popular music: gruberova

popular music: gruberova

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Strictly Ballroom ... Secrets of the Sam... Christmas Time Gruberova

Thomas Allen, Gabriel Bacquier, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

J. Strauss - Die Fledermaus / Te Kanawa, Gruberova, Fassbaender, Bär, Wiener Philharmoniker, Previn

Johann Strauss II, André Previn, ...

Philips, 1991

An Enjoyable Version But Not The Finest
Everyone has their own opinions regarding recordings of operas and operettas. Die Fledermaus, being the most famous operetta, is subject to numerous interpretations. This particular version has Andre Previn conducting the Vienna State Opera (Staatsoper in German) which ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

For Your Baby

Julian Lloyd Webber, Johannes Brahms, ...

Decca, 2004

I like it
As a classical Symphony fan, I listened so many baby cds before I purchase and I settled in this one. The cover is not as cute as Baby Bach nor Mozart, but quality is much better.

R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

Walter Berry, Axelle Gall

Deutsche Grammophon, 2008

At long last, an Ariadne without a weak link
Ariadne auf Naxos is one of my all-time favorite operas, but part of me was a bit skeptical of this video. It sounded too good to be true. Gundula Janowitz, Edita Gruberova, Rene Kollo, and Walter Berry all in one video? With the venerable Karl Bohm waving the stick. ...