| 1. Strano il Mio Destino |
| 2. Senza Segreti/Nasceremo [Live] |
| 3. Endless Love [Live] - Michael Baker, Giorgia, Olivia McClurkin |
| 4. Nessun Dolore [Live] |
| 5. E Poi [Live] |
| 6. You Don't Know What Love Is [Live] |
| 7. E C'e' Ancora Mare [Pulp Beat Version] |
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Italian pop singer's 1996 album featuring 5 live tracks.
Freni was a Puccini specialist, and you get an embarrasment of Puccini riches on this CD. Of course, you get the arias "Si, mi chiamano Mimi" and "Addio...D'Onde lieta usci" from La Boheme. Those also feature the incredible Niccolai Gedda. I sure would have liked it if they threw in "O soave fanciulla" as well. You also get arias from Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Rondine, Gianni Schicci, Suor Angelica, and Turandot.
But wait, there's more! I had not heard Freni sing Micaela until this CD. Wait until you hear the "Je dis que rien ne m'epouvant". It will set you free. Then she throws in "Comme autrefois" from Pearl Fishers. Donizetti, Cilea, Mascagni, Massenet, Bellini, Gounod, Mozart, even Verdi(!)...all here.
There was one thing I found unusual about this compilation, and that was the noticeable absence of "Dove sono" and/or "Porgi amor". I mean, those roles are clearly in the reach of any lyric soprano. I did a little research, and found that she really didn't sing the Countess role in Figaro, she sang Susanna! OK, so let's just say her voice was on the light end of the lyric fach. If that's the case, it makes selections from Tosca, Butterfly, Traviata, Turandot, and Forza kind of curious, doesn't it?
In the end, it doesn't matter. This is an awesome compilation from one of the greatest sopranos of all time. No one is like Freni, and no opera lover should be without this performance record.
Highly recommended.
Now, about the singing on this disc:
The Pasquale aria is nicely done (though I prefer Sill's rendition). The Boheme numbers are legendary, enough said. The Tosca aria is my favorite of all soprano's and ever Freni's (she recorded it at least twice more), beautiful and slow. Her Butterfly is regarded as "model" and her singing of both arias are intense and heart wrenching. Her Amico Fritz arias are perfectly judged and performed. The Adriana arias are fine, though they would grow in character when she took on the full role in the 80's and I prefer her later recording of them for Decca on her Verismo Arias disc. Her Micaela is also regarded as legendary and this recording shows why. The Pearl Fishers, Faust and Manon arias are gorgeously sung with golden tone and the Romeo arias show her technical skills in coloratura, well done. Her Mozart, too, is wonderful, receiving praise from, of all people, Renata Scotto in her autobiography. Her Violetta is secure and rich with brilliant coloratura in the Sempre Libera section. Her Doretta is ok, with some odd breath points that should have been eliminated. The other Puccini sections are very special, showing what a superb Puccinian she is. She is a commanding Verdian in the Forza arias, but the acoustic is horrible. Her singing is worth it, though. The Aida items are intense and with long breaths. I just love her as Aida but the engineers did not capture her voice as richly as it was at that time. Still this is masterful singing of difficult music. Willow Song and Ave Maria are, in my mind, the best ever committed to disc. If you are not under her spell in these tracks, then you must be stone-hearted. My only regret is that her gorgeous Tu che le vanita from Don Carlos is not included here......a serious omission!!!!!
This is a great showcase for a supreme artist. Buy it.....you won't regret it!
Unlike her studio recitals, unequal and mostly recorded when her voice was starting to decay, this live records take you back to the glorious early fifties when the young Callas was changing the history of opera forever.
The first 6 CD's are scenes from stage performances and the last 2 from recitals.
Chronollogically, this compilation starts with the legendary (and controversial) 1951 Mexico-City "Aida" and ends with the 1964 Covent Garden "Tosca" (when Callas' voice was just the shade of itself but at the peak of her dramatic skills).
Listen to the electrifying poetry of the 1952 "La sonnambula", to the devorating flame of 1955 "La traviata" and "Lucia". Not to forget the 1952 "Norma", the 1957 "Ana Bolena" and some rarities like "Andrea Chénier", "Ifigenia in Tauride" and "Poliuto".
The only great absent of this collection is "Armida"...
As for the the 2 recital CD's, the first one contains arias from concerts between 1952 and 1958, when Callas was in full command of her voice. Nobody else was capable of singing arias from Nabucco and Lakmé on the same recital! And listen to the last aria: Wagner's Isolde's dead.
The second one, contains arias from 1959 to 1963. Here, Callas voice had diminished considerably and she was not anymore capable of the same technical miracles, but she still managed to give thrilling dramatical interpretations (listen to the dead scene of Madama Butterfly of the 1963 Paris recital!!!)
In 80% of this compilation you can hear the young Callas creating her own legend, giving herself completly on the stage.
