The #1 Soprano Album
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Composer: Vincenzo BelliniComposer: Georges Bizet
Composer: Joseph Marie Canteloube
Composer: Alfredo Catalani
Composer: Leo Delibes
Composer: Friedrich von Flotow
Composer: Umberto Giordano
Composer: Charles Gounod
Composer: George Frederick Handel
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer: Jacques Offenbach
Composer: Carl Orff
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Composer: Franz Schubert
Composer: Johann II Strauss
Composer: American Traditional
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Composer: Richard Wagner
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-04-09
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro
- Delibes: Lakme: Flower Duet
- Catalani: La Wally: Ebben?...Ne Andro Lontana
- Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Mein Herr Marquis
- Canteloube: Chants D'Auvergne: Bailero
- Bellini: Norma: Casta Diva
- Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro: Che Soave Zeffiretto
- Mozart: The Magic Flute: Der Holle Rache Kocht In Meinem Herzen
- Mozart: The Abduction From The Seraglio: Welche Wonne
- Verdi: The Sicilian Vespers: Merce, Dilette, Amiche
- Verdi: Rigoletto: Caro Nome
- Puccini: Tosca: Vissi D'Arte
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Di Vedremi
- Puccini: La Rondine: Chi il Bel Sogno Di Doretta
- Puccini: La Boheme: Quando M'en Vo'
- Puccini: La Boheme: Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi
- Schubert: Ave Maria
- Bizet: Carmen: L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle
- Offenbach: The Tales Of Hoffman: Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'Amour
- Rossini: The Barber Of Seville: Una Voce Poca Fa
- Verdi: La Traviata: E Strano.Ah Fors'e Lui.Sempre Libera
- Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro: Giunse Alfin Il Momento.Deh Vieni Non
- Mozart: Don Giovanni: In quali Eccessi.
- Villa-Lobos: Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
- Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria
- Handel: Rinaldo: Lascia/Ch'io Pianga
- Handel: Samson: Let The Bright Seraphim
- Giordano: Andrea Chenier: La Mamma Morta
- Flotow: Martha: Last Rose Of Summer
- Puccini: Manon Lescaut: In Quelle Trine Morbide
- Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde: Mild Und Leise
- Orff: Carmina Burana: Cour D'Amours: In Trutina
- Shenandoah
Music reviews of The #1 Soprano Album
Music Review: Gruberova's Extraordinary "Mein Herr Marquis", Sumi Jo's winning "Der h?lle Rache"
Rating: 5 Stars
I bought that 2-CD set only for the extraordinary performance of Adele's "Laughing Song" ("Mein Herr Marquis") by Edita Gruberova. It is highly surprising (and inexcusable IMO) that a great label as Universal/Decca wrongly gives it to Kiri Te Kanawa, and that another great company (amazon) relays that big error on this site; the recording is quite recognizable (Gruberova can't be confused with anyone; and at her final, you can't confuse the particular audience of that live performance unable to refrain from blowing their stunning and applause before end), and you can check J. Strauss - Die Fledermaus / Te Kanawa, Gruberova, Fassbaender, B?r, Wiener Philharmoniker, Previn and search it, 1st for "Gruberova", 2nd for "Kanawa".
Another track is, alone, worth buying the CD: K?nigin der Nacht's "Der h?lle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" by Sumi Jo. Lucia Popp despite her quite deserved immense reputation for this, is beaten (IMO) by Cheryl Studer (purer and more subtle - at least when with Neville Marriner), who is in turn by Sumi Jo: Jo brings the incredible energy and speed and emotion yet chirurgical precision required by that piece full of terrible wrath and grudge (I once attended the Flute where K?nigin was on her balcony, pointing her finger at her daughter, far away in the court, giving full life to the ultra-powerful music and lyrics "The hellish revenge burns in my heart! Death and destitution to the traitor I hate! Strike him with this deadly weapon! Or you are not my daughter! never more and forever! Go away, ungrateful! Ungrateful! Everything is broken between us until he gives back his villain soul!"), she sings with perfect pitch, tempo and power even up to the 4-repeated highest note (F), with score in hand you find exceptionally little and small flaws, and only in secondary passages. And she sings with "no emotion added" (or removed!), I mean, she is quite accurate emotionally - not everyone is, particularly when singing perfectly such a masterpiece.
There are several more very good tracks (Casta Diva/Sutherland, Welche Wonne welche Lust/Kathleen Battle, O mio babbino caro/Fleming, D?me ?pais le jasmin/Sutherland, Schubert's Ave Maria/Leontyne Price), each worth buying the disc, but I agree with previous reviewers that globally the selection is uneven.
Versailles, Sun 1 Jul 2007 01:55:40 +0200
General CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Chamber Music > General
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B ) > Bellini, Vincenzo
- ( C ) > Canteloube, Joseph
- ( D ) > Delibes, L?o
- ( F ) > Flotow, Friedrich von
- ( G ) > Gounod, Charles
- ( M ) > Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
- ( O ) > Offenbach, Jacques
- Orff, Carl
- ( P ) > Puccini, Giacomo
- ( R ) > Rossini, Gioacchino
- ( S ) > Schubert, Franz
- Strauss Jr., Johann
- ( V ) > Verdi, Giuseppe
- Villa-Lobos, Heitor
- ( W ) > Wagner, Richard
- Featured Performers, A-Z > ( A ) > Academy of Ancient Music
- ( B ) > Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- ( H ) > Harrell, Lynn
- ( L ) > London Philharmonic Orchestra
- ( N ) > National Philharmonic Orchestra London
- ( V ) > Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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- Gounod, Charles - Works by Gounod
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