classical music: Renata Scotto     classical music:     Renata Scotto      The Very Best of Franco Corelli Vincenzo Bellini, Salvatore Cardillo, ... EMI Classics, 2003 Franco Corelli's "Best" This is a representative collection of several recordings made by Franco Corelli in the 1960s, which the "very best" phrase does not even begin to describe in terms of his matchless technique and distinctive interpretation. Very well selected to give you an image in a ...             Puccini: Great Opera Arias Giacomo Puccini, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, ... Sony, 2002 The best opera album ever I have listened this album almost every day for the past 4 years. For begginers and amateurs in this kind of music, the album rocks in every song with the exception of track 2 and 5.             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. ...             Verdi: La Traviata [DVD Video] Video Artists Int'l, 2008 A close to ideal Traviata Initially I was reluctant to write this review since I would be following Albert Innaurato's but then I figured what the hell, why not? especially since he is so spot on and the performance is so marvelous. My only regret is that every standard cut that could be made ...             Puccini - La Boheme / Pavarotti, Scotto, Niska, Wixell, Plishka, Levine, Metropolitan Opera Renata Scotto, Luciano Pavarott Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 La Boheme A marvelous version of this great opera. The 'young' Pavoratti's voice simply soars. I saw the new Met version recently which was excellent, but no comparison in tenors. What a loss too soon when he died.             100 Best Opera Classics Andreas Schmidt, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, ... Emd Int'l, 2007 Amazing Value I am so impressed by this collection that I must share my joy at getting so many beautiful arias, duets, et al in one collection. It captures many of the great operatic voices in stellar performances spanning the last 50 years. If you are enchanted by beautiful ...             Puccini: Turandot Giacomo Puccini, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, ... EMI Classics, 1990 The best Turandot on disc This is without doubt the best Turandot on disc. Nilsson's voice is more "free" compared to the RCA version but this might be a question of recording techniques. The three main parts work perfect together, they can not be bettered on disc. So - this is THE choice. To ...             Callas - A Documentary Plus Bonus / John Ardoin, Franco Zeffirelli Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi Bel Canto Society, 2004 Informative DVD The previous reviewer may not realize that this documentary was originally produced in the late 70s for television, after Callas' death. The footage quality is what one would expect from something of that time and no amount of DVD remastering could fix it. The DVD ...             The Most Famous Opera Duets Eberhard Wächter, Georges Bizet, ... EMI Classics, 1994 Beautiful duets... This CD is really awesome. I'm new to opera, but love the music on this CD. I use opera music in my CD clock radio (Timex from Amazon) to fall asleep to. What a way to fade into dreamland.             Verdi - Luisa Miller Placido Domingo, Renata Scotto Deutsche Grammophon, 2006 ANOTHER "LIVE FROM THE MET" GEM Not to "ditto," Rush-Limbaugh-like, comments other have made, but I too have hoped for a commercial, well-mastered issue of this telecast ever since it was broadcast live on PBS on a Saturday night in January, 1979. I didn't own a video recorder at the time and ...             Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana Pablo Elvira, Pietro Mascagni, ... RCA, 1999 a hidden treasure There may be many more famous versions of this opera, but THIS is the one to get. In through-composed operas such as this, where continuity and cohesiveness are especially vital to the dramatic flow, there is a touch some conductor's have which allows them to unify ...             Verdi: Nabucco / Manuguerra, Luchetti, Ghiaurov, Scotto, Obraztsova; Muti Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Muti, ... EMI Classics, 1990 Scotto is not to be missed I agree with those who find Manuguerra just a little boring, it's not a bad performance, but pales next to Scotto's magnificent Abigaile. Muti conducts very well, and he makes more of the Va Pensiero than Gardelli or Sinopoli. Forced to choose I would opt for this ...             Madama Butterfly Paolo Montarsolo, Giuseppe Morresi, ... EMI Classics, 2002 THE Madama Butterfly Scotto is the best Butterfly on record. She brings her incomparable artistry with her. You feel her as a human being with emotional depth (without overdoing things). Bergonzi proves himself the most stylish Italian tenor in the world. Barbirolli is a master at the ...             The Very Best of Alfredo Kraus Frederic Vassar, Sherrill Milnes, ... EMI Classics, 2005 Good survey of Alfred Kraus' work Alfredo Kraus was one of the finer tenors of the latter part of the 20th Century. He was born in 1927. His formal debut was in 1956 and he actually sang into the 1990s, before his death in 1999. This double CD set shows him in a repertoire that runs from Mozart, ...             Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi Video Artists Int'l, 2007 A Bel Canto Treasure The two reviews posted as of this writing are on the mark with their five-star ratings. Scotto's Lucia and Bergonzi's Edgardo present a level of bel canto singing that would be almost impossible to surpass in any era. This televised Tokyo performance has been ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music cavalleria, documentary, lammermoor, manuguerra, metropolitan, zeffirelli      toavi.com    web we recommend ANOTHER "LIVE FROM THE MET" GEM randomly chosen book: Language Disorders: A Functional Approach to Assessment and Intervention ...