Ten operas, "Oberto," "I Lombardi," "Ernani," "Alzira," "Macbeth," "Jerusalem," "Simon Bocanegra," "Aroldo," "Un ballo in maschera," and "Falstaff," were recorded digitally, the most recent being "Alzira" from 1999. The remaining selections were taken from digitally re-mastered analogue recordings. The oldest of them, by far, is the fabulous 1955 Tebaldi recording of "La forza del destino." Each of these recordings was made with the leading-edge technology of its day. None has lost anything in this re-issue. Their sound should be more than satisfactory to anyone except the most narrow-minded audio purist.
Among the singers, Bergonzi, Caballe, Carreras, Cortrubas, Cosotto, Domingo, Horne, Ricciarelli, Sutherland, Tebaldi and Vickers are certainly on the A-list. The others, for the most part, are also good. The conductors are uniformly strong, although none of the others was as perfectly suited to this music as the venerable Tullio Serafin, heard here only in "Il trovatore."
The set comes with the two CDs tucked away in pockets on the front and back boards of a small, bound book. The book consista of 103 pages of historical commentary, illustrations of Verdi, his wife, his collaborators, premiere productions of the operas and, just by chance, advertisements touting opera recordings from Decca, Phillips and Deutsche Grammophon.
All the original recordings were good, but only the "Otello," "Aida" and "Forza" would have any great number of fans regarding them as the best of the best, although the curiously underrated and largely forgotten "Trovatore" under Serafin is very, very good, too. As a matter of purely personal taste, I would rank only the "Forza" as without peer.
No collection that ignores the catalogues of EMI and RCA--or even the old, rough and ready CETRA, can possibly be regarded as definitive. Nevertheless, on the whole, this is a respectable attempt at its self-imposed impossible task. As I write, "Viva Verdi!" is available from various Amazon sellers at prices ranging from $8.70 to $18.68. If you are interested in a Verdi sampler, this one is a bargain.
Four sampled stars.
The second CD, beginning with the quartet from Rigoletto, carries us into completely familiar territory. And the book is only interesting as a reminder of an honor roll of recordings that Verdi has received. It was admirable for Philips to record so much early music with great singers like Carreras and Caballe in their absolute prime.
It's the exposure of these thrilling voices that ties this collection together. Every snippet is in good osund and displays some kind of vocal excellence, often in operas like Jerusalemma or Giovanna d'Arco that few of us are likely to buy. Azira, I Due Foscari, Atila? Without this sampler these would still just be names on a page to me. Now I have a vivid, living memory of them, which is all a composer could ask for.
Mas alla de los fragmentos de las obras realmente conocidas (todos aqui presentes en versiones de primera clase, con solistas como Domingo, Carreras, Tebaldi, Verrett, Millnes...) el principal punto de interes de este disco radica en encontrar autenticas rarezas, como una amplia escena (12') de "Alzira" a cargo de la prometedora Marina Mescheriakova, o el poder comparar el 'La mia letizia infondere' (de I Lombardi) con el 'Je veux encore entendere' (de Jerusalem, la revision francesa de I Lombardi). En la primera encontramos a un Placido Domingo pletorico y en la segunda (mas aguda) a un Marcello Giordani sin miedo al agudo. Dos operas (Alzira y Jerusalem) nunca antes grabadas en estudio.
Una fiesta verdiana obligada, tanto para los aficcionados que quieran iniciarse como para aquellos que ya son iniciados y quieren disfrutar una vez mas con Verdi en estado puro. ¡VIVA VERDI!
An American Icon....I will forever be a loyal fan and admirer!!
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.
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.
Higlights are:
Ernani Involami: Souez (Beautiful Rendition)
Forza trio: Martinelli is a god, etc...
Graveyard Aria from Ballo: Spani
O partia mia: the unforgettable Arangi-Lombardi
The Revelation is Grandi's Un macchia from Macbeth. It is the most imaginative ever. Simply spellbinding and with a stunning pianissimo high Dflat crowning the ending.
Preiser's engineers get better and better. I am duly impressed!
Italian pop singer's 1996 album featuring 5 live tracks.
