classical music: italian     classical music:       Viva Italia! Festive Italian Classics37 reviews Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto di Toto, ... RCA, 1996 Great Background Music for Dinner I bought this CD to play as background music for a church fund raising dinner with an italian theme. It was perfect for this purpose!             The Original Three Tenors Concert68 reviews José Carreras, Plácido Domingo Decca, 1997 The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 - Los Angeles Superb. A must have. Best of all the 3 Tenor concerts. Buy the CD with it too. While these are the best 3 Tenors at one time of all time in their own separate right, together, with their mix of strengths is just unbelievable. I wish it was in Blu Ray.             Romanza319 reviews Andrea Bocelli Philips, 1997 Fabulous! He is one of the "great voices" of our modern era, and this romantic album is superbly representative of his emotional genius in singing. Anna Marie Fritz, author of "Funny Feline Fotos" and other Amazon.com books.             Claudio Abbado: Beethoven - Symphonies 1-99 reviews Beethoven, Berlin Philharmonic EUROARTS, 2009 great Beethoven apart from the Ninth This Abbado/Beethoven cycle has been repackaged and is available at a bargain price. I would snap it up as it is generally a superb set. Symphonies 1-8 were filmed at live concerts in Rome. Abbado has a scaled down orchestra and these performances are lithe and vigorous. I cannot think of any of the eight that are not excellent interpretations. My surprize was the Seventh, the work I heard last. ...             Puccini - La Boheme / Pavarotti, Scotto, Niska, Wixell, Plishka, Levine, Metropolitan Opera26 reviews Renata Scotto, Luciano Pavarott Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 Perfection I found every detail of this production to be unimprovable. True, the film is old and grainy and sometimes slightly blurry. But it doesn't matter. The casting and vocals are unbeatable. I'm so glad to have seen Pavarotti in this role and in his prime, when he fully committed to everything with his whole being rather than just vocally doing so. He is superb (though he wobbles on the High C in ...             George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess / Trevor Nunn · Sir Simon Rattle · W. White · C. Haymon · Glyndebourne Opera127 reviews Willard White, Cynthia Haymon EMI Classics, 2001 A Must This is a recording anybody who likes Gershwin's Porgy And Bess could not do without. It is the only full original recording of the opera as far as I know, and in my opinion the musical performance and the acting are both really outstanding. I'm happy that I've found this DVD - 100 % recommended!             Puccini - Tosca / Kabaivanska, Domingo, Milnes, Luccardi, Mariotti, Bartoletti29 reviews Raina Kabaivanska, Plácido Domingo Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 Wonderfully moving I love having this on DVD. It's such a wonderfully moving story and nice to have the chance to enjoy this on DVD in the comfort of my home. Great quality.             Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Vargas, Hvorostovsky, Gergiev, Carsen [Metropolitan Opera 2007]41 reviews Renee Fleming, Ramon Vargas Decca, 2007 wanderful performances Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Vargas, Hvorostovsky, Gergiev, Carsen [Metropolitan Opera 2007] It is very nice to watch a DVD with beautiful scenery; but it is also true that you can get distracted, that is why even the scenography was very simple, I was more focused on the artist's performance, there singing, and acting, and also the drama, for those reasons I enjoyed so much, the ...             Donizetti - L'Elisir d'Amore / Eschwe, Netrebko, Villazon, Wiener Staatsoper48 reviews Rolando Villazon, Anna Netrebko Virgin Classics, 2007 Elixir Opera is so cool! In "legitimate" theater it would be difficult to mount a successful production in Austria, performed in Italian, with principals from Russia, Mexico, Italy, and Moldova, yet that is what this production of "L'Elisir d'Amore" does- with a Viennese conductor. I listen to opera for the singing, and when I attend the opera, whether in person or on DVD, I want to see good acting and ...             The Ultimate Guitar Collection7 reviews Isaac Albeniz, Italian Anonymous, ... Sony, 2005 The Best Compilation of the Man on 2 Discs! Great Sound Quality Too! The title very aptly describes this great classical guitar album showcasing some of the best ever works of John Williams on 2 discs. The track selections are great as they span the centuries from the Baroque greats of Bach and Vivaldi to the modern day composers such as Stanley Myers and York. John even flirts with Blues and Jazz-style pieces and they actually sound very good. In addition, ...             