Due Parole

1. Amore Di Plastica

2. Questa Notte Una Lucciola

3. Sulla Mia Pelle

4. Posso Essere Felice

5. Lingua A Sonagli

6. Non Ti Ho Mai Chiesto

7. Vorrei Dire

8. Stonato

9. Nell' Apparenza

10. Semplicita

11. Quello Che Sento

12. Fino A Quando

Due Parole,Carmen Consoli,Universal/Polygram,Italian,World Music

Average customer rating: Excellent introduction to Tebaldi's art Wonderfull Classic Renata

Classic Puccini Recordings Puccini , and Tebaldi Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Andrea Chenier Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine Verdi: La Forza del Destino The Complete Recordings, 1902-1920 (Box Set) Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera ASIN: B00006IU8W Release Date: 2003-03-11

Album Details

Italian Soprano Renata Tebaldi was One of the Most Important Post-war Sopranos to Tackle a Wide Range of Puccini Roles, and During the 1950s She Recorded Several Complete Opera Recordings. Some of the Operas were Recorded Twice — in Mono and Then in Stereo. Amongst Those which Tebaldi Committed to Disc in the Recording Studio on Two Occasions Must Be Included La Bohème and Madama Butterfly. It is the Earlier, Mono Recordings of These Two Operas which Are Included Here and They Reveal a Fresh-voiced Tebaldi in Recordings Which, Despite the Stereo Remakes, have Stood the Test of Time.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent introduction to Tebaldi's art.......2005-09-29

This set covers the entire productive years of Tebaldi's recording career. Turandot, Butterfly and Boheme are from her earlier career while Tosca is from her later career. Since this Tosca recording is now out of print and is somewhat hard to find, this recording itself almost worth the cost of the set. In Turandot, you will find Tebaldi at her fresher voice, lovely and melting. Eventhough I would still rate Callas' first recorded Tosca as my first choice, this Tosca comes very close. Enjoy.

Wonderfull.......2005-08-19

Fantastic recordings at a very good price. Tebaldi and Del Monaco rule. You should definetely own this set.

Classic Renata.......2005-03-16

To say that these 12 disks contain some of the finest singing ever committed to disk is no exaggeration, but a simple statement of fact. Historical fact. In the 100 years (more or less) that Puccini operas have been around, only a few sopranos in each generation have been the equal of Renata Tebaldi. One cannot objectively say that anyone has surpassed her. Some opera lovers find her peerless in many of these performances. Personal tastes in singers vary, but no one ever sang these roles better. Few anywhere nearly so well. There is not a single note on any of these recordings that is not heartfelt to the core of her being. Like Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, she was luminous, gargantuan in her talent that personified an age. This is one of the great compilations.

Average customer rating: Themeless Opera Forget the others - buy this one!

Donizetti - Don Pasquale / Hendricks · Bacquier · Canonici · Quilico · Schirrer · Opéra de Lyon · Ferro Gaetano Donizetti , Gabriele Ferro , Barbara Hendricks , Gabriel Bacquier , Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon , Luca Canonici , Gino Quilico , and René Schirrer Manufacturer: Erato ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Box Sets at 30% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classical | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000005E79 Release Date: 1992-05-07

Tracks:

