| 1. Solo Tu |
| 2. Que Hay de Malo |
| 3. Cara de Niño |
| 4. No Hieras Mi Vida |
| 5. Dia y Noche Pienso en Ella |
| 6. En las Nubes |
| 7. No Me Puedes Dejar Así |
| 8. Deseo Loco |
| 9. Para Ti |
| 10. Por Tenerte |
Cara de Nino,Jerry Rivera,Sony International,Bolero,Latin,Latin Continuum,Latin Music,Salsa,Tropical
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Cara de Nino
Jerry Rivera Manufacturer: Sony International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002DQD Release Date: 1993-10-26 |
Tracks:
- Solo Tu
- Que Hay De Malo
- Cara De Nino
- No Hieras Mi Vida
- Dia Y Noche Pienso En Ella
- En Las Nubes
- No Me Puedes Dejar Asi
- Deseo Loco
- Para Ti
- Por Tenerte
Customer Reviews:
Great album!.......2006-01-18
After 10 years, still his best album.......2003-08-13
Solo Tu starts out very unconventionally, with dark mysterious strings, but soon the darkness is piereced by hot percussion, and then Jerry's angelic voice singing the beautiful melody. This song qualifies as a true salsa classic.
Most of the other songs are very good as well. Wonderful innovative arrangments by the best in the business make this album shine above the others. The sound and feel of this album is unique and coherent through its entirety.
Jerry's more recent albums, consisting of bland pop, and a rather unexciting remake of Frankie Ruiz songs, pale greatly by comparison.
Still a strong salsa album........2003-07-07
The Perfect Salsa.......2000-10-03
This album delivers!!!.......2000-08-20
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An Evening in Tuscany
Manufacturer: North Star ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001CNQZS Release Date: 2004-02-03 |
Tracks:
- O Sole Mio
- Godfather Waltz
- Time to Say Goodbye
- Come Back to Sorrento
- Love Theme [Romeo & Juliet]
- Musetta's Waltz [La Boheme]
- Speak Softly Love (Love Theme) [From The Godfather]
- O Mio Babbino Caro [Gianni Schicchi]
- Santa Lucia
- Cara Mia
- Arriverderci Roma
Customer Reviews:
Great dinner music!.......2006-08-31
Relaxing and Beautiful.......2006-04-19
Boring.......2004-08-21
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Giuseppe Di Stefano: Historical Recordings 1952 - 1963
Manufacturer: Gala ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000001XLS Release Date: 2000-06-06 |
Tracks:
- La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina
- Rigoletto: Questa O Quella
- La Forza Del Destino: La Mia Vita E Inferno All' Infinito
- Lucia Di Lammermoor: Fra Poco A Mi Ricovero
- Lucia Di Lammermoor: Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Viva Il Vino Spumeggiante
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Mamma, Quel Vina E Generoso
- La Traviata: Un Di, Felice, Eterea
- La Traviata: De Miei Bollenti Spiriti
- Rigoletto: La Donna E Mobile
- Turandot: Nessun Dorma
- Aida: Se Quel Querrier Io Fossi.. Celeste Aida
- Un ballo in maschera: La Rivedra Nell'estasi
- Un ballo in maschera: Di Tu Si Fedele
- Un ballo in maschera: E Scherzo O E Follia
- Turandot: Non Piangere Liu
- 'L'elisir d'amore': Quanto E Bella, Quanto E Cara
- 'L'elisir d'amore: Una Furtiva Lagrima
- Luisa Miller: Quando Le Sere Al Placido
Customer Reviews:
Very good CD for the price.......2000-08-14
Pippo's Biggest Fan.
A musical history.......1999-12-12
This disc is important because it traces this transition.
Only for die-hard Di Stefano fans.......1999-03-24
The CD covers a period of only 11 years, but the deterioration of his voice during that period is frightening. Track 1 (1962) 'Che Gelida Manina' showcases a much fresher voice, but he strains terribly for the high 'C' and never even gets close. Track 18 (1963) 'Una furtiva lagrima' is full of embarrassments- chokes, flat notes, etc. - yet the live audience eats it up.
Di Stefano had stopped singing by the time I became an opera fan. This disk clearly shows why. Being a famous operatic tenor is not always about vocal quality (James McCracken, anyone?), and Di Stefano was certainly an exciting siger. There is some beautiful music on this CD, but I find it to be of mostly historical interest.
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Rota: Il cappello di paglia di Firenze
Manufacturer: Opera D'oro ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0006VXLOA Release Date: 2005-01-04 |
Tracks:
- Introduction
- Posso Entrar?
