Tudo Me Lembra Voce [Import]

Track Listings

 
1. Tudo Me Lembra Voce (Mi Dios, Micruz)
2. Palavra De Homem
3. O Cavaleiro Das Estrelas
4. O Amo0r Que Eu Trouxe
5. Escuta
6. Amor E Liberdade
7. Eu Que Nao Vivo Sem Voce (Lo Che Non Vivo Senza Te)
8. Escuta O Teu Coracao
9. Que Amor E Esse
10. Fonte Cristalina
11. Mais Uma Vez
12. Francamente
13. Tem Do

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
New 2000 Release CD by this Romantic Singer from the 60's. Strong Comeback Album for Fans of this Respected Brazilian Crooner.

Tudo Me Lembra Voce,Jerry Adriani,Trama,World Music
Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A musical treasure-box
  • a beautiful journey into melancholy
Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
John Dowland , Anthony Rooley , Emma Kirkby , Christopher Wilson , The Consort of Musicke , Colin Tilney , Anthony Bailes , Jakob Lindberg , Nigel North , Glenda Simpson , Peter Holman , and John Donne
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ASIN: B000004CYV
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

  1. First Booke Of Songes: I. Unquiet Thoughts
  2. First Booke Of Songes: II. Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes Of Love
  3. First Booke Of Songes: III. My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes
  4. First Booke Of Songes: IV. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
  5. First Booke Of Songes: V. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
  6. First Booke Of Songes: VI. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
  7. First Booke Of Songes: VII. Dear, If You Change
  8. First Booke Of Songes: VIII. Burst Fourth My Tears
  9. First Booke Of Songes: IX. Go Crystal Tears
  10. First Booke Of Songes: X. Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning
  11. First Booke Of Songes: XI. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
  12. First Booke Of Songes: XII. Rest Awhile, You Cruel Cares
  13. First Booke Of Songes: XIII. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
  14. First Booke Of Songes: XIV. All Ye, Whom Love Or Fortune Hath Betray'd
  15. First Booke Of Songes: XV. Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
  16. First Booke Of Songes: XVI. Would My Conceit
  17. First Booke Of Songes: XVII. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
  18. First Booke Of Songes: XVIII. His Golden Locks
  19. First Booke Of Songes: XIX. Awake, Sweet Love
  20. First Booke Of Songes: XX. Come, Heavy Sleep
  21. First Booke Of Songes: XXI. Away With These Self-Loving Lads

Tracks:

  1. Second Booke Of Songs: I. I Saw My Lady Weep
  2. Second Booke Of Songs: II. Flow My Tears
  3. Second Booke Of Songs: III. Sorrow, Stay
  4. Second Booke Of Songs: IV. Die Not Before Thy Day
  5. Second Booke Of Songs: V. Mourn, Mourn, Day Is With Darkness Fled
  6. Second Booke Of Songs: VI. Time's Eldest Son
  7. Second Booke Of Songs: VII. Then Sit Thee Down
  8. Second Booke Of Songs: VIII. When Others Sing Venite
  9. Second Booke Of Songs: IX. Praise Blindness Eyes
  10. Second Booke Of Songs: X. O Sweet Woods
  11. Second Booke Of Songs: XI. If Floods Of Tears
  12. Second Booke Of Songs: XII. Fine Knacks For Ladies
  13. Second Booke Of Songs: XIII. Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
  14. Second Booke Of Songs: XIV. Come Ye Heavy States Of Night
  15. Second Booke Of Songs: XV. White As Lilies Was Her Face
  16. Second Booke Of Songs: XVI. Woeful Heart
  17. Second Booke Of Songs: XVII. A Shepherd In A Shade
  18. Second Booke Of Songs: XVIII. Faction That Ever Dwells
  19. Second Booke Of Songs: XIX. Shall I Sue
  20. Second Booke Of Songs: XX. Toss Not My Soul
  21. Second Booke Of Songs: XXI. Clear Or Cloudy
  22. Second Booke Of Songs: XXII. Humour Say What Mak'st Thou Here

Tracks:

  1. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: I. Farewell, Too Fair
  2. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: II. Time Stands Still
  3. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: III. Behold A Wonder Here
  4. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IV. Daphne Was Not So Chaste
  5. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: V. Me, Me, And None But Me
  6. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VI. When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
  7. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VII. Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
  8. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VIII. Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
  9. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IX. What If I Never Speed?
  10. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: X. Love Stood Amazed
  11. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XI. Lend Your Ears To My Sorrow
  12. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XII. By A Fountain Where I Lay
  13. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIII. O What Hath Overwrought
  14. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIV. Farewell, Unkind
  15. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XV. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
  16. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVI. Fie On This Feigning!
  17. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVII. I Must Complain
  18. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVIII. It Was A Time When Silly Bees
  19. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIX. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
  20. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XX. What Poor Astronomers Are They
  21. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XXI. Come When I Call

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: I. Disdain Me Still
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: II. Sweet Stay Awhile
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: III. To Ask For All Thy Love
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: IV. Love, Those Beams That Breed
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: V. Shall I Strive Wih Words To Move?
  6. A Pilgrimes Solace: VI. Were Every Thought An Eye
  7. A Pilgrimes Solace: VII. Stay, Time, Awhile Thy Flying
  8. A Pilgrimes Solace: VIII. Tell Me, True Love
  9. A Pilgrimes Solace: IX. Go Nightly Cares
  10. A Pilgrimes Solace: X. From Silent Night
  11. A Pilgrimes Solace: XI. Lasso vita mia
  12. A Pilgrimes Solace: XII. In This Trembling Shadow Cast
  13. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIII. If That A Sinner's Sights
  14. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIV. Thou Mighty God
  15. A Pilgrimes Solace: XV. When David's Life
  16. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVI. When The Poor Cripple

