The #1 Opera Album | Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, ...

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	The #1 Opera Album Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, ... Decca, 2001 average customer review:based on 41 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The labels that are now gathered under the Universal Classics umbrella have a pretty impressive scorecard in the area of classical compilations. We've seen The Greatest Opera Show on Earth, The Yellow Guide: Classical Music, Best of the Millennium, and now there's The No. 1 Opera Album. But that's no surprise, since Universal has some of the finest interpreters in its catalogue to draw from. This two-CD set (at the price of one), for example, brings together the likes of Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Georg Solti, Herbert von Karajan, and many more. Yet the other key to a successful compilation is canny anthologizing, and here again, you have a nice selection to give you a smattering of opera's heavyweights from the Italian, German, and French repertory (there's even a step outside the standard framework with an aria from Dvorák's lovely Rusalka). Ranging from 1959 to 1997, the choices from back catalogue will doubtless be the entry ticket for many into this grandest of the arts. --Sarah Chin

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The beautiful gift of opera...

This 2-CD set is absolutely wonderful! You can close your eyes and feel like you're actually at the opera, listening to those beautiful voices bringing tears to your eyes. Nessun Dorma still stirs up emotions in me, no matter how many times I hear it. Great examples of opera to give someone wanting to get interested in this style of music.

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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 wonderful collection.

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The #1 Opera Album

21 Dec, 2007
The movements in this collection move Me as much as My very bowel. Hence, it might work for your too. Try it, you'll like it if you want to be moved to your very "soul".

Beautiful music...

I'm new to opera, but this CD has really beautiful music. I use it in my CD clock radio (Timex, that I purchased here also) to go to sleep to.

The Glory of Opera

Am just discoving the glory of opera. Not all opera, but the arias that make your heart soar. My husband turned away from opera because he was "overdosed" at an early age and it really spoiled his pleasure for life. He's gone now, and I'm discovering what I've missed. This is a wonderful CD and well worth having.

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Tracks
Carmen: Act 1: Prld - LPO/Sir Georg Solti | La Traviata: Brindisi: Libiamo, Ne'lieti Calici - Luciano Pavarotti/Joan Sutherland/London Opr Chor/Terry Edwards | La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina - Luciano Pavarotti | Lakme: Flower Duet: Dome Epais Le Jasmin - Joan Sutherland/Jane Berbie | Fedora: Amor Ti Vieta - Jussi Bjorling | Carmen: Habanera: L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle - Tatiana Troyanos/John Alldis Chor/John Alldis | Nabucco: Chor Of The Hebrew Slaves: Va Pensiero - Chicago Sym Chor/Margaret Hills | Le Nozze Di Figaro: Dove Sono - Kiri Te Kanawa | Rigoletto: La Donna E Mobile - Luciano Pavarotti | Lohengrin: Bridal Chor: Treulich Gefuhrt Ziehet Dahin - Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor/Walter Hagen-Groll | Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro - Renata Tebaldi | Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Largo Al Factotum - Leo Nucci | La Wally: Ebben?... Ne Andro Lontana - Angela Gheorghiu | Madama Butterfly: Humming Chor - Wiener Staatsopernchor/Norbert Balatsch | Carmen: Flower Song: La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee - Placido Domingo | Les Contes D'Hoffmann: Barcarolle: Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'Amour - Joan Sutherland/Huguette Tourangeau/Chor De La Radio Suisse Romande, Pro Arte De Lausanne Et Du... | Tosca: E Lucevan Le Stelle - Placido Domingo | Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Di - Mirella Freni | Les Pecheurs De Perles: C'est Toi... Au Fond Du Temple Saint - Gregory Cross/Gino Quilico | Die Walkure: The Ride Of The Valkyries - Wiener Phil/Solti | Le Nozze Di Figaro: Voi Che Sapete - Cecilia Bartoli | Pagliacci: Recitar!... Vesti La Giubba - Luciano Pavarotti | La Boheme: O Soave Fanciulla - Mirella Freni/Luciano Pavarotti/Roland Panerai | Il Trovatore: Anvil Chor: Vedi! Le Fosche - Chicago Sym Chor/Margaret Hillis | Manon Lescaut: Donna Non Vidi Mai - Jose Carreras | Don Giovanni: La Ci Darem La Mano - Lucia Popp/Tom Krause | Mattinata - Andrea Bocelli | Faust: Soldiers' Chor - Ambrosian Opr Chor/John McCarthy | L'elisir D'amore: Una Furtiva Lagrima - Roberto Alagna | Turandot: Signore, Ascolta! - Montserrat Caballe | Don Giovanni: Champagne Aria: Finch'han Dal Vino - Bryn Terfel | Cosi Fan Tutte: Trio: Soave Sia Il Vento - Renee Fleming/Anne Sofie Von Otter/Michele Pertusi | Il Trovatore: Di Quella Pira - Luciano Pavarotti/Joan Sutherland/London Opr Chor/Terry Edwards | Tosca: Vissi D'arte - Kiri Te Kanawa | Carmen: Toreador Song - Jose Van Dam/Tatiana Troyanos/Norma Burrowes/Jane Berbie/Thomas Allen/Pierre Thau/John Alldis... | Madama Butterfly: Love Duet: Vogliatemi Bene - Mirella Freni/Luciano Pavarotti | Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo - Nat PO/Gianandrea Gavazzeni | Rusalka: O Silver Moon - Renee Fleming | La Boheme: Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi - Angela Gheorghiu | Turandot: Nessun Dorma - Luciano Pavarotti/John Alldis Chor/John Alldis

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