classical music: furlanetto     classical music:     Furlanetto      Verdi - Don Carlo / von Karajan, Carreras, Baltsa, Furlanetto, d'Amico, Cappuccilli, Salminen, Salzburg Herbert von Karajan Sony, 2002 Grand opera with a stellar cast I thoroughly enjoyed this performance. I think this is a mixture of French "Grand" and Italian opera, and the performance does it justice. The characters are a great mix of sympathetic and unsympathetic, but they are deep and complex and you can understand why they are ...             Herbert Von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video - Mozart - Don Giovanni Samuel Ramey, Anna Tomowa-Sintow Sony Music Entertainment, 2000 A beautiful video of a beautiful production! I have been familiar with Herbert von Karajan and the singers on this DVD for a long time before finally seeing them in action, and I must say, not one of them failed to impress, and each one of them is just as amazing as I had always expected. This is absolutely one ...             Mozart - Così fan tutte / Cuberli, Bartoli, Rodgers, Streit, Furlanetto, Tomlinson, Berlin Phil., Barenboim ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Berlin Philharmoniker, ... Erato, 1994 More Streit, Please! This is an excellent CD, quite at the top of my list. The only other recording of the opera I have heard was the Solti live recording with Fleming and Von Otter. Though that was very good and Solti's conducting far outshines the Berlin Philharmonic on this CD, I must ...             Verdi - Don Carlo (remastered) Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 Verdi's opera of love and politics Under the sensitive direction of James Levine, Placido Domingo plays Don Carlo, heir to the Spanish throne, as close to the edge of madness. I think this interpretation works much better than playing him as Schiller's romantic hero--plus it's more accurate, since the ...             Verdi - Rigoletto / Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberova, Victoria Vergara, Ferruccio ... G. Verdi, Wiener Opera Philharmoniker Deutsche Grammophon, 2006 The Curse that became the fate A superbly directed production which is compelling from minute one to the end and features incredibly charismatic and thrilling vocal and acting performances by wixell and pavarotti as well as the rest of the cast. Riccardo Chailly with the vienna philharmonic are ...             Vienna State Opera Gala Concert / Domingo, Terfel, Gruberova, Urmana, Hampson, Baltsa, Kirchschlager, ... Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa Euroarts, 2006 A Real Gala with More Stars Than You Can Count On November 5, 2005 the Vienna State Opera held a gala to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the reopening on November 5, 1955 of the Opera after its destruction by Allied bombs in 1945 followed by the ten-year-long reconstruction. They pulled out all the stops and ...             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.             Eugene Onegin (Wiener Philharmoniker) Ryland Davies, Ferruccio Furlanetto Deutsche Grammophon, 2008 underrated I think that the Met DVD of this opera is slightly overrated and this Salzburg production is underrated. Neither one of the two is an exemplar of orchestral precision, and neither one of them has an entirely convincing production, but the Salzburg version at least has ...             Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Furlanetto, Upshaw, Te Kanwa, Hampson, von Otter, Troyanos; Levine Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ferruccio Furlanetto, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1992 A Figaro that Lives and Breathes In my search for a perfect Nozze di Figaro--not one that was flawless, but one that suited my taste best--I listened with a merciless ear to several choices. My parents gave me a copy of the Karajan recording with Schwarzkopf--not because they thought I would like it, ...             Mozart - Cosi fan Tutte Edita Gruberova, Delores Ziegler Deutsche Grammophon, 2006 Ponnelle's final filmed opera is beautiful, bittersweet Mozart Jean-Pierre Ponnelle specialized in filming opera: lip synching the singing while recording recitatives live. He intended to film all of Mozart's operas but passed away (in August 1988), scant weeks after the completion of this film. He filmed only 4 Mozart operas: le ...             Handel - Serse / von Otter, Norberg-Schulz, Piau, Zazzo, Tro Santafe, G. Furlanetto, Abete, Les Arts ... George Frideric Handel, William Christie, ... Virgin vertias (EMI Classics), 2004 A Christie triumph The competition for this recording is not exactly stiff. Malgoire's 1970s effort is a worthy complete recording with some superb singing from Carolyn Watkinson in the title role, though some less than distinguished singing from others. McGegan's recording had a ...             Pope John Paul II Celebrates Solemn High Mass in St. Peters Ferruccio Furlanetto, Domenico Bartolucci, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 Excelent! The religious spirit is in the air in this records! I love Battle's voice! I recommend.             Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) / Cambreling, Ewing, Rawnsley, Glyndebourne ... Maria Ewing, John Rawnsley Kultur Video, 2004 Vivace et con spirito! Firstly, I can understand that some people may not like this production. It is "live", raw and different. But I love it because of the energy and verve of the singers, the sheer exurberance of the acting and the obvious enjoyment of the whole cast (even when they have ...             High Mass Coronation Celebrated by Pope John Paul (Mozart) Kathleen Battle, Ferruccio Furlanetto Sony, 2001 Another superb DVD of Karajan legacy This DVD is a must for any Mozart fan, and any Karajan fan. As usual the video and the music, are carefully edited. Strongly recomend it.             All Star Classic Christmas Album Ferruccio Furlanetto, Johannes Brahms, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1998 An Excellent Selection of Fresh, Classical Christmas Music I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to this CD. The very first track, Handel's "For unto us a Child is born" is pure ambrosia as the English Choir performs to perfection. Other highlights include: 8. Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, 10. Mozart's Agnus Dei ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music cappuccilli, florissants, glyndebourne, kirchschlager, norberg-schulz, philharmoniker      toavi.com    web we recommend The Curse that became the fate randomly chosen book: Disorder and Mixing: Convection, Diffusion and Reaction in Random ...