Doña Francisquita, ,

1. Doña Francisquita, zarzuela
Composed by Amadeo Vives
Performed by Madrid Chamber Orchestra Conducted by Daniel Montorio

Tracks:

Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Academy And Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Zadok The Priest - Ambrosian Singers
Miserere Mei, Deus - Gerald Finley
Veni Creator Spiritus - Choir Of The Monks Of The Benedictine Monastery Of Santo Domingo De Silos
Lacrimosa - London Philharmonic Choir
For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Ambrosian Singers
The Heavens Are Telling - John Shirley-Quirk
Panis Angelicus - Halle Choir
Ave Maria - Groupe Vocal De France
Ode To Joy - The Westminster Choir
Va, Pensiero - Chorus Of the Royal Opera House
Chorus Of Slave Girls - Chorus Of The National Theatre Of Sophia
Coro De Romanticos - Coro Cantores De Madrid
In Paradisum - Choir Of Kings College, Cambridge
Totus Tuus - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Song For Athene - Winchester Cathedral Choir
Celebration - London Symphony Chorus
Jerusalem - Royal Choral Society

Tracks:

Zion Hort Die Wachter - South German Madrigal Choir
Pleni Sunt Coeli Et Terra - Charles Brett
Hallelujah Chorus - Ambrosian Singers
Thou Knowest, Lord - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Veni Sancte Spiritus - Choir Of The Monks Of The Benedictine Monastery Of Santo Domingo De Silos
Awake The Harp - City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth - New Philharmonia Chorus
L'Adieu Des Bergers - Choeurs Rene Duclos
Agnus Dei - Peter Barley
Cantique De Jean Racine - MONKS AND CHOIRBOYS OF DOWNSIDE ABBEY
Ave Verum Corpus - Schutz Consort
Begluckt Darf Nun Dich, O Heimat - Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Munich
Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spoglie - Chorus Of the Royal Opera House
Laudamus Te - Radio France Chorus
Chichester Psalms - Rachel Masters
The Lamb - Vasari Singers
Agnus Dei - Winchester Cathedral Choir
Requiem Aeternam - Choir Of Kings College, Cambridge
Dies Irae - Philharmonia Chorus
O Fortuna - London Philharmonic Choir
Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1 (Land Of Hope Glory) - Royal Choral Society

Customer Reviews:

I love it and I give it as a gift.......2006-12-11

This is the first collection of choral music that I've purchased and I love it. I own copies of operas and requiems and masses, but if you attend choral concerts, as I have been recently, you learn there is a huge colletion of choral music appart from the forms I've been listening to. I appreciate the producers selecting "Song for Athene" by Tavener and "Celebration (Standing Stone)" by McCartney. They are new to me and I love them. Disk 1 ends with "Jerusalem" and Disk 2 ends with "Land of Hope and Glory." As an American I rarely hear these and I am so glad they were included. I believe this album was intended to help popularize choral music and I believe the selections do fine job towards that end.

I know snobs rage against popularizing classical music, but everyone deserves exposure to the beauty of song. I will also mention here "The East Village Opera Company" because they work to popularize opera by setting it to a rock beat. They do a fine job but also get criticized for attempting to popularize classical music.

"The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever" was so popular with my teen-age daughter that it was hard to get it back from her. I give the album as a gift to nephews and nieces.

MarMSED.......2005-08-27

The music selections are extraordinary. The only problem has to do with the balance of sound. There are some parts that are very loud, and some that are so very soft. You have to continually adjust the volume.

Diverse range but the songs are butchered..........2005-07-24

Well, this CD isn't horrible by any stretch, but it is irritating to someone who's more than a casual listener of choral music. I'm by no means as musically "literate" as many reviewers out there, but I have a collection of probably twenty-five or thirty choral CD's and this is one that will probably be gathering dust in the back of the CD book.

The peices are well-performed for the most part, but they are hopelessly edited. Beethoven's Ode to Joy is somewhere around twenty four minutes, but this CD only includes an arrangement of about five minutes. The beautiful Miserere is, uncut, almost eleven minutes but is cut down to five and a half minutes here.

