 | 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... |
 | Christmas Adagios [Read More ...]
Christmas Adagios:This is the BEST Christmas collection that I have ever heard. I would like
to purchase 15 more to give as gifts this year; however, it appears that
Decca is out of stock or no longer releasing it. HELP!! |
 | 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... |
 | Puccini: Madama Butterfly [Read More ...]
For your heart:My mother, who never saw an opera in her life, had the London LP "Highlights" version of this performance. Each time she played it, she cried unashamedly. I have seen 4 Butterfly's performed live. None matches this recording for its sheer power. Brava, Renata, brava. |
 | #1 Christmas Album [Read More ...]
Review: THE BEST!!!:I am the proud owner of at least thirty Christmas CD's. This compilation is the best collection of quality music performed superbly that I have ever heard. I had to drive 1400 miles by myself before Christmas and I never tired of listening to this wonderful music. ... |
 | Amor--Opera's Great Love Songs [Read More ...]
Review: Amor--Opera;s Great Love Songs:I absolutely love opera music, and this c.d. is great for the most part. However, I am completely shocked that Maria Callas is nowhere to be found! In my opinion Callas' versions of Vissi D'arte, Vissi D'amore, L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle, Oh! MI ... |
 | The "Pearl Fishers" Duet [Read More ...]
Description: This disc is essential for Jussi Bjoerling fans--doesn't that include almost everyone?--and for anyone who wants a distinctive sampling from recorded opera's most eloquent age. Best are Bjoerling's duets with baritone Robert Merrill--especially the classic "Au fond du temple s... |
 | Puccini: Turandot [Hybrid SACD] [Read More ...]
Description: This reissue of a 1959 recording captures four glorious voices at their peak, triumphantly conquering one of the most brutally difficult operas in the literature. Puccini taxed his singers almost beyond human endurance with his prolonged stratospheric writing (he also loved the ... |
 | 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... |
 | Puccini: La Bohème (Tebaldi, Prandelli, Erede) [Read More ...]
Review: EREDE ES UN CRACK:Bohème de absoluta referencia. Sonido magnífico. Estupendos cantantes: Quizá los haya más dotados (con excepción, claro está, de la Tebaldi) pero no más convincentes. La batuta, soberbia, excelente acompañante de las voces. Una versión arquetípica, sin... |
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| Puccini: La Bohème (Tebaldi, Prandelli, Erede) [Read More ...]
Review: EREDE ES UN CRACK:Bohème de absoluta referencia. Sonido magnífico. Estupendos cantantes: Quizá los haya más dotados (con excepción, claro está, de la Tebaldi) pero no más convincentes. La batuta, soberbia, excelente acompañante de las voces. Una versión arquetípica, sin... |
 | Artists Of The Century - Jussi Bjorling, The Ultimate Collection [Read More ...]
Description: Surely Björling was one of the greatest tenors of his or any other time, not only for the clarion ring, the purity, and the melting lyricism of his voice, but for his effortless lightness, impeccable intonation, endless breath control, and natural phrasing and line, enhanced by ... |
 | Opera Obsession! - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
Review: Excellent collections of arias:OperaD'Oro has issued a number of artistically excellent performances, however the technical quality is sometimes not up to today's standards. These (this CD is the first in a series of which there are currently 4 CDs) collections of excerts are of... |
 | Strauss: Die Fledermaus [Read More ...]
Strauss Forever:De nuevo una gran version de los clasicos de Straus un gran album y grandes interpretes |
 | The Best of Tebaldi [Read More ...]
Review: Resurrection of an Old LP Compilation : I bought this compilation on a London LP back in the seventies. I listened to it until I wore it out. They wisely began the disc with probably the best recording she ever made, that of Si, mi chiamano Mimi, from La Boheme. The singing o... |
 | Ten Top Sopranos [Read More ...]
Review: Great Works by Great Artists - Under the Decca/London Label:Clearly, Maria Callas is one of the most important artists in history and has a well deserved place on any top 10 list. However, all the sopranos here are artists who performed on the decca recording label. Callas did ... |
 | Catalani: La Wally / Tebaldi, del Monaco, Cappuccilli; Cleva [Read More ...]
Review: One of the greatest operas ever:Yes, this is certainly a 5-star product, and easily the best recording of "La Wally" available. I just want to correct the apologetic comments that appear in other reviews ("this is not a great opera," etc.). In my view it is a very great opera; in... |
 | No. 1 Wedding Album [Read More ...]
Review: Wonderful Ceremony Music:We sampled a lot of cd's on Amazon before choosing this cd. We picked this one because it had the best selection of traditional ceremony music. It's tough to review because it's not like we have listened to it since the wedding. We only used it for a hand... |
 | Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur [Read More ...]
Review: A Sublime Recording with heavenly singers.:This can't get any better! The angelic voice of Renata Tebaldi is breathtaking. Del Monaco is wonderful and so is Fioravanti as Michonnet. I was surprised to hear such magnificent sound in an older recording. It beats the newer recordi... |
 | Grandi Voci: Renata Tebaldi [Read More ...]
Tebaldi has the bigger voice:
Yes, if you got Tebaldi in her vocal prime and Callas in her vocal prime to sing together on stage, the Italian would blow away the Greek with her enormous volume.
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