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVII. Where Sin Sore Wounding
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVIII. My Heart And Tongue Were Twins
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIX. Up Merry Mates
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: XX. Welcome Black Night
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: XXI. Cease, Cease These False Sports
  6. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Lachrimae Pavane
  7. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can Shee
  8. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana
  9. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: The Frogge
  10. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Frog's Galliard
  11. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavana And Galiarda
  12. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana Lachrymae
  13. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can She Excuse
  14. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavion Solus cum sola
  15. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Dowland's Almayne
  16. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Piper's Paven And Galliard
  17. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavan Lachrymae

Tracks:

  1. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: I. The Lamentation Of A Sinner
  2. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: II. Domine ne in furore
  3. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: III. Miserere mei Deus
  4. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: IV. The Humble Suit Of A Sinner
  5. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: V. The Humble Complaint Of A Sinner
  6. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VI. De profundis
  7. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VII. Domine exaudi
  8. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae
  9. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
  10. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Gementes
  11. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Tristes
  12. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Coactae
  13. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Amantis
  14. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Verae
  15. Lachrimae: Mr. John Langton's Pavan
  16. Lachrimae: Mr. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
  17. Lachrimae: Sir John Souch His Galiard
  18. Lachrimae: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
  19. Lachrimae: Mr. Giles Hobies Galiard
  20. Lachrimae: The King Of Denmark's Galiard
  21. Lachrimae: Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
  22. Lachrimae: Mr. Henry Noell His Galiard
  23. Lachrimae: The Earl Of Essex Galiard
  24. Lachrimae: Mr. Bucton His Galiard
  25. Lachrimae: Mr. George Whitehead His Almand
  26. Lachrimae: Captain Digorie Piper His Galiard
  27. Lachrimae: Mr. Thomas Collier His Galiard
  28. Lachrimae: Mrs. Nichols Almand

Tracks:

  1. Sacred Songs: Sorrow, Come!
  2. Sacred Songs: I Shame At Mine Unworthiness
  3. Sacred Songs: An Heart That's Broken And Contrite
  4. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  5. Psalms: Psalm 38: Put Me Not To Rebuke O Lord
  6. Psalms: Psalm 130: Lord To Thee I Make My Moan
  7. Psalms: Psalm 104: My Soul Praise The Lord
  8. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  9. Psalms: Psalm 134: Behold And Have Regard
  10. A Prayer For The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
  11. Instrumental Music: Solus cum sola pavan
  12. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  13. Instrumental Music: Galliard
  14. Instrumental Music: Pipers Pavan
  15. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  16. Instrumental Music: Lady Rich Galliard
  17. Instrumental Music: Earl Of Essex Galliard
  18. Instrumental Music: If My Complaints
  19. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae Doolande
  20. Instrumental Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home
  21. Instrumental Music: My Lord Chamberlaine His Galliard
  22. Instrumental Music: Comagain
  23. Instrumental Music: Pavan Lachrymae
  24. Instrumental Music: Sorrow Stay

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Preludium
  2. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: Can She Excuse
  4. Lute Music: Dr. Case's Pavan
  5. Lute Music: Melancholy Galliard
  6. Lute Music: Sir John Smith, His Almain
  7. Lute Music: Fantasia
  8. Lute Music: A Dream
  9. Lute Music: Almain
  10. Lute Music: The Queen's Galliard
  11. Lute Music: Coranto
  12. Lute Music: Resolution
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux Galliard
  14. Lute Music: Almain
  15. Lute Music: Mr. Dowland's MIdnight
  16. Lute Music: Fantasia
  17. Lute Music: Loth To Depart
  18. Lute Music: The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard
  19. Lute Music: The Earl Of Essex, His Galliard
  20. Lute Music: Pavan
  21. Lute Music: John Dowland's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Aloe
  23. Lute Music: The Lady Clifton's Spirit
  24. Lute Music: What If A Day
  25. Lute Music: Mr. Giles Hobie's Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Come Away (Song arrangement)
  27. Lute Music: Galliard
  28. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Lachrimae (Basic Version)
  2. Lute Music: Galliard To Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: [Jig]
  4. Lute Music: Galliard On 'Wasingham'
  5. Lute Music: Complaint (Ballad Setting)
  6. Lute Music: Mignarda (Galliard)
  7. Lute Music: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Pavan)
  8. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  9. Lute Music: A Fancy (Fantasia)
  10. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  11. Lute Music: Piper's Pavan
  12. Lute Music: Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
  13. Lute Music: Lady Laiton's Almain
  14. Lute Music: Dowland's Galliard
  15. Lute Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  16. Lute Music: Tarleton's Jig
  17. Lute Music: Walsingham (ballad Setting)
  18. Lute Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home (Ballad Setting)
  19. Lute Music: Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain
  20. Lute Music: Pavan (Related To 'Lachrimae')
  21. Lute Music: Mr. Langton's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Mrs. Clifton's Almain
  23. Lute Music: Galliard
  24. Lute Music: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Go From My Window (Ballad Setting)
  27. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Pavana Johan Douland
  2. Lute Music: Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus sine sola)
  3. Lute Music: La mia Barbara
  4. Lute Music: Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan)
  5. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  6. Lute Music: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)
  7. Lute Music: Farewell (On The 'In Nomine' Theme)
  8. Lute Music: The King of Denmark's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux's Jig
  10. Lute Music: Mrs. Nichol's Almain
  11. Lute Music: Galliard
  12. Lute Music: Lord Strang's March
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Winter's Jump
  14. Lute Music: Can She Excuse (Galliard)
  15. Lute Music: The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy
  16. Lute Music: Mrs. Norrish's Delight
  17. Lute Music: Galliard
  18. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Thing (Almain)
  19. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Nothing
  20. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  21. Lute Music: Solus cum sola
  22. Lute Music: The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard
  23. Lute Music: Orlando Sleepeth (Ballad Setting)
  24. Lute Music: Robin (Ballad Setting)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard (On A Galliard By Daniel Bacheler)
  26. Lute Music: Forlorn Hope Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: The Lady Russell's Pavan
  2. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  3. Lute Music: Sir John Langton's Pavan
  4. Lute Music: Earl Of Derby, His Galliard
  5. Lute Music: A Coy Toy
  6. Lute Music: Fortune My Foe
  7. Lute Music: [Almain]
  8. Lute Music: Mr. Knight's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Sir John Souch His Galliard
  10. Lute Music: Tarletone's Riserrectione
  11. Lute Music: The Lady Rich, Her Galliard
  12. Consort Music: Lachrimae Pavan
  13. Consort Music: Can She Excuse Galliard
  14. Consort Music: Captain Piper's Pavan And Galliard
  15. Consort Music: The Frog Galliard
  16. Consort Music: Round Battell Galliard
  17. Consort Music: Fortune My Foe
  18. Consort Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  19. Consort Music: Katherine Darcie's Galliard
  20. Consort Music: Tarleton's Jigge
  21. Consort Music: Almain a 2
  22. Consort Music: Mistress Nichols Almain a 2
  23. Fullsack And Hildebrandt: Auserlesener Paduanen und Galliarden: Susanna Fair (Galliard)
  24. Haussmann: Rest von polnischen und andern Tanzen: Mistress Nichols Alman a 5
  25. Opusculum: Mr. John Langton Pavan And Galliard
  26. Opusculum: La mia Barbara Pavan and Galliard
  27. Opusculum: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan and Galliard