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- Ride Of The Valkyries - San Diego Symphony Orchestra
- Vesti La Giubba - Jose Perez
- Intermezzo - London Festival Orchestra
- Overture - London Festival Orchestra
- Prelude - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
- Aragonaise - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
- Seguedille - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
- Bohemian Dance - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
- The Toreador Song - Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
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- Barcarolle - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Gypsy Chorus - Bavarian Festival Orchestra And Chorus
- Royal Hunt And Storm - Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
- O Mio Babbino Caro - Ljiljan Molnar-Talajic
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- Overture - Utah Symphony Orchestra
- Questo A Quella - Jose Perez
- Un Bei Di - Vanda Gerlovic
- Che Gelida Manina - Jose Perez
- Overture - Utah Symphony Orchestra
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- Quel Guardo Il Cavalier...So Ancho'io
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- Je Voudrais Bien Savoir...Il Etait Un Roi De Thule...Ah ! Je Ris (Jewel Song)
- Voyons, Nourrice...Je Veux Vivre
- O Nuit Divine ! - Franco Corelli
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- Vedrai, Carino
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- E' Stano...Ah! Fors' E Lui...Sempre Libera
- Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta
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- Ave Maria
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A Superstar To Remember.......2007-01-10
Freni was a Puccini specialist, and you get an embarrasment of Puccini riches on this CD. Of course, you get the arias "Si, mi chiamano Mimi" and "Addio...D'Onde lieta usci" from La Boheme. Those also feature the incredible Niccolai Gedda. I sure would have liked it if they threw in "O soave fanciulla" as well. You also get arias from Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Rondine, Gianni Schicci, Suor Angelica, and Turandot.
But wait, there's more! I had not heard Freni sing Micaela until this CD. Wait until you hear the "Je dis que rien ne m'epouvant". It will set you free. Then she throws in "Comme autrefois" from Pearl Fishers. Donizetti, Cilea, Mascagni, Massenet, Bellini, Gounod, Mozart, even Verdi(!)...all here.
There was one thing I found unusual about this compilation, and that was the noticeable absence of "Dove sono" and/or "Porgi amor". I mean, those roles are clearly in the reach of any lyric soprano. I did a little research, and found that she really didn't sing the Countess role in Figaro, she sang Susanna! OK, so let's just say her voice was on the light end of the lyric fach. If that's the case, it makes selections from Tosca, Butterfly, Traviata, Turandot, and Forza kind of curious, doesn't it?
In the end, it doesn't matter. This is an awesome compilation from one of the greatest sopranos of all time. No one is like Freni, and no opera lover should be without this performance record.
Highly recommended.
I'm am so glad I found this CD!.......2004-07-17
My growing affection.......2004-05-25
This new release is a great introduction to her big recording legacy. She didn't possess the largest instrument but her technique and wise choices allowed her to expand her repertoire in many areas. The lyrical roles such as Zerlina, Mimi, Liu suit her the best but notice how a more florid part like Norina in Don Pasquale or even the more demanding Puritani Elvira benefits from her firm lyric sound. She avoids the highest notes and if needed sings them carefully but everything is so charmingly sung that a single note cannot ruin the whole. Sincere classical singing does not lie in a single note. Even without the large voice these roles need, she handles the heavy Verdi parts impressively. "O patria mia" and especially Desdemona's scene are magnificient.
This collection has increased my admiration for this wonderful artist. If all the sopranos were flowers in a garden, Freni would be a lovely daisy.
A great voice and a great lady!.......2004-02-07
A Bible of Soprano Singing.......2003-04-30
Now, about the singing on this disc:
The Pasquale aria is nicely done (though I prefer Sill's rendition). The Boheme numbers are legendary, enough said. The Tosca aria is my favorite of all soprano's and ever Freni's (she recorded it at least twice more), beautiful and slow. Her Butterfly is regarded as "model" and her singing of both arias are intense and heart wrenching. Her Amico Fritz arias are perfectly judged and performed. The Adriana arias are fine, though they would grow in character when she took on the full role in the 80's and I prefer her later recording of them for Decca on her Verismo Arias disc. Her Micaela is also regarded as legendary and this recording shows why. The Pearl Fishers, Faust and Manon arias are gorgeously sung with golden tone and the Romeo arias show her technical skills in coloratura, well done. Her Mozart, too, is wonderful, receiving praise from, of all people, Renata Scotto in her autobiography. Her Violetta is secure and rich with brilliant coloratura in the Sempre Libera section. Her Doretta is ok, with some odd breath points that should have been eliminated. The other Puccini sections are very special, showing what a superb Puccinian she is. She is a commanding Verdian in the Forza arias, but the acoustic is horrible. Her singing is worth it, though. The Aida items are intense and with long breaths. I just love her as Aida but the engineers did not capture her voice as richly as it was at that time. Still this is masterful singing of difficult music. Willow Song and Ave Maria are, in my mind, the best ever committed to disc. If you are not under her spell in these tracks, then you must be stone-hearted. My only regret is that her gorgeous Tu che le vanita from Don Carlos is not included here......a serious omission!!!!!
This is a great showcase for a supreme artist. Buy it.....you won't regret it!
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Maria Callas Live
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ASIN: B000AMUU9E Release Date: 2005-11-08 |
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- Casta Diva...Fino Al Rito...Ah! Bello A Me Ritorna
- Oh, Rimembranza!...Ah Si, Fa Core
- Perfido! Or Basti!