- Distaccate Il Cavallo Dall'Attacco!
- Tra Un'Ora Saro Sposo
- Entri Pure Con Coraggio!
- Tutto A Monte!
- Elena!
- Ma Che Bella Situazione... Signora, Venga Fuori... Tutto A Monte!
- Svelto Vola Vola L'Ago... Signora Modista, Ho Fretta
- O Mia Cara Baronessa
- Permesso, Signore?... Visconti, Baronesse
- Caro Signore, Lei Mi Deve Scusare
- Un Garofano D'Inverno?
- Maestro, Il Concerto Se Volete
- Tra Cinque Minuti Me La Svigno Col Capello
- La Baronessa!... Un Cappello Nero?
- Minardi!
Tracks:
- E Una Cosa Incredibile
- Eccola Finalmente!
- Chi Mai Ha Avuto... Che Cosa Fa Da La?
- Signora Orsu - Dovete Entrar
- Mio Suocero!... Eccolo, L'Ho Trovato Finalmente!
- Aiuto, Aiuto!
- Tutta Parigi Noi Giriam
- Ecco Son La Ventitre... S'Avvicina Il Temporale
- Ah Giornata Tremenda Infernale!
- Psst! Ohi tu, Briccone!
- Papa, Gli Voglio Bene
- Ah La Milza! La Milza!... Ecco I Regali
- E Pazzo Da Legare
- Presto Presto Mia Signora... Fermati, Cocchiere!
- Qual Rombazzo - Infernale!
- Tutto A Posto!
Customer Reviews:
An entertaining, live "Straw Hat".......2007-01-20
SOUND: Details are not provided by the publisher, but this seems to be a true pirate recording. It was clearly recorded from the audience, as demonstrated by the close proximity of a horny-handed, bravo-shouting enthusiast (who, thank heaven, manages to restrain himself until the appropriate moments.) The orchestra is front and center, while the performers are noticeably distant and sometimes overwhelmed by the sounds emerging from the pit. All that notwithstanding, the mono sound isn't all that bad. It is certainly better than many of Callas' live recordings or almost anything emerging from the Salzburg Festival in the 1950s.
CAST: Fadinard, a young, would-be bridegroom - Edoardo Gimenez; Nonancourt, Fadinard's short-tempered father-in-law to be - Gianni Socci; Elena, Fadinard's bride-to-be - Marielle Devia; Anaide, a lady who takes off her hat at intimate moments - Dolores Crivellari; Emilio, Anaide's lover - Manuel Gonzales; Beaupertuis, Anaide's jealous, well-armed husband - Federico Davia; The Baroness of Champigny, a lady with very definite ideas about violinists - Magda Olivero; Uncle Vezet - Augusto Pedroni; The Milliner - Katerina Moesen; Corporal of the Guard/The Viscount of Rosalba - Harmut Schmieder; A Guard/ Fadinard's servant - Jean-Jacques Schreurs. CONDUCTOR: Elio Boncompagni with the Orchestra of Theatre Royal de la Monnaie.
COMPOSER: Nino Rota (1911-1979) was a member of a musical family. His mother was his first music teacher. Toscanini was a family friend and advisor. He was formally trained in both Italy and the United States. In Philadelphia he took classes in the orchestra from Fritz Reiner. Rota is, of course, best known for his film scores but he composed ten operas, five ballets and numerous orchestral pieces.
THE OPERA: "Il cappello di paglia di Firenze" (The Florentine Straw Hat) is based on a famous 1851 farce by Eugene Labiche and Marc Michel called "Un chapeau de paille d'Italie." The great French film director Rene Clair used the story in 1927 for one of the best of the French silent film comedies "An Italian Straw Hat." In 1944, Nino Rota and his mother Ernesta wrote the libretto for "il cappello." Rota worked on the score for a year or more but put it aside unfinished, with no prospect of a performance. In the mid-1950s, at the prompting of a friend who had heard parts of the score, Rota finished the piece and saw it premiered in Palermo in April 1955 with Jonel Perlea conducting.
STORY: "Il cappello" is a farce about misunderstandings. Fadinard begins his wedding day by driving his carriage across Paris to check on the state of his new apartment. While passing through a wooded area, his whip gets entangled. He stops the carriage to retrieve the whip. His horse uses the pause as an opportunity to snack on an attractive straw hat conveniently hanging from a tree. Fadinard returns to be confronted by an indignant and very much married lady and her lover who is very much not her husband. The lady had removed the hat during an intimate moment with her lover. She cannot return to her suspicious husband without her hat. Fadinard, she and her lover insist, must provide a replacement and they will not listen to any trifling quibbles from him about his forthcoming wedding. Produce the hat, they say, or face a duel. The plot is now wound up like a top and ready to go spinning away. The wedding guests approach as Fadinard rushes off to find a replacement hat. Along the way he blunders into many misunderstandings, including one in which he is taken to be a virtuoso violinist, all to the growing annoyance of his prospective father-in-law.
