Vieni o Cara

On this CD:

1. Sonata Concertate for 2 violins & continuo, No 12
Composed by Dario Castello
Performed by Minstrelsy!

2. Jubilet tota civitas, motet for soprano (from Selva morale e spirituale), SV 286
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Minstrelsy!

3. Sonata Prima for recorder
Composed by Giovanni Battista Fontana
Performed by Minstrelsy!

4. Quel sguardo sdegnosetto, madrigal for soprano (from Scherzi musicali), SV 247/1
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Minstrelsy!

5. Vieni o cara amata sposa
Composed by Agostino Steffani
Performed by Minstrelsy!

6. Il Pastorello
Composed by Agostino Steffani
Performed by Minstrelsy!

7. Sonata in D minor
Composed by Francesco Mancini
Performed by Minstrelsy!

8. Strike it up tabor, madrigal for 3 voices
Composed by Thomas Weelkes
Performed by Minstrelsy!

9. Since Robin Hood, madrigal for 3 voices
Composed by Thomas Weelkes
Performed by Minstrelsy!

10. Four arms, two necks, one wreathing, madrigal for 3 voices
Composed by Thomas Weelkes
Performed by Minstrelsy!

11. Ha ha this world doth passe, madrigal for 3 voices
Composed by Thomas Weelkes
Performed by Minstrelsy!

12. Work(s)
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Minstrelsy!

13. Weep you No more sad fountains
Composed by John Dowland
Performed by Minstrelsy!

14. Fantasia for lute No.7 in E "A Fancy"
Composed by John Dowland
Performed by Minstrelsy!

15. The Nightingale the organ of delight, madrigal for 3 voices
Composed by Thomas Weelkes
Performed by Minstrelsy!

16. Mascarada
Composed by Spanish Traditional
Performed by Minstrelsy!

17. Nymphs and Shepherds
Composed by Thomas Augustine Arne
Performed by Minstrelsy!

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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
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"Behold the Tomb"

Well-sung Shakespearean travesty

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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

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Verdi: La Traviata / Sills, Gedda, Panerai; Ceccato

Handel - Julius Caesar / Treigle · Sills · Forrester · Wolff · NYCO · Rudel

ASIN: B0002XV2XO
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

Sinfonia
Aggiorna Appena...
O Di Capellio, Generosi Amici
E Serbata A Questo Acciaro
Si: M'abbraccia
L'amo Tanto, E M'e Si Cara
Vanne Lorenzo
Lieto Del Dolce Incarno
Ascolta. Se Romeo T'uccise Un Figlio
Riedi Al Campo
La Tremenda Ultrice Spada
Eccomi In Lieta Vesta...
Oh! Quante Volte
Propizia E L'ora
Si, Fuggire: A Noi Non Resta
Odi Tu? L'altar Funesto
Vieni, Ah! Vieni

Tracks:

Lieta Notte, Avventurosa
Deh! Per Pieta, T'arresta
Tace Il Fragor
Che Miro?
Soccorso, Sostegno Accordagli
Accorriam...Romeo!
Ne Alcun Ritorna!
Morte Io Non Temo Il Sai
Prendi, Gl'istanti Volano
Deh! Padre Mio, Deh Padre Mio!
Deserto E Il Luogo
Chi Sei Tu?
Qua' Voci! Oh Dio!
Ella E Morta, O Sciagurato
Siam Giunti
Ecco La Tomba
Tu Sola, O Mia Giulietta
O Tu, Mia Sola Speme
Ah! Crudel! Che Mai Facesti?

Customer Reviews:

Highest Level of Artistry Displayed .......2007-02-13

This isn't the Shakespearean version, in case you get disappointed, but is based on an Italian source. In spite of the obvious fact the Sills and Gedda were already past their prime by the time of this recording, they still have plenty to give us, and their musical insight makes this recording better than other well-sung performances recorded in the studio. Baker is absolutely fantastic throughout and gave a very satisfying performance both musically and artistically.

Now coming to the comparison made by a reviewer between Bellini and Verdi. Well, even if Bellini had lived to 80, it would not be his aim to write like Verdi. Bellini stood alone amongst the great opera composers of Italy. Even his contemporaries recognized it and called his music 'filosofico'. Bellini's aim was not to create dramas with music like Donizetti or Verdi, but rather music drama - a fact which Wagner recognized. Only that Bellini's aim was to realize it via the voice (think Norma), while Wagner did it with the orchestra. It is note-worthy that Wagner spared Bellini the usual bashing he gave to the Italians. Not only that - he admitted to Cosima that the love duet from Capuleti was the source of his inspiration for his own in Tristan. In his old age, he was proud to say that he learned from 'these pages' what Messrs Brahms etc had failed to learn. One should approach a Bellini opera as one does a Chopin Ballade or Wagner's Tristan, not Verdi. That is not to say that Verdi is inferior, but just different.

And regarding Bellini's orchestration, Wagner and Bizet were on separate occasions, were tasked to 'improve' the orchestration of Norma. Both eventually gave up the job as impossible and concluded that the orchestration written by Bellini was the most suitable. Comparing the orchestration between the early Il Pirata (with its almost Wagnerian finale!) with Norma, it dawns upon one that the decision to thin out the orchestra by Bellini was deliberate, in line with his purpose of using the voice as the primary tool to express the drama.

"Behold the Tomb".......2006-09-30

I find it difficult to evaluate Bellini's work because it depends so heavily on performance. Never a connoiseur of performances, I leave it to others to tell one bel canto aria from another. It is discouraging to realize that Bellini, who died young, never took much interest in orchestral music, making him a lesser counterpart to Verdi, who combines the Italian devotion to the voice with powerful dramatic effects from the orchestra. Even the cover of the EMI CD is disappointing because it slaps a mod-erotic photograph on an opera where the lovers are too traumatised to make love. The libretto is so poor that the recording does not bother to supply it, confirming the view that Bellini's operas are for connoiseurs of vocal sound only.

I have downoaded the text from Karadar Classical Music as well as a synopsis from Opera japonica. We learn that the Capuleti and Montecchi are local versions of the Guelph and Ghilbelline parties respectively. The Ghibelline Dante would have been allied with the Montecchi, Romeo's party. Capellio, Juliet's father, seeks to avenge the death of a son at the hands of Romeo. Romeo's part is sung by a mezzo-soprano, adding further to the absurdity of the EMI cover photo. Although Romeo and Juliet are already lovers, she refuses to elope with him out of loyalty to her father. These lovers really seem more interested in dying than in making love. Juliet does manage to declare that she breathes easier when she learns that Romeo has survived a fight. We know that Romeo has reached his appointed place when he sings, "Ecco la tomba." Janet Baker, as Romeo, shines in the slow, heart-broken singing that follows, interspersed with sympathetic passages by the chorus of Montecchi. There is no doubt that Bellini's operas allow top performers to sing as beautifully as they can. The instrumental accompaniment in this concluding scene is reduced to a bare minimum.

Well-sung Shakespearean travesty.......2005-10-15

Source: Studio recording made at Abbey Road Studio, London, June 16-25, 1975.

Sound: Analog stereo. The engineering is competent, I suppose, but as a matter of personal taste I do not care for the distant and echo-y soundscape. It sounds as though the opera were taking place at the far end of a Gothic cathedral.

Documentation: No printed libretto, although there is a reference to an on-line libretto available at the EMI Classics website, (which failed to download in five tries over two days) just in case I want to listen to this opera while I am working at my computer. The accompanying essay by James Harding is the most useless I have ever found in a CD case--and that is by no means an easily earned distinction. Harding is vitally interested in Bellini's lame love life but indifferent to such trifles as the plot of the opera he is supposed to be writing about.

