popular music: Giulio Caccini

popular music: Giulio Caccini

popular music:

Giulio Caccini

Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias / Myung-Whun Chung

George Frideric Handel, Giulio Caccini, ...

Philips, 1999

Beautiful music
This is my second copy of this CD, I burned the first one out!! Andrea Bocelli has a very gorgeous voice that is a gift from above. His voice is not affected or braggadoccio but naturally magnificent. I could and do start my day listening to this spiritually uplifting ...

Cecilia Bartoli - If You Love Me (Se tu m'ami ), 18th-Century Italian Songs

Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Cesti, ...

Decca, 1992

Cecilia Bartoli at her best.
A great singer is one who dedicates singing to the text itself instead to himself/herself. This is achieved 100% by Ms. Bartoli in this earlier album of hers. The recordings here cannot be termed otherwise than 'immaculate'. The very opening song 'Gia sole dal gange' ...

Cecilia Bartoli - A Portrait

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, ...

Decca, 1995

Very good singing!
Cecilia Bartoli has a wonderfully rich, textured mezzo voice. This CD shows her skills to good effect. Some illustrative cuts. . . . "Voi che sapete" from Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" is richly sung. She displays a lush mezzo voice. This aria is smoothly sung; ...

Sacred Arias [Special Edition with Bonus DVD]

Andrea Bocelli, Giulio Caccini, ...

Philips, 2003

A spiritual experience
The DVD is the full 77 minute concert with two featurettes previously released alone. The CD is the full 72 minute concert previously released alone, except that two bonus tracks have been added. The audio quality of each one is quite good. (If you have a Dolby ...

Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley

John Dowland, Anthony Rooley, ...

Decca, 2007

a beautiful journey into melancholy
I'm amazed at how many people tend to associate John Dowland's music with a tragic sense of drama. While no doubt this is art highly based on sadness, the "tragic" sense of it is more a legacy from the Romantic period. During the Renaissance, however, sadness was ...

Voice of an Angel

Giulio Caccini, Dilys Elwyn Edwards, ...

Sony, 1999

The Best from Charlotte Church that You Will Ever Hear!
This CD is simply amazing! I can honestly tell you that this is the best from Charlotte Church that you will ever hear! Her voice in this stage in her career is so mezmerizing and well-trained! Soon after her second album, which was self-titled, her voice began to ...

New Dawn

Johann Sebastian Bach, Giulio Caccini, ...

EMI Int'l, 2008

A Real New Dawn
The latest Libera CD to add to my collection, "New Dawn," is slightly different than previous Libera CDs, in my opinion. This does not diminish the quality and artistry of the music in this CD in any way. Among the classic Libera style tracks are two tracks that one ...

Odyssey

Giulio Caccini, Aldo Caporuscio, ...

Decca, 2005

Pure joy
Haley Westenra has a voice like few others...absolutely pure and haunting. This cd shows her incredible range and clarity of tone. It is a joy to experience. How amazing that she had that "voice" even at age 14 when I first was blessed to hear her sing.

Cello Adagios

Heinrich Schiff, Janos Starker, ...

Decca, 2004

really like it
This is the first classical cd I have ever bought. The two-disc album was a great price. I really love the performance of Lynn Harrell. I like the collection of Adagios because they are perfect to fall asleep to or study to.

Cesare Valletti: New York Town Hall Recitals 1959 & 1960; The Art of Song
Hector Berlioz, Arrigo Boito, ...

Testament UK, 2008

Cello Moods
Julian Lloyd Webber, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Philips, 1999

O: Operatica, Vol. 1

Douglas Davis, Giulio Caccini, ...

E-Magine Records, 2000

operatica "o"
I have this album and think it is unusually beautiful, innovative, a woman with a lovely voice. Why is she not mentioned or given the credit she deserves, it would appear she is some kind of a secret! Maureen O'Flynn is only mentioned in the booklet of credits in ...

Heavenly Adagios

Jascha Silberstein, Julian Lloyd Webber, ...

Decca, 2003

Two and a half hours of divine music...what more can I say?
Well, a lot! And since no one else has taken the trouble to review my favorite Adagios collection, I'm just gonna hafta go an' do it myself, won't I? Starting with the stunningly gorgeous 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring' by Bach, this tape reels you in instantly. I'm ...

In My Heart - 17th and 18th Italian Songs

Anthony Pleeth, Nicholas Bucknall, ...

RCA, 2002

A (perhaps too) romantic approach to some old favorites
Ramon Vargas is probably the most elegant and classy tenor singing today. If I may be forgiven an ethnic cliche, the Mexican singer's voice reminds me of dulce del leche ice cream - rich, sweet, and smooth as caramel. Having sung both on stage and on records a wide ...

Cecilia Bartoli - Live in Italy / Jean-Yves Thibaudet

George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, ...

Decca, 1998

Exquisite
"Her natural command of messa di voce phrasing, willingness to shade the voice away to the quietest pianissimo and acute sensitivity to the words of Caccini's love songs proved irresistible, attracting a generous mix of applause and foot stamping." Such was the ...