my opinion these 4 tracks stand out.
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Morir De Amor
Dyango Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000015TP Release Date: 1993-07-20 |
Tracks:
- Morir de Amor
- Lo Juro
- Cuando Volveras
- Doce Meses de Soledad
- Corazon de Mujer
- Espme en el Cielo - Dyango, Nana Mouskouri
- Rey de Corazones
- Mujer Que He So
- Jamas Imagine
- Noche Contigo
- Por Ese Hombre, Pt. 2
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The Essential Leontyne Price
Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000003FWD Release Date: 1996-08-13 |
Tracks:
- Aida: Act I: Ritorna vincitor!
- Aida: Act I: E l'amor mio?
- Aida: Act I: I sacri nomi di padre, d'amante
- Aida: Act III: Qui Radames verra!
- Aida: Act III: O patria mia
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: (Prelude)
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Ecco l'orrido campo
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act III: A tal colpa e nulla il pianto
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act III: Morro, ma prima in grazia
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Che piu t'arresti?
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Tacea la notte placida
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Di tale amor che dirsi
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Siam giunti
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: D'amor sull'ali rosee
- Ernani: Act I: Surta e la notte
- Ernani: Act I: Ernani! Ernani, involami
- Ernani: Act I: Tutto sprezzo che d'Ernani
- La forza del destino: Act II: Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio!
- La forza del destino: Act II: Madre, madre, pietosa Vergine
- La forza del destino: Act II: La Vergine degli angeli
- La forza del destino: Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio
Tracks:
- Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Come scoglio immoto resta
- Madama Butterfly: Act II: Piangi? Perche?; Un bel di vedremo
- Madama Butterfly: Act III: Tu? tu? piccolo Iddio!
- TOSCA: Act II: Vissi d'arte
- Manon Lescaut: Act II: In quelle trine morbide
- Manon Lescaut: Act IV: Sola, perduta, abbandonata
- Dialogues des Carmelites: Act III: Mes filles, voila que s'acheve
- Don Giovanni: Act I: Don Ottavio, son morta!
- Don Giovanni: Act I: Or sai chi l'onore
- Don Giovanni: Act II: Crudele? Ah, no, mio bene!
- Don Giovanni: Act II: Non mi dir
- Turandot: Act I: Signore, ascolta!
- Turandot: Act III: Tu che di gel sei cinta
- Ariadne auf Naxos: Es gibt ein Reich
- Antony And Cleopatra: Act III: Give me my robe
Tracks:
- Otello: Era piu calmo?
- Otello: Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Willow Song)
- Otello: Ave Maria
- Fidelio: Act I: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?
- Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto!
- Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
- La Traviata: Act I: E strano, e strano !
- La Traviata: Act I: Ah, fors' e lui
- La Traviata: Act I: Sempre libera
- Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: E Susanna non vien!
- Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: Dove sono
- Die Agyptische Helena: Act II: Awakening Scene
- La rondine: Ore dolci e divine
- Salome: Finale
Tracks:
- Eugene Onegin: Act II: Puskai pogibnu ya
- Eugene Onegin: Act II: Ya k vam pishu
- Eugene Onegin: Act II: Net, nikomu na svete
- Eugene Onegin: Act II: No tak i byt'!
- La rondine: Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
- VANESSA: Act I: He Has Come, He Has Come!
- VANESSA: Act I: Do Not Utter A Word
- Carmen: Act I: Pres des remparts de Seville (Seguidilla)
- Manon: Act II: Allons! il le faut!
- Manon: Act II: Adieu, notre petite table
- Macbeth: Act IV: Sleepwalking Scene: Vegliammo invan due notti
- Macbeth: Act IV: Sleepwalking Scene: Una macchia e qui tuttora
- La Boheme: Act IIII: Addio. Donde lieta usci (Mimi's Addio)
- Die Frau ohne Schatten: Act II: Empress's Awakening Scene
- Dido and Aeneas: Act III: Thy Hand, Belinda!
- Dido and Aeneas: Act III: When I Am Laid In Earth
- Don Carlo: Act V: Tu che le vanita conoscesti del mondo
Tracks:
- Otello: Act I: Gia nella notte
- Otello: Act I: Quando narravi
- Otello: Act I: Venga la morte!
- Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Ah, guarda, sorella
- Madama Butterfly: Act I: Bimba, bimba, non piangere
- Madama Butterfly: Act I: Bimba dagli occhi
- Madama Butterfly: Act I: Vogliatemi bene
- Requiem: Recordare
- Porgy And Bess: Act II: Bess, You Is My Woman
- Norma: Act III: Me chiami, o Norma
- Norma: Act III: Mira, o Norma
- Ernani: Act II: Tu, perfida!
