Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

Maria Callas 100 Best Classics
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Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
Composer: Umberto Giordano
Composer: Alfredo Catalani
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Conductor: Georges Pretre
Performer: Maria Callas
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-01-16
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Bellini: La Sonnambula: Come per me sereno
  2. Bellini: La Sonnambula: Sovra il sen la man mi posa
  3. Bellini: La Sonnambula: D'un pensiero
  4. Bellini: La Sonnambula: Ah! non credea mirarti
  5. Bellini: Ah! non giunge
  6. Bellini: I Puritani: Son vergin vezzosa
  7. Bellini: I Puritani: Ah vieni al tempio
  8. Bellini: I Puritani: Qui la voce
  9. Bellini: I Puritani: Vien, diletto
  10. Bellini: I Puritani: Ch'ei provo lontan da me?
  11. Bellini: I Puritani: Vieni fra queste braccia
  12. Bellini: Norma: Casta Diva
  13. Bellini: Norma: Mira, o Norma
  14. Bellini: Norma: Cedi, deh credi! Si, fino all'ore
  15. Bellini: Norma: Qual cor tradisti
  16. Bellini: Norma: Deh! Non volerli vittime
  17. Bellini: Il Pirata: Col sorriso d'innocenza
  18. Bellini: Quel suono...Oh, Sole!
Music CD 2
  1. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio... Quando rapito in estasi
  2. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Chi mi frena
  3. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Spargi d'amaro pianto
  4. Rossini: Il Turco in Italia: non si da follia maggiore
  5. Rossini: Il Turco in Italia: Serva...Servo
  6. Rossini: Il Turco in Italia: No, mia vita
  7. Rossini: Il Turco in Italia: Credete alla femmine...In Italia certamente
  8. Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia:Una voce poco fa
  9. Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Dunque io son
  10. Rossini: Semiramide: Bel raggio lusinghier
  11. Rossini: Gugliemo Tell: Selva opaca
  12. Rossini: La Cenerentola: Non piu mesta
  13. Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore: Prendi, prendi; per me sei libero
  14. Donizetti: La Figlia del Reggimento: Convien partir
  15. Donizetti: Anna Bolena: Al dolce guidami castel natio
  16. Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia: Com'e'bello
Music CD 3
  1. Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani: Merce, dilette amiche
  2. Verdi: Rigoletto: Gualtier Malde...Caro nome
  3. Verdi: Rigoletto: V'ho ingannato...Lassu in cielo
  4. Verdi: La Traviata: Ah, fors'e lui
  5. Verdi: Aida: Ritorna vincitor
  6. Verdi: Aida: Qui Radames verra...O patria mia
  7. Verdi: Aida: O terra addio
  8. Verdi: Il Trovatore: Tacea la nolte placido...Di tale amore
  9. Verdi: Il Trovatore: D'amor sull'ali rosee
  10. Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera: Ecco l'orrido campo...Ma dall'arido stelo
  11. Verdi: Non sai tu che se l'anima mia
  12. Verdi: I Lombardi: O madre, dal cielo soccorri
  13. Verdi: Aroldo: Ciel, ch'io respire!...Salvami, salvami tu, gran Dio!
  14. Verdi: Don Carlo: Non pianger, mia compagna
  15. Verdi: Otello: Ave Maria
Music CD 4
  1. Puccini: Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide
  2. Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Sola, perduta, abbondonata
  3. Puccini: La Boheme: Si, Mi chiamano Mimi
  4. Puccini: La Boheme: O soave fanciulla
  5. Puccini: La Boheme: Donde lieta usci
  6. Puccini: La Boheme: Dunque e' proprio finita?
  7. Puccini: Tosca: non la sospiri, la nostra casetta
  8. Puccini: Tosca: Vissi d'arte
  9. Puccini: Tosca: senti, l'ora e' vicina...Amaro sol per te
  10. Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Quanto cielo....Ancora un passo or via
  11. Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Vogliatemi bene
  12. Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo
  13. Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Con onor muore
  14. Puccini: Suor Angelica: Senza mamma
  15. Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
  16. Puccini: Turandot: Signore, ascolta
  17. Puccini: Turandot: In questa reggia
  18. Puccini: Tu che di gel sei cinta
Music CD 5
  1. Gluck: Orphee et Eurydice: J'ai perdu mon Eurydice
  2. Gluck: Alceste: Divinites du Styx
  3. Bizet: Carmen: L'amour est un aiseau rebelle
  4. Bizet: Carmen: Pres des remparts de Seville
  5. Bizet: Carmen: les tringles des sistres tintaient
  6. Bizet: Carmen: Carreau! Pique!
  7. Gounod: Romeo et Juliet: Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce reve
  8. Thomas: Mignon: Ah, pour ce soir...Je suis Titania
  9. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust: D'amour l'ardente flamme
  10. Massenet: Werther: Werther! Qui m'aurait dit...Des cris joyeux
  11. Gounod: Faust: Un bouquet!...Ah! je ris
  12. Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commence
  13. Saint-Saens: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix
  14. Massenet: Manon: Je ne suis que faiblesse...Adieu, notre petite table
  15. Massenet: Manon: Suis-je gentille ainsi?....Je marche sur tous les
  16. Charpentier: Louise: Depuis le jour
Music CD 6
  1. Giordano: Andrea Chenier: La mamma morta
  2. Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur: Ecco-respiro appena. lo son l'umile ancells
  3. Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur: Poveri fiori
  4. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete, o mamma
  5. Leoncavallo: Pagliacci: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo...Hui!
  6. Boito: Mefistofele: L'altra notte in fondo al mare
  7. Catalani: La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana
  8. Cherubini: Medea: Dei tuoi figli
  9. Spontini: La Vestale: O Nume tutelar
  10. Spontini: La Vestale: Caro oggetto
  11. Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride: O malheureuse Iphigenie
  12. Mozart: Don Giovanni: Or sai chi l'onore
  13. Mozart: Don Giovanni: In quali eccessi, o Numi!
  14. Massenet: Le Cid: De cet affreux combat...Pleurez, pleurez, mes yeux!
  15. Ponchielli: La Gioconda: Suicidio!
  16. Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschere: Morro, ma prima in grazia
  17. Verdi: Don Carlo: O don fatale