Tracks:

  1. Consort Music: Mistress NIchols Almain
  2. Consort Music: Volta a 4 ('Ioh. Douland')
  3. Consort Music: Were Every Thought an Eye
  4. Consort Music: Lady If You So Spite Me
  5. Consort Music: Pavan a 4
  6. A Musicall Banquet: I. My Heavy Sprite (Anthony Holborne)
  7. A Musicall Banquet: II. Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change (Richard Martin)
  8. A Musicall Banquet: III. O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping (Robert Hales)
  9. A Musicall Banquet: IV. Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence (Anon.)
  10. A Musicall Banquet: V. O Dear Life, When Shall It Be? (Anon.)
  11. A Musicall Banquet: VI. To Plead My Faith (Daniel Bacheler)
  12. A Musicall Banquet: VII. In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade (Guillaume Tessier)
  13. A Musicall Banquet: VIII. Far From Triumphing Court
  14. A Musicall Banquet: IX. Lady, If You So Spite Me
  15. A Musicall Banquet: X. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
  16. A Musicall Banquet: XI. Si le parler et le silence (Pierre Guedron)
  17. A Musicall Banquet: XII. Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie (Pierre Guedron)
  18. A Musicall Banquet: XIII. Vous que le Bonheur rappelle (Pierre Guedron)
  19. A Musicall Banquet: XIV. Passava Amor su arco desarmado (Anon. Spanish)
  20. A Musicall Banquet: XV. Sta notte mi sognava (Anon. Italian)
  21. A Musicall Banquet: XVI. Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amor (Anon. Spanish)
  22. A Musicall Banquet: XVII. Se di farmi morire (Domenico Maria Megli)
  23. A Musicall Banquet: XVIII. Dovro dunque morire? (Giulio Caccini)
  24. A Musicall Banquet: XIX. Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini)
  25. A Musicall Banquet: XX. O bella piu (Anon, Italian)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A musical treasure-box.......2006-09-10

Both the music and this actual product are masterpieces. John Dowland's collected works here - covering 12 compact discs - exhibit the depth and power of this composer, a composer who many now regard as suffering from clinical depression. I doubt that the issue of the diagnosis of Dowland's depression can ever be settled, however, it is certainly obvious from his music, so completely on display here, that he was a man with very dark depths and corners in his mind. Dowland's various manifestations and "takes" on his own tune, "Flow my tears"/"Lachrimae" are here. This tune has haunted me ever since I first heard it when I was a child. It seems to sum up Dowland's feelings - at least Dowland seems to have thought so.

The First, Second, Third and Fourth Bookes of Songes, A Musicall Banquet, the keyboard transcriptions, all the lute music, consort music are here and virtually everything else written or supposedly written by John Dowland. Anthony Rooley and The Consort of Musicke perform this music with style and feeling throughout. This 12 CD set is something of a monument to the ensemble - I only wish they'd finished their collection of Monteverdi madrigals, which was equally good (La Venexiana are currently doing a magnificent job of recording all Monteverdi's books of madrigals for the GLOSSA label).

This is an expensive set, however, you will probably never need to buy another John Dowland CD again after buying and listening to this collection.

I bought this CD set on a mild Summer evening of 1998 and listened to it while sitting in my sun room - which a glorious orange sunset in progress, and a glass of wine. It brought back so many memories.

5 out of 5 stars a beautiful journey into melancholy.......2001-06-15

I'm amazed at how many people tend to associate John Dowland's music with a tragic sense of drama. While no doubt this is art highly based on sadness, the "tragic" sense of it is more a legacy from the Romantic period. During the Renaissance, however, sadness was undestood as a very aesthetic way of approaching life. That is also the reason why Shakespeare's tragedies appear more sophisticated than his comedies.