Format: Disk 1, Act I, Scenes 1 and 2; 60:42. Disk 2, Act I, Scene 3; Act II, Scenes 1-3; 74:23.

Bellini premiered "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" at Teatro La Fenice in Venice exactly one month before his twenty-ninth birthday. It was a success but it was not without critics. In his essay, Harding writes, "It was unfair of Berlioz to denounce I Capuleti e i Montecchi as a travesty of Shakespeare." Berlioz clearly had a point, for where the Bard had twenty characters, the librettist "Romani made do with only five. You will look in vain," Harding gushes on, "for the Nurse and Friar Laurence" and, I must add, for Mercutio, Benvolio and Paris, too. In the opera, Paris and Tybalt become a single character, Tebaldo, to the great detriment of the plot.

"I Capuleti e i Montecchi" came about midway in Bellini's too short career. The really big hits on which his fame rests were yet to come. The music is competent but somehow lacking that indefinable ping that makes "La Sonnambula," "Norma" and "I Puritani" extraordinary.

Overall, the performance is good. Best by far in the cast is Janet Baker. She does not generate overt excitement but she offers an overwhelming sense of rightness when she essays any part in the narrow range that she made her own. This recording is a little late for the best of Sills but she is still very bright and amazingly agile. As always, I feel that her voice is just a little too cool and too thin, but that is purely a matter of personal taste. It is also late for Nicolai Gedda, who sounds unexpectedly baritonal as Tebaldo, a part that any other 19th Century composer would surely have written for a baritone. (I know, I know, Gounod's Tybalt is a tenor. I sang the role, myself, back in college days. But Gounod's Tybalt is markedly different in character from Bellini's Tebaldo-Paris.) Gedda is very good, but I am not at all sure that I would have recognized him if his name had not been on the cover.

"I Capuleti e i Montecchi" is not a great opera, but three famous and very fine singers offer intelligent and entertaining performances. That's worth five stars as far as I'm concerned.

FOR THE HISTORICALLY MINDED: William Shakespeare wrote his "Romeo and Juliet" in the 1590s, in the early days of his career. As was usual for him, he based his play on older materials. The first literary mention of the Montagus and the Capulets is in Dante's "Purgatorio," vi, lines 106-108. The Montagus lived in Verona and the Capulets in Cremona. They were used by Dante as examples of warring factions that had been exterminated. About 1530, Luigi da Porto mistakenly assumed that the Montagus and the Capulets had both resided in Verona and had feuded with one another. He worked up a tale that involved two young members of his warring clans, Giulietta and Romeo. In 1554, Matteo Bandello published a novella called "Romeo e Giulietta" which proved to be an international hit. A French version was adapted from Bandello by Pierre Boaistuau in 1559. This, in turn, was translated into English in 1562 by Arthur Brooke as a "tragical history" in verse form called "Romeus and Juliet," later to be pounced on by Will Shakespeare in search of a popular hit. The only major changes that Shakespeare made in Brooke's plot were to compress the time frame and to introduce Tybalt into the story at an earlier point in order to build him up as a worthy adversary for Romeo. And, oh, yes, he created an array of living characters such as had never been conceived before.

A number of commentators have taken note of the much simplified plot of "I Capuleti e i Montecchi." They have accounted for it by declaring that Shakespeare's version was not yet well-known in the world, so Romani must have based his work on an earlier version of the story, by which I presume they mean by Bandello or even by da Porto. I don't buy that explanation. By 1830, the cult of Bardolatry was firmly established. The standard German translations (that the Germans to this day hold to be superior to the English originals) were well along. Two generations earlier, the tourist industry of Stratford Upon Avon had been given a kick start by the great actor, Garrick (in a bicentennial celebration conceived by David Garrick, written by David Garrick, produced by David Garrick, directed by David Garrick and starring David Garrick--additional dialogue by W. Shakespeare.) Just seventeen years later, Verdi would write his "Macbeth" and make sketches for a "King Lear," that greatest of all operatic might-have-beens. One of the twenty or so books that Verdi kept close to himself until the day he died was an Italian translation of the works of Shakespeare.

No, I do not think that Romani dealt with any obscure 16th Century originals. I think that he exercised a hack's privilege to pillage a respectable source for his convenience. Berlioz was correct. In both the literal and the figurative senses of the word, this is a travesty.

beautiful and moving opera .......2005-08-12

One may regret that Beverly Sills and Nicolai Gedda did not
record this opera earlier in their careers (1975) yet still
be glad they did. Though there are some audible signs of vo-
cal wear their artistry and commitment are never in doubt and
they offer memorable performances. Janet Baker is on the other
hand in splendid voice and sings superbly - she portrays a
somber Romeo and is supremely moving in the tomb scene.
Robert Lloyd and Raimund Herincx offer excellent support.
Very well recorded and beautifully conducted by Maestro
Patane - a very welcome release !

Wonderful nostalgia .......2005-05-20

Back in the 1970's I was a very intense fan of both La Sills and La Baker. The very idea of both of them coming together for an opera recording sent this rapid fan into a severe swoon! Therefore, this recording sent me into a state of ecstasy! I along with other Sills and Baker fans would gather around my stereo listening to this recording with Baker and Sills weaving their vocal magic which always elicited from us many tears and bravos.
At the time Beverly was a known commodity in Bell Canto operas; however, Janet was mainly known as a song recitalist. Nevertheless, Janet Baker, in this opera, proves that she could sing opera with the best of them showing her great operatic credentials-she is up to every vocal challenge Bellini throws at her. She tackles the role with great artistry and beauty of tone. Her last scene STILL dissolves me to copious tears.
In this recording Beverly sings a little cautiously not throwing out high E's with abandon as before; however, her years of experience being a sublime singer of Bell Canto operas comes through. Her singing is gorgeous, sweet and touching to the highest degree, I truly believe that this recording was one of her best.
It truly is great to hear this recording again-ah the memories. Time has NOT diminished its appeal!

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The Very Best of Alfredo Kraus

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Release Date: 2005-04-26

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Un'Aura Amorosa - Philharmonia Orchestra
In Qual Fiero Contrasto... Tradito, Schernito - Philharmonia Orchestra
A Te, O Cara - Montserrat Caballe
Son Gia Lontani
Vieni Fra Queste Braccia - Montserrat Caballe
Una Furtiva Lagrima
Povero Ernesto!...Cerchero Lontana Terra...E Se Fia Che Ad Altro Oggetto
Com' E Gentil
Tornami A Dir
Qui Di Sposa...Verranno A Te - Edita Gruberova
Tombe Degli Avi Miei...Fra Poco A Me Ricovero
Tu Che A Dio Spiegasti L'Ali
Un Di Felice
Lunge Da Lei...De' Miei Bollenti Spiriti...Oh, Mio Rimorso

Tracks:

Questa O Quella
E Il Sol Dell'anima
Ella Mi Fu Rapita!...Parmi Veder Le Lagrime
La Donna E Mobile
Un Di, Se Ben Rammentomi...Bella Figlia Dell'amore - Sherrill Milnes
Che Gelida Manina
O Soave Fanciulla - Sherrill Milnes
In Un Coupe?...O Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni - Sherrill Milnes
Amis, La Matinee Est Belle (Barcarolle)
En Fermant Les Yeux
Je Suis Seul...Ah! Fuyez, Douce Image
Toute Mon Ame Est La! Pourquoi Me Reveiller
Ange Adorable
L'Amour, L'Amour...Ah! Leve-Toi, Soleil!
Quel Trouble Inconnu Me Penetre...Salut! Demeure Chaste Et Pure
Ah! Mes Amis...Por Mon Ame

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GREAT TENOR!.......2006-12-23

I really enjoy this tenor and the CD!

