classical music: Franco Capuana ...     classical music:       Essential Puccini2 reviews Giacomo Puccini, Alberto Erede, ... Decca, 2001 Opera ! Great cd the songs, music are beautiful and not to talk about the voices, is what I expected to be. It should be in all opera lovers collection             Boito: Nerone2 reviews Arrigo Boito, Franco Capuano, ... Opera D'oro, 2005 A so-so opera in so-so sound. For dedicated fans only SOURCE: Live performance from Teatro San Carlo in Naples, November 30, 1957. SOUND: This mono recording sounds like something heard on an AM radio in a 1955 Chevy. There is a bit of stage pounding and foot stomping, as well as some tepid audience reaction. The set is listenable--but only just. CAST: Nerone, Roman emperor and memorable monster - Mirto Picchi (tenor); Simon Mago, swindler, ...             Puccini: La fanciulla del West12 reviews Giacomo Puccini, Franco Capuana, ... Decca Import, 2002 Historic "Fanciulla" with Tebaldi, Del Monaco Macneil and Tozzi! Still the best SOURCE: This is a studio recording made in 1958 in Rome. It was digitally remastered for CD in 1988, at which time it was released under the old London label. This current set, issued in 2002, marks the second appearance in CD format, now under the Decca label. SOUND: This recording was one of the showpieces of early stereo recording. It was spectacular on Lp. When first remastered ...             Legendary Performances of Gencer [Box Set]3 reviews Gaetano Donizetti, Christoph Willibald Gluck, ... Bravissimo, 2007 Set contents Anna Bolena: Gencer, Simionato, Bertocci, Clabassi; Gavazzeni Milan, 1958. Werther: Gencer, Tagliavini, Tavolaccini, Borriello; Cillario Trieste, 1959. Simon Boccanegra: Gencer, Zampieri, Gobbi, Tozzi; Gavazzeni Vienna, 1961. Roberto Devereux: Gencer, Bondino, Cappuccilli; Rossi San Carlo, Naples, 1964. Alceste: Gencer, Picchi, Roni, Baratti; Gui Rome, 1967. Saffo (Pacini): Gencer, ...             Puccini - The Great Opera Collection [Box Set]4 reviews Giacomo Puccini, Alberto Erede, ... Decca, 2008 Andato Col Vento! Most of us who are of a certain age know these recordings and have lived with them, off and on, for decades. A few things need to be cleared up, since Amazon hasn't exactly gone out of its' way to be of help: These are the stereo versions of each of the operas, not the earlier mono recordings. The earliest are the Manon Lescaut from 1954 and the Turandot from a year or so later. They ...             Bellini: Il Pirata / Caballe, Cappuccilli, Labo3 reviews Vincenzo Bellini, Orchestra of the Florence May Festival, ... Opera D'oro, 1998 A fabulous night at the opera - snap it up There is no point in going for the 1973 studio recording while this is available at bargain price and in excellent sound, with little extraneous audience noise apart from some well-deserved applause, and the odd, very occasional fluctuation in pitch due to some tape wobble. Some faint print-through from the original tape is discernible if you are listening at high volume on headphones, otherwise ...             Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur4 reviews Franco Capuana, Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra, ... Decca, 2001 It Takes Your Breath Away Not very often does one run into an opera recording that takes your breath away and moves your heart like this one did to me. Renata Tebaldi gives Adriana a character of noble strength yet full of compassion which makes her performance most memorable. The same holds true of Mario del Monaco's performance of Maurizio. To me the high points were Maurizio's aria, "La dolcissima effigie sorridente", ...             Masters of the Voice: Soprano4 reviews George London, Armando Gabba, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 A real winner with plenty of talent. This 2-CD selection from Deutsche Grammophon, "Masters of the Voce, Soprano" follows a review we did earlier on the "Masters" series for tenors in which we rated the tenor package a success. This offering succeeds on multiple levels as well and proves to be an equally enjoyable listen. DG has put together 30 popular and diverse arias that not only give us a good sampling of some of the finest ...             Grandi Voci: Renata Tebaldi15 reviews Cornell MacNeil, Arrigo Boito, ... Decca, 1993 Better than Callas? No. Better than everyone else? Yes. Once there was a baseball player named Lou Gehrig. There was no one else even close to being as good as he was, he was the greatest baseball player of all time, save for a guy on his team at the same time called Babe Ruth, who actually WAS the greatest of all time. To me the same could be said of Renata Tebaldi's career. She was perhaps the greatest singer of the Italian repertoire of her day, ...             Giordano - Andrea Chenier3 reviews Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco Video Artists Int'l, 2007 Classic, exciting performance with two legendary stars Let's face it, Giordano's Andrea Chenier needs big voices. By big I mean voices that fill the house and sail over the often bombastic orchestration. The opera is filled with catchy melodies and showstopping arias and duets for the tenor, baritone, and soprano. And this 1961 performance from Tokyo, is as great of a video document as one is likely to ever get. Mario del Monaco was a legendary ...             