Tuscany: A Romantic Journey15 reviews Eduardo di Capua, Alfredo Catalani, ... Avalon, 2005 So Beautiful This music is as lovely as the landscape of Tuscany. It is so relaxing and we listen to it when we sit on our screened porch with all the beautiful sounds of nature. We also listen to it during dinner parties. I highly recommend this music to anyone who loves Italy!!!             Herbert von Karajan: Memorial Concert [Blu-ray]10 reviews von Karajan, Beethoven EUROARTS, 2009 When you can't go to a concert.... Let the concert come to you. The quality of this Blu-Ray disc is impeccable. Filmed in Full HD 1080P and with a lossless 5.1 PCM or 2.0 PCM soundtrack, you may as well be a member of the audience. There is something incredibly invigorating seeing a premier orchestra in full flight, with excellent camera-work to match. The sound in the rear is more than just ambient and you truly feel ...             Symphony (25) Favorites2 reviews Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ... Vox (Classical), 1997 A Grand symphonic adventure This album provides a quick exposure to some of the best movements in the best symphonies. Many of the tracks will sound familiar. They are played well and have good sound quality. As a novice musician, i have great appreciation for it.             Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro / Te Kanawa, Cotrubas, von Stade, Luxon, Skram, Fryatt; Pritchard, Glyndebourne ...25 reviews Kiri te Kanawa, Ileana Cotrubas Arthaus Musik, 2004 Marriage of Figaro Even after many years, this production, with the marvelous Kiri Te Kanawa as the Countess, is still the best Marriage of Figaro production I have ever seen. Frederica von Stade is outstanding as Cherubino, and Benjamin Luxon is a wonderful Count. I initially didn't care much for Ileana Cotrubas as Susanna, but after repeated viewings I have come to appreciate how sublimely she performs. Knut ...             Verdi - La Traviata59 reviews Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon Deutsche Grammophon, 2006 Incredible This modern version of Traviata is absolutely georgeous I loved it from top to bottom. Both Netrebko and Villazon are incredible and share amazing chemestry on stage. Tha vocal performances as well as the scenery are fantastic.             The Most Famous Opera Arias27 reviews Georges Bizet, Alfredo Catalani, ... EMI Classics, 1994 italian opera Love it! Has so many of the heart swelling songs from the movies we love!             Andrea Bocelli: Sacred Arias134 reviews George Frideric Handel, Giulio Caccini, ... Philips, 1999 Evening music The music is beautiful, the kind you can either spend listening to, dining with, or reading a book with.             Verdi - Rigoletto / Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberova, Victoria Vergara, Ferruccio ...62 reviews G. Verdi, Wiener Opera Philharmoniker Deutsche Grammophon, 2006 Glad I'm not a real Opera Lover! Real opera lovers are a wee tad finicky, as the one- and two-star reviews of this DVD demonstrate. Real opera lovers seem to have a Platonic Ideal of the opera in their cavernous consciousnesses, a template of what Joe Verdi intended, from which any deviation is risky. Real opera lovers don't take well to 'film' productions of their idolized operas. Even if they are now ultra-pecunious enough to ...             Leoncavallo - I Pagliacci / Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana / Domingo, Stratas, Pons, Bruson, Obraztsova, ...27 reviews Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 She has the voice of an angel A first rank actress in her own right, Teresa Stratas has a voice that seems too good to be true. I am still shaking my head after watching, once again, the pathetic and horrendous sounds coming from the mouths of those chosen to sing America the Beautiful and the Star Spangled Banner at this year's Super Bowl. If by some miracle, a voice such as Stratas's could be let loose on the world in ...             Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments17 reviews Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Deutsche Grammophon, 2002 Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Indeed I have more experience with other genres of music, but am interested in basically all kinds. I have been collecting CDs for nearly 2 decades but had no Opera in my collection. I did a little research and arrived at a conclusion. If I wanted the most and best Opera music for my money, I had to get this title, which is a double album, and "The Most Famous Opera Duets". Well, the latter was a ...              search for classical music bartoletti, beethoven, cavalleria, collection, donizetti, favorites, ferruccio, furlanetto, glyndebourne, gruberova, heavenly, hvorostovsky, kabaivanska, leoncavallo, luccardi, mariotti, mascagni, metropolitan, obraztsova, pagliacci, pavarotti, pritchard, riccardo, rigoletto, rusticana, staatsoper, symphonies, symphony, tchaikovsky, ultimate 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 tools & hardware: Cute Little Baby Dinosaur - 7 - 12"H x 9"W - Peel and Stick Wall Decal by ... home  impressum - about us