classical music: Eric Garrett

classical music: Eric Garrett

classical music:

Eric Garrett

Offenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) / Pretre, Domingo, Royal Opera Covent Garden

Plácido Domingo, Luciana Serra

Kultur Video, 2003

Gorgeous Staging
Very well done stage version (in French) of "The Tales of Hoffmann". Excellent singing all around, and compares favorably to the 1951 film version (in English). I do think they could have tightened it up a bit, eliminating the curtain calls (necessary for a live ...

The Pavarotti Story: The Ultimate Tribute

Alan Opie, Richard Kerns, ...

Decca Records, 2008

Exploitation on the Cheap
I ordered despite seeing on line before purchase that most of the selections were in the massive, beautifully executed Pavarotti Edition. I hoped the extras would be worth the expense. Unfortunately, the execution was shoddy. The set in packaged in flimsy cardboard. ...

Luciano Pavarotti: The Best (Farewell Tour)

Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, ...

Decca, 2005

A gift for my dad
The CD wasn't originally for me but my dad loves it. He plays it all the time and claims its a very complete collection of the artist.

The Number One Classical Album 2006

Julian Lloyd Webber, Emma Johnson, ...

Universal, 2005

1 album classic 2006
excelent album and arrived in good time. thank you gabriel

Donizetti - La Fille du Régiment / Sutherland, Pavarotti, Malas, Sinclair, ROH Covent Garden, Bonynge

Gaetano Donizetti, Richard Bonynge, ...

Decca, 1990

A Great Recording of an Opera That Should Be Performed More Often
With the lighthearted music of Donizetti's LA FILLE DU REGIMENT, you'd hardly know that it takes place in the midst of a war and tells the story of a young woman abandoned at birth and left to the benevolence of an army regiment, all the while being in close proximity ...

Gilbert & Sullivan - Highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Yeomen of the ...

Nicholas Folwell, Arthur Sullivan, ...

Telarc, 1996

Pure delight
--Gilbert & Sullivan-- William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan were a match made in heaven, yet on earth their pairing seems even with hindsight a most unlikely coupling. Both were destined for other things, Gilbert in fact for decidedly non-musical careers. Introduced ...

Richard Strauss - Salome / Peter Hall · Edward Downes · Maria Ewing, · ROH Covent Garden

Maria Ewing, Michael Devlin (II)

Kultur Video, 2001

Bravo to all, especially Ewing
Oh my God! I just finished watching this. Maria Ewing is amazing. Her intense focus is wonderful. I saw a live performance of Salome a few years ago in the midwest and wished the Salome and the whole production had been more intense and a little crazy. The whole thing ...

La Fanciulla del West

Giacomo Puccini, Zubin Mehta, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990

Puccini's Most "Modern" Opera
I was fortunate enough to see Domingo and Neblett sing this opera at Covent Garden in mid 1977, so I was delighted to find the recording. (I don't remember Sherill Milnes in the role of Rance, but maybe he wasn't so famous back then!) This is Puccini's next-to-last ...

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard; Trial by Jury

Donald Maxwell, Gareth Rhys-Davies, ...

Telarc, 1995

Two Great Discs.
This two disc set pairs two operas that are historically at very different periods in the Gilbert & Sullivan repertoire. Trial by Jury is usually viewed as the first Gilbert and Sullivan opera (because Thespis was lost to history); Yeomen of the Guard is a later ...

Britten Conducts Britten: Operas 1

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, ...

Decca, 2004

Britten Composed AND Conducted? Of course he gets 5 stars!
Being a Britten junkie, I was thrilled to discover that not only is his entire collection of operas available in two sets, but the set is conducted by the composer himself. For a Britten lover, that's like getting an original copy of the Ten Commandments written ...

Offenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) / Pretre, Domingo, Royal Opera Covent Garden

Plácido Domingo, Luciana Serra

Kultur Video, 1999

intoxicating!
Mr. Placido Domingo is perhaps the most exciting operatic actor-singer of our generation and once again he proves it in this wonderful opera; his three great loves (Baltsa, Cotrubas, Serra), his rivals and the rest of the crew--unforgettable!

Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy-My Favorite Showstoppers

Leo Nucci, Vincenzo Bellini, ...

Decca, 1994

This is an excellent opera collection
If you want to get a complete opera, this CD isn't for you, but it is an excellent compilation of different opera arias from various composers, most of which are Italian. Some highlights are "Vient, Diletto" and "Ah Mes Amis".

Johann Strauss - Die Fledermaus / Bonynge, Cox, Ashton, Royal Opera

Judith Howarth, Louis Otey

Kultur Video, 1997

A very English Fledermaus
This is a very special night at the opera. Die Fledermaus has always been a favorite with English audiences and in this Royal Opera House production, performed in the presence of the then Prime Minister, John Major, they make it their own. Having John Mortimer write ...

White Moon: Songs to Morpheus

David Starobin, Dorothy Lawson, ...

Nonesuch, 1996

The right selections for the right voice
The theme of this music is Sleep and Dreams. The 'night setting' is reflected in a very interesting variety of songs, both old and modern. The ethereal quality of much of this music is well suited to Upshaw's silver toned voice, which expresses the fantasy and other ...

Luciano Pavarotti - Donizetti Arias ~ Una furtiva lagrima

Gaetano Donizetti, Richard Bonynge, ...

Decca, 1998

Achingly, Heartwrenchingly, Beautiful
Pavarotti is arguably the most gifted and accomplished operatic tenor of the twentieth century. While other contemporary tenors may be stylistically flawless and a joy to listen to, Pavarotti is in a class by himself. He drifts effortlessly from the low, lyrical ...