COMMENTARY: "Il cappello" is pretty much what one might expect from a mid-Twentieth Century Italian composer who was a close friend of Stravinsky but who did not buy into either the atonality of that century's music or its icy indifference to the human condition. For a hint of the sound of the opera and the approach it takes, consider the first scene of Puccini's "La Boheme," before the entry of Mimi and the lush melodies she brings in her wake. Extend that over the whole length of the opera and you have something very like "Il cappello."
Although she is in a supporting role, the star of this performance is the great Magda Olivero, still in first youth at a mere 64 years of age. That lady was, and is, everything that an opera star ought to be. The very fine Marielle Devia, impresses as always, even in the too-small part of Elena. Edoardo Gimenez was, I think, one of those performers who is a delight to see, but one, alas, not blessed with a beautiful voice. On CD, he offers a workmanlike job. The rest of the cast is competent. The conducting and orchestra seem perfectly satisfactory in this not very heavily orchestrated work.
I was drawn to this "Il cappello" by the negative Amazon reviews. Frankly, I wondered how any performance that boasted of both Olivero and Devia could possibly rate a single star. To tell the truth, I am still puzzled by Mr. Dowling's obviously honest and heartfelt disdain. For the moment, I can only assume that my reaction is so different from his because I have heard more truly lousy Twentieth Century operas than he has. The second reviewer, Armindo, always perceptive and an excellent guide, has written a solid and nicely balanced review, but it seems to me to be more like three-star piece, despite single star he actually awarded.
I give "Il cappella di paglia di Firenze" full marks for being that rarest of commodities, an entertaining Twentieth Century opera--less one star for the lack of a libretto and the so-so sound. Four stars.
The benefit of the doubt.......2006-12-28
However, the first reason I would give it another chance if it ever happened to be played in theatre near me is that the audience seems to be enjoying what's happening on stage, I hear a lot of laughters particularly when the baritones and basses get on stage. And I've often liked an opera so much more in theatre than on records so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. Secondly, it's Rota's most popular opera and it's been staged a number of times, most notably at La Scala in a 1998 production with Juan Diego Florez.
The cast here features verisimo specialist Magda Olivero, promising young Mariella Devia in the soubrette role of Elena, Edoardo Gimenez in your usual mighty-mouse comic tenor role of Fadinard and an impressive Federico Davia among others. There isn't much for them to sing in terms of arias so be prepared for lots of chatting. For a more musical Rota opera, you might want to try Napoli Milionaria. Otherwise wait for a theatre production or simply play some Bellini...
Junk, not worthy of even One Star.......2006-11-28
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Renata Scotto & José Carreras Sing Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi , Eve Queler , Gianandrea Gavazzeni , Julius Rudel , Nino Verchi , Renata Scotto , Jose Carreras , Yoshi Ito , Paul Plishka , Leonardo Monreale , Vinicio Cocchieri , Enrico Campi , Alfredo Giacomotti , Carlo Meliciani , Piero de Palma , Nella Verri , Margherita Guglielmi , and Giovanni Foiani Manufacturer: Gala ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000001XNJ Release Date: 2000-06-06 |
Customer Reviews:
Scotto and Carreras fans--what you see is what you get.......2006-01-15
By about a mile.
The title of this set is not "Highlights from 'I Lombardi alla prima Crociata' conducted by Eve Queler" nor even "A Rational Selection of Verdian Gems." No, this is "Renata Scotto & José Carreras Sing Giuseppe Verdi." And that is exactly what you get.
What we have here is an extensive set of bleeding hunks of various live (and presumably pirated) performances of Verdi operas in which Scotto and Carreras appeared--not necessarily together--which Gala happened to have on hand. Admittedly, devoting 17 out of a total of 44 tracks to "I Lombardi" and its French incarnation, "Jérusalem," seems a tad excessive, but it's all good stuff.
Really.
If I were trolling for a generous serving of Scotto and Carreras warbling their hearts out in live Verdi performances, this would be the very thing. My concern would be for the singers, not the assorted conductors or even the sound quality--within limits. That being the case, I think that this recording is worth five stars for anyone seeking what it offers.