Dowland, a contemporary of Shakespeare, discovered that meditating on a sad theme is, at the same time, a way of discovering a special beauty that we tend to avoid (maybe because of the "tragic" heritage of the Romantics). So, in the end, meditating on sadness is an uplifting experience! This box set is a journey into melancholy that includes songs, chamber music, pieces for lute, some rare sacred music and -as a highlight- Dowland's beautiful collection of seven pieces for viola which he called "Lachrimae" (Tears).
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ASIN: B0009JPVLA
Release Date: 2005-06-07

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  2. The Hunger/Someone To Watch Over Me: Dome Epais
  3. The Moderns: Voi Che Sapete
  4. Phantom Of The Opera: Ah! Je Ris De Me Voir
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  7. A Room With A View: O Mio Babbino Caro
  8. Henry V: Bailero
  9. Dark Eyes: Una Voce Poco Fa
  10. Carmen Jones: Dat's Love
  11. The Tales Of Hoffmann: Barcarolle
  12. Kismet: And This My Beloved

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "has fans from both sides of the Atlantic ~ Lesley Garrett".......2005-06-25

Silva America presents a lady with the gusto in life and music "DIVA: SOPRANO AT THE MOVIES", featuring one of the favorite sopranos in the Classical World today Lesley Garrett...Britain's favorite star comes up with this 1991 reissue, and at a special price will be a sure fire winner.

On this album we have twelve outstanding selections with The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Andrew Greenwood and recorded at The Hit Factory (London), December 1990/January 1991...with the following performances coming your way.
LA WALLY (rarely performed complete)
LAKME (duet became famous for a British Airways commercial)
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (full of life, love and games)
FAUST (jewels for her left by the Devil)
LA BOHEME (performed in the film "Moonstruck", one of my favorite films and favorite Puccini Operas)
RUSALKA (featured in the film "Driving Miss Daisy")
GIANNI SCHICCHI (featured in the 1986 film "A Room With A View")
SONGS OF THE AUVERGNE (melody introduced in Laurence Olivier's "Henry V")
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (award winning Italian/Russian "Dark Eyes" with Marcello Mastroianni)
CARMEN (1952 film "Carmen Jones" with Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandrige)
TALES OF HOFFMAN (featured in 1948 "The Red Shoes")
KISMET (1955 film featuring Howard Keel, Dolores Gray and Vic Damone)

Take a bow Phillip Thomas (producer), Reynold da Silva and James Fitzpatrick (executive producers), David Stone (album release supervisor) and Silva Screen for this reissue...as Miss Garrett states - making opera accessible and presenting the best music to the widest audience possible is the goal in her musical career...thank you Lesley for sharing your God given talent!

Total Time: 49:00 on 12 Tracks ~ SIL 3012 ~ (6/07/2005)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Abridged)
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  • Fire from Lindholm
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Abridged)

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ASIN: B00003A9QS
Release Date: 1999-12-01

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fire from Lindholm.......2001-11-17

This set contains four records with two abridged live performances. I have as yet only listened to the performance from 1974. This is one of the first pirated records to appear with the Swedish dramatic soprano Berit Lindholm. Let us hope that recordings from the Ring conducted by Sir Colin Davis at Covent Garden will appear soon! Meanwhile this Tristan from Amsterdam 1974 fills the gap with a truly amazing dramatic force. You can feel the amazement and tension among the public, crying out their "bravos" at the end. This is Lindholm's evening and a great one ideed. Totally involved in her part she becomes Isolde and everything catch fire... No Wagnerian or other opera lover can be without these records. The first two CD's concentrates on the part of Isolde (1974).The performance from 1979 (not with Lindholm)concentrates on the tenor, Spas Wenkoff - more comments will follow when I have listened to that. For the moment, the 5 stars are for the 1974 recording.
Andreas Scholl - A Musicall Banquet
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Andreas Scholl - A Musicall Banquet
John Dowland , Giulio Caccini , and Andreas Scholl
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ASIN: B0000523PF
Release Date: 2001-03-13

Tracks:

  1. A Musicall Banquet 1610: My Heavy Sprite
  2. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Lady, If You So Spite Me
  3. A Musicall Banquet 1610: In Darkness Let Me Dwell
  4. A Musicall Banquet 1610: O Dear Life, When Shall It Be
  5. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Ce Penser Qui Sans Fin Tirannise Ma Vie
  6. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Si Le Parler Et Le Silence
  7. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change
  8. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence
  9. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Se Di Farmi Morire
  10. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Amarilli Mia Bella
  11. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Passava Amor Su Arco Desarmado
  12. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Far From Triumphing Court
  13. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Sir Robert Sidney His Galliard
  14. A Musicall Banquet 1610: In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade
  15. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Vous Que Le Bonheur Rappelle
  16. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Vuestros Ojos Tienen D'Amor
  17. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Sta Notte Mi Sognava
  18. A Musicall Banquet 1610: To Plead My Faith
  19. A Musicall Banquet 1610: O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping
  20. A Musicall Banquet 1610: Dovro Dunque Morire?
  21. A Musicall Banquet 1610: O Bella Piu

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-02-09

Robert Dowland,the son of John Dowland, is really only remembered today for the two collections he published in 1610:'Varieties of Lute Lessons' and 'A Musicall Banquet'-the subject of this recording. In both cases,however, there are grounds for suspecting that the prime mover behind the collections was John Dowland rather than Robert, and that he put Robert's name on the title-pages as a wayof launching his son's musical career. 'A Musicall Banquet'was the first lute song collection to include material drawn from continental collections, and marked the beginning of a more eclectic phase in the history of the English song.This album was somewhat of a disappointment to me. Oh, the voice is excellent as usual, but the repertoire chosen for this recording lacked variety as well as performing aptitude on the part of Scholl. Over half of the songs were English lute songs that Scholl sang as if they were arias from an opera by Handel. He just doesn't come across with this kind of song. And his English diction is very difficult to understand even with songs that are known. On the other hand there were a few renditions of Spanish and Italian as well as French songs that were very well done. The accompaniments were excellent in every case, so the disc is worth purchasing if you are a fan of Andreas.