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Great CD but beware!
A MUST-BUY treasure trove!

Mozart: The Concert Arias

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Release Date: 1997-11-11

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K272: 'Ah, lo previdi!...Ah, t'invola,'
K583: 'Vado, ma dove? oh Dei!'
K79: 'Oh, temerario Arbace!...Per quel paterno amplesso'
K582: 'Chi sa, ch sa, qual sia'
K490: 'Non piu. Tutto ascoltai..Non temer'
K528: 'Bella mia fiamma, addio!...'
K383: 'Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gonner!'
K580: 'Schon lacht der holde Fruhling'
K78: 'Per pieta, bell'idol mio'
K369: 'Misera, dove son?...Ah! non son io che parlo'
K579: 'Un moto di gioia'

Tracks:

K496a: 'Basta, vincesti...Ah, non lasciarmi'
K578: 'Alma grande e nobil core'
K374: 'A questo seno deh vieni...Or che il cielo a me ti rende'
K83: 'Se tutti i mali miei'
K217: 'Voi avete un cor fedele'
255: Ombra felice!...lo ti lascio
K77: 'Misero me!...Misero pargoletto'
K577: 'Giunse alfin il momento...Al desio di chi t'adora'
K82: 'Se ardire e speranza'

Tracks:

K23: Conservati fedele
K505: Ch'io mi scordi di te?... Non temer amato bene
K88: Fra cento affanni
K74b: Non curo l'affetto
K294: Ah! spiegarti, oh Dio
K119: Der Liebe himmlisches Gefuhl
K294 (Version 1): Alcandro, lo confesso... Non so d'onde viene
K294 (Version 2): Non so d'onde viene
K538: Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle

Tracks:

K368: Ma che vi fece, o stelle... Sperai vicino il lido
K416: Mia speranza adorata!... Ah non sai qual pena sia
K418: Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!
K419: No, che non sei capace
K70: A Berenice... Sol nascente
K316: Popoli di Tessaglia!... lo non chiedo, eterni Dei
K21: Va, dal furor portata
K209: Si mostra la sorte
K210: Con ossequio, con rispetto
K431: Misero! O sogno... Aura, che intorno spiri

Tracks:

K368: Clarice cara mia sposa
K416: Se al labbro mio non credi
K418: Or che il dover... Tali e cotanti sono
K419: Per pieta, non ricercate
K433: Manner suchen stets zu naschen (Warnung)
K539: Ich mochte wohl der Kaiser sein!
K513: Mentre ti lascio, oh figlia
K432: Cosi dunque tradisci... Aspri rimorsi atroci
K541: Un bacio di mano
K512: Alcandro, lo confesso... Non so d'onde viene
K584: Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo
K612: Per questa bella mano

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Excellent product and service!.......2005-09-11

Love the product and received it record time overseas. Thank you!

A must if you love Mozart Opera.......2002-04-06

The LA Reviewer said it all and I totally agree. The sound is wonderful and singing top notch. A great discovery and a must for any opera collector. Mozart gets better the more you listen to his opera compositions - the set contains many of the outstanding arias not always done in concert but which are lovely and some rediscoveries. Also, our recent loss of Winbergh makes this a buy as we don't have alot of recordings of his beautiful tenor voice. This set features him on 4 arias and his Mozart singing is truly outstanding. This set of 5 CD's a great value and highly recommended.

Great CD but beware!.......2002-02-24

This has to be the ultimate compendium of these undeservedly neglected arias. Many of the arias themselves rival the most glorious moments in the operas, and some of them, particularly the high soprano arias, are highly-charged vocal stuntfests that have to be heard to be believed.

This set has much to recommend it but does have one major technical flaw. Every copy that I have heard (and that is several) has a skip near the end of Track 10 of Disc 1. It seems to be part of the master and many listeners will be able to live with it, but I do wish that producers would take the time to fix a defect like this for such a significant musical document. Purists beware!

A MUST-BUY treasure trove!.......1999-09-04

Can't get enough of sublime Mozartian aria music? This complete compilation of concert arias should be part of every Mozart lover's collection, especially as a supplement to better known opera arias. There are gems among the concert collection that challenge even the loveliest of Mozart's better known operatic work. I can't say this is the only version of the concert arias ever to buy... the more versions I hear, the more I love the different interpretations. But if you're only going to sample one set, this could be the winner. The singers represented are masters of the Mozart craft; one virtuoso piece after another - for five discs, each over an hour long! The arrangement of voices, mostly soprano (since they sing the originally castrati arias as well), is also wonderful; no one sound is heard for too long before a very different one takes its place to give a contrasting flavor. And they're all in top form: Kiri Te Kanawa with her trademark creamy mildness is followed by Edita Gruberova's agile, silver-haunted coloratura. Teresa Berganza, whom I usually link with mezzo roles, is a tour de force of golden warmth; her Ch'io mi scordi de te? on disc 3 (piano accompaniment originally played by Mozart himself) is magnificent and deserves special note. Krisztina Laki and Elfriede Hobarth were lesser known to me; both are quite fine, although Laki's crystal sweetness is stronger and more pitch-perfect than Hobarth's, particularly in the highest notes of some mind-boggling musical phrases. The final 1.5 discs are handed to the men; Gosta Winbergh sings the tenor arias with heroic beauty and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Fernando Corena as the bass-baritones are simply the richly toned legends one would expect. A very nice booklet with notes, lyrics and translations to each aria is included. It's a marvelous set; one of my favorite discoveries.

Verdi - La Traviata / Cotrubas, Domingo, Kleiber [highlights]

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Verdi - La Traviata / Cotrubas, Domingo, Kleiber [highlights]
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La Traviata: Preludio
La Traviata: 'Libiamo ne' lieti calici' (Brindisi)
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La Traviata: 'Un di felice, eterea'
La Traviata: 'E' strano!'...'Ah, fors'e` lui'
La Traviata: 'Follie! Delirio vano e` questo!...Sempre libera'
La Traviata: 'Lunge da lei'
La Traviata: 'De` miei bollenti spiriti'
La Traviata: 'Annina, donde vieni?'
La Traviata: 'O mio rimorso!'
La Traviata: 'Dammi tu forza, o cielo!'
La Traviata: 'Di Provenza il mar, il suol'
La Traviata: 'Di Madride noi siam mattadori'
La Traviata: 'Invitato a qui seguirmi'
La Traviata: 'Ogni suo aver tal femmina'
La Traviata: 'Di sprezzo degno se stesso rende'
La Traviata: 'Teneste la promessa'...'Attendo, ne` a me giungon mai!'...'Addio del passato'
La Traviata: 'Signora' - 'Che t`accade?'
La Traviata: 'Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo'
La Traviata: 'Ah, Violetta!' - 'Voi? Signor?'
La Traviata: 'Prendi, quest`e' l`immagine'

Customer Reviews:

Cotrubas is Great, but what's the hurry?.......2001-06-09

Cotrubas's performances are almost universally deemed "vulnerable" and no more so than here- her voice has a plaintive, sorrowful quality that really makes Violetta a tragic figure- not the fighter that is Callas, but very, very moving. Another reviewer has made a very telling comment calling Cotrubas's performance "Puccinian" meaning the frail heroine is doomed from the start- but I really think this is a major advantage here, so that even in the brightest parts of Act I, you hear desperation and fatalism in her voice (as opposed to other singers who make it so bubbly as to sound as flighty as The Merry Widow). I think the drawback here is Kleiber's speeds- yes, he creates a great deal of dramatic tension, and yes there are lots of places in Traviata for a singer to wallow self-indulgently, but I think his tempi are too fast and he never relaxes for a second: the wrenching preludio (both in Acts I and III) speeds by- the traditional rubato on the higher note at the end of the first phrase of "Addio del passato" is rushed over- "Parigi O cara" drives ahead without quarter... Perhaps Kleiber had been told to get the entire recording on the fewest number of discs possible; but did they have to cut the secord verse of "Addio del passato"?