- Mira, O Norma...Cedi, Deh Cedi!...Si, Fino All'ore Estreme
- In Mia Man Alfin Tu Sei
- Deh! Non Volerli Vittime
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- Ah! Lo Sento
- Cedo Al Destin Orribile
- Oh! S'io Potessi Dissipar Le Nubi...Col Sorriso D'innocenza..Oh, Sole! Ti Vela Di Tenebra Fonda
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- Care Compagne...Come Per Me Sereno...Sovra Il Sen
- Son Geloso Del Zefiro Errante
- D'Un Pensiero E D'un Accento...Non Piu Nozze - Various Artists
- Ah! Non Credea Mirarti
- Ah! Non Giunge
- Regnava Nel Silenzio...Quando Rapito In Estasi
- Qui Di Sposa...Verranno A Te
- Soffriva Nel Pianto...Tu Che Vedi Il Pianto Mio
- Chi Mi Frena - Various Artists
- Il Dolce Suono...Ardon Gli Incensi...Spargi D'amaro Pianto - Various Artists
Tracks:
- Dei Tuo figli...O Fatal Vello D'or
- Creonte A Me Solo
- E Che? Io Son Medea!
- Come, Innocente Giovane...Non V'ha Sguardo
- Io Sentii Sulla Mia Mano - Various Artists
- Ove Sono?...In Quegli Sguardi Impresso...Ah! Segnata E La Mia Sorte - Various Artists
- Va, Infelice
- Fin Dall'eta Piu Tenera...Salira D'Inghilterra Sul Trono
- Piangete Voi?...Al Dolce Guidami...Qual Mesto Suon?...Coppia Iniqua - Various Artists
Tracks:
- Di Mio Padre...Deh! Pelopea Stirpe!...O Tu, Che In Tua Pieta Crudel
- Sommi Dei!...O Sventurata Ifigenia
- Il Voto Pago Andra...Io Ti Veggio
- Ah! L'esecrando Rito...Io T'imploro Anelante
- Di Quai Soavi Lagrime
- Omai Da Lunge...Perche Di Stolto Giubilo
- Donna...Che! Possente Numi!...Quest'alma E Troppo Debole
- Ah! Fuggi Da Morte
- Ecco Il Segnal!
- Ecco L'orrido Campo...Ma Dall'arido Stela Divulsa
- Teco Io Sto...O Qual Soave Brivido
- A Tal Colpo...Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia
Tracks:
- Libiamo, Ne' Lieti Calici
- E Strano! E Strano...Ah! Fors'e Lui...Sempre Libera
- Non Sapete...Ah! Dite Alla Giovine
- Dammi Tu Forza, O Cielo!
- Teneste La Promessa...Addio Del Passato
- Ah, Violetta!...Se Una Pudica Vergine - Various Artists
- Ritorna Vincitor!
- Al Tuo Consiglio Io Cedo...Gloria All'egitto - Various Artists
- Qui Radames Verra!...O Patria Mia
- Ciel! Mio Padre!
- O Terra, Addio
Tracks:
- Nel Di Della Vittoria...Vieni! T'afferetta!...Or Tutti Sorgete
- La Luce Langue
- Una Macchia E Qui Tuttora
- Gente La Dentro!...Mario! Mario!...Non La Sospiri, La Nostra Casetta
- Orsu, Tosca, Parlate - Various Artists
- Vissi D'arte
- Senti, L'ora E Vicina...Amaro Sol Per Te...Presto! Su, Mario! - Various Artists
- Ecco L'altare...Ervate Possente
- Come Sa Amare!...La Mamma Morta
- Benedico Il Destino! - Various Artists
Tracks:
- Ben Io T'invenni...Anch'io Dischiuso Un Giorno (Abigaille, Act II)
- Dov'e L'indiana Bruna? (Bell Song) (Lakme, Act II)
- Tutte Le Torture (Costanze, Act II)
- Ahime! Che Notte Oscura...Ombra Leggera (Shadow Song) (Dinorah, Act II)
- Depuis Le Jour (Louise, Act III)
- D'amore Al Dolce Impero (Armida, Act II)
- Bel Raggio Lusinghier (Smiramide, Act I)
- Ma Chi E Questa Bella...Ai Vostri Giochi...Ed Ora A Voi (Ofelia, Act IV)
- Vanne, Lasciami...D'amor Sull'ali Rosee (Leonora, Act IV)
- Pace, Pace, Mio Dio! (Leonora, Act IV)
- Dolce E Calmo (Liebestod) Isolde, Act III)
Tracks:
- Una Voce Poco Fa (Rosina, Act I)
- Tu Che Vedi Il Mio Tormento (Tu Che Invoco) (Giulia, Act II)
- Surta E La Notte...Ernani! Nernai, Involami (Elvira, Act I)
- Tu Che Le Vanita (Elsabetta, Act IV)
- Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi (Mimi, Act I)
- L'altra Notte In Fondo Al Mare (Margherita, Act III)
- L'amour Est Un Oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen, Act I)
- Pres Des Remparts De Seville (Seguedille) (Carmen, Act I)
- Nacqui All'affanno...Non Piu Mesta (Cenerentola, Act II)
- Je Ne Suis Que Faiblesse...Adieu, Notre Petite Table (Manon, Act II)
- Werther! Qui M'aurait Dit...Des Cris Joyeux (Charlotte, Act III)
- Tu? Tu? Piccolo Iddio (Butterfly, Act II)
- O Mio Babbino Caro (Lauretta)
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Just the best of the best........2006-02-08
Unlike her studio recitals, unequal and mostly recorded when her voice was starting to decay, this live records take you back to the glorious early fifties when the young Callas was changing the history of opera forever.