Looking back, I should have realized the major editing that would be involved, just by the sheer number of peices on it. I'm familiar with a great many of them and I know they're too long to fit onto a seventy minute disc without some major cutting going on. I just didn't reason that out before I shelled out the money for it.

Bottom line. This CD has decent singing, but is nothing special. If you're a newcomer to this genre, you might get this as a quick overview of the different types of choral music out there, but if you're any kind of an avid listener, this CD will drive you insane with the severity of the cuts. Beginners, if you're looking for a great collection CD, you'd do better to look at "Choral Moods". It doesn't have the diversity in styles of this one, but it will introduce you to incredibly talented composers. To the old hats out there, steer clear of this one and look to CD's by your preferred individual composers themselves. It's more money, but much less frustration in the long run. The old sayings are sometimes the best: You get what you pay for.

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A Classic Recording
A must for a Placido fan
Great for what it is
Certainly not ALLL the Essential Domingo
Solid, comfortable, familiar -- very good!

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The Domingo Songbook

ASIN: B00064AEYW
Release Date: 2004-10-26

Tracks:

Nessun Dorma!
Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!.. Celeste Aida
Ch'Ella Mi Creda Libero E Lontano
Una Furtiva Lagrima
Quando Le Sere Al Placido
Bimba Dagli Occhi
Addio, Fiorito Asi
Ingemisco
Amor Ti Vieta
Sincero Amor
Ah! Tout Est Bien Fini-O Souverain, O Juge, O Pere
Apri La Tua Finestra!
E Lucevan Le Stelle
Firenze E Come Un Albero Fiorito
Di Rigori Armato Il Seno
Sole E Amore
Von Der Jugend
Di Quella Pira

Tracks:

Te Quiero, Morena-Jota
La Roca Fria Del Calvario (Romanze)
Por El Humo Se Sabe Donde Esta El Fuego
Granada
Andalucia
Serenata Tapatia
Adoro
Siempre En Mi Corazon
Malaguena
Dulcinea
The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
In Pace
Maria
Perhaps Love
Love Came For Me
A Love Until The End Of Time

Customer Reviews:

A Classic Recording.......2007-03-09

This was a great buy for me. The power and accuracy of Placido's voice are demonstrated well. Two CD's and 34 songs--just can't beat that for the price.

A must for a Placido fan.......2005-04-23

If you've continously listened to this master of tenors and said "wow, I like it, I want to listen even more of him", then raise it to 5 stars, which is the rating I personally give the CD; HOWEVER, if you've only heard him once or not at all, you might want to wait a while and get to know him and other tenors better. Why? Well, disc 1 is the "classical" disc, with arias from famous operas and choral pieces by Puccini and the like, but disc 2, the "modern" or "popular" disc, contains music that will leave you a bit puzzled, since it's is not for everyone; a lot of people have never heard zarzuela or tunes by Manzanero or Lecuona. In short, this disc is better suited for fans of Placido or people who want to know him better, if not, it still is a top choice, and this way you just might fall in love with him (well, his singing, not him literally).

Great for what it is.......2005-01-13

I agree with the previous poster that this does not contain his great dramatic stuff like otello/wagner, but the collection is a beautiful one. There are some great recordings here, and his crossover stuff(maria, Dulcinea, impossible dream) is very interesting. His opera is of course impecable and brilliant. Finally we get to hear Domingo's high C in Di Quella Pira, and its a good one. The zarzuela or spanish operetta type songs and are wonderful.

I found this to be beautiful and exhilirating to listen to.

Certainly not ALLL the Essential Domingo.......2005-01-03

I grew up with Placido Domingo. Not in the sense of being boyhood friends, but rather in the sense that he was part of my "Golden Age" at the Metropolitan Opera. Of the "Three Tenors" (more Marketing hype than useful grouping of three fine singers) Domingo was the most dramatic - the "heaviest" of the three. His repertoire extended well beyond the lyric - and that's why this collection is not all the "essential" Domingo, but rather offers an interesting look at the lighter, more lyric side of Placido Domingo. You won't find Lohengrin or Otello here, but you will find many of the more lyric tenor arias from Verdi, Puccini and Donizetti - to name a few.