In spite of this, I would still recommend at least the highlights disc (but be warned that Cotrubas and Milnes are wonderful in all parts in-between the arias and duets and you are really missing out of you don't hear them).

Interestingly- Deutsche Grammophon put out a highlights disc some time back which does have the same stuff listed on this disc- originally, they left out "Un di felice" in favor of much of the throw-away stuff from the very beginning of ActI -- what's up with that? The original also left off the big concertato at the end of Act II, one of the best Verdi ever wrote-- but it did have the Preludio for Act III as well as the heartbreaking and gorgeously sung arioso material at the start of Act III.

A great record.......2000-07-09

This record was my first contact with Opera and I have become a passionate amateur since. Ileana Cotrubas brings an outstanding Violetta: the sincerety and vulnerability that she puts into the charachter is truly moving. Also Sherril Milnes is impressive in his interpretation of Germont and it is pitty that this record does not include Violetta and Germont's duet 'pura siccome un angelo'. Whether you are a freshman to the world of opera or whether you have been an opera fan for a long time, this record will enchant you.

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Marvelous High Notes

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Eugene Conley

Manufacturer: Preiser Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008Y4I2
Release Date: 2003-10-28

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Marvelous High Notes.......2005-06-07

Eugene Conley was my voice teacher for 4 years! He had a marvelous voice that was particularly free and easy in the highest range. He sang a full concert recital at the age of 70 with a gorgeous voice. I learned a lot from him.

Gene managed to become an opera star despite his lack of exposure to the finer points of Opera as a young person since he was an American from Lynn, Mass.

After WW II, he opened La Scala in I Puritani. The two major arias that require notes above high C are on this album. The audience chanted his name as he took his bows. His female lead that evening was Maria Callas.

Some songs from this album come from a record he made during height of his fame. To save money, the orchestra portion was recorded in England and Gene had to adjust his singing to the tape in the U.S. at a later date.

Hoyt Neal
Professor of Music/Voice

Margaret Price: Mozart Opera & Concert Arias

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Welcome re-issue

Margaret Price: Mozart Opera & Concert Arias

Manufacturer: RCA
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007INY3U
Release Date: 2005-03-22

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Welcome re-issue.......2005-05-21

This collection of Mozart Concert & Opera Arias is a welcome re-issue, not only for fans of the beloved Welsh soprano, but also for Mozart enthusiasts. When these recordings were made, Price was on the verge of a major international career and deservedly so. A fantastic recital disc, which is a must have.

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The Mastersinger

Fischer-Dieskau Edition (Box Set)

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

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Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00004SC5S
Release Date: 2000-06-13

Tracks:

Winterreise: Gute Nacht - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Die Wetterfahne - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Gefrorene Trn - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Erstarrung - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Der Lindenbaum - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Wasserflut - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Auf dem Flusse - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Rck - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Irrlicht - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Rast - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Frstraum - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Einsamkeit - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Die Post - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Der greise Kopf - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Die Kr - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Letzte Hoffnung - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Im Dorfe - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Der sthe Morgen - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Tchung - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Der Wegweiser - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Das Wirtshaus - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Mut! - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Die Nebensonnen - Franz Schubert
Winterreise: Der Leiermann - Franz Schubert

Tracks:

Die schone Mullerin: Das Wandern
Die schone Mullerin: Wohin?
Die schone Mullerin: Halt!
Die schone Mullerin: Danksagung an den Bach
Die schone Mullerin: Am Feierabend
Die schone Mullerin: Der Neugierige
Die schone Mullerin: Ungeduld
Die schone Mullerin: Morgengruss
Die schone Mullerin: Des Mullers Blumen
Die schone Mullerin: Tranenregen
Die schone Mullerin: Mein!
Die schone Mullerin: Pause
Die schone Mullerin: Mit dem grunen Lautebande
Die schone Mullerin: Der Jager
Die schone Mullerin: Eifersucht und Stolz
Die schone Mullerin: Die liebe Farbe
Die schone Mullerin: Die bose Farbe
Die schone Mullerin: Trockne Blumen
Die schone Mullerin: Der Muller und der Bach
Die schone Mullerin: Des Baches Wiegenlied
4 Lieder: Nacht und Traume D 827
4 Lieder: Standchen
4 Lieder: Du bist die Ruh
4 Lieder: Erlkonig

Tracks:

Schwanengesang: Liebesbotschaft
Schwanengesang: Kriegers Ahnung
Schwanengesang: Fruhlingssehnsucht
Schwanengesang: Standchen
Schwanengesang: Aufenthalt
Schwanengesang: In der Ferne
Schwanengesang: Abschied
Schwanengesang: Der Atlas
Schwanengesang: Ihr Bild
Schwanengesang: Das Fischermadchen
Schwanengesang: Die Stadt
Schwanengesang: Am Meer
Schwanengesang: Der Doppelganger
Schwanengesang: Die Taubenpost
9 Lieder: Vollendung
9 Lieder: Die Erde
9 Lieder: An die Musik
9 Lieder: An Silvia
9 Lieder: Heideroslein
9 Lieder: Im Abendrot
9 Lieder: Der Musensohn
9 Lieder: Die Forelle
9 Lieder: Der Tod und das Madchen

Tracks:

An die Leier
Philoktet
Memnon
Fahrt zum Hades
Lied des Orpheus, als er in die Holle ging
Orest auf Tauris
Der entsuhnte Orest
Fragment aus dem Aeschylus
Der zurnenden Diana
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren
Heliopolis I
Freiwilliges Versinken
Das Weinen
Schiffers Scheidelied
Der Kreuzzug
Vor meiner Wiege
Fruhlingslied
Jagers Liebeslied

Tracks:

Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Im wunderschonen Monat Mai
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Aus meinen Tranen spriessen
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Wenn ich in deine
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Ich will meine Seele tauchen
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Im Rhein, im schonen Strome
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Ich grolle nicht
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Und wussten's die blumen die kleinen
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Das ist ein Floten und Geigen
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Hor ich das Liedchen kiligen
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Ein Jungling liebt ein Madchen
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Am leuchteden Sommermorgen
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Ich hab im Traum geweinet
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Allnachtilch im Traume
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Aus alten Marchen winkt es
Dichterliebe Op. 48 Les Amours du poete Heinrich Heine: Die alten bosen Lieder
12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Lust der Sturmnacht
12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Stirb, Lieb und Freud
12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Wanderlied
12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Erstes Grun
12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Sehsucht nach der Waldgagend
12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Auf das Trinkglas einet verstorbenen Fredes
12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Wandrung
12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Stille Liebe
12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Frage
12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Stille Tranen
12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Wer machete dich so krank?
12 Gedichte Op. 35 Justinus Kerner: Alte Laute
7 Lieder: Freisinn
7 Lieder: Schneeglockchen
7 Lieder: Standchen
7 Lieder: Laute di menien
7 Lieder: Des sennen Abschied
7 Lieder: Des sennen Abschied
7 Lieder: Talismane