- Ernani: Act II: Ah, morir, potessi adesso
- Cosi fan tutte: Act II: Sorella, cosa dici?
- Cosi fan tutte: Act II: Prendero quel brunettino
- Aida: Act IV: La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse
- Aida: Act IV: Presago il core della tua condanna
- Aida: Act IV: Vedi? Di morte l'angelo
- Aida: Act IV: O terra, addio
Tracks:
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Teco io sto!
- Aida: Act III: Ciel! mio padre!
- Aida: Act III: Rivedrai le forest imbalsamate
- Aida: Act III: In armi ora si desta il popol nostro
- Aida: Act III: Padre! a costoro schiava non sono
- Requiem: Angus Dei
- Manon Lescaut: Act I: Oh, saro la piu bella!; Tu, tu, amore?
- Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Soave sia il vento
- Porgy And Bess: Act II: I Loves You, Porgy
- Aida: Act II: Silenzio! Aida verso noi s'avanza
- Aida: Act II: Fu la sorte dell'armi
- Aida: Act II: Pieta ti prenda del mio dolor
- Aida: Act II: Alla prompa che s'appresta
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Udiste?
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Mira, di acerbe lagrime
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Vivra! Contende il giubilo
- Madama Butterfly: Act II: Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio (Flower Duet)
- Carmen: Act IV: C'est toi! - C'est moi!
- Carmen: Act IV: Ou vas-tu? - Laisse-moi!
Tracks:
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Villanelle
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Le spectre de la rose
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Sur les lagunes
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Absence
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Au cimetiere (Clair de lune)
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: L'ile inconnue
- Four Last Songs: Fruhling
- Four Last Songs: September
- Four Last Songs: Beim Schlafengehen
- Four Last Songs: Im Abendrot
- Clair de lune, Op.46, No.2: Clair de lune
- Notre amour, Op.23, No.2: Notre amour
- Au cimetiere, Op.51, No.2: Au cimetiere
- Au bord de l'eau, Op.8, No.1: Au bord de l'eau
- No.1, Cinq melodies de Venise, Op.58: Mandoline
- Main dominee par le coeur
- Miroirs brulants No.2: Je nommerai ton front
- Miroirs brulants No.1: Tu vois le feu du soir
- Ce doux petit visage
Tracks:
- Knoxville: Summer Of 1915, Op.24: Knoxville: Summer Of 1915
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Seit ich ihn gesehen
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Er, der Herrlichste von allen
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Ich kann's nicht fassen
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Du Ring an meinem Finger
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Susser Freund, du blickest
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
- Widmung (No.1, Myrthen, Op.25): Widmung
- Mignon (No.28, Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Op.79): Mignon
- Volksliedchen, Op.51, No.2: Volksliedchen
- Schone Wiege meiner Leiden (No.5, Liederkreis, Op.24): Schone Wiege meiner Leiden
- Er ist's (No.23, Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Op.79): Er ist's
- Heiss mich nicht reden (No.5, Lieder und Gesand aus Wilhelm Meister)
- Lust der Sturmnacht, Op.35, No.1: Lust der Sturmnacht
- Allerseelen, Op.10, No.8: Allerseelen
- Schlagende Herzen
- Freundliche Vision, Op.48, No.1: Freundliche Vision
- Wie sollten wir geheim, Op.19, No.4: Wie sollten wir geheim
- Der Gartner (Morike-Lieder No.17)
- Lebe wohl (Morike-Lieder No.36)
- Morgentau (From An Old Songbook)
- Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt (Spanisches Liederbuch No.34)
Tracks:
- Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
- Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees - Various Artists
- His Name So Sweet - Various Artists
- 'Roun' About De Mountain - Various Artists
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Various Artists
- Sit Down, Servant - Various Artists
- Were You There - Various Artists
- He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Various Artists
- Deep River - Various Artists
- Honor! Honor! - Various Artists
- My Soul's Been Anchored In De Lord - Various Artists
- On Ma Journey - Various Artists
- A City Called Heaven - Various Artists
- Ride On, King Jesus - Various Artists
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Various Artists
- Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass - Various Artists
- Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Various Artists
- There Is A Balm In Gilead - Various Artists
- Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler - Various Artists
- Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
- My Way Is Cloudy - Various Artists
- Nobody Knows The Touble I've Seen - Various Artists
- I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray - Various Artists
Tracks:
- Holy, Holy, Holy
- Lead, Kindly Light
- Blessed Assurance
- Ave Maria
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Amazing Grace
- The Lord's Prayer
- Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