There is an "edge" to Domingo's voice that perhaps accounts for his ability to transition successfully into the heavier repertory. I find that tonal quality particularly noticeable in this collection - and sometimes too pronounced. On the other hand, there are a few wonderful surprises. His "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore is a stand out. Its rare you here a tenor with this much power sing the role. The duet "Bima dagli occhi" from Madama Butterfly with Renata Scotto, again casts Pinkerton with a quality tenor not often found in the opera house any more. I loved the selection from Gianni Schicchi - when is the last time you found Rinuccio cast with this size tenor voice - and the Italian tenor's aria from Rosenkavalier is a treasure from a recording currently out of print. And then there is one of Domingo's signature roles - Jack Rance in Puccini's La Fanciulla del West. No one sings Rance better than Domingo - and the excerpt from the complete recording finds Domingo at his very best.

Disk two is devoted to song - popular and classical. There is a fair amount of tripe - too much cross over (as in who needs to hear Domingo sing "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha - Broadway is not Mr. Domingo's genre). But there are some wonderful cuts as well - "Granada" is a Domingo encore specialty, and I was particularly struck by the song "In Pace" from the motion picture Hamlet - I never saw the film and was truly taken aback at how beautiful a song this is, and Domingo's voice soars.

I found the sound of these CD's a bit "tinny". Perhaps its the analogue to digital conversion, but I was disappointed in the overall sound. The album is badly mistitled "The Essential Placido Domingo". Certainly this is some of the essential Domingo - and some very wonderful examples of the lyric Domingo - but there is clearly a volume two to come - the dramatic Placido Domingo. But why wait - buy this fine collection, and then feast on some of the complete recordings such as Otello or Lohengrin.

Solid, comfortable, familiar -- very good!.......2005-01-01

Why wait to see if this reviewer enjoyed Sony's latest offering: I did, and so will you. Hats off to Sony for getting it right with this two CD, 34-song bonanza of Placido Domingo singing -- well, as the name implies -- the essentials, from opera to Broadway to Hollywood, in a mix that keeps its distance while holding it all together in a package that breeds enough familiarity to make even the most harsh tenor critic purr. The more clasical offerings are on the first CD and the more sentimental are on disc two. Interestingly, I found side two more seductive and subdued in tone, and enjoyed listening to Mr. Domingo's interpretation of such popular favorites as "Maria" from "West Side Story", "Dulcinea" from "Man From LaMancha" and a couple duets with John Denver (Perhaps Love) and Maureen McGovern (A Love Without End). The songs selected for side two actually did set a thematic tone. Readers of my reviews know that I place a high value on a CDs overall ability to present what is offered in a bundle that sets and keeps a mood. I usually ask two questions: is it consistent once the mood is set; and does it keep the listener in that mood throughout once established? Here, well, here, I break from tradition and profess some confusion. The mood on disc one is not thematic but ecclectic -- from solo's to duets, from live recordings to studio, from one orchestra to the next, from upbeat to mellow. Technically, while there is some difference in the overall sound quality while switching from one setting to another, it is something you would have to listen for to catch, and becaue of this doesn't amount to a serious flaw as presented. What saves disc one from my usual "tenor blahs" is Mr. Domingo's exceptional voice and the selection of songs chosen -- which, while altering between one mood and another, are all familiar enough that we listen with knowing ease to what we expect. This isn't the kind of CD you put on while holding a conversation with anyone, but rather one you would put on, close your eyes and listen to for its sheer technical achievement -- or more precisely for Mr. Domingo's talent. The voice is clear and strong and passinate and reflects Mr. Domingo's control of his range and interpretive skills. Listen to Verdi's "Ingemisco" with The London Symphony and Leonard Bernstein; Puccini's "Bimba Dagli Occhi" with Renata Scoto (he sings a couple meodies with Scoto) and Umberto Giordino's "Amor ti Vieta" from Fedora to get an idea of what I am referring to here. It took me a couple sessions with each side to settle down and appreciate what was offered. Hopefully this review will get you ready and you will enjoy it from the start. PJW

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Miguel Fleta, Vol. 3

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HIS BEST RECORDINGS ARE ON THIS DISC!