Tracks:

Liederkreis Op 24: Morgens steh ich auf und frage
Liederkreis Op 24: Es treibt mich hin
Liederkreis Op 24: Ich wandelte unter den baumen
Liederkreis Op 24: Lieb liebchen
Liederkreis Op 24: Schone Wiege meiner leiden
Liederkreis Op 24: Warte, warte, wilder Schiffmann
Liederkreis Op 24: Berg' undBurgen schaun herunter
Liederkreis Op 24: Anfangs wolt ich fast verzagen
Liederkreis Op 24: Mit Myrten und rosen
11 Lieder: Der Kontrabandiste
11 Lieder: Zigeunerliedchen I
11 Lieder: Zigeunerliedchen II
11 Lieder: Tief im Herzen
11 Lieder: Melancholie
11 Lieder: Sehnsucht
11 Lieder: Gestandnis
11 Lieder: O wie lieblich
11 Lieder: Weh, wie zornig
11 Lieder: Der Hidalgo
11 Lieder: Romanze
Myrten op. 25: Widmung
Myrten op. 25: Der Nussbaum
Myrten op. 25: Lied aus dem Schenkenbuch I
Myrten op. 25: Lied aus dem Schenkenbuch II
Myrten op. 25: Die Lotosblume
Myrten op. 25: Du bist wie eine Blume
Myrten op. 25: Auden hebraischen Geangen
Myrten op. 25: Du bist wie eine Blume
Myrten op. 25: Zum Schluss
5 Lieder: Die feindlichen Bruder
5 Lieder: Abends am Strand
5 Lieder: Die beiden Grenadiere
5 Lieder: Mein schoner Stern
5 Lieder: Wein Wagen

Tracks:

An die ferne Geliebte, op.98: Auf dem Huegel sitz ich, spaehend - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Wo die Berge so blau - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven: Leichte Segler in den Hoehen - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Diese Wolken in den Hoehen - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Es kehret der Maien, es bluehet die Au - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Lieder: Adelaide, op.46 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ich liebe dich, so wie du mich, WoO 123 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
L'amante impaziente, op.82-3 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
L'amante impaziente, op.82-4 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ariette (Der Kuss), op.128 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur, op.48-4 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Maigesang, op.52-4 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Marmotte, op.52-7 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Seufzer eines Ungeliebten-Gegeliebe, WoO 118 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Andenken, WoO 136 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Der Wachtelschlag, WoO 129 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Aus Goethes Faust (Mephistos Flohlied), op.75-3 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
3 Gesaenge, op.83: I. Wonne der Wehmut - Ludwig Van Beethoven
II. Sehnsucht - Ludwig Van Beethoven
III. Mit einem gemalten Band - Ludwig Van Beethoven
An die Hoffnung, op.94 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Lied aus der Ferne, WoO 137 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Der Juengling in der Fremde, WoO 138 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Der Liebende, WoO 139 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel, WoO 150 - Ludwig Van Beethoven

Tracks:

Es muss ein Wunderbares sein
Benedetto sia 'l giorno
Pace non trovo
I' vidi in terra angelici costumi
Oh, quad je dors S282
die drei zigeuner
Die vatergruft
Der alpen jager
Blume und Duft
Vergiftet sind meine Lieder
Tristesse
Ihr Glocken von Marling
Hohe Liebe
O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Im Rhein, im schonen Strome
Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam
Morgens steh ich auf und frage
der traurige Monch

Tracks:

Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh
Ich wandte mich und sahe an alle
O Tod, wie bitter bist du
Wenn ich mit Menschen - und mit Engelszungen redete
Sommerabend
Mondenschein
Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze
Meerfahrt
Es schauen die blumen
Der Tod, das ist die kuhle Nacht
Mit vierzig Jahren
Steig auf , geliebter Schatten
Mein Herz ist schwer
Kein Haus, keine Heimat
Herbstgefuhl
Alte Liebe
Abenddammerung
Heimweh II
Auf dem Kirchhofe
Verzagen
Regenlied
Nachklang
Fruhlingslied
Auf dem See
Feldeinsamkeit

Tracks:

Hugo Wolf: In der FrHugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Fussreise - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Neue Liebe - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Der Feuerreiter - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Jrlied - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Storchenbotschaft - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Verborgenheit - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Verborgenheit - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Im Fr - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Auf einer Wanderung - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: An die Geliebte - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Peregrina I - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Peregrina II - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Lebewohl - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Begegnung - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Der Jr - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Bei einer Trauung - Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf: Abschied - Hugo Wolf

Tracks:

Es war einmal ein Bock
Einst kam der Bock als Bote
Es liebte einst ein Has
Drei Masken sah ich am Himmel stehn
Hast du ein Tongedicht vollbracht
O lieber Kunstler, sei ermanhnt
Unser Feind ist, gober Gott
Von Handlern wird die Kunst bedroht
Es war mal eine Wanze
Die Kunstler sind die Schopfer
Die Handler und die Marcher
O Schropferschwarm, o Handlerkreis
Gefunden
Das Roseband
Einerlei
Winterweihe
Stiller Gang
Der Arbeitsmann
Blindenklage
Heimkehr
Wer wird von der Welt Verlangen
Hab ich euch denn je geraten
Wanderers Gemutsruhe

Tracks:

Aeolsharfe
Winterahnung
Traum durch die Dammerung
Nelken
Flieder
Minnelied
Der Himmel Hat eine Trane Geweint
Waldeinsamkeit
Schlecht Wetter
Gluckes genug
Einsamkeit
Gottes Segen
Das sterbende Kind
Ein Drangen
Trost
Heimat
Ihr, ihr Herrlichen!
Der zerrissne Grabkranz
Das Blatt im Buche
Im April
Brablied
Sie haben heut Abend Gesellschaft
In Danzig
Eingelegte Ruder
Saerspruch
Hussens Kerker
Zorn
An die Mark
Zum Abschied meiner Tochter
Tragische Geschichte
Sonett Nach Petrarca

Tracks:

Ein Tagewerk I
Ein Tagewerk II
Fruhgesicht
Reisefantasie
Das Ende des Festes
Nachruf
Jugendgedenken
Peregrina II
Auf ein Kind
Dammrung senkte sich
Ach, wie schon
Nachklang
Hore den Rat
Venezianisches Epigramm
Jetzt rede du
Auskunft
Aus zwei Talern
Kennst du das auch?
Ravenna I
Das Ziel
Keine Rast
Kindheit
Im Kreuzgang von Santo Stefano
Nachtgefuhl
Magie der Farben
Verwelkende Rosen
Abends
Mittag im September
Blauer Schmetterling
Pfeifen
Sommernacht
Fur Ninon
Verganglichkeit

Tracks:

Ballade de Villon a s'amye
Ballade que Villon feit a la requeste de sa mere pour prier nostre Dame
Ballade des femmes de Paris
Nahandove
Aoua!
II est doux
Chanson de la mariee
La-bas, vers l'eglise
Quel galant m'est comparable
Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
Tout gai!
Chanson romanesque
Chanson epique
Chanson a borie
At The River
Elegie
Anne Street
A Chirstmas Caro
From 'The Swimmers'
West London (A Sonnet)
A Farewell To Land
Abide With Me
Where the eagle
Disclosure
The White Gulls
The Children's Hour
Two Little Flowers (And Dedicated To Them)
Autumn
Tom Sails Away
Ich Grolle nicht
Feldeinsamkeit
Weil' auf mir
In Flanders Fields

