The Essential Placido Domingo

The Essential Placido Domingo

The Essential Placido Domingo
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Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Composer: Francesco Cilea
Composer: John Denver
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Composer: Manuel Esperon
Composer: Umberto Giordano
Performer: Placido Domingo
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-10-26
Music Label: Sony BMG
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Nessun Dorma!
  2. Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!.. Celeste Aida
  3. Ch'Ella Mi Creda Libero E Lontano
  4. Una Furtiva Lagrima
  5. Quando Le Sere Al Placido
  6. Bimba Dagli Occhi
  7. Addio, Fiorito Asi
  8. Ingemisco
  9. Amor Ti Vieta
  10. Sincero Amor
  11. Ah! Tout Est Bien Fini-O Souverain, O Juge, O Pere
  12. Apri La Tua Finestra!
  13. E Lucevan Le Stelle
  14. Firenze E Come Un Albero Fiorito
  15. Di Rigori Armato Il Seno
  16. Sole E Amore
  17. Von Der Jugend
  18. Di Quella Pira
Music CD 2
  1. Te Quiero, Morena-Jota
  2. La Roca Fria Del Calvario (Romanze)
  3. Por El Humo Se Sabe Donde Esta El Fuego
  4. Granada
  5. Andalucia
  6. Serenata Tapatia
  7. Adoro
  8. Siempre En Mi Corazon
  9. Malaguena
  10. Dulcinea
  11. The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
  12. In Pace
  13. Maria
  14. Perhaps Love
  15. Love Came For Me
  16. A Love Until The End Of Time

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Music Review: Certainly not ALLL the Essential Domingo
Rating: 4 Stars

I grew up with Placido Domingo. Not in the sense of being boyhood friends, but rather in the sense that he was part of my "Golden Age" at the Metropolitan Opera. Of the "Three Tenors" (more Marketing hype than useful grouping of three fine singers) Domingo was the most dramatic - the "heaviest" of the three. His repertoire extended well beyond the lyric - and that's why this collection is not all the "essential" Domingo, but rather offers an interesting look at the lighter, more lyric side of Placido Domingo. You won't find Lohengrin or Otello here, but you will find many of the more lyric tenor arias from Verdi, Puccini and Donizetti - to name a few.

There is an "edge" to Domingo's voice that perhaps accounts for his ability to transition successfully into the heavier repertory. I find that tonal quality particularly noticeable in this collection - and sometimes too pronounced. On the other hand, there are a few wonderful surprises. His "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore is a stand out. Its rare you here a tenor with this much power sing the role. The duet "Bima dagli occhi" from Madama Butterfly with Renata Scotto, again casts Pinkerton with a quality tenor not often found in the opera house any more. I loved the selection from Gianni Schicchi - when is the last time you found Rinuccio cast with this size tenor voice - and the Italian tenor's aria from Rosenkavalier is a treasure from a recording currently out of print. And then there is one of Domingo's signature roles - Jack Rance in Puccini's La Fanciulla del West. No one sings Rance better than Domingo - and the excerpt from the complete recording finds Domingo at his very best.

Disk two is devoted to song - popular and classical. There is a fair amount of tripe - too much cross over (as in who needs to hear Domingo sing "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha - Broadway is not Mr. Domingo's genre). But there are some wonderful cuts as well - "Granada" is a Domingo encore specialty, and I was particularly struck by the song "In Pace" from the motion picture Hamlet - I never saw the film and was truly taken aback at how beautiful a song this is, and Domingo's voice soars.

I found the sound of these CD's a bit "tinny". Perhaps its the analogue to digital conversion, but I was disappointed in the overall sound. The album is badly mistitled "The Essential Placido Domingo". Certainly this is some of the essential Domingo - and some very wonderful examples of the lyric Domingo - but there is clearly a volume two to come - the dramatic Placido Domingo. But why wait - buy this fine collection, and then feast on some of the complete recordings such as Otello or Lohengrin.
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