popular music: edita

popular music: edita

popular music:

Materials Science ... Compilation Starlite Edita

Verdi - Rigoletto / Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberova, Victoria Vergara, Ferruccio ...

G. Verdi, Wiener Opera Philharmoniker

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

Glad I'm not a real Opera Lover!
Real opera lovers are a wee tad finicky, as the one- and two-star reviews of this DVD demonstrate. Real opera lovers seem to have a Platonic Ideal of the opera in their cavernous consciousnesses, a template of what Joe Verdi intended, from which any deviation is risky. ...

The La Scala Opera Collection / Adriana Lecouvreur, Lucia di Lammermoor, Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Lo ...

Edita Gruberova, Mirella Freni Samuel Ramey

BBC / Opus Arte, 2006

Great opera
Lucia in this La Scala series was the best I have ever experienced, even better than Sutherland's. This was the first time I ever heard Mariella Devia( Lucia) singing and what a singing it was! Vincenzo la Scola as Edgardo was also superb. This Lucia alone is worth ...

Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Lucia Popp, Kurt Moll

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Munich Zauberflote stands test of time
While many traditional productions of opera these days look sleepy, either on a stage loaded with so much trappings and clutter, and/or looking as though a group of singers got dropped onto stage and left to their own devices, this is truly a most traditional ...

Greatest Hits: Trumpet

Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, ...

Sony, 1994

A Wonderful Collection
This is a splendid anthology of music. Traditional Baroque and orchestral pieces up front, and a few surprises nearer the end. A splendid work. The price makes it a steal. Add it to your cart. You will not be sorry. There is technical excellence - peace in some ...

Wynton Marsalis - Baroque Music for Trumpet

Charles Tunnell, Johann Friedrich Fasch, ...

Sony, 1990

Amazing talent
Without doubt, the birthday ode to Queen Anne (Eternal Source of Light Divine) is one of the loveliest pieces ever. Couple that with two of the most accomplished talents in the world, you have a near spiritual moment. Even those with even a passing interest in the ...

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

Thomas Hampson, Ernest Blanc, ...

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. ...

The Most Famous Opera Arias

Georges Bizet, Alfredo Catalani, ...

EMI Classics, 1994

Great for kids!
I'm generally not a fan of music "samplers," but opera can be tough to introduce to children. And hey--even adults played cards, ate, and talked through the recitative sections of the early operas while they waited for the next aria! So I feel that getting kids hooked ...

Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

Rapture-Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Indeed
I have more experience with other genres of music, but am interested in basically all kinds. I have been collecting CDs for nearly 2 decades but had no Opera in my collection. I did a little research and arrived at a conclusion. If I wanted the most and best Opera ...

Cecilia Bartoli - Mozart Arias

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cecilia Bartoli, ...

Erato, 1996

Rich full bodied delivery of superb selections of Mozart's art
The rich full voice of Cecilia Bartoli really shines in these selections. I suspect that her native language of Italian is a contributing factor to the totally natural sound of her lyrics and voice. Bartoli has a dramatic flair that emerges in her delivery that seems ...

The Most Famous Opera Duets

Eberhard Wächter, Georges Bizet, ...

EMI Classics, 1994

Don't let the low price fool you!
This CD is magnificent, especially for people just getting into opera. I've never really been interested in opera before, but I've recently started listening to it and wanted a CD of my own to listen to. When I bought this, I was a little wary of the low price, and I ...

Greatest Hits HANDEL ~ Water Music, Largo, etc..

George Frideric Handel, Raymond Leppard, ...

Sony, 1994

All Handel's Greatest Hits are not created equal.
Nothing else tops this unusually gorgeous rendering. Leppard's is the finest conducting of Handel to this reviewers ears. Especially the Xerxes Largo and the Watermusic Hornpipes and Fireworks Oveurture tempi, legato and orchestration is full of warmth and energy. A ...

Humperdinck - Hansel und Gretel (1981)

Edita Gruberova, Brigitte Fassbaender

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

Enchanting
Before watching this, put aside your critical eye and relax so you can be carried along with the magic. It is, as the other reviewers have said, beautifully done. But you watch this opera to be enchanted - let it happen. It starts with the overture - the camera ...

Mozart - Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail [Abduction from the Seraglio]

Edita Gruberova, Francisco Araiza

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Golden age Mozart from a master conductor
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail or The Abduction from the Seraglio was composed by Mozart in 1782 during his first heady days in Vienna. He'd recently thrown off the shackles of provincial Salzburg and his odious servitude under the Prince-Archbishop Colloredo. This ...

Bellini - Norma

Edita Gruberova, Sonia Ganassi

Deutsche Grammophon, 2007

Intriguing, refeshing new concept and approach
Here is an intriguing new concept and approach to Bellini's near-masterpiece. Filmed in the early part of 2006 at the Bavarian State Opera, the performance comes across as a tightly-focused drama that plays up the dilemmas of the characters in a very intimate and ...

Johann Strauss - Die Fledermaus / Popp, Gruberova, Fassbaender, Weikl, Berry, Hopferwieser, Kunz, ...

Lucia Popp, Edita Gruberova

Tdk DVD Video, 2005

A Happy Performance
This live performance is one of the best versions I have seen. The cast is excellent and its members are really into their roles. The second act finale shows them really enjoying themselves as they get involved, with the VSO ballet members, dancing the final waltz. ...