22Recordings of great sopranos that you will have.      22Recordings of gr...      Handel - Alcina / Fleming, Graham, Dessay, Kuhlmann, Robinson, Naouri, Lascarro, Les Arts Florissants, ... George Frideric Handel, William Christie, ... Erato, 2000 Four Powerful Female Voices Dominate Superb Handel Recording + great performance + The romantic Haendel... + Unforgettable Alcina             Bel Sogno: Italian Arias & Scenes Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Maurizio Barbacini Elektra / Wea, 2002 no need for pessimism + Fantastic soprano, good CD. + a fine CD for collector it's surprising to see so many negative reviews here, since I remember GRAMOPHONE magazine gushing about the "sheer pleasure" of reviewing Gallardo-Domas' album, which made me risk the purchase despite a tired old song selection (NOT another "Sempre libera"! NOT another "Un bel di"!). and I was ...             Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix Alfonso Antoniozzi, Petteri Salomaa, ... Arts Music, 1996 I love it + Devia and Canonici rock! + A must-have I wrote a review of this CD set (not a very good review) and it doesn't look like it's going to be posted. I hope not. This one is better, as though either were good. I had Gruberova singing this opera, but with all her facility and the beauty of her voice, I just couldn't take her sliding up to ...             Barbara Frittoli ~ Mozart / Sir Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sir Charles Mackerras, ... Erato, 2001 Truly Amazing! + Barbara Frittoli: A Sign of the Times + Un disco de escucha obligatoria: Brava Frittoli! + drama and beauty             Mozart - Die Zauberflöte / Streit · Bonney · Jo · Cachemaille · Sigmundsson · Hagegard · Drottningholm Court ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Kurt Streit, ... Polygram Records, 1994 Magic Die Zauberflöte + Perhaps the best opera recording I've ever heard + Fabulous Recording, Re-released on Decca + Very, very nice             Jenufa: Complete Opera Karita Mattila, Jerry Hadley, ... Erato, 2002 My favorite recording of Jenufa + Karita Mattila - born to the role Why people would even give this less than four stars is a mystery to me, as the team making up this recording has lavished this with perhaps one of the most powerful accounts of the opera ever heard on disc. Jenofa has perhaps had more idiomatic singers and conductors in the studio, such as the ...             Mozart - Mitridate / Bartoli, Dessay, Sabbatini, Asawa, Piau, Flórez, Les talens lyriques, Rousset Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Christophe Rousset, ... Decca, 1999 a voice teacher and early music fan + Sheer brilliance! + Some Brilliant Moments, but Mismatch Elsewhere. AH! MY DEAR MOZART!!!YOU NEED NOT HAVE WORRIED!!!!! In the numerous letters exchanged from Mozart to his family there are several mentions of the opera "Mitridate" One such reference was made by Mozart in a letter written to his mother from Milan on October 20, 1770: "I cannot write much, for my ...             Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Alagna, van Dam, Dessay, Vaduva, Jo, Lascarro, Dubosc, Ragon, Sénéchal, ... Jacques Offenbach, Kent Nagano, ... Erato (WEA International), 1996 O Dieu, de quelle ivresse embrasse-tu mon âme? + Not a flawless version, but one to be REALLY loved + The best of a mediocre-to-bad lot + Hoffman contines to elude the recording world + Excellent but not definitive             Handel: Opera Arias & Cantatas George Frederick Handel, Skip Sempe, ... Astree, 2000 Maria Bayo sings Handel + very enjoyable CD but could have been better + Impresionante + wonderful! + Maria Bayo una voz que te hará comprender la MÚSICA             Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier / Carlos Kleiber, Otto Schenk - Lott, von Otter, Bonney - Wiener ... Felicity Lott, Kurt Moll Deutsche Grammophon, 2001 Kleiber 1994 versus Kleiber 1979 ... the winner is ... + Comparisons are odious, but... + A great performance treasure... + Embarrassment of Riches             Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera / Levine, Pavarotti, Nucci, Metropolitan Opera Aprile Millo, Luciano Pavarotti Deutsche Grammophon, 2002 Ballo at the Met + An Opera Neophyte + Pavarotti's Ballo + Tears Amid Perfection + Riveting Opera             Mozart - La clemenza di Tito / Rolfe Johnson, Varady, von Otter, McNair, Robbin, Hauptmann, English Baroque ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, John Eliot Gardiner, ... Archiv Produktion, 1992 Good live version of Mozart's opera seria from 1990 + Glorious + Un 'Tito' de primera clase + another good dramatic clemenza + A REFERENCIAL VERSION             Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, André Previn, ... EMI Classics, 1990 Bel Canto + Not what I thought but still enjoyable + Magnificent soprano! + Vintage Mozart!! + Sublime             Bellini - I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Kasarova · Mei · Vargas · Chiummo · Alberghini · R. Abbado Vincenzo Bellini, Roberto Abbado, ... Sony Classics, 1998 FINALLY ---- A GREAT RECORDING OF BELLINI'S "I CAPULETI" + Beautiful Recording + Not what I hoped. + Beautiful like an erupting volcano + Bel Canto with Style and Substance!             Handel - Julius Caesar / Mackerras, Baker, Masterson, English National Opera Janet Baker, Valerie Masterson Image Entertainment, 2001 Dame Janet came, sang, and conquered + Guilty pleasure + Borrador para un poema: Giulio Cesare, 1984 This is an amazing performance of Handel's "Julius Caesar." I have three video/DVD versions, now and on the other two men sing the title role. However, Dame Janet Baker is absolutely the best Caesar of the lot. Her singing and acting just blew me away. I don't know how this happened, but this ...          products you might be interested in        toavi.com    web we recommend Ballo at the Met randomly chosen music: 25 Wedding Favorites