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Miguel Fleta, Vol. 3

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Lebendige Vergangenheit: Miguel Fleta

ASIN: B0000023PB
Release Date: 1997-05-20

Tracks:

La Favorita: Spirto gentil (Donizetti)
Lohengrin: Da voi lonton
Lohengrin: Cigno gentil
Manon: O dolce incanto... Chiudo gli occhi
Sadko: De grandes perlas y diamantes lleno
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
Granadians
Berceuse
Nebbie
Berceuse
Waltz No. 15
Nana
Jota
Mi tierra
Adios triguena
La fematera
Si fuera un aeroplano
La fematera
La Dolores: Aragon, la mas famosa
El Guitarrico: Suena guitarrico mio
Sangre de Reyes: Adios para siempre
Dona Francisquita: Por el humo se sabe

Customer Reviews:

HIS BEST RECORDINGS ARE ON THIS DISC!.......2005-01-12

MIGUEL FLETA IS THE MOST INTERESTING TENOR I HAVE EVER HEARD. I ENJOY HIS ART FROM TIME TO TIME.

THE FIRST FIVE SELECTIONS ON THIS DISC CAPTURE HIS 18TH-19TH CENTURY VOCAL TECHNIQUE (later named bel canto)AT ITS BEST AND IT ENABLES HIM TO VARY NOT ONLY HIS DYNAMIC RANGE IN EXTREMES BUT ALSO HIS TONAL COLOR. HE HAS ASTOUNDING AGILITY. HE HAS A VERY LARGE VOICE STRONG ON THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM. HOWEVER, WHEN HE SINGS VERISMO AND FORTE, HE LOSES SOLIDITY AND INTONATION.

IT SEEMS THAT HE DID NOT PERFECT THE BEL CANTO TECHNIQUE WITH REGARD TO BREATHING AND HIS FABLED PIANI AND DIMINUENDI OFTEN SWITCH REGISTERS AUDIBLY AND WOBBLE THEIR WAY HOME. YET HE SINGS WITH GREAT HEART AND AFFECTINGLY.

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If THIS is Zarzuela, Count Me In!

Amadeo Vives: Doña Francisquita

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Zarzuela: Spanish Operetta
Preludes & Choruses From Zarzuelas

ASIN: B00005Q77Q
Release Date: 2003-08-19

Customer Reviews:

If THIS is Zarzuela, Count Me In!.......2003-11-01

I know nothing about zarzuela, that Spanish light opera that is so popular in Hispanic countries and next to uknown elsewhere. I ran across a recent Naxos release, 'Preludes and Choruses from Zarzuela,' and was smacked between the eyes. So when this release came my way I pricked up my ears. Amadeo Vives's 'Doña Francisquita' is accounted by many to be the best zarzuela ever written. I wouldn't know; but I do know that this music is infectious. This recording is a re-release of a 1993 Valois label recording starring the classiest of Spanish tenors, Alfredo Kraus, and María Bayo, a crystalline-voiced soprano. Kraus was sixty-five when he recorded it, but aside from some wear in the voice and a little uncertainty at high volume, his singing is as elegant as ever. The whole production is under the direction of conductor Antoni Ros Marbà, with chorus and orchestra from Tenerife.

I won't recount the story of the piece. It's a fairly typical romantic comedy with misunderstandings, comic bits, open-faced romantic songs. It has something I don't think I've encountered before in opera--a pants-role-in-reverse. I guess one could call it a 'skirt role.' The hero, Fernando, has a best friend, Cardona, and from the middle of Act II on he is dressed as a very attractive woman. Well, I guess if Leonore can be Fidelio, I guess Cardona can be a vamp who attracts all kinds of male attention.