The first 6 CD's are scenes from stage performances and the last 2 from recitals.
Chronollogically, this compilation starts with the legendary (and controversial) 1951 Mexico-City "Aida" and ends with the 1964 Covent Garden "Tosca" (when Callas' voice was just the shade of itself but at the peak of her dramatic skills).
Listen to the electrifying poetry of the 1952 "La sonnambula", to the devorating flame of 1955 "La traviata" and "Lucia". Not to forget the 1952 "Norma", the 1957 "Ana Bolena" and some rarities like "Andrea Chénier", "Ifigenia in Tauride" and "Poliuto".
The only great absent of this collection is "Armida"...
As for the the 2 recital CD's, the first one contains arias from concerts between 1952 and 1958, when Callas was in full command of her voice. Nobody else was capable of singing arias from Nabucco and Lakmé on the same recital! And listen to the last aria: Wagner's Isolde's dead.
The second one, contains arias from 1959 to 1963. Here, Callas voice had diminished considerably and she was not anymore capable of the same technical miracles, but she still managed to give thrilling dramatical interpretations (listen to the dead scene of Madama Butterfly of the 1963 Paris recital!!!)
In 80% of this compilation you can hear the young Callas creating her own legend, giving herself completly on the stage.
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Verdi: Greatest Hits
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ASIN: B0000584Y2 Release Date: 2001-02-06 |
Tracks:
- Nabucco: Va Pensiero - Robert Shaw Chor
- Rigoletto: La Donna E Mobile - Placido Domingo
- Il Trovatore: Tacea La Notte Placida... Di Tale Amor Che Dirsi - Leontyne Price/Laura Londi
- La Traviata: Di Provenza Il Mar - Sherrill Milnes
- Rigoletto: Gualtier Malde... Caro Nome - Anna Moffo/Piero De Palma/Robert Kerns/Mario Rinaudo/RCA Italiana Opr Chor
- Il Trovatore: Di Quella Pira - Placido Domingo/Leontyne Price/Ryland Davies/The Ambriosian Opr Chor
- Aida: Grand March - Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
- Aida: O Patria Mia - Leontyne Price
- Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus: Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne - Robert Shaw Chor
- Aida: Celeste Aida - Jussi Bjoerling
- La Traviata: E Strano.. Ah Forse E Lui... Follie!... Sempre Libera - Anna Moffo/Richard Tucker
- Luisa Miller: Quando Le Sere Al Placido - Carlo Bergonzi
- Il Trovatore: Timor De Me? D'Amor Sull'ali Rose - Montserrat Caballe
- Rigoletto: Qt: Bella Figlia Dell'Amore - Alfredo Kraus/Rosalind Elias/Anna Moffo/Robert Merrill
- Don Carlo: Dio, Che Nell'Alma Infondere - Placido Domingo/Sherrill Milnes
- La Forza Del Destino: Pace, Pace, Mio Dio - Leontyne Price
- La Traviata: Libiamo Me' Lieti Calici - Monteserrat Caballe/Carlo Bergonzi
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Julia Varady - Verdi Heroines Vol. I / Fischer-Dieskau
Giuseppe Verdi , Munich Bavarian State Orchestra , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , and Julia Varady Manufacturer: Orfeo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Verdi
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ASIN: B0000059AN Release Date: 1995-09-19 |
Tracks:
- Nabucco, Atto 2. Scena Ed Aria: Ben Io T'Invenni
- II Trovatore, Atto1. Scena E Cavatina: Tacea La Notte
- II Trovatore, Atto 4. Scena Ed Aria: Timor Di Me
- La Traviata, Atto1. Scena Ed Aria: E Strano - Julia Varady/Lothar Odinius
- La Traviata, Atto 4. Scena Ed Aria: Teneste La Promessa-Attendo, Attendo
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Atto 2. Prld, Scena Ed Aria: Ecco L'Orrido Campo-Ma Dall'Arido Stelo Divulsa
- Un Ballo In Maschera, Atto 3. Scena Ed Arai: Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia
- La Forza Del Destino, Atto4. Melodia: Pace, Pace, Mio Dio
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Fantastic.......2003-12-26
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The Voice of Verdi
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Viva Verdi! A 100th Anniversary Celebration
Giuseppe Verdi , Hungarian State Opera Orchestra , New Philharmonia Orchestra , National Philharmonic Orchestra , Wiener Philharmoniker , Orchestra del Teatro all Scala , Munich Bavarian State Orchestra , Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra , Neville Marriner , Lamberto Gardelli , Nello Santi , Fabio Luisi , Claudio Abbado , Peter Maag , Carlo Maria Giulini , Tullio Serafin , Carlos Kleiber , Francesco Molinari-Pradelli , Herbert von Karajan , Plácido Domingo , Carlo Bergonzi , Fiorenza Cossotto , Lajos Miller , Sylvia Sass , Jose Carreras , Montserrat Aparici , Sherrill Milnes , Giovanni Foiani , Shirley Verrett , Ruggero Raimondi , Montserrat Caballe , Alexander Oliver , Luciano Pavarotti , Matteo Manuguerra , Thomas Moser , Maria Venuti , Piero Cappuccilli , Anthony Michaels-Moore , and Roberto Scandiuzzi Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Verdi
