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Viardot - Cendrillon / Piau, Kelly, Vidal, Cognet, Viala, Waters, Rigby; Kok
Pauline Viardot, Sandrine Piau, ...
Opera Rara UK, 2001
More small opera companies should perform this!!!
+ A Jewel
+ Cinderella The Opera- A Must Have
+ Definitivamente Cinderela
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Donizetti - Don Pasquale / Hendricks · Bacquier · Canonici · Quilico · Schirrer · Opéra de Lyon · Ferro
Gaetano Donizetti, Gabriele Ferro, ...
Erato, 1992
Forget the others - buy this one!
+ Themeless Opera
I originally purchased the RCA Red Seal recording of this opera with Bruson-Mei-Lopardo-Allen never having heard the work before. While the Red Seal recording certainly did not sound bad, I couldn't help but think that, as the heroine, Mei missed a lot of opportunities to hit those incredible ...
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Puccini: Turandot
Adelio Zagonara, Mario Sereni, ...
RCA, 1996
The top recording of Turandot!
+ Just the best
+ One of the three best studio Turandot's out there!
+ N O Contest
+ The Turandot for all time
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Leoncavallo:I Pagliacci
Bo Skovhus, Eduard Tumagian, ...
Naxos, 1994
Desempenhos Inesquecíveis
Mais uma gravação de altíssima qualidade e baixo custo da gravadora Naxos. Os desempenhos de Gaucci e Martinucci são irretocáveis e nos provocam uma pergunta: Como as grandes gravadoras não os descobriram? Gaucci tem um lirismo difícil de encontrar em outras divas mais famosas, como Gheorgiu e ...
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Yvonne Kenny - 19th Century Heroines
Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Meyerbeer, ...
Opera Rara UK, 1994
Simplesmente perfeita
+ Putting the "bel" into "bel canto"
+ Perfect is an inadequate adjective
+ neglected bel canto
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Renata Scotto - Italian Opera Arias
Giacomo Puccini, Alfredo Catalani, ...
Sony, 1998
a thinking man's singer
+ Fine selection of arias from the verismo period
+ Scotto: the greatest gift
+ One Of The Truly Great Aria Recitals
+ Singing as good as it gets
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Joan Sutherland ~ The Art of the Prima Donna
Thomas Arne, George Frederick Handel, ...
Decca, 1997
Since int's inception in 1960, this is the standard
+ Like a walk in the clouds!
+ It reach the highest status, just how high? you be the judge
+ Sutherland's greatest achievment, need I say more
+ Dazzling display of coloratura singing by La Stupenda
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Verdi - I Lombardi / Anderson, Leech, Pavarotti, Ramey; Levine
Giuseppe Verdi, James Levine, ...
Decca, 1997
The best "I Lombardi alla prima crociata"
+ Zwei wunderschöne Stunden
+ A bel canto Lombardi
+ A terrific cast led by Levine in a memorable recording.
+ James Levine offers a new reading of I Lombardi
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Natalie Dessay - French Opera Arias
Ambroise Thomas, Giacomo Meyerbeer, ...
EMI Classics, 1997
Dessay Sparkles in Familiar and Rare French Opera Arias
+ My favorite CD
+ A Wonderful Aria Selection
+ Delightful...
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Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Studer, Szmytka, Streit, Gambill, Missenhardt, Heltau; Weil
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wiener Symphoniker, ...
Sony, 1992
The best "Abduction" I've heard
This is my favorite among the presently-available recordings of "Entfuhrung". All of the performers give more-than-adequate readings of their roles, and the pure, beautiful voices complement Mozart's music nearly ideally. The tempos are generally well-chosen and lively. Kurt Streit's ...
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Emma Kirkby - Handel Opera Arias / Goodman, Brandenburg Consort
George Frideric Handel, Brandenburg Consort, ...
Hyperion UK, 1996
Amazing virtuosic singing
+ Handel Arias...Lovingly Played, Triumphantly Sung...MORE, PLEASE!
Emma Kirkby's first album of seldom-performed Handel arias and overtures is brilliantly put together and executed. This has to be some of Handel's most difficult and virtuosic music--and Roy Goodman certainly doesn't pull any punches with tempos, particularly in the aria from "Almira," which is ...
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Strauss: Four Last Songs, Arabella/Della Casa (Vier letzte Lieder)
Richard [1] Strauss, Heinrich Hollreiser, ...
Decca, 2000
The last "word" on the Four Last Songs
+ Lisa della Casa in her strongest music and best remastering
+ A glorious voice in excellent transfers
+ The music paper hardly dry...
+ Perfect match!
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Carlo Meletti, Piero Cappuccilli, ...
EMI Classics, 1990
A Stunningly Dramatic Don Carlo
+ El Don Carlos de Karajan
+ If you had to have just one...
This 1970's recording serves a high-quality alternative to the far more popular EMI Legendary Recording conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini and starring Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Ruggero Raimondi, Sherill Milnes and Shirley Verrett, which is doubtless the most beautifully sung. This ...
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Bellini - La Sonnambula / Orgonasova, Giménez, Ellero d'Artegna, Dilbèr, Papadjiakou, Zedda
Vincenzo Bellini, Alberto Zedda, ...
Naxos, 1997
Gorgeous singing. Bel Canto at its finest
+ Quality recording of a great opera
+ BEST SONNAMBULA ON DISC
+ A truly wonderful live performance, with only weak point in the sound recording.
+ An excellent budget-price recording
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Jane Eaglen - Mozart & Strauss / Zubin Mehta
Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...
Sony, 1998
The Most Important Dramatic Soprano around today
+ Jane Eaglen Is A Force Not To Be Reckoned With
+ Jane - A Force of Nature
It has been said that Jane Eaglen does not a voice but is rather a force of Nature. That is evident on this CD. Her "Zweiter Brautnacht" is the best recorded version ever. Her Salome aria here make you wish she would record the complete opera. Her Arabella aria is full of nuance, and energy. ...
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