Several points about this recording. Zarzuela, like much operetta, Singspiel and opéra comique, has spoken dialog. It has been omitted in this Spanish-language production, which is just as well for us non-Hispanophones. This makes for an uninterrupted parade of choruses, dances, arias, duos, all with infectious tunes that, I promise you, will stay in your inner ear for hours or days. I was affected that way particularly by Francisquita's 'Canción del ruiseñor' ('Song of the Nightingale') in which she imitates the song of the nightingale and is joined in a juicy duet by Fernando. Similarly, Fernando's ballad 'Por el humo se sabe' ('From the smoke we know where there is fire'), sung beautifully by Kraus, has a vaulting romantic feel. Not surprisingly Spanish rhythms abound, as in the students' rousing 'Cuando un hombre se quiere casar' ('When a man wants to marry') in Act I and the instrumental Fandango in Act III. Not being that familiar with Spanish vocal music, I had never realized how much the sound and accentuation of the Spanish language determine what we think of as typically Spanish rhythms. Further, it must be said that surely Spanish is one of the most beautiful of sung languages, on a par with Italian and Russian; it's all those open vowels, allowing for full-throated singing.

Finally, Carlos Gómez Amat's essay about zarzuela in general and 'Doña Francisquita' in particular is very helpful to a neophyte, even if its English translation is a little unidiomatic. The history of the form is briefly recounted and a description of the form is neatly laid out.

Last week a recording of Puccini's 'Edgar' (from the same recording label) rarely left my CD player, and this week it's been the insinuating melodies and rhythms of 'Doña Francisquita.' It's been a good two weeks!

I understand there was a prior recording of 'Doña Francisquita' starring Plácido Domingo but I've not encountered it.

Recommended for those, otherwise unfamiliar with the genre, who think they might like dipping their toe into the vast sea of Zarzuela.

Tracks:

Faust: Salve dimora casta e pura
L'africana: O Paradiso
Manon: Ah! Dispar vision
Werther: Ah! Non mi ridestar
La Favorita: Una vergine, un angel di Dio
Rigoletto: Questa o quella
Rigoletto: Ella mi fu rapita!.. Parmi veder le lagrime
Rigoletto: La donna e mobile
Il Trovatore: Ah! si, ben mio coll'essere
Il Trovatore: Di quella pira
La Boheme: Che gelida manina
La Boheme: Mimi e una civetta
TOSCA: Recondita armonia
TOSCA: E lucevan le Stelle
Turandot: Nessun dorma
La Cena delle Beffe: Ah! Che tormento
La Cena delle Beffe: Mi svestii
Andrea Chenier: Credo a una possanza
Iris: Apri la tua fenestra
Cavalleria Rusticana: Siciliana
Una Vieja: Cavatina
Dona Francisquita: Mujer fatal - Romanza de Fernando
Alegria del Batallon: Cancion y Guajiras

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España

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ASIN: B00004YX46
Release Date: 2000-10-10

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El Sombrero De Tres Picos/Le Tricorne: Danse De La Meuniere - Maria Lluisa Muntada/Ballet De Espana/Paco Romero 'Palmas Y Palillos'/Joven Orquesta Nacional De...
Don Quixote, Scene IV - Orquesta Sinfonica De Tenerife/Victor Pablo Perez
Cantos De Espana/Chants D'Espagne: Asturias - Rafael Orozco
El Amor Brujo/L'Amour Sorcier: Introduccion Y Escena - Esperanza Fernandez/Orquestra Simfonica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya/Edmon Colomer
El Amor Brujo/L'Amour Sorcier: Cancion Del Amor Dolido - Esperanza Fernandez/Orquestra Simfonica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya/Edmon Colomer
El Amor Brujo/L'Amour Sorcier: Danza Ritual Del Fuego (Para Ahuyentar Los Malos Espiritus) - Esperanza Fernandez/Orquestra Simfonica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya/Edmon Colomer
El Amor Brujo/L'Amour Sorcier: Cancion Del Fuego Fatuo - Esperanza Fernandez/Orquestra Simfonica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya/Edmon Colomer
Iberia: Evocation (Livre I) - Rafael Orozco
Iberia: El Puerto (Suite Pour Orchestre) - Orquesta De Valencia/Manuel Galduf
Concierto De Aranjuez (Version Pour Harpe): Adagio - Isabelle Moretti Sinfonica De Sevilla/Edmon Colomer
Dona Francisquita: Fandago (Instrumental, Act III) - Orquesta Sinfonica De Tenerife/Antoni Ros Marba
La Verbena De La Paloma: Habanera Concertante - Placido Domingo/Maria Bayo/Rafael Castejon/Raquel Pierotti/Ana Ma Amengual/Silvia Tro/Juan Jesus...
Cantos De Espana/Chants D'Espagne: Seguidillas - Rafael Orozco
Goyescas: La Maja Y El Ruisenor - Maria Bayo/Orquesta Sinfonica De Madrid/Antoni Ros Marba
Aragonesa - Rafael Orozco
Cansada Marisma (Nana) - Pedro Bacan/Ines Bacan/Richard Eade/Nicasio Moreno/Xavier Desandre