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ASIN: B00004ZB9N Release Date: 2000-11-14 |
Tracks:
- Oberto: Sinfonia - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
- Un giorno di regno: Scena e cavatina: Ah non m'hanno ingannata!...Grave a core innamorato (Marchesa) - Fiorenza Cossotto
- Nabucco: Coro: Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate - Wiener Staatsopernchor
- I lombardi: Scena E Cavatina: La Mia Letizia Infondere... Come Poteva Un Angelo (Oronte, Sofia) - Placido Domingo
- Ernani: Duetto: Da qual di che t'ho veduta (Don Carlo, Elvira) - Lajos Miller
- I due Foscari: Atto II, preludio - Scena: Notte! perpetua notte (Jacopo) - Jose Carreras
- Giovanna d'Arco: Sotto una quercia parvemi (Carlo VII) - Carlo Bergonzi
- Alzira: Scena a cavatina: Riposa. Tutte, in suo dolor vegliante...Da Gusman (Alzira, Chorus, Zuma) - Marina Mescheriakova
- Attila: E' gettata la mia sorte (Ezio) - Sherrill Milnes
- Macbeth: Scena e cavatina: Vieni! t'affretta!...Or tutti sorgette (Lady Macbeth) - Giovanni Foiani
- I masnadieri: Racconto: Un ignoto (Massimiliano) - Ruggero Raimondi
- Jerusalem: Je veux encore entendre ta voix - Marcello Giordani
- Il corsaro: Cavatina: Ne sulla terra creatura alcuna (Gulnara) - Alexander Oliver
- la battaglia di Lagnano: Coro: Viva Italia! - Chor und Synphonieorchester des ORF
- Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido (Rodolfo) - Luciano Pavarotti
- Stiffelio: Scena finale: Stiffelio! - Eccomi! - Sylvia Sass
Tracks:
- Rigoletto: Quartetto: Bella figlia dell'amore - Piero Cappuccilli
- Il Trovatore: Stride la vampa! (Azucena) - Fiorenza Cossotto
- La Traviata: Atto I, preludio - Bayerisches Staatsorchester
- La Traviata: Brindisi: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Alfredo, Violetta) - Placido Domingo
- La Traviata: Scena ed aria: Finale (Violetta): E' strano!...Ah, fors'e lui - Bayerisches Staatsorchester
- La Traviata: Follie! Delirio vano e questo!...Sempre libera - Ileana Cotrubas
- Les Vepres sicilliennes: Giorno di pianto (Arrigo) - Carlo Bergonzi
- Simon Boccanegra: Atto I, preludio - Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala
- Aroldo: Scena e quartetto finale (excerpt): Allore che gl'anni - Neil Shicoff
- Un ballo maschera: Di' tu se fedele (Riccardo) - Luciano Pavarotti
- La forza del destino: Pace, pace mio Dio (Leonora) - Renata Tebaldi
- Don Carlos: Dio, che nell'alma infondere (Don Carlos, Posa) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Aida: Se quel guerrier io fossil...Celeste Aida (Radames) - Jon Vickers
- Aida: Qui Radames verra...O patria mia (Aida) - Leontyne Price
- Otello: Ave Maria (Desdemona) - Renata Tebaldi
- Falstaff: Facciamo il parentado...Tutto nel mondo e burla - Renato Bruson
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It's rare for sampler albums to demonstrate originality, but Decca's Giuseppe Verdi compilation honoring the 100th anniversary of the composer's death in 1901 goes beyond putting a smorgasbord of Verdiana on your plate. Its lavishly illustrated 100-page book includes a potted bio of the composer and sections on each of his operas, along with Universal's complete Verdi catalog (but no texts or translations). The discs contain samples from each opera, arranged in chronological order, featuring most of the top singers of the past 40 years. They're all here, from the Three Tenors to their betters, like Jon Vickers, whose powerfully sung "Celeste Aida" is a demonstration of individuality at the service of character portrayal, and Carlo Bergonzi, whose two selections (arias from Giovanna del Arco and Les Vêspres siciliennes) are magnificent demonstrations of the true Verdi style. And this is not just another Great Hits compilation, for many of the operas are represented by rarely heard arias and ensemble pieces. The result: a neat introduction to Verdi's glorious music for neophytes and a nice supplement for Verdians, who will discover new aspects to the Bard of romantic opera. --Dan DavisCustomer Reviews:
Not bad at all ... for what it is.......2007-05-03
Ten operas, "Oberto," "I Lombardi," "Ernani," "Alzira," "Macbeth," "Jerusalem," "Simon Bocanegra," "Aroldo," "Un ballo in maschera," and "Falstaff," were recorded digitally, the most recent being "Alzira" from 1999. The remaining selections were taken from digitally re-mastered analogue recordings. The oldest of them, by far, is the fabulous 1955 Tebaldi recording of "La forza del destino." Each of these recordings was made with the leading-edge technology of its day. None has lost anything in this re-issue. Their sound should be more than satisfactory to anyone except the most narrow-minded audio purist.