Verdi: Aida Ettore Bastianini, Giuseppe Verdi, ... Preiser Records, 2003             The Best of Tebaldi3 reviews Cornell MacNeil, Arrigo Boito, ... Decca, 2004 Vintage Renata This recital, one of the series of "original cover" [in this case the English, not the American cover] albums that DECCA has been re-issuing, is a compilation-recital drawn from Tebaldi's many complete-opera sets. TRACKLISTING 1 Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì (Mimì) La Bohème Puccini 2 Donde lieta uscì al tuo grido (Mimì) La Bohème Puccini 3 Vissi d'arte (Tosca) Tosca Puccini 4 Laggiù nel ...             The #1 Puccini Album Giacomo Puccini, Alberto Erede, ... Decca, 2004             Pacini: Saffo6 reviews Giovanni Pacini, Franco Capuana, ... Opera D'oro, 2006 A treat. In parts of this admirable and satisfying 19th century piece you might easily believe you'd uncovered a parallel universe Bellini, so "Norma"-like are the melodies and ensembles. Not all, but most of this "Saffo" is a treat, made the more so by sumptuous vocalism from Louis Quilico, Tito del Bianco, and the ever impressive "Queen of the Pirates":Leyla Gencer. The sound is fair enough.             Verdi - Aida1 review Mario Del Monaco, Gabriella Tucci Video Artists Int'l, 2007 SIMIONATO For me the best of this DVD is Simionato, at her best and live. Obviously Del Monaco and Tucci are great too, but the rest of the cast are only correct. The orchestra sounds bad and off-key. The stars are for the singig of the 3 principals and for the historical value of this production. Good sound.             Bellini: La Sonnambula (Complete); Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (Complete) [Germany]1 review Vincenzo Bellini, Franco Capuana Quadromania, 2006 Superb 1952 Sonnambula and pretty good 1939 Lucia, both originally from CETRA SOURCE, LA SONNAMBULA: Studio recording from 1952. I assume that the recording follows the pattern of many operas originally released by the Italian CETRA label: recorded primarily for broadcast on RAI with subsequent release on 78 rpm records and Lps as a secondary consideration. SOUND, LA SONNAMBULA: Good 1950s mono. As is customary for the period and particularly for CETRA recordings, ...             Verdi - Aida / Gencer, Bergonzi, Cossotto, Colzani, Giaiotti, Pugliese, Capuana, Arena di Verona4 reviews Leyla Gencer, Carlo Bergonzi Hardy Classics DVD, 2003 A record of some awesome performances This is one of the best opera DVDs I've ever seen. The film quality is not great -- it's a black-and-white Italian TV broadcast from the 1960s. But the singing is out of this world. Carlo Bergonzi, as Radames, looks a little silly with his leotard and plump figure, but can he sing! Leyla Gencer,as Aida, likewise sounds fanastic. I know Cossotto has her detractors, but I think she's does a ...             Donizetti: Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo3 reviews Gaetano Donizetti, Franco Capuana, ... Opera D'oro, 2006 AS A HISTORICAL CURIOSITY ONLY! THE RECORDING DOES NOT DESERVE 3 STARS, BUT . . . I COULD NOT BE CRUEL. LET'S SAY IT'S A TRIAL RUN FOR ELIXIR D'AMORE. THE SOUND IS ATROCIOUS--BUT THAT IS A BYPRODUCT OF ITS BEING RECORDED LIVE. I HATE SOUBRETTE VOICES LIKE TUCCI'S--BUT THAT IS A PERSONAL HANG-UP. AND YET, IT IS THE ONLY RECORDING I COULD FIND. SO I GOT IT. BETTER TO HAVE HEARD IT THAN NOT.             Lebendige Vergangenheit: Lina Pagliughi2 reviews Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, ... Preiser Records, 1997 A great soprano from the wrong side of the Callas-Sutherland tidal wave Mr. Austin has firmly established himself as a learned and reliable guide in his Amazon reviews, but for once he has booted one. I will go this far with Mr. Austin: Lina Pagliughi's talents did not shine at their brightest in recital format. (Neither, for that matter did those of some other great sopranos. Just listen to Nelly Melba or Mary Garden sometime. You'll walk away, shaking your ...             Grandi Voci: Mario del Monaco2 reviews Giuseppe Verdi, Amilcare Ponchielli, ... Decca Import, 1993 Power An excellent collection of excellent performances by an excellent artist. While del Monaco has talent and skill comparable to the best voices, "power" is the word that comes to mind to describe this strong, clear magnificence.              search for classical music bergonzi, caballe, cappuccilli, capuana, chenier, collection, colzani, complete, cossotto, domingo, donizetti, essential, fanciulla, furioso, germany, giaiotti, giordano, lammermoor, lebendige, lecouvreur, legendary, masters, pagliughi, performances, puccini, pugliese, sonnambula, soprano, tebaldi, vergangenheit classical music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The Christian Commons: Ending the Spiritual Famine of the Global Church home  impressum - about us