- The Church's One Foundation
- Bless This House
- I Need Thee Every Hour
- Fairest Lord Jesus
- I Wonder As I Wander
- Ave Maria
- Porgy And Bess: Summertime
- America The Beautiful
- Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing
- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
- Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Tracks:
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: He Zigeuner
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Hochgeturmte Rimaflut
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Lieber Gott, du weisst
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Brauner Bursche
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Roselein dreie in der Reihe
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Rote Abendwolken
- Adriana Lecouvreur: Act I: Io son l'umile ancella
- This Little Light O'Mine
- Interview With Leontyne Price By John Pfeiffer
Amazon.com
This 11-CD set, one might say jokingly, contains all the music ever written for the soprano voice and a bit for mezzo as well. And indeed, it's a staggering collection: In addition to her great Verdi heroines (the two Leonoras, Aida, Amelia, and Elvira in Ernani), Price is heard in her Puccini roles--Manon Lescaut, Butterfly, Tosca--and at least two dozen other roles, most of which she never sang on stage. Here are her heroic, secure Leonore in Fidelio, Strauss's high-flying Egyptian Helen, Purcell's Dido, Barber's Cleopatra, Bellini's Norma, Ariadne, Verdi's Violetta and Desdemona, Bizet's Carmen, Mozart's Countess, and Fiordiligi. Some are, naturally, more successful than others; almost none are embarrassing (Carmen comes close). In addition, she sings songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Strauss--none of them as well as say, Janet Baker or Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Barber's Knoxville, etc.--quite beautifully. Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été is not very good, but a group of spirituals is. In all, however, this is an amazing display by one of the century's greatest sopranos. There may be no new depths plumbed here, but the singing is a knockout. --Robert LevineCustomer Reviews:
A Long Time Coming..........2006-03-30
An American Icon....I will forever be a loyal fan and admirer!!
Her Best Album.......2006-01-01
This collection is overwhelming. Leontyne Price proves herself to be a masterful artist of diverse repertoire. Pity she didn't really sing these on stage because she would have put Maria Callas and all the reigning divas before and after her to shame. Listen to her remarkable, unsurpassed Mozart repertoire. This she did sing in opera houses, probably because Mozart does not require a true lyrico-spinto heavyness and smaller opera houses can accomodate Mozartian voices that do not often rise above the staff/orchestra. She sang exquisite Fiordiligis at the Met. The arias from Cosi Fan Tutte here - Soave sia il vento, O Guarda Sorelle and the fiendishly difficult vocal showcase "Come Scoglio" with its vertiginious scales are all fine samples of Miss Price's artistry. She sang Susanna and Donna Anna with beauty and bravura. The Salome excerpt is quite thrilling. She would have made a terrific Salome but the role is quite difficult and it would have surely killed her voice. Leontyne Price was the number one Verdi soprano. Every opera cognoscente will tell you that. When you hear the excerpts from Verdi operas here - Lady Macbeth's Sleepwalking Scene, Aida's arias, Leonora's arias from Trovatore and Leonora's arias from Forza Del Destino, particularly La Virgine Del Angeli and the ravishing Pace Pace Mio Dio- are the best renditions of Verdi soprano singing. Anyone who wants to study how to sing in the letter-to-letter Verdi lyrico spinto style should hear these arias. A voice like Leontyne cannot be easily imitated. Maria Callas's own voice can be imitated as Romanian diva Angela Gheorghiu has proven. Leontyne was in a class of her own, a voice that is both dramatic and beautiful to hear. However, most people find fault in her lack of dramatic interpretation. I say they're not hearing hard enough. Yes, there is excessive beauty in her singing but she understood that the opera heroines should sound beautiful because they are beautiful and though I never saw her on stage, from the recordings I hear she sounds dramatic and character-driven enough for me to be satisfied. For a devoted fan of Leontyne Price, this album is the Holy Grail. She sings the most beautiful Norma, Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Aida, Violetta, Madame Lidoin, Suor Angelica, Susanna, Dona Ana, Gilda, Fiordiligi, Desdemona and countless other heroines. The last cd is a collection of Gospel, spirituals and patriotic songs. These "American", non-opera selections find her in beautiful voice and she is actually paying tribute to her roots. She was not only African-American, but a Southerner from Mississippi. Her voice must have been heavenly to hear in Church! This is the album that made me love Leontyne.