Among the singers, Bergonzi, Caballe, Carreras, Cortrubas, Cosotto, Domingo, Horne, Ricciarelli, Sutherland, Tebaldi and Vickers are certainly on the A-list. The others, for the most part, are also good. The conductors are uniformly strong, although none of the others was as perfectly suited to this music as the venerable Tullio Serafin, heard here only in "Il trovatore."
The set comes with the two CDs tucked away in pockets on the front and back boards of a small, bound book. The book consista of 103 pages of historical commentary, illustrations of Verdi, his wife, his collaborators, premiere productions of the operas and, just by chance, advertisements touting opera recordings from Decca, Phillips and Deutsche Grammophon.
All the original recordings were good, but only the "Otello," "Aida" and "Forza" would have any great number of fans regarding them as the best of the best, although the curiously underrated and largely forgotten "Trovatore" under Serafin is very, very good, too. As a matter of purely personal taste, I would rank only the "Forza" as without peer.
No collection that ignores the catalogues of EMI and RCA--or even the old, rough and ready CETRA, can possibly be regarded as definitive. Nevertheless, on the whole, this is a respectable attempt at its self-imposed impossible task. As I write, "Viva Verdi!" is available from various Amazon sellers at prices ranging from $8.70 to $18.68. If you are interested in a Verdi sampler, this one is a bargain.
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An honor roll of Verdi recordings.......2005-10-28
The second CD, beginning with the quartet from Rigoletto, carries us into completely familiar territory. And the book is only interesting as a reminder of an honor roll of recordings that Verdi has received. It was admirable for Philips to record so much early music with great singers like Carreras and Caballe in their absolute prime.
It's the exposure of these thrilling voices that ties this collection together. Every snippet is in good osund and displays some kind of vocal excellence, often in operas like Jerusalemma or Giovanna d'Arco that few of us are likely to buy. Azira, I Due Foscari, Atila? Without this sampler these would still just be names on a page to me. Now I have a vivid, living memory of them, which is all a composer could ask for.
Una compra obligada para todos los verdianos.......2005-02-09
Mas alla de los fragmentos de las obras realmente conocidas (todos aqui presentes en versiones de primera clase, con solistas como Domingo, Carreras, Tebaldi, Verrett, Millnes...) el principal punto de interes de este disco radica en encontrar autenticas rarezas, como una amplia escena (12') de "Alzira" a cargo de la prometedora Marina Mescheriakova, o el poder comparar el 'La mia letizia infondere' (de I Lombardi) con el 'Je veux encore entendere' (de Jerusalem, la revision francesa de I Lombardi). En la primera encontramos a un Placido Domingo pletorico y en la segunda (mas aguda) a un Marcello Giordani sin miedo al agudo. Dos operas (Alzira y Jerusalem) nunca antes grabadas en estudio.
Una fiesta verdiana obligada, tanto para los aficcionados que quieran iniciarse como para aquellos que ya son iniciados y quieren disfrutar una vez mas con Verdi en estado puro. ¡VIVA VERDI!