5 out of 5 stars SUPERB.......2001-04-30

Andreas Scholl, arguably, the finest countertenor singing today, has released this new, superb album. It consists of a collection of songs accompanied by lute put together by Robert Dowland, a minor composer (1591-1641) under the title A MUSCALL BANQUET (no, I didn't misspell it). It is a fine cross-section of songs in English, Spanish, Italian and French.

Scholl has many "hit" CD's to his credit, including a beautiful collection of Vivaldi songs, an album called "Heroes" in which he sings some gorgeous Handel & Gluck opera arias and he is the male soloist on a new recording of Pergolisi's "Stabat Mater." His voice is absolutely pure and beautiful.

Three fine musicians accompany him on lute, guitar, harpsichord. etc. Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Absolute Scholl.......2001-02-27

These lovely songs are full of period metaphor, subtle music and complexity despite the deceptive simplicity of the presentation. They challenge the listener unused to the poetry of the period but more than repay a little concentration. If you like melancholy, you'll love it. Scholl himself described this genre of English song as `incredibly melancholy' - but not everything on this CD is, and not all the songs are English: there is lyrical Italian and French material, as well as fiery Spanish music.

These are not easy songs for a singer to do well but Andreas Scholl is ready for them, now: his voice bigger, deeper and more resonant than formerly. His thoughtful approach to text shines, as usual. His ornamentation in all the songs is just ... so. Not too much, and nothing is wanting.

He imbues In Darkness Let Me Dwell with an incredibly dark sound and a powerful intensity that I don't think he could have executed as well in earlier years. The final bars of To Plead My Faith are wrenchingly sad. The Spanish songs are spectacular in his live performance, especially Vuestros Ojos, which, live, he takes at one hell of a lick, to the immense pleasure of the audience; a fraction slower on the recording, but still very exciting. The coloratura tour de force of Sta Notte Mi Sognava is accomplished with almost throw-way ease. The genteel innuendo of Lady If You So Spite Me is done with sardonic humour and energy alternating with pathos - quite a combination. In Go My Flock, Go Get You Hence, he sounds about seventeen and full of teenage desperation: at `No, she hates me!' you can imagine the infatuated teenager flinging his arms about. The final track, O Bella Piu, is a little miracle of interpretation. Apart from the sheer perfection of voice and delivery, he does `pining' so well! He begins with quiet adoration; `non piu dolore!' is a gnat's whisker from a sob but without any loss of control or musicality - no extraneous funny business - moving into pleading in the first `Pieta!', and sheer desperation in the second. A heart-stopper.

The accompanying instrumentalists are all first rate. Christophe Coin's bass viol solo in O, Dear Life When Shall It Be is fascinating. Edin Karamazov - a star in his own right if ever there was - is a perfect match for Scholl and he also gets a short, beautiful lute solo. All the performers are on top form, as are the recording engineers. The whole CD is distilled pleasure from start to finish: each song is fully revealed and brought to vibrant life. Andreas Scholl's singing on this recording is peerless - but `Lieber erstmal Lieder', as he would say (he puts the music he sings before what he calls, self-deprecatingly, the present cult of his stardom) and on this CD he certainly lives up to his motto.
Puccini: Il Trittico
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    Puccini: Il Trittico

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    ASIN: B00003A9QR
    Release Date: 1999-12-01
    Psalms of David Complete
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Brilliant Recordings
    • A- for effort
    • What can you say?
    Psalms of David Complete
    Choir of St Paul's Cathedral , and Scott
    Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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    5. Praise to the Lord - Hymns From St. Paul's Cathedral

    ASIN: B00006GO6J
    Release Date: 2002-10-08

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    This complete 12-disc survey of The Psalms of David from St. Paul's Cathedral is both a remarkable historical record of Anglican chant at its finest and an astonishing musical experience. Contained here are all 150 psalms in their traditional English garb from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, with revised or entirely new musical settings as published in The New St. Paul's Cathedral Psalter, edited by the choir's musical director John Scott, itself a revision of the 1875 Cathedral Psalter. As such, these recordings represent the very backbone of the Anglican liturgy, but even a casual listener will be in no doubt that they also offer music that is both contemplative and richly varied when removed from its liturgical context.

    The art of "pointing"--or setting--psalm texts has been essayed by many English composers, from William Croft through the Wesleys and William Boyce in earlier times to the great flowering in the late 19th century under Stainer and Barnby, with further contributions from Parry, Stanford, Elgar, Howells, and a host of choirmasters and organists, including Sir David Willcocks and John Scott himself. All are represented here. Recorded throughout in the vast acoustic of their cathedral, the St. Paul's choristers enunciate the words precisely, backed by inventive though unobtrusive organ accompaniment. Taken individually, it's possible to isolate moments when the choir seem to drag their feet or fail to give due weight to the words (Psalm 125, "They that put their trust in the Lord," seems far too subdued, for example), and the massive Psalm 119 is awkwardly split across discs 10 and 11, but overall this set is nothing less than a document of invaluable cultural and musical significance. --Mark Walker

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Brilliant Recordings.......2007-06-11

    In our view the changes in pointing, and excellent selection of chants, give deeper meanings to the Psalms than those achieved in the "standard?" Parish Psalter.

    We found great Spirituality and a wonderful sense of Worship whilst listening to this set. This is often sacrificed for brilliance of musical performance in other recordings.

    Unfortunately the "St.Paul's Psalter" is not available (June 2007) but we are told that a new print run may happen within 12 months. This would be a most valuable companion to the recordings when and if it becomes available.