Music reviews of Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

Music Review: Six discs, great price, but... a few obvious choices missing.
Rating: 4 Stars

EMI's spate of Callas re-issues and compilations in the past few years is more distressing than commendable. First, what does it say about the state of the classical music market today, when a label's marquee artist is a soprano who passed away thirty years ago, and whose recordings are a half-century old? Second, just how many ways can you re-package Callas?

Those quandaries aside, this is highly recommended to those with a passing interest in either Callas, or opera in general. With six discs tucked inside a standard double jewel case, offered at a bargain price, it's a no-brainer. So what if linear and biographical notes are missing? So much has been written about Callas, it's doubtful that anyone could come up with original essay about her life and artistic legacy.

Again, if you have no Callas or (gasp!) no opera in your CD collection, BUY THIS COMPILATION. However, those of us who already have both will find some glaring omissions.

In my mind, there are two pitfalls where a six-disc Callas retrospective is concerned. First, the need to achieve a balance in Maria's studio output produces something of a constraint. For example, there could have easily been two Verdi discs. As previously noted, Sempre Libera is missing. But there are other examples, such as Ernani, Involami, Tu Che Le Vanita(!), and arias from Nabucco.

Second, creating a balanced list of 100 Maria Callas excerpts inevitably includes some that expose her improper technique. Now, as rival diva Leyla Gencer once stated, Callas had the "sacred fire," which compensated for her imperfect techique (I'm paraphrasing here). That fire roars with life when it comes to dramatic verismo arias, such as La Mamma Morta, Voi Lo Sapete, and Suicidio. It doesn't crackle when it comes a Mozart aria like Or Sai Chi L'Onore, where her utter lack of Mozartean technique is laid bare. Callas just couldn't work her magic over it, like she did with Mi Tradi Quell'alma Ingrata.

These are minor quibbles, though, in the final analysis. You get double the content of the Callas La Divina collector's box set, for less than half the cost!



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Description of Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

Best Callas 100 (part of the Best Classics 100 series) features 6 CDs of the best and most popular operatic arias and duets sung by legendary soprano Maria Callas from her EMI catalog of complete operas and recital albums. Each CD contains approx. 16-17 tracks.

CD 1 The Operas of Bellini
CD 2 The Operas of Donizetti and Rossini
CD 3 The Operas of Verdi
CD 4 The Operas of Puccini
CD 5 French Operatic Heroines
CD 6 Dramatic Heroines

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