Dona Francisquita-Alfredo Kraus Ana M. Olaria

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Dona Francisquita-Alfredo Kraus Ana M. Olaria

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Release Date: 2007-07-10

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Dona Francisquita
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sony Bmg
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ASIN: B000Q7ZHAU
Release Date: 1996-02-26

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A Great Introduction to Zarzuela

Romanzas

Manufacturer: Valois
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ASIN: B000025NDU
Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

No Puede Ser - La Tabernera Del Puerto/Pablo Sorozabal
En Un Pais De Fabula - La Tabernera Del Puerto/Pablo Sorozabal
Introduction - Luisa Fernanda/Federico Moreno Torroba
Romance De Javier - Luisa Fernanda/Federico Moreno Torroba
Duo De Paloma Et La Marquesita - El Barberillo De Lavapies/Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
Intermede - Bohemios/Amadeo Vives
Duo De Cossette Et Pelagia - Bohemios/Amadeo Vives
Habanera Concertante - La Verbena De La Paloma/Tomas Breton
Instrumental - La Tabernera Del Puerto/Pablo Sorozabal
Cancion Del Ruisenor - Dona Francisquita/Amadeo Vives
Siempre Es El Amor - Dona Francisquita/Amadeo Vives
La Laya Y El Ruisenor - Goyescas/Enrique Granados
Introduction - La Verbena De La Paloma/Tomas Breton
Marola, Yo Deseo - La Tabernera Del Puerto/Pablo Sorozabal

Customer Reviews:

A Great Introduction to Zarzuela.......2000-10-14

Audivis, a French recording company had done a great deal to introduce the music world to the delights of zarzuela. This CD have excerpts from some of the best moments of zarzuelas already recorded by Audivis, like La Tabernera del puerto, Luisa Fernanda, El barberillo de Lavapiés, Bohemios, La Verbena de la Paloma, Doña Francisquita and the Spanish opera Goyescas. These delighful melodies are brought to life with the voices and artistry of Placido Domingo and Maria Bayo. Domingo bring his beautiful sound and passion to arias like No puede ser from La Taberbera del Puerto and Romance de Javier from Luisa Fernanda. These two arias are two of the best tenor solos of the genre and really comparable to any Puccini aria. Bayo shines with her silvery voice, her coloratura is cristal clear in the solos from La Tabernera del Puerto and Doña Francisquita and her pianissimo singing is a joy in La Maja y el Ruiseñor from Goyescas. Apart from the solos, there are very fine duets, not only between Domingo and Bayo, but also with other artists, among them the great Alfredo Kraus. There are also some delightful orchestral preludes that bring the listener an idea of how diverse and energetic is the music of Zarzuela. This CD showcases Domingo and Bayo singing in their first language with skill and brio. And probably will bring the listener the oportunity to hear the complete works in a near future.

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Dona Francisquita
Various Artists
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ASIN: B000Q7ZHAK
Release Date: 1987-09-14

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