    4 out of 5 stars A- for effort.......2006-02-23

    This grand undertaking deserves high praise, and I'm struck, listening to chant after chant, how much Anglican chant as it used to be until the changes of the 70s was one of the great Victorian contributions to English life and art. For anyone who wants to hear almost the entire repertoire of Anglican chant deployed in singing the whole book of Psalms, this is an unrivalled source. It is wonderful, too, to hear the Coverdale translation: you realize what the churches have lost by abandoning the proper & regular singing of the Psalms. So one is immensely grateful to Hyperion for putting out this recording. It's not perfect, though.

    The rhythmic pacing, though a little slow for my taste, is steady and sensitive, the diction clear, and the organ accompaniment superb (Providing an expressive accompaniment to a choir singing in 4-part free rhythm, and improvising descants to the melody at the same time, isn't easy). And of course there's the cavernous acoustic of St. Paul's, very impressive in the more thunderous psalms. Unfortunately, though, the "forward" style favored for the St. Paul's boys produces a sound that's unpleasantly chesty in the lower registers and reedy in the higher ones. The poorly integrated choral sound caused by this kind of voice-production can be downright unpleasant for anyone used to, or trained in, the classic English choral style. In fact, one has to wonder why this choir was chosen for such a huge project: even allowing for the near-universal decline in standards of vocal training for boys in England, better sounds than this can still be heard.

    5 out of 5 stars What can you say?.......2003-01-03

    I almost hate to criticize this terrific thing. After all, where else can you get all 150 Psalms in a single collection sung by one of the world's great choirs?

    How much do I like it? I bought it *twice*. I originally bought all the CDs separately, before they came out with a single boxed set. They were stolen from my car (and, God willing, maybe they converted some poor thief to Anglican Cathedral Music and got him into church). After they were stolen, I immediately bought them again.

    One of the great pleasures of life is listening to the Morning and Evening Psalms while driving to and from work, and making listening a regular feature of Morning and Evening Prayer.

    So what's the criticism? The sound is a bit muddy, so the words can be rather difficult to understand without reading along (which is a real problem when driving), and personally, I prefer the Psalter from the 1979 BCP instead of the old one, from the Great Bible. But that's unreasonable. They ARE a British choir after all. Those are the only criticisms.

    Anyhow, if you have a taste for choral cathedral music, this is genuinely indispensible. St. Paul's has given the world a great blessing.
    Donizetti - Le convenienze ed incovenienze teatrali / Taddei, Mazzucato, Nucci, Rinardi
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      Donizetti - Le convenienze ed incovenienze teatrali / Taddei, Mazzucato, Nucci, Rinardi
      Gaetano Donizetti , Carlo Franci , Gianandrea Gavazzeni , Giuseppe Taddei , Leo Nucci , Daniela Mazzucato , Leonardo Monreale , Alfredo Giacomotti , Alberto Rinaldi , Federico Davia , Sergio Tedesco , Laura Zanini , Nicola Zaccaria , Umberto Grilli , Giovanni Antonini , and Mirna Pecile
      Manufacturer: Bella Voce Records
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      ASIN: B00004T0N2
      Release Date: 2000-04-15

      Tracks:

      1. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Introduction
      2. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Chorus, pay attention
      3. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Ah! Here Comes The Day
      4. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Great! But Really, The Cabaletta
      5. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Tell Me Something, Maestro
      6. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Stupendous
      7. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Scoundrals! Loafers
      8. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: What A Sublime Creation!
      9. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: What Do You Think? That My Wife
      10. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Therefore If You Want
      11. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: I Should Sing A Duet?
      12. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Oh, My God, I'm Ruined
      13. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: I've Lost My Voice
      14. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Livorno, 10th Of April
      15. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: You Made Me Lose My Temper
      16. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: So Much The Better
      17. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Ah! Do You Vaant Me? Vat Do You Yearn For?

      Tracks:

      1. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: As A Frog On An April's Day
      2. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: I Can Find No Rest
      3. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Intermezzo
      4. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Duet Of Ersilia
      5. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: And Can You Delight, Tyrant
      6. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Long Live The Great Romulus, Elect In Rank
      7. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: I Am Warrior And I Am Lover
      8. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Ah, All The Better
      9. Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Mister Conductor, Please Listen (Finale)
      10. Belisario: O, God Of The Warriors
      11. Belisario: Majesty, You Have Won
      12. Belisario: When Red Blood
      13. Belisario: On The Field Of Victory
      14. Belisario: Mother You Are, And Wife
      15. Belisario: Oh, May The Villain Die, Who Offended Nature
      16. Belisario: Friends, We Have To Seperate
      17. Belisario: Who Supports Me
      18. Belisario: Oh, If I Could Sleep
      19. Belisario: But You, Who Comforts A Poor Man
      The Viennese Nightingale
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • The Essential Coloratura Album
      The Viennese Nightingale

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      ASIN: B0000U1NGU
      Release Date: 2004-02-10

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars The Essential Coloratura Album.......2007-02-16

      The artistry of Rita Streich presented in this multi-disc set represents an art that in all likelihood would not return: the Viennese school of coloratura and lyrical singing.
      Together with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Rita Streich studied voice with Maria Ivogun, a great coloratura soprano of the German-Austro school. Together with her colleague, Streich excelled in the Viennese-style coloratura singing. This album presents her wide range of repertoire from Austro-German to French to Italian opera; from classical opera to romantic Strauss operetta; from lieder to folk songs.
      What this album does NOT include is Streich's Russian repertoire, some thing that, owing to her maternal descent, she was most adept at.
      Unlike Schwarzkopf, Streich owned a voice that is out-right lyrical. It is even lighter, even more agile, even more silvery, though not as forceful as Schwarzkopf's on demand. Listen to her delightful "Bastien und Bastienne", her Mozart concert arias and enjoy her highly articulated, musically refined delivery. It is the exemplary Viennese singing. Her soubrettes as well as lyrical heroines are nothing short of being superb.
      Not being as internationalised a singer as Schwarzkopf, Streich nonetheless was a representative figure of Viennese coloratura singing. Some times I would even feel that her coloratura is even more superior to that of the great dramatic coloratura of the 20th century, Joan Sutherland, again a very much more internationalised singer than Streich.
      If you are undergoing voice training, this box set is essential.
      RCA MET 100 Singers, 100 Years
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        ASIN: B000003FFT
        Release Date: 1993-09-14