Tracks:

Phantasie aus Don Juan
Ablosung im Sommer
Selbstgefuhl
Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
Zu Strabburg auf der Schanz
Booh, Wie Ist Die Barmhezigkeit des herrn
Willst du Gottes Diener sein
Alles, was aus der Erde kommt
Tod, wie bitter bist du
Lied des Mephistopheles
Zigeunerlied
Schlechter Trost
Lied des Mephistopheles
Liederseelen
Alle
Der Gesang des Meeres
In einer Sturmanacht (Nikodemus)
Nun die Schatten dunkeln
Wonne der Wehmut
Aus den Himmelsaugen
Musikantegrub
Der juge Ehemann
Der Soldat
Uomo del mio tempo
Con una fronda di mirto

Tracks:

1. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
2. Ging heut morgen uebers Feld
3. Ich hab ein gluehend Messer
4. Die zwei blauen Augen
1. Um Mitternacht
2. Ich atmet' einen Linden Duft
3. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
4. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
1. Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgehn
2. Nun seh ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
3. Wenn dein Mutterlein
4. Oft denk ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
5. In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus

Tracks:

Ich will den kreuzstab gerne tragen: Arie
Ich will den kreuzstab gerne tragen: Rezitativ
Ich will den kreuzstab gerne tragen: Choral
Ich will den kreuzstab gerne tragen: Arie
Ich will den kreuzstab gerne tragen: Rezitativ
Ich habe Genug: Arie
Ich habe Genug: Rezitativ
Ich habe Genug: Arie
Ich habe Genug: Rezitativ
Ich habe Genug: Arie
Ich bin eine blum zu saron: Arie
Ich bin eine blum zu saron: Arie
Ich bin eine blum zu saron: Arie
Ich suchte des nachts: Duett
Ich suchte des nachts: Duett
Ich suchte des nachts: Duett
Ich suchte des nachts: Arie
Ich suchte des nachts: Arie
Ich suchte des nachts: Duett
Ich suchte des nachts: Arie
Ich suchte des nachts: Duett

Tracks:

Hir ist sas rechte Osterlamm
Gerne will ich mich bequemen
gebt mir meine jesum wiender
Mache dich, mein herz, rein
Et in Spiritum Sanctum
Achzen und erbarmlich weinen
Duett - Wann kommst du, mein heil
O Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul-Opprest WIth Never - Casting Greif
Aus der Tiefe rufe ich
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
Meine Hande ringen sich
Jedennoch bleib ich stets an dir
Aus der Tiefe rufe ich
Duett - Holde Gattin, dir zur Seite
Solo & Chor - Herr, lehre doch mich

Tracks:

Frondi tenere e belle - Ombra mai fu
Cara pianta
Presti omai l'Egizia terra
Non e si vago e bello
Che faro senza Euridice
Udite, tutti udite
Io deggio ad ogni patto
Finch'han dal vino
Deh, vieni alla finestra
Hai gia vinta la causa
Vedro, mentr'io sospiro
Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja
Ein Madchen oder Weibchen
Ha! Welch ein Augenblick!
Wie Todesahnung Damm'rung - O du, mein holder Abenstern
Was duftet doch der Flieder
Wahn! Wahn!
Zur Burg fuhrt die Brucke - Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge

Tracks:

Botre toast... je peux vous le renre
avant de quitter ces lieux
L'orage s'est calme
Resta immobile
Morir! ... Tremenda cosa!
Di Provenz il mar
Nemico della patria?!
Si puo? Signore!
Povero Rigoletto!
Cortigiani, vil razza dannata
Brav, alter Hans
Lebt wohl ihr suben studen

Tracks:

Schlafst oder wachst du?
Heimkehr
Maggy Lauder
Dort, wo durchs ried
Fileb leise, mein bachlein
Horch auf, mein liebchen
Da brava, Cantina
O kostliche Zeit
Trinklied
Der treue Johnie
Kommt, schliebt mir einen forhen Kreis
Once more I Hail Thee
Sunset
Put Round The Bright Wine
Could Ill World
Could Ill Be fate
Oh, Had My Fate
The Return Of Ulster
Ein entmutigter liebender
Ein begluckter Liebender
Bewuderug
Gluhende Liebe
Trinklied
Weine, weine, weine nur nicht

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The Mastersinger.......2000-06-24

If the second half of the 20th Century has musical signs, they must include that phenomenal German singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau who dominated the recital and concert halls, the opera stages and the recording studios in a way no other artist has done it, except maybe Leonard Bernstein. In celebration of this great artist's 75th birthday we have here a set which includes the gems of his lieder repertoire, starting with those great Schubert cycles in their most vivid performances. Just listen to those early renditions of the Schone Mullerin or with Jorg Demus, or to Schuman's Dichterliebe cycle (with the same pianist). And you shall not miss the artistry of this most sensitive voice in full volume of Mahler lieder with piano and orchestral songs. And what about the Morike lieder by Hugo Wolf? Well, you shall probably wonder at that special cooperation between the singer and the Russian pianist Svitoslav Richter. It is a performance of lifetime, and so it is with the Wintereise of Schubert with Barnboim at the piano. Those who know the artistry of Fischer-Dieskau and even those who have already other recordings of those great works will not regret having this special set. For the newcomers to this great artist there will be a lot to discover, The music itself, sure, but mainly the art of interpratation. In this alone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau shine high and above all other singers.

A Hundred Years of Italian Opera, 1820-30

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100 Years of Italian Opera
An Invaluable Addition to Your Library
Another feather in Opera Rara's cap

A Hundred Years of Italian Opera, 1820-30
Giacomo Meyerbeer , Giovanni Simone Mayr , Gioachino Rossini , Giacomo Cordella , Gaetano Donizetti , Saverio Mercadante , Vincenzo Bellini , Giuseppe Balducci , Luigi Ricci , Carlo Coccia , Carlo Conti , Giovanni Pacini , Michelle Carafa , David Parry , Bruce Ford , Yvonne Kenny , Nicola Bassi , Gaetana Carcano , Michele Cavara , Penelope Walker , Teresa Belloc , Pio Botticelli , Marietta Castiglioni , Nicola Tacchinardi , Diana Montague , Paul Nilon , Fanny Eckerlin , Jonathan Viera , Nuccia Focile , Fiona Kimm , Cristoforo Bastianelli , Gaetana Corini , Eiddwen Harrhy , Della Jones , Isabella Colbran , Antonio Ambrogi , Michele Benedetti , Patricia Spence , Lorenzo Biondi , Giulio Fioravanti , and Alastair Miles
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ASIN: B000003LNT
Release Date: 1997-03-13

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100 Years of Italian Opera.......2001-10-30

It was a wonderful experience to hear many of the songs in this series for the first time, and be introduced to composers one had never heard of before. It's time to retire the warhorses of opera for a while, and bring out some new (old) music. Mr. Parry gets full marks for this series, and I hope they release some more of them soon-- does anyone know why none have appeared since the 1820-30 CD? A slight grainy quality to some of the works and an occasional variation in recorded volume was a bit annoying, but on the whole these discs offer a variety of emotions, some memorable melodies (bel canto isn't all Bellini and Donizetti), and some real finds, such as Paer and Mayer.