A fine attempt, but not the best available.......2002-01-04
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Canciones, Romances, Sonetos....
Manufacturer: Accent Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000444A Release Date: 1999-01-01 |
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Il Mito dell'Opera
Manufacturer: Bongiovanni ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000508TS Release Date: 2000-10-17 |
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The Golden Voices of the 3 Tenors
Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000000LOQ Release Date: 1995-04-16 |
Tracks:
- L'Elisir d'Amore: 'Una furtiva lacrima' - Luciano Pavarotti
- La Boheme: 'Che gelida manina' - Luciano Pavarotti
- Turandot: 'Nessun Dorma' - Luciano Pavarotti
- La Traviata: 'Brindisi' - Luciano Pavarotti
- Luisa Miller: 'Quando le sere al placido' - Luciano Pavarotti
- La Traviata: 'Parigi O Cara' - Luciano Pavarotti
- Stabat Mater: 'Cajus Animam' - Luciano Pavarotti
- La Boheme: 'Dunque e proprio finita' - Luciano Pavarotti
- Lucia di Lammermoor: 'Tombe degli avi miei' - Luciano Pavarotti
- La Fille Du Regiment: 'Ah mes amis' - Luciano Pavarotti
- Idomeno Re Di Creta: 'Spiegarti non poss'io' - Luciano Pavarotti
- Idomeno Re Di Creta: 'Padre, mio caro padre' - Luciano Pavarotti
Tracks:
- Madame Butterfly: Addio Fiorito Asil - Jose Carreras
- I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata: Al Siloe! Al Siloe!... Guerra! - Jose Carreras
- Madame Butterfly: Ancora Un Passo Or Via - Jose Carreras
- Madame Butterfly: Bimba, Bimba Non Piangere - Jose Carreras
- La Traviata: Che Fai?... Anami Alfredo - Jose Carreras
- I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata: Che Vid lo Mai?... Si! Del Ciel Che Non Punisce - Jose Carreras
- I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata: Chi Ne Salva?... Quai Grida! - Jose Carreras
- La Traviata: De Miei Bollenti Spiriti - Jose Carreras
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Di Tu Se Fedele - Jose Carreras
- Madame Butterfly: Dovunque Al Mundo ...Amore o Grillo - Jose Carreras
- TOSCA: E Lucevan Le Stelle - Jose Carreras
- Rigoletto: Ella Mi Fu Rapita ...Farmi Veder Le Lacrime - Jose Carreras
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Forse La Soglia Attinse - Jose Carreras
- I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata: Giselda! O Ciel Traveggo... - Jose Carreras
Tracks:
- Il Trovatore: Mai Reggendo ALl'Aspro Assalto - Domingo, Placido
- Il Trovatore: L'Usato Messo Ruiz Invia!... Perigiarti Ancor - Domingo, Placido
- Il Trovatore: E Deggio... E Posso Crederlo - Domingo, Placido
- Il Trovatore: Quale D'Armi Gragor - Domingo, Placido
- Il Trovatore: Ah Si, Ben Mio - Domingo, Placido
- Manon: Je Suis Seul! - Domingo, Placido
- Manon: Ah! Des Grieux! O Manon... Le Ciel Lui-Meme... N'est ce-plus ma main - Domingo, Placido
- Carmen: Quel Regards! Quelle Effronterie! Pari-Moi de ma mort! - Domingo, Placido
- Carmen: Dragons D'Alcala... La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee - Domingo, Placido
- Ernani: Merce Diletti Amici... Dell' Esilio Ne Dolore - Domingo, Placido
- Carmen: La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee... C'est Toi? C'est Moi! - Domingo, Placido
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Madrigals
Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000026YF Release Date: 1991-01-14 |
Customer Reviews:
Die Schönste Madrigale.......2005-02-07
Hoping this set of CDs will be back in stock soon--after all these years, my set of LPs is pretty worn!
Salsa Music:
- Carta Perdida
- Cd00
- Coleccion de Oro, Vol. 10
- Coleccion Oro del Vallenato, Vol. 5
- Con Banda Alcoyosin
- Corazon Herido
- Cuba Legends: The Myths [Import]
- Del Corazon a la Luna
- El Gato: La Institucion del Merengue de New York
- El Reflejo de Amor
Salsa Music
Whatididonmyholidays [CD-single] [Import]
Christmas Oratorio / Cantatas 1-5
Everything's Jumpin' and Other Hits
End of An Ear [Import] [Original recording remastered]
Corelli: Sonate da Camera Op 4, 1694 /Il Ruggiero * Marcante