1. Ouverture - Orchestre De L'Opera De Lyon
2. Act One, Scene I: Introduzione: 'Son nov'ore' (Don Pasquale) - Gabriel Bacquier
3. Act One, Scene 2: 'Epermesso?' (Malatesta, Don Pasquale) - Gabriel Bacquier
4. Act One, Scene 2: Romanza: 'Bella siccome un angelo' (Malatesta, Don Pasquale) - Gabriel Bacquier
5. Act One, Scene 2: 'E mia sorella!' (Malatesta, Don Pasquale) - Gabriel Bacquier
6. Act One, Scene 2: 'Ah! Un foco insolito!' (Malatesta, Don Pasquale) - Gabriel Bacquier
7. Act One, Scene 3: Recitativo e duetto: 'Son rinato' (Don Pasquale) - Gabriel Bacquier
8. Act One, Scene 3: 'Prender mogile' (Ernesto, Don Pasquale) - Luca Canonici
9. Act One, Scene 3: 'Sogno soave e casto' (Ernesto, Don Pasquale) - Luca Canonici
10. Act One, Scene 3: 'Due parole ancor di volo' (Ernesto, Don Pasquale) - Luca Canonici
11. Act One, Scene 3: 'Ah! Mi fa il destin mendico' (Ernesto, Don Pasquale) - Luca Canonici
12. Act One, Scene 4: Cavatina: 'Quel guardo il cavaliere' (Norina)
13. Act One, Scene 4: 'So anch io la virtu magica (Norina)
14. Act One, Scene 4: Recitativo: 'Il Dottor non si vede' (Norina)
15. Act One, Scene 5: Duetto: 'Bueno nove, Norina' (Malatesta, Norina)
16. Act One, Scene 5: 'Mi volete fiera' (Norina, Malatesta)
17. Act One, Scene 5: 'Vado, carro' (Norina, Malatesta)
18. Act Two, Scene I: Recitaativo: 'Povero Ernesto' (Ernesto) - Luca Canonici
19. Act Two, Scene I: Aria: 'Cerchero lontanna terra' (Ernesto) - Luca Canonici
20. Act Two, Scene I: 'E se fia che as altro oggeto' (Ernesto) - Luca Canonici
21. Act Two, Scene 2: Recitativo: 'Quando avrete introdotto' (Don Pasquale) - Gabriel Bacquier

Tracks:

1. Terzetto: 'Via, da brava' (Malatesta) (Norina) (Don Pasquale)
2. 'Non Abbiate paura' (Malatesta) (Norina) (Don Pasquale)
3. 'Misecordia' (Malatesta) (Norina) (Don Pasquale)
4. 'Fra da una parte' (Malatesta) (Norina) (Ernesto) (Notario) (Don Pasquale)
5. 'Pria di parttir' (Ernesto) (Norina) (Malatesta) (Don Pasquale)
6. 'Questo contratto adunque' (Malatesta) (Norina) (Ernesto) (Notario) (Don Pasquale)
7. 'Un uom qual voi decrepito' (Malatessta) (Norina) (Ernesto) (Don Pasquale)
8. 'E rinasto la impietrato' (Malatesta) (Norina) (Don Pasquale) (Ernesto)
9. 'Riunita immantinente' (Norina) (Don Pasquale) (Malatesta) (Ernesto)
10. 'Io? Io?' (Don Pasquale) (Ernesto) (Norina) (Malatesta)
11. 'I Diamanti, presto, presto' (Don Pasquale) - Gabriel Ferro
12. Recitativo: 'Vediamo, alla modestia' (Don Pasquale) - Gabriel Bacquier
13. Duetto: 'Signorina in tanta fretta' (Don Pasquale)
14. 'E finita, Don Pasquale' (Don Pasquale) (Norina)
15. 'Via caro sposino' (Norina) (Don Pasquale)
16. 'Qualche nota di cuffie e di merlatti' (Don Pasquale)
17. 'Che interminabile andirivieni' - Gabriel Ferro
18. Recitativo: 'Siamo intesi' (Malatesta) (Ernesto) - Luca Canonici
19. Recitativo: 'Don Pasquale' (Malatesta) (Don Pasquale) - Gabriel Bacquier
20. Duetto: 'Chetti, cheti, immantinente' (Don Pasquale) (Malatesta) - Gabriel Bacquier
21. 'Aspetta, aspetta' (Don Pasquale) (Malatesta) - Gabriel Bacquier
22. Sereneta: 'Com e genti' (Ernesto) - Luca Canonici
23. 'Tornami a dir che m'ami (Norina) (Ernesto)
24. 'Eccoli, attenti ben' (Don Pasquale) (Malatesta) (Norina)
25. 'Eccomi' (Ernesto) (Malatesta) (Norina) (Don Pasquale)
26. 'Bravo, bravo, Don Pasquale' (Malatesta) (Norina) (Ernesto) (Don Pasquale)

Customer Reviews:

Themeless Opera.......2006-10-19

As far as I know this work of 1843 is the last major opera buffa to be composed unless the definition of the genre is expanded to include works like Verdi's Falstaff. Although the recording booklet states that Don Pasquale is Donizetti's "undoubted comic masterpiece," I prefer L'Elisir D'Amore (1832), a less formulaic work labeled a "melodrama." There is nothing wrong with formulaic art as long as the formula means something. Paisiello's opera buffa Astrologi Immaginari (1779) satirizes dilettante pretensions to being a "philosopher" and thus disposes of a vestige of Renaissance culture that was fading away after 1740. Paisiello's opera makes good sense and is perfectly matched by the music. I find it more difficult to assign meaning to Don Pasquale; and the opera may well appeal to audiences interested in themeless "mere entertainment." The work synthesizes Rossini's approach to instrumental music with Bellini's style of flowing bel canto arias. The appeal of bel canto might be described as a physical sensation. All art depends on sensation. But opera consists of drama, and themeless drama makes no sense. The recording booklet reports that at Paris, "The critics found the subject somewhat threadbare." Themeless work could not compete, for example, with the striking historical settings of Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots and Le Prophete or even with Bellini's Norma and I Puritani. The contrast between these operas and Don Pasquale is analogous to the one between the rich historical settings of Sir Walter Scott's novels and the uncolored, if intelligently worked out settings of Jane Austen. In appreciating Don Pasquale, one must develop a taste for Plain Jane and set aside "Robert the Devil." As Dr. Malatesta sings in Act I, Scene 5, "You have to play the simpleton." Ironically Donizetti based his most popular opera Lucia di Lammermoor on a Scott novel.

Forget the others - buy this one!.......2003-10-02

I originally purchased the RCA Red Seal recording of this opera with Bruson-Mei-Lopardo-Allen never having heard the work before. While the Red Seal recording certainly did not sound bad, I couldn't help but think that, as the heroine, Mei missed a lot of opportunities to hit those incredible highs that Donizetti is so famous for. Since I wasn't familiar with the work, I only assumed that she opted to go an octave lower than Donizetti had originally intended for the part. Well, sure enough I finally saw the opera performed live in San Jose and was blown away by all the highs that the soprano hit throughout the show. I immediately purchased this recording to see if the Norina in this particular performance (Barbara Hendricks) offered a more gutsy performance and boy does she ever! Mei's voice on the Red Seal recording is undeniably beautiful, but Hendricks simply blows her out of the water with all of her vocal fireworks in this recording. The orchestras and male performers are equally good in both, but if you love the sound of a bel canto soprano hitting an incredible high note, then forget about the RCA recording and go for this one instead.

Average customer rating: More 'Delights of Music' From Delitiae Musicae

Monteverdi: Madrigals Book 2 Monteverdi , Longhini , and Delitiae Musicae Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Monteverdi: Madrigals Book 3 Madrigals Book I Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals Book 4 Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 5 Monteverdi: Quinto Libro de Madrigali (Fifth Book of Madrigals) ASIN: B00007FKQD Release Date: 2003-08-19

Tracks:

1. Non Si Levav'ancor L'alba Novella
2. E Dicea L;una Sospirand'allora
3. Bevea Fillide Mia
4. Dolcissimi Legami Di Parole Amorose
5. Non Giacinti O Narcisi
6. Intorno A Due Vermiglie E Vaghe Labra
7. Non Son In Queste Rive
8. Tutte Le Bocche Belle
9. Donna, Nel Mio Ritorno Il Mio Pensiero
10. Quell'ombr'esser Vorrei
11. S'andasse Amor A Caccia
12. Mentr'io Mirava Fiso
13. Ecco Mormorar L'onde
14. Dolcemente Dormiva La Mia Clori
15. Se Tu Mi Lassi, Perfida, Tuo Danno
16. La Bocca Onde L'asprissime Parole
17. Crudel, Perche Mi Fuggi
18. Questo Specchio Ti Dono
19. Non M'e Grave 'L Morire
20. Ti Sponto L'ali, Amor
21. Cantai Un Tempo E Se Fu Dolce Il Canto

Customer Reviews:

More 'Delights of Music' From Delitiae Musicae.......2003-09-09

This is the second volume of what appears to be a series covering all of Monteverdi's madrigals. I was very favorably impressed by the first volume, madrigals published when Monteverdi was only 19. Now, we have Book II, published when Monteverdi was an old man of 22. The musical style has advanced; no longer is the music strophic, but rather the form of the music follows the form of the poetry, often sounding much like what we later came to know in Monteverdi's early operas, a kind of extended (but very melodious) recitative. And, of course, it is highly contrapuntal still; Monteverdi's style became more homophonic as he went along, but here he's still paying obeisance to the contrapuntal late Renaissance/early Baroque style extant in Florence.