An excellent little compilation.......2003-05-29
An incredible celebration! Viva Verdi!.......2000-12-05
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Tracks:
- Nabucco: Atto III: Va Pensiero - Ambrosian Opr Chor/John McCarthy
- Nabucco: Atto III: Oh, Chi Piange? - Del Futuro Nel Buio - Samuel Ramey/Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Hans-Peter Rauscher
- Ernani: Atto I: Infelice! E Tuo Credevi - Nicolai Ghiaurov
- Macbeth: Atto II: Studia Il Passo, O Mio Figlio - Come Dal Ciel Precipita - Ruggero Raimondi
- Macbeth: Atto IV: O Figli, O Figli Miei - Ah, La Paterno Mano - Jose Carreras
- Rigoletto: Atto I: Questa O Quella - Nicolai Gedda
- Rigoletto: Atto I: Gualtier Malde! - Caro Nome - Reri Grist
- Rigoletto: Atto II: Possente Amor Mi Chiama - Alfredo Kraus/Ambrosian Opr Chor/John McCarthy
- Rigoletto: Atto II: Cortigiani, Vil Razza Dannata - Sherrill Milnes
- Rigoletto: Atto III: La Donne E Mobile - Nicolai Gedda
- Il Trovatore: Atto II: Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne - Stride La Vampa! - Giulietta Simionato/Chor Del Teatro Dell'Opr Di Roma/Gianni Lazzari
- Il Trovatore: Atto III: Di Quella Pira - Franco Corelli/Chor Del Teatro Dell'Opr Di Roma/Gianni Lazzari
- Il Trovatore: Atto IV: D'amor Sull'ali Rosee - Cheryl Studer
- La Traviata: Atto I: Prld - Orch Der Bayerischen Staatsopr Munchen/Giuseppe Patane
- La Traviata: Atto I: Libiamo, Ne' Lieti Calici - Roberto Alagna/Angela Gheorghiu/London Voices/Terry Edwards
- La Traviata: Atto I: E Strano - Ah, Fors'e Lui - Sempre Libera - Renato Scotto
- La Traviata: Atto II: De' Miei Bollenti Spiriti - Oh Mio Rimorso! - Nicolai Gedda
- La Traviata: Atto II: Di Provenza Il Mar, Il Suol - Renato Bruson
- La Traviata: Atto III: Addio Del Passato - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
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- Aida: Atto II: Marcia Trionfale - Philharmonia Orch/Efrem Kurtz
- Aida: Atto I: Se Quel Guerriero Io Fossi! - Celeste Aida - Placido Domingo
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Atto I: Zitti...L'incanto Non Dessi Turbare - Re Dell'abisso - Fiorenza Cossotto/Royal Opr House Chor, Covent Garden/Robin Stapleton
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Atto III: Morro, Ma Prima In Gracia - Martina Arroyo
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Atto III: Eri Tu Che Macchiavi - Piero Cappuccilli
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Atto III: Forse La Soglia Attinse - Ma Se M'e Forza Perderti - Placido Domingo
- Un Ballo In Maschera: Atto III: Saper Vorreste - Reri Grist
- Falstaff: Atto II: Quand'ero Paggio - Tito Gobbi
- La Forza Del Destino: Atto II: La Vergine Degli Angeli - Montserrat Caballe/Ambrosian Opr Chor
- La Forza Del Destino: Atto III: La Vita E Inferno All'infelice - O Tu Che In Seno Agni Angeli - Carlo Bergonzi
- La Forza Del Destino: Atto III: Solenne In Quest'ora - Carlo Bergonzi/Piero Cappuccilli
- La Forza Del Destino: Atto IV: Pace, Pace - Grace Bumbry
- Don Carlo: Atto I: Dio, Che Nell'alma Infondere - Jose Carreras/Piero Cappuccilli/Jose Van Dam/Chor Der Deutschen Opr Berlin/Walter Hagen-Groll
- Don Carlo: Atto III: Ella Giammai M'amo - Boris Christoff
- Don Carlo: Atto III: O Don Fatale, O Don Crudel - Agnes Baltsa
- Don Carlo: Atto IV: Per Me Giunto E Il Di Supremo - Sherrill Milnes
- Otello: Atto IV: Ave Maria - Mirella Freni
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The Essential Leontyne Price
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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
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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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Customer Reviews:
A Big One for Preiser!.......2004-11-11
Higlights are:
Ernani Involami: Souez (Beautiful Rendition)
Forza trio: Martinelli is a god, etc...
Graveyard Aria from Ballo: Spani
O partia mia: the unforgettable Arangi-Lombardi
The Revelation is Grandi's Un macchia from Macbeth. It is the most imaginative ever. Simply spellbinding and with a stunning pianissimo high Dflat crowning the ending.
Preiser's engineers get better and better. I am duly impressed!
World Music:
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- Tamalou [Import]
- The Big Bang
- Thunder Before Dawn
- Traditional Songs from Turkey
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- Una Notte Romantica [Import]
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- Veloz Hacia Su Sino [Import]
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October 21, 2002 Eugene, OR: On the Road [Limited Edition] [Live]
Great Baroque Arias: The King's Consort
Gypsy Music from the Balkans [Import]
Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite for orchestra No1-5; Herbert: Concerto for cello in Em