classical music: José Van Dam     classical music:     José Van Dam      Puccini - Il Trittico / Alagna, Gheorghiu, Guelfi, Guleghina, Gallardo-Domás, Manca di Nissa, Palmer, ... London Symphony Orchestra EMI Classics, 1999 Just maybe the greatest recorded "Trittico" ever Like another previous reviewer, I too came to this set feeling that the old Tito Gobbi recording was something very special, and hard to beat. And it still has a special place in my collection. But this set is exceptional on all counts; it is superbly recorded, the ...             Verdi - Simon Boccanegra / Freni, Cappuccilli, Carreras, Ghiaurov, van Dam, Foiani, Teatro alla Scala, Abbado Giuseppe Verdi, Claudio Abbado, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1998 The best Verdi opera in Abbado's Studio discography Claudio Abbado's reign at La Scala produced some of the finest productions of Verdi's operas ever mounted on the stage. From that prolific era came his dark and revolutionary Macbeth (Verrett, Cappuccilli, Tagliavini), the greatest Don Carlo (Freni, Carreras, ...             Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9; Te Deum [DVD Video] Deutsche Grammophon, 2008 A probing Eighth Symphony, an anguished Ninth I concur with the previous, splendid review. This two DVD set is an important release for capturing von Karajan's brilliant vision of Bruckner's Eighth Symphony, his personal favorite amongst ALL symphonies. I was privileged to attend Karajan's final American ...             Great Recordings Of The Century - Strauss, R.: Salome / Karajan, Behrens, Van Dam, Baltsa, et al Richard Strauss, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, ... EMI Classics, 1999 An ode to sensuousness. Generally, late 1970's and 1980's Karajan studio recordings, to my liking at least, must be approached with care and even mistrust. His immense talent not being the subject of discussion, yet as he aged he tended to give a lot more attention to how things were played, ...             The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever! Ernest Blanc, Robert Massard, ... Angel Records, 1999 Great for the amateur Opera listener As a long time armchair Opera listener I'm shocked that I hadn't come across this album until recently. I'm not really an Opera connoisseur so my review is based on just the fact that I love Opera, but mostly by listening to arias or occasionally going to the Opera. ...             The #1 Opera Album Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, ... Decca, 2001 great collection If one was wanting to introduce a friend to the wonderful world of opera, this would be a great cd to buy them. Also at this time when many of us are worrying about Luciano and his health , it is great to hear him featured on many of the selections. A great buy and ...             Karajan 100th - Volume 2, Opera and Vocals Erich Kunz, Boris Christoff, ... EMI Classics, 2008 Priceless... at a very low price Most people considering this set are probably already familiar with Karajan's work and probably already own quite a few of his EMI recordings. Therefore, there really is no need for me to get into depth with regards to the quality of the Karajan's work or the ...             Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy-My Favourite Opera For Children Robert Massard, Sherrill Milnes, ... Decca, 1994 Fun, accessible opera for you and your child to enjoy I bought this CD for my then 3 year old son. He loved it then because it was the "Bugs Bunny" music he was familiar with from the cartoons. He listened to it for awhile then we put it away. After he turned 4, he said to me one day -- let's listen to opera, and now ...             Delibes - Lakmé / Dessay, Kunde, van Dam, Petibon, Haidan, Konsek, Leguérinel, Plasson Léo Delibes, Michel Plasson, ... EMI Classics, 1998 The Greatest Lakme ever! With her ability to color every phrase delicately, Natalie Dessay is undoubtedly this century's greatest coloratura soprano. Highly underrated, she could easily bring truth to her interpretation of this Lakme through her very good reading of the score and her ability ...             100 Best Film Classics Claudio Desderi, Eberhard Wächter, ... Angel Records, 2006 I'm Hooked As I type the words to this review, I am listening to Nessun dorma (Puccini, Turandof) over and over again from the CD collection I am now writing about. Good music is supposed to inspire, and this one inspires. This six CD collection is from Best Film 100: The ...             Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem Op.45 José van Dam, Johannes Brahms, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1991 Singing, tuneful performance I just compared Klemperer/Gardiner/3 Karajan's versions/Masur/Barenboïm /Shaw. This is the one I prefer because of the singing tempo, the articulation is just superb, very tuneful. If only, the solists were rather the Janovitch & Meyer combo of another Karajan's ...             Bizet: Carmen (Highlights) / Solti, Troyanos, Domingo Georges Bizet, Georg Solti, ... Decca, 1998 Nice music, nice voices This is Georges Bizet! He doesn't need any special advertising!             Mozart: Requiem [DVD Audio] José van Dam, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004             Best Relaxing Classics 100 José Van Dam, Han-Na Chang, ... EMI Classics, 2008 Excellent for the money All of the EMI's series are inexpensive and worthwhile. If you don't mind short selections and exerpts, this series is a good,inexpensive way to get into classical music.I have the whole set,or most of them.             Carmen / Troyanos, Domingo, van Dam, Te Kanawa; Sir Georg Solti Georges Bizet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, ... Decca, 1990 Fast and "Boomy" I've given up on the notion that there's only "one" best recording of an opera. Certainly, there are classics, e.g. Callas' Tosca. Still, there is so much variation in opera in terms of multiple singers, an orchestra, etc. that it's hard to tell someone they should ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music boccanegra, cappuccilli, gallardo-domás, highlights, recordings, symphonies      toavi.com    web randomly chosen DVD: Thelma & Louise