Most of the lyrics are by Torquato Tasso and mostly they are about love or nature, or both. The familiar two-part 'Non si levav'ancor l'alba novella--E dicea l'una sospirand'allora' depicts the desire of a young couple for the dawn not to come and end their night of delight. The nature poetry of the second part has some of Monteverdi's finest word-painting.

As in the first volume the Italian early-music group Delitiae Musicae under Marco Longhini perform brilliantly. The clear-toned all-male vocal group is accompanied lightly and expertly by lute, harpsichord, and in homage to Monteverdi's own instrument, a viola.

Recommended.

Scott Morrison

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Claudio Monteverdi: Il Secondo Libro de Madrigali, 1590 (The Second Book of Madrigals, 1590) - The Consort of Musicke Claudio Monteverdi , Anthony Rooley , and The Consort of Musicke Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DNWO Release Date: 1993-05-11

Tracks:

1. Non Si Levav' Ancor L'Alba Novella: Non Si Levav' Ancor L'Alba Novella
2. Non Si Levav' Ancor L'Alba Novella: E Dicea L'Una Sospirand' All'Hora
3. Bevea Fillide Mia
4. Dolcissimi Legami
5. Non Giacinti O Narcisi
6. Intorno A Due Vermiglie E Vaghe Labbra
7. Non Sono In Queste Rive
8. Tutte La Bocche Belle
9. Donna, Nel Mio Ritorno
10. Quell' Ombr' Esser Vorrei
11. S' Andass' Amor A Caccia
12. Mentr' Io Mirava Fiso
13. Se Tu Mi Lassi, Perfida
14. Ecco Mormorar L'Onde
15. La Boca Onde L'Aspressime Parole
16. Dolcemente Dormiva La Mia Clori
17. Crudel, Perche Mi Fuggi?
18. Questo Specchio Ti Dono
19. Non M' E Grave 'L Morire
20. Ti Sponto L' Ali, Amor
21. Cantai Un Tempo

Average customer rating: CONSOLIESQUE: it-rock in the late 90's

Due Parole Carmen Consoli Manufacturer: Universal/Polygram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Italy | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Italian | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Confusa e Felice Mediamente Isterica Stato di Necessità Eva Contro Eva L'anfiteatro e la Bambina Impertinente ASIN: B00000IPO0 Release Date: 1999-03-05

Tracks:

1. Amore di Plastica
2. Questa Notte una Lucciola Illumina la Mia Finestra
3. Sulla Mia Pelle
4. Posso Essere Felice
5. Lingua a Sonagli
6. Non Ti Ho Mai Chiesto
7. Vorrei Dire
8. La Stonato
9. Nell'Apparenza
10. Semplicit
11. Quello Che Sento
12. Fino a Quando

Customer Reviews:

CONSOLIESQUE: it-rock in the late 90's.......2000-06-29

Just as Athena sprang adult and armed off Jupiter's head, Carmen Consoli's debut album in 1996 was a sort of parthenogenesis: barely 20, yet mature and wise. She plays her guitar like a long run lover, now melodic then angry, melancholic (though never easily romantic) in the end. She keeps in mind the whole lesson she learned on rock (needless to say: Janis, the Stones, Kurt, Bob and so on) and italian pop as well (Amore Di Plastica and Fino A Quando would be worth Mina's feature), but she's able to work out her very own way. Lingua A Sonagli, Non Ti Ho Mai Chiesto, Quello Che Sento sound CONSOLIESQUE, you couldn't get wrong listening to them: that's her, "the best thing happened in italian rock in the last four years".

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Falstaff (Hybr) Verdi , Pertusi , Alvarez , Ibarra , and Davis Manufacturer: Lso Live UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000063DQI Release Date: 2005-01-11

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6. Flores
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9. Fua Na Casa De Cabral [Import]
10. Gipsy Kings - Les Plus Belles Chansons [Import]

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