Price At Her Peak.......2005-05-02
This album contains arias from operas that I didn't even know she performed- La Traviata (yes, Leontyne Price as Violetta is a moving and powerful interpretation, executed with sublime beauty. She finds herself the equal to Callas in the role- for Callas had a big voice for a role that calls for the "dying" effect. Thus, Price, like Callas, could sing roles that call for beauty and not just dramatic vigor. It's unfortunate that unlike the stars that were rising in her time- Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills and Montserrat Caballe- Price never mastered the bel canto repertoire - Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini (although she sang a sensational Norma, excerpts are found in this recording). But her strongest suit was Verdi. She had the voice Verdi was looking for in a soprano- rich, dramatic, beautiful, able to fill up the lines with smoky and velvety hues and a gleaming high top. Check out her Amelia in Un Ballo In Maschera, her Leonora in Trovatore, her Leonora in La Forza Del Destino. Of course, her greatest role, her signature role, and one which she connected with on a personal/ancestral level was that of Aida. The first selections in this recording are from that masterpiece. As Aida, she was at her best. It was easy for her somehow, when most other sopranos tackle the role with difficulty. She conveys grace, nobility, passion and spirituality in the role of the tragic Ethiopian princess.
Further roles she excelled in that are on this recording is Desdemona in Otello, which she sung opposite Placido Domingo. Their masterful voices blend together harmonically and gloriously in the Act 1 Love Duet. She's quite the ground-breaking artist. Most Violettas in Traviata or Desdemona in Otello are Caucasian lyric soprano (Desdemona was white, Otello was black, that was Shakespeare's intention) but in opera, race does not matter and Leontyne Price's voice made her a star in a time when it was incredibly difficult for a black woman to sing opera. From the start of the century, opera was always associated with white Europeans and later on Americans. But Leontyne Price followed the inspirational example of the gutsy contralto Marian Anderson, who suffered a lot of rejection in opera due to skin color in pre-Civil Rights Movement 30's, 40's and 50's. Finally in the late 50's, Anderson, after a lifetime of singing only in private concerts and recitals, debuted at the Met as Ulrica in Un Ballo. Leontyne Price immediately picked up where she left- singing all the soprano diva roles typically associated with white singers - especially Tosca. Her Tosca is second to her Aida. As Tosca, she encompasses the diva who dies for love in the most thrilling way.
Other than Tosca, Puccini heroines were just as magnificent vehicles for her voice. She sang Madame Butterfly to great acclaim. I dont know how she did it but she suddenly ceased to be herself and became the frail, naive, lovesick Japanese Geisha. Softness and fragility is also mixed with the maturity of a woman in love, with passion and dramatic vocal color. She sang La Rondine with equal success, though this role is more along the lines of Violetta/Traviata. She sang Suor Angelica, she sang in modern works such as Barber's Antony and Cleopatra- in that infamous Zefferelli production- she sang Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, she sang in Dialoge of the Carmelites. All these are on here, along with her Baroque specialties- Dido in Dido and Aeneas. Her Mozart voice is also the best I've heard, really, even with a more dramatic and beautiful charm than other singers I've heard. She sang the acrobatic role of Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte, both Dona Ana and Donva Elvira in Don Giovanni. I prefer her as Dona Ana, she is all fire, despair, intensity and repressed desire, but she sings a hysterical and lovesick Elvira with a passion as well. She even sang the Countess in Le Nozze Di Figaro. But the sky was the limit to Price. She even sang, in a Jessie Norman way, the Wagner role of Isolde. Her "Liebestod" is the greatest I've heard since Birgit Nilsson, with a passion that stemmed from her religious Gospel heart.
This is a great album and I recommend it to any fan of Price and any fan of opera in general. If you have never heard Price and want to start somewhere, start with this one. This one or the Prima Donna Collection.
of course world class.......2000-08-14
the greatest american soprano of the 20th century.......1999-12-12
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Morir de Amor
Miguel Bose Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00006JK8L Release Date: 2002-10-27 |
Tracks:
- Morir De Amor
- Bravo Muchachos
- Mi Libertad
- Eres Todo Para Mi "You To Me Are Everything"
- Anna
- Marchate Ya
- Si... Piensa En Mi
- El Juego Del Amor
- Pequeno Amor "E Lo Sai"
- Amor Mio, Como Estas?
Album Details
Miguel Bose Has Spanned Over 25 Albums and 35 Films in his Career as an International Pop Star. Bose Appeared in Pedro Almodovar's "High Heels" and Worked with Andy Warhol on Two Videos. His Music is Diverse Deriving Various Musical Influences that have Made Him a Crossover Success in Many Languages.Salsa Music:
- Musica de Tiempos Pasados, Del Presente, Y Futuro
- Nuestros Primeros Exitos
- Oro Molido
- Otra Onda
- Padrisimo
- Paloma
- Para el Sonidero
- Para Quitar Las Penas
- Prisionero De Amor
- Que Bien
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