 | The #1 Opera Album [Read More ...]
Description: The labels that are now gathered under the Universal Classics umbrella have a pretty impressive scorecard in the area of classical compilations. We've seen The Greatest Opera Show on Earth, The Yellow Guide: Classical Music, Best of the Millennium, and now there's The No. 1 Opera... |
 | Sogno [Read More ...]
Description: Andrea Bocelli's Sogno ("Dream") is a pop album of entirely original compositions that evoke traditional and modern influences. Bocelli himself describes the CD as secular Italian traditional melodic music with a contemporary twist. The album's 14 tracks include "The Prayer," a B... |
 | The Ultimate Puccini Collection [Read More ...]
Description: Ordinarily, it pays to be wary of collections such as these, which often promise a lot but deliver a mishmash of disconnected excerpts. This disc, however, is something of an exception: you really do get just about all of Puccini's best arias, which is possible, because he didn't... |
 | Pavarotti: Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
Great listening:I love this music. Great for long drives when stations fade in and out. Pavarotti's best!!! |
 | The Greatest Opera Show on Earth [Read More ...]
Description: This really is a remarkable collection, and anyone even remotely interested in opera is bound to be vastly entertained by it. Almost everything and everyone is here, albeit in small doses: Tebaldi, Pavarotti (a lot), Bjoerling, Bartoli, Sutherland, Solti, Karajan, Troyanos, Gheor... |
 | Rossini - La Cenerentola / Bartoli, Dara, Matteuzzi, Corbelli, Pertusi, Chailly [Read More ...]
Description: We live in a golden age for Rossini singing, and this recording offers considerable proof of it. Although she occasionally strays into overdone vocal mannerisms, Cecilia Bartoli is a fetching Cenerentola with the right combination of pathos and triumph. William Matteuzzi offers... |
 | Cecilia Bartoli - A Portrait [Read More ...]
Review: Bartoli Is Superb, Effusive and Vivacious!:The greatness in art lies in its flexibility and Bartoli exemplifies this greatness in everything she sings! Bartoli reveals different things at different times. In the world of opera Bartoli stands at the summit of achievement, her work... |
 | The Ultimate Divas Album [Read More ...]
Review: a voice teacher and early music fan:SEVENTEEN DIVINE DIVAS IN FAVORITE ROLES.
"Qualifications for divahood may be elusive, but there is little doubt that the 17 artists featured in this collection eminently qualify." George Jeffries. To which I heartily agree!!!!! The term 'diva... |
 | The #1 Tenor Album [Read More ...]
Essential for Opera lovers:This CD shows the highest performances made ever by number one artists.Obliged to have home |
 | The #1 Soprano Album [Read More ...]
Review: Gruberova's Extraordinary "Mein Herr Marquis", Sumi Jo's winning "Der hölle Rache":I bought that 2-CD set only for the extraordinary performance of Adele's "Laughing Song" ("Mein Herr Marquis") by Edita Gruberova. It is highly surprising (and inexcusable IMO) that a great label ... |
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| The #1 Soprano Album [Read More ...]
Review: Gruberova's Extraordinary "Mein Herr Marquis", Sumi Jo's winning "Der hölle Rache":I bought that 2-CD set only for the extraordinary performance of Adele's "Laughing Song" ("Mein Herr Marquis") by Edita Gruberova. It is highly surprising (and inexcusable IMO) that a great label ... |
 | Super Estrellas de la Opera - Super Stars of Opera (2 CDs) [Read More ...]
Review: Fantastic, A +, gold star:Wow. In the last year I have transformed into an opera Maniac with the help of the cd. It's got all the greats - Pavarotti, Fleming, more Pavarotti - as well as the other greats - Puccini, Mozart, Verdi - compiled to produce the single most inclusive 2... |
 | Essential Puccini [Read More ...]
Review: glorious singing of puccini's greatest 'hits':This compilation is a great introduction to puccini's music, It has all of puccini's most popular numbers and
the singers are some of the greatest opera stars of the
20th century. Just look at the ... |
 | The Voice of Verdi [Read More ...]
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 | La Boheme - Dream Cast (Highlights) [Read More ...]
Review: The horror, the horror!:This CD is a fine example of soulless marketing, bleeding hunks variety.
For those of you who like opera, get a real opera. Good performances of "La boheme" are easy to find. For those of you who like a particular singer or conductor, seek out that pe... |
 | Rossini - La Cenerentola / Bartoli, Dara, Matteuzzi, Corbelli, Pertusi; Chailly [highlights] [Read More ...]
Review: LOVE THE SINGER AND ROSSINI:TAPED THIS OFF SKY PERFORMANCE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BEFORE THE CHANNEL DETERIORATED INTO THE MESS IT WAS BEFORE BEING SCRAPPED RECENTLY, THIS USED TO BE AN EXCELLENT CHANNEL 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO BUT OF LATE WAS SO BAD I KNEW IT WAS DOOMED JUST LIKE SKY AR... |
 | Greatest Tenor Show on Earth [Read More ...]
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 | Voice of Puccini [Read More ...]
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 | Operamania (Box Set) [Read More ...]
Best of the Best:First rate selections, performed by first rate musicians.
Here are some of the most haunting melodies ever created. |
 | Masters of the Voice: Tenor [Read More ...]
Review: Some truly outstanding performances:This two CD set from Deutsche Grammophon does as it states: it offers some of the greatest tenors of our time in some truly outstanding performances. Thirty-seven arias all told, take a little getting used to as most "all tenor" recordings do. ... |