An Invaluable Addition to Your Library.......2001-04-05

The "100 Years of Italian Opera" series released by Opera Rara is unique in the annals of opera recordings. However, this installment is especially exciting as it documents the evolution of Italian opera during the 1820's, the decade when romanticism truly began to come into its own on the operatic stage. Opera Rara has lovingly compiled a variety of arcana written by composers famous and forgotten. Included is everything from overtures to arias, duets, ensembles, and entire scenes. Every vocal range is represented, and the dramatic material varies from old school subjects such as figures from mythology and antiquity to English monarchs.

This recording merits the highest praise for both its scholarly interest and entertainment value. Opera Rara has outdone itself with a beautifully produced booklet, though with its generous size and content, "tome" might be a more apt moniker. Each selection on the CD has a corresponding article in the booklet which gives the original cast of the opera, the singers interpreting the piece, a detailed history of the composer and the opera in question, an analysis of the music, and an Italian-English translation. Each article is thorough, fascinating, and well-written and substantially increases one's enjoyment and understanding of the selections. As if all this weren't enough, 19th-century drawings of composers, singers, librettists, and costumes are liberally strewn throughout and further serve to make these artists, and the operas they helped to create, come alive.

The singers are competent at worst, and at their best are excellent. Most of them are unknown, but some of Opera Rara's mainstays are featured here: Della Jones, Bruce Ford, Marilyn Hill-Smith, Yvonne Kenny, Diana Montague and Alistair Miles are all featured, and are all as wonderful as ever. Among the singers that may be less familiar, contralto Patricia Spence and mezzo Penelope Walker merit particular mention for their wonderful contributions to this recording. David Parry is competent and tasteful in his conducting as we would expect, and the Philharmonia Orchestra is in fine form. The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir provides the choral backup when necessary and also does a fine job.

With thirteen composers and twenty-four operas represented, it is only possible to discuss a few high points in the set. Those interested in Donizetti's oeuvre will not be disappointed, as five of his early works, all of which have yet to be revived in modern times, are represented here. Bruce Ford easily tosses off a difficult aria from the 1822 comedy "La Zingara", and Della Jones executes Byzantine coloratura pyrotechnics with confidence and panache in the rondo-finale from the obscure "Alfredo il Grande". A lovely all-female trio from his "Chiara e Serafina", and a grand and impressive bass aria from the tragedy "Il Paria" are other numbers that the Donizetti-phile will treasure. Bellini and Rossini are not forgotten, either. A recently discovered alternative aria from the former's "Adelson e Salvini" shows that even in his earliest works, Bellini was true to the lyrical, melancholy style we associate with his masterpieces. And the first of the Rossini pieces offered, a duet from "Zelmira", sounds for all the world like Bellini, despite predating the latter's first opera by 3 years.

Among the other composers featured are the prolific and underrated Pacini and Mercadante, both of whose careers eventually spanned Verdi's middle period. Pacini's "Il Contestabile di Chester", an 1829 work based on a Walter Scott novel, provides us with an exquisite love duet for soprano and en travesti mezzo-soprano. The woebegone farewell of the star-crossed lovers is interpreted with beauty and artistry by Yvonne Kenny and Susan McCullough. Della Jones again rises to the occasion in a ferociously difficult aria from Mercadante's "Nitocri", yet she is confidently in control of the death-defying leaps, scales, and trills that pepper the aria and which would so easily confound a singer of lesser abilities. A highly dramatic act finale from Mercadante's "Amleto" is also included, this selection featuring choral and ensemble writing that is so dramatic we have difficulty believing it is from an opera of 1822. Carlo Conti, a composer with whom almost no one this side of paradise is familiar, contributes a wilting and sad Bellinian lament from "Giovanna Shore" of 1829. This piece resembles a traditional heroine's aria di sortita, but it contains enough participation from the two basses that it becomes a trio. The best surprise of all comes from the selections by Carlo Coccia, a composer whose masterpiece "Caterina di Guisa" was recently successfully revived in Italy. This album features a remarkably beautiful duet from his "Rosmonda", a setting of the same libretto used for Donizetti's "Rosmonda d'Inghilterra." Again featuring Yvonne Kenny, this time with Diana Montague, the scene parallels Rosmonda's introductory scene in Donizetti's opera, but allows the pageboy Arturo to participate fully. The highlight of the entire set, however, is the final scene of Coccia's "Maria Stuart", an opera based on the same Schiller play that inspired Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda". Coccia's handling of the scene in which Mary of Scots confronts Elizabeth I is not as shocking as Donizetti's, but nevertheless brilliantly builds the tension in the Queens' encounter until they turn on each other. Coccia's librettist preserves more of Schiller's characters and this allows nine voices in the ensembles, making them unusually rich and varied in both their harmonies and counterpoint. The fact that these were two of Coccia's LEAST successful works had me salivating to hear more of his operas performed. Some of the other numbers, while not representing the best composers or operas of the day, nevertheless give us a more complete picture of the artistic climate in which some of the masterpieces were produced. This set is indispensible to anyone interested in early 19th century Italian opera, and may generate such an interest in those who lack it!

Another feather in Opera Rara's cap.......1999-11-26

This installment in Opera Rara's "Hundred Years of Italian Opera" project again reveals a treasure trove of lovely melody and high operatic drama. The examples are well-chosen and really lovely, making one wonder at their neglect. One can almost hear history in the making, as these composers push the boundaries of musico-dramatic conventions. Listen, for example, to the excerpt from Mercadante's "Amleto," a Italian version of "Hamlet" which plays fast and loose with Shakespeare but is marvelous on a musical level. Mercadante includes whistling piccolos in the orchestration, which sound eerily like human screams, a truly bone-chilling effect. I was reminded of the "Dies Irae" of Verdi's Requiem. There is also a lovely aria a due from "Rosmonda" by Coccia, sung deliciously by Yvonne Kenny and Diana Montague. Kenny, who is featured prominently in this set, has lost some of the ease of her highest notes but sings with a beautiful line and an alertness to the dramatic situation. Other singers include Nuccia Focile, Della Jones, Bruce Ford, and Alistair Miles. An essential set for the lover of bel canto and for those who enjoy discovering (unjustly) forgotten works.

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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro

Manufacturer: Telarc
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ASIN: B000003D0R
Release Date: 1995-05-16

Tracks:

Overture
Duettino: 'Cinque ... dieci ...'
Recitativo: Cosa Stai Misurando
Duettino: Se A Caso Madama
Recitativo: Or Bene, Ascolta E Taci
Recitativo: Bravo, Signor Padrone!
Cavatina: Se Vuol Ballare
Recitativo: Ed Aspettaste Il Giorno
Aria: La Vendetta, Oh, La Vendetta
Recitativo: Tutto Ancor Non Ho Perso
Duettino: Via, Resti, Servita, Madama Brillante
Recitativo: Va La, Vecchia Pedante
Aria: Non So Piu Cosa Son, Cosa Faccio
Recitative: Ah, Son Perduto!
Recitativo: Susanna, Il Ciel Vi Salvi
Terzetto: Cosa Sento!
Recitativo: Basilio, In Traccia Tosto
Coro: Giovani Liete
Recitativo: Cos E Questa Commedia?
Coro: Giovani Liete
Recitativo: Evviva!
Aria: Non Piu Andrai
Cavatina: Porgi, Amor
Recitative: Vieni, Cara Susanna
Recitativo: Bravo, Che Bella Voce
Arietta: Voi Che Sapete
Recitativo: Bravo, Che Bella Voce
Aria: Venite, Inginocchiatevi
Recitativo: Quante Buffonerie!
Perche Chiusa?
Recitativo: Che Novita!
Terzetto: Susanna, Or Via, Sortite
Recitativo: Dunque Voi Non Aprite?
Duettino: Aprite, Presto - Oh Guarda Il Demonietto