        Tracks:

        1. Ardon Gl'Incensi (Mad Scene) - Marcella Sembrich
        2. Vissi D'arte - Emma Eames
        3. Devant La Maison (Serenade) - Pol Plancon
        4. Les Tringles Des Sistres (Gypsy Song) - Emma Calve
        5. A Vos Jeux, Mes Amis (Mad Scene) - Nellie Melba
        6. All'erta, Marinar: II Vento Cangia!; Adamastor, Re Dell'acque - Giuseppe Campanari
        7. O Pretres De Baal (Prison Scene) - Ernestine Schumann-Heink
        8. Come Paride Vezzoso - Antonio Scotti
        9. Jo-Ho-Hoe!; Traft Ihr Das Schiff (Senta's Ballad) - Johanna Gadski
        10. Vecchia Zimarra - Marcet Joumet
        11. Voce Di Donna - Louise Homer
        12. Rachel, Quand Du Seigneur - Enrico Caruso
        13. Se In Voi Cotanto Forte Fosse L'amor' I1 Cor Nel Contento - Geraldine Farrar, Hermann Jadlowker
        14. It Is Almost Midnight (Sung In German) - Emmy Destinn
        15. Eri Tu - Pasquale Amato
        16. Ed Io Non Ne Godevo; Sempre Cosi - Frances Alda
        17. Mein Vater! (Amfortas' Prayer) - Clarence Whitehill

        Tracks:

        1. Qual Fiamma Avea Nel Guardo!; Stridono Iassu (Ballatella) - Alma Gluck
        2. Lunge Da Lei; Dei Miei Bollenti Spiriti - John McCormack
        3. Caro Nome - Luisa Tetrazzini
        4. Tutto Tace (Cherry Duet) - Miguel Fleta, Lucrezia Bori
        5. Lontano Eco Della Mia Giovinezza (Lenski's Air) - Giovanni Martinelli
        6. E Il Di Che Zar Saro (Garden Scene) - Paul Althouse, Margarete Ober
        7. Di Provenza Il Mar - Giuseppe De Luca
        8. Pace, Pace, Mio Dio! - Rosa Ponselle
        9. Mi Batte Il Cor; O Paradiso - Beniamino Gigli
        10. Bellah! Capretta Adorata; Si Carino (Slumber Song) - Amelita Galli-Curci
        11. Gluck, Da Mir Verblieb (Marietta's Lied) - Maria Jeritza
        12. Largo Al Factoum - Titta Ruffo
        13. Una Parola Sola; Or Son Sei Mesi - Edward Johnson
        14. Sieh' Evchen! Dacht' Ich Doch - Friedrich Schorr, Elisabeth Rethberg

        Tracks:

        1. Meco All'altar - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
        2. Nay, Marcus, Lay Him Down - Lawrence Tibbett
        3. Regnava Nel Silenzio - Toti Dal Monte
        4. Dir Tone Lob - Lauritz Melchior
        5. Deh, Vieni Alla Finestra - Ezio Pinza
        6. Depuis Le Jour - Grace Moore
        7. Depuis Heir Je Cherche; Que Fais-Tu? - Gladys Swarthout
        8. Salut A Toi (Hymnn To The Sun) - Lily Pons
        9. Adina Quest'oggi; Adina Credimi - Tito Schipa
        10. Ah, Malgre Moi - Rose Bampton
        11. Je Suis Seul!; Ah! Fuyez, Douce Image - Richard Crooks
        12. I Know You Better; This Very Vivid Morn - Helen Jepson
        13. Mild Und Leise (Liebestod) - Kirsten Flagstad
        14. Pres Des Remparts De Seville (Seguidilla) - Bruna Castagna
        15. So Its Es Denn Aus Mit Den Ewigen Gottern - Kerstin Thorborg
        16. Giunse Alfin Il Momento; Deh Vieni, Non Tardar - Bidu Sayao
        17. Einsam In Truben Tagen (Elsa's Dream) - Helen Traubel

        Tracks:

        1. La Mamma Morta - Zinka Milanov
        2. Ah, Guai A Chi La Tocca!; Guardate, Pazzo Son - Jussi Njoerling, Enrico Campi
        3. Ist Ein Traum - Rise Stevens, Erna Berger
        4. O Saint Medaille; Avante De Quitter Ces Lieux - Leonard Warren
        5. Clock Scene (Sung In Russian) - Alexander Kipnis
        6. Elle A Fui, La Tourterelle! (Antonia's Romance) - Jarmila Novotna
        7. Con Onore Muore (Death Of A Butterfly) - Licia Albanese
        8. To Leave, To Break (Quintet) - Eleanor Steber, Rosalind Elias, Regina Resnik, Nicolai Gedda, Giorgio Tozzi, George Cehanovsky
        9. Tombe Degli Avi Miei; Fra Poco A Me Ricovero - Jan Peerce
        10. Oui, Pour Ce Soir; Je Suis Titania (Polonaise) - Patrice Munsel
        11. Se Quel Guerrier; Celeste Aida - Richard Tucker
        12. L'ho Abbandonato Senza Un Saluto; In Quelle Trine Morbide - Dorothy Kirsten
        13. Felice Ancor; Per Me Giunto - Robert Merrill
        14. Si, Pel Ciel - Ramon Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo

        Tracks:

        1. Morgenlich Leuchtend Im Rosgen Schein (Prize Song) - Set Svanholm
        2. Studia Il Passo; Come Ddal Ciel Precipita - Jerome Hines
        3. Che Gelida Manina - Giuseppe Di Stefano
        4. Ah, Non Giunge - Roberta Peters
        5. Ecco Ridente - Cesare Valletti
        6. Re Dell'abisso - Marian Anderson
        7. Credo In Un Dio Crudel (Iago's Creed) - Tito Gobbi
        8. O Figli, O Figli Miei! Ah, La Paterna Mano - Carlo Bergonzi
        9. Una Macchia E Qui Tuttora (Sleepwalking Scene) - Leonie Rysanek, Gerhard Pechner, Carlotta Ordassy
        10. Addio Del Passato - Anna Moffo
        11. In Questa Reggia - Birgit Nilisson, Jussi Bjoerling
        12. Recitar!; Vesti La Giubba - Jon Vickers
        13. Give Me My Robe - Leontyne Price

        Tracks:

        1. La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee (Flower Song) - Franco Corelli
        2. In Fernem Land - Sandor Konya
        3. Ah! Tu Dei Vivere! Aida A Me Togliesti - Grace Brumbry, Placido Domingo
        4. Je Dis Que Rien Ne M'epouvante - Mirella Freni
        5. Mia Madre Aveva Una Povera Ancella (Willow Song) - Renata Scotto
        6. Too Weak To Kill - Sherrill Milnes
        7. Mi Chiamano Mimi - Montserrat Caballe
        8. La Donna E Mobile - Alfredo Kraus
        9. Stride La Vampa - Fiorenza Cossotto
        10. Fia Dunque Vero; O Mio Fernando - Shirley Verrett
        11. L'anima Ho Stanca - Placido Domingo
        12. O Isis Und Osiris - Martti Talvela
        13. Cruda Sorte, Amor Tiranno - Marilyn Horne
        14. Come Scoglio Immoto Resta - Kiri Te Kanawa
        15. Ave Maria - Katia Ricciarelli
        The Peoples Guide to Opera 1
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • Appears to deliver what it offers--but it is not opera!
        • A chance to enjoy opera.
        The Peoples Guide to Opera 1

        Manufacturer: People's Guide Opera
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        ASIN: B00004TV5Z
        Release Date: 2000-06-06

        Customer Reviews:

        3 out of 5 stars Appears to deliver what it offers--but it is not opera!.......2007-02-11

        I stumbled on this set in the Amazon listings quite by accident. I feel obliged to make it clear that I do not own the set, nor have I heard anything from this particular publication. I certainly am familiar with many of the performances included in the set, and I am willing (based on the previous review) to assume that they have been recorded on the eight disks of the set with an acceptable--if not necessarily leading edge--level of competence.

        Judging from the contents listed on this review site, this is the underlying structure of the "People's Guide."
        --Tracks 1-15 (presumably one disk): arias from the Big-Five Mozart operas.
        --Tracks 16-34: arias from bel canto operas.
        --Tracks 35-46: arias from middle-period Verdi operas.
        --Tracks 47-64: arias and one chorus from Puccini.
        --Tracks 65-87: miscellaneous loose ends. (I absolutely guarantee you that Number 71, "Parigi, o cara," is not, repeat not from "La battaglia di Legnano" but from an obscure little piece by Verdi called "La Traviata.")
        --Tracks 76-88: arias [sort of] and choruses from Wagner operas (but not from "The Ring.")
        --Tracks 89-99: well-known overtures and preludes to operas.

        Right off, it can be seen that "The People's Guide 1" begins at the end of the 18th Century and ends early in the 20th. It entirely ignores the better part of two centuries of operatic development before Mozart and composers of the stature of Monteverdi, Handel and Gluck, not to mention Salieri. A couple of French operas sneak in the back door in Italian versions and only Carmen appears in the correct language. German operas are ignored except those written by Mozart and Wagner. Russian operas are entirely shut out. The 20th Century appears only in the works of Puccini, so the likes of Richard Strauss, Berg and Britten are cast into the outer darkness.

        On the whole, though, the selection isn't bad. If you really want about nine hours of bleeding hunks from what most people define as the standard operatic repertory, you could do worse than this set. The performances seem to range from the early 1950s to the early 1970s. There are many famous names among the singers and conductors.

        But it is not opera. Operas are not just a string of songs and choruses that follow along after an overture. An opera is--or should be--a dramatic whole. Opera was consciously invented at about the beginning of the 17th Century to combine drama, music, dance, costume and set design into a unified whole and display them on stage. Often the best parts of operas are utilitarian but brilliant passages that will never make their way into highlights disks such as these.

        This set is hardly expensive at the prices being quoted as I write this. Nevertheless, I advise you to look through the offerings of complete performances. Many of the older ones offer unbelievably good singers in superb performances at low price. That's a better deal than you'll get here.

        5 out of 5 stars A chance to enjoy opera........2001-08-12

        Mozart, Wagner, Rossini . . . need I say more? Regardless of whether or not you are an avid listener of opera, this cd is a must have. Even if you never had the valuable opportunity to attend an opera, there is no reason why you should not add this cd to your music collection. Not only are some of the world's most beloved operas included (such as the Barber of Seville and Carmen), but thanks to technology, this cd provides a great sound that pretty soon you'll believe that you are in an actually opera house. The professional orchestras that play in this cd help to bring forth much emotion. Don't miss out on this opportunity to own a collection of opera pieces at a reasonable price.

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