classical music: Teresa Berganza     classical music:     Teresa Berganza      Bizet: Carmen Georges Bizet, Claudio Abbado, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 A well done "Carmen" from the 1977 Edinburgh Festival (but a studio recording) "Carmen" has become one of the most popular operas in the repertoire since its premier in Paris in 1875. It was received coolly at first, but Bizet had received a nice payment for the publishing rights and it received 37 performances (the composer, however, died after ...             Vivaldi - Magnificat ~ Gloria / Berganza, Valentini-Terrani, NPO, Muti Leslie Pearson, Teresa Berganza, ... EMI Classics, 1999 Great Romantic interpetration, not for historical purists I have lived with this recording for about 25 years and am still moved by it, so I have to say that it works for me and deserves five stars. These performances are very different from what Vivaldi himself produced, however, so if you think the goal of Vivaldi ...             L' Italiana in Algeri Teresa Berganza, Sesto Bruscantini Video Artists Int'l, 2008 The best L'Italiana in Algeri ever recorded on video I felt so glad and happy the day I knew L'Italiana in Algeri Rossini's opera 1957 version appeared on sale market. In fact I believe that this is the best version of Rossini's comic opera ever recorded on video. Despite of the black and white old technic video this ...             Strauss: Die Fledermaus Johann II Strauss, Herbert von Karajan, ... Decca, 2005 Superlative recording with lost gala tradition intact This is one of the grand old recordings from the glory days of the mid-sixties. It has opulent casting and even more opulent sound values. I doubt that anyone will quibble about the overall quality of this venture. Therefore I just wanted to address a couple of ...             Mad About Italian Opera Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Mascagni, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1994 I really am Mad About Italian Opera If you don't have any experience with opera, or if you have had opera experience and hated it, this is the CD for you. I had some experience with opera, but I rarely listened to it voluntarily, until I got this CD. It has the most famous and consequently most ...             Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia / Prey · Berganza · Alva · Dara · Montarsolo · LSO · Abaddo Gioachino Rossini, Claudio Abbado, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1998 The most wonderfull Barber As you can read in other reviews, Berganza's performance is really amazing (Listen carefully to track 7 of CD 1). The overture is very light, if you compare it with other recordings just of the overture, including Abbado's recording with the Chamber Orchestra of ...             Sacred Classics - Messiah, Ave Maria, Pie Jesu, Zadok the Priest, L'enfance du Christ George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, ... EMI Classics, 2003 A wonderful and varied compilation of Sacred Choral Works This is a 2 CD set and is one of my favorites. While this CD contains several pieces that the general public probably hears often (Handel's Messiah, Bach's Jesu Bleibet mein freund) it also contains some not well known pieces. Of particular quality is the recording ...             Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Rapture-Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Deutsche Grammophon, 2002 Rapture Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Absolutely fantastic! Stare into space and enjoy this music.             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 ...             Rossini: La Cenerentola Gioachino Rossini, Claudio Abbado, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2006             Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Complete opera); Fischer-Dieskau, Evans, Harper, Blegen, Berganza Rebecca Evans, Teresa Berganza EMI Classics, 2004 Nozze With a Bullet I like this version. I was lukewarm about it for a while. I thought it a bit wan. But I've listened to it several times now on various car trips. (It was in the glove box & so kept coming out, even though I nominally preferred other versions.) And now I'm more of ...             Falla: Three-Cornered Hat / Ansermet, Berganza Manuel de Falla, Ernest Ansermet, ... Decca, 2000 Why five stars, why not one million? In the famous carrer of this swiss conductor there were many definitive performances. But if you make me pronounce for the first of them, I would mention this record. The state of art is the term that better describes the spanish dionisiac passion that seems iluminate ...             Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri Gioachino Rossini, Silvio Varviso, ... Decca, 1989 A GOOD VERSION OF A GREAT OPERA This recording has been around for a while, and, in fact, was the first stereo version of this opera to be recorded. It's very well presented here, with first class playing by the Maggio Fiorentina under the peppy direction of Silvio Varviso. The cast is a good one, ...             Operamania (Box Set) Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ... Mca Import, 2002 Best of the Best First rate selections, performed by first rate musicians. Here are some of the most haunting melodies ever created.             The #1 Soprano Album Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ... Decca, 2002 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 as Universal/Decca wrongly gives it to Kiri Te Kanawa, and that another ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music cenerentola, fischer-dieskau, fledermaus, montarsolo, three-cornered, valentini-terrani      toavi.com    web we recommend Rapture randomly chosen music: Smetana: Má Vlast