Tracks:

Recitativo; Tutto E Come Il Lasciai
N.16 Finale; Esci Ormai
Recitativo; 'Che Imbarazzo E Mai Questo!'
Recitativo; Via, Fatti Core
N. 17 Duetto; Crudel! Perche Finora
Recitativo; E Perche Fosti Meco
Recitativo; Ehi, Susanna, Ove Vai?
N. 18 Recitativo; Hai Gia Vinta La Causa!
Aria; Vedro, Mentr'io Sospiro
Recitativo; E Decisa La Lite
N. 19 Sestetto; Riconosci In Questo Amplesso
Recitativo; Eccovi, Ocaro Amico
Recitativo; Andiam, Andiam, Bel Paggio
N. 20 Recitativo; E Susanna Non Vien!
Aria; Dove Sono
Recitativo; Io Vi Dico Signor
Recitativo; Cosa Mi Narri!
N. 21 Duettino; Che Soave Zeffiretto
Recitativo; Piegato E Il Foglio
N. 22 Coro; Ricevete, O Padroncina
Recitativo; Queste Sono, Madama
Recitativo; Eh, Cospettaccio!
Recitativo; Signor... Se Trattenete
N. 23 Finale; Ecco La Marcia

Tracks:

N. 24 Cavatina: L'ho Perduta
Recitativo; Barbarina, Cos'hai?
Recitativo; Madre
Recitativo; Presto, Avvertiam Susanna
N. 25 Aria: Il Capro E La Capretta
Recitativo; 'Nel Padiglione A Manca', Ei Cosi Disse
Recitativo; E Barbarina
Recitativo; Ha I Diavoli Nel Corpo
N. 26 Aria; In Quegli Anni In Cui Val Poco
N. 27 Recitativo; Tutto E Disposto
Aria; Aprite Un Po' Quegli Occhi
Recitativo; Signora, Ella Mi Disse
Recitativo; Madama, Voi Tremate
N. 28 Recitativo; Giunse Alfin El Momento
Aria; Deh, Vieni, Non Tardar
Recitativo; Perfida! E In Quella Forma
N. 29 Finale; Pian Pianin Le Andro Piu Presso
Recitativo (Alternative); Tutto Ancor Non Ho Perso
N. 5 Cavatina (Alternative); Signora Mia Garbata
Recitativo (Variant); Ehi, Sor Paggio
N. 10 Aria; Non Piu Andrai
N. 12 Arietta; Voi Che Sapete (With Corri's Embellishments)
N. 13 Aria (Alternative); Un Moto Di Gioia, K.579
N. 15 Recitativo (Alternative To Duet); Aprite, Presto, Aprite
N.18 Aria (Variant); Vedro, Mentr'io Sospiro
(Alternative Insert At Allegro Assai)
N. 18 Aria (Alternative Ending); Vedro, Mentr'io Sospiro
N. 20 Aria (Variant); Dove Sono
No. 28 Recitativo; Giunse Alfin El Momento
Aria (Alternative); Al Desio Di Chi T'adodra
N. 28 Recitativo (Variant); Giunse Il Momento Alfine
Aria; Non Tardar, Amato Bene

The Pavarotti Edition (includes bonus disc with previously unreleased 1964 debut Decca recording session)

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Beyond all description...
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The Pavarotti Edition (includes bonus disc with previously unreleased 1964 debut Decca recording session)

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ASIN: B00005O841
Release Date: 2001-11-13

Album Description

Disc 1: Donizetti Arias from L'elisir d'amore, Maria Stuarda, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Fille du Regiment, Linda di Chamounix, La Favorita, and Don Paquale

Disc 2: Bellini/Donizetti/Verdi Includes arias from I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Norma, La Sonnambula (1976 Duet Recording), I Beatrice di Tenda, I Puritani, Don Sebastien, Il Duca d'Alba, I Lombardi, I due Foscari, Ernani, and Attila

Disc 3: Verdi 1 Includes arias from Macbeth, Luisa Miller, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, and Les Vepres Siciliennes

Disc 4: Verdi 2 Includes arias from Un Ballo in Maschera, La Forza del Destino, Don Carlos, Aida, Otello, and Requiem

Disc 5: Puccini Includes arias from La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot

Disc 6: Puccini and Verismo Includes arias from Cavalleria Rusticana, Manon Lescaut, Pagliacci, Andrea Chenier, and Tosca

Disc 7: Arias 1 Includes arias from La Griselda, Atalanta, Orfeo ed Euridice, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan Tutte, Guillaume Tell, and more. Includes Unreleased Material.

Disc 8: Arias 2 Includes arias from Martha, Mefistofele, La Giocanda, Adriana Lecouvreur, Rosenkavalier, Fedora, Werther, Faust, Carmen, and more

Disc 9: Italian Songs Includes: In questa tomba oscura, Me voglio fa'na casa, Non t'amo piu, Pace non trovo, and more

Disc 10: Neapolitan and Italian Popular Songs Includes: O sloe mio, Torna a Surriento, Core 'ngrato, Funiculi Funicula, Non ti scordar di me, Mamma and more

Bonus CD: The 1964 EP (previously unreleased) "Che Gelida Manina," "E lucevan le stelle," "Questo o quella," "La Donna e mobile," and "Parmi veder" with Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Edward Downes conducting

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Beyond all description..........2006-09-19

As a boy, I heard so many hyperbolic references to the legendary Enrico Caruso that I chose to purchase a remastered copy of his "Greatest Hits" when I first began to acquire recordings as a young man. Soon after, I discovered Pavarotti and my life was changed by his music. Caruso ended up in the Goodwill Store. I am convinced that in 500 years, should the earth cool again and the Muslim hoards abate, the civilized world will still tell tales of the greatest tenor. I have often found myself grumpy when searching for recordings of Pavarotti because of the inconsistent fidelity of the recordings. That search for the definitive Pavarotti recordings, regarding both content and fidelity, has ended with the release of this extraordinary collection. Worth it's weight in gold, the Puccinni Volume (#5) alone is enough to send someone like me into hyperspace. I am astounded by the beauty and power of these performances. I will always remember the day, not long ago, when a NPR commentator glibly mentioned between the weather and the night's playlist the terrible words, "Luciano Pavarotti has announced that he is retiring from Opera." I felt as if something indescribably beautiful was fading from the world. Of course, beauty in all of its earthly forms is fleeting at best, but these discs contain a reflection of it that will surely bolster any soul.

An Absolute Must-Have for Any Pavarotti Fan.......2004-01-09

...and that certainly goes without saying. My one tiny little problem with it is that his recordings of "Santa Lucia" and "Caruso" are not on this incredible box-set. Even though I have those recordings on other CDs, I still think those are very important pieces to include on this set (assuming that this set of Pavi hits would be the only compilation that that any fan of this phenomenal tenor would have). He is probably my biggest idol, and he deserves to have been one of the biggest opera stars in history.

Wonderful!!!!.......2002-11-07

This Pavarotti set; The Pavarotti Edition; is a wonderful collection of Arias and songs that cover Luciano's great career. Pavarotti is THE Voice of the 20th Century and this set does him justice. It includes 10 CDs with over 750 minutes of music; Includes Music from All of His roles; has a beautiful 76 page full color booklet; Has a wonderful write up; and includes a bonus CD of Pavarotti's fist album, a 45, from 1964, which has never been released on CD before this set. Every Song is hear, This SET is a must have for every Pavarotti Fan.

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