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Buy Now	Beethoven - Missa Solemnis · Mozart - Coronation Mass / Karajan (more) »rank: 128667 by: Agnes Baltsa, Gundula Janowitz, Werner Krenn, Rudolf Scholz, Anna Tomowa-Sintow	Buy Now	Verdi: Il Trovatore (more) »rank: 135102 from: RCA : :This is the most beautifully sung Il Trovatore on record, but is by no means the most dramatic and is far from the best-conducted. Those who insist on stereo sound (which has substantial advantages for opera recordings in terms of dramatic presence and impact) may opt for the Zubin Mehta or James Levine treatments. But Jussi Bjoerling and Leonard Warren respond intensely to the score theatrically and, above all, musically, Zinka Milanov sings with a haunting beauty most of the time, Fedora Barbieri approaches the role of the Gypsy woman Azucena as if she were born to sing it, and the ...
Buy Now	Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy-My Favorite Showstoppers (more) »rank: 133541 from: Decca : :This is the most beautifully sung Il Trovatore on record, but is by no means the most dramatic and is far from the best-conducted. Those who insist on stereo sound (which has substantial advantages for opera recordings in terms of dramatic presence and impact) may opt for the Zubin Mehta or James Levine treatments. But Jussi Bjoerling and Leonard Warren respond intensely to the score theatrically and, above all, musically, Zinka Milanov sings with a haunting beauty most of the time, Fedora Barbieri approaches the role of the Gypsy woman Azucena as if she were born to sing it, and the ...	Buy Now	Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Scotto, Bergonzi, Panerai, Di Stasio, Opera di Roma, Barbirolli (more) »rank: 80226 by: Paolo Montarsolo, Giuseppe Morresi, Silvana Padoan, Rolando Panerai, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Gianni Lazzari : :With her highly placed, lyrical sound, Madama Butterfly was really a role Renata Scotto should never have sung; indeed, it was just this type of heavy role that shortened the beautiful-tone days of her career. But we're fortunate that she did undertake the part: Her searing insights and her tragic transformation from innocent girl to all-knowing woman are so touching, so right, that Scotto is, arguably, the best all-around Butterfly on disc. What's more, this set catches her in excellent voice, long before the role had taken its toll. Butterfly is Puccini's saddest heroine, and Scotto will bring tears to your ...
Buy Now	Orff: Carmina Burana / Bonney, Lopardo, Michaels-Moore; Previn (more) »rank: 155022 by: Carl Orff, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn, Barbara Bonney, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Vienna Boys' Choir, Frank Lopardo : :The recording's producers bill it as an 'audio spectacular,' and indeed, its sound is big, full, and surprisingly detailed, considering the large performing forces involved. It's also a live concert performance, that, in spite of some sluggish tempos, holds up well against the best studio versions thanks to a first-rate chorus and soloists. --David Vernier	Buy Now	Music For Queen Mary-A Celebration Of The Life And Death Of Queen Mary (more) »rank: 113544 from: Sony : :The recording's producers bill it as an 'audio spectacular,' and indeed, its sound is big, full, and surprisingly detailed, considering the large performing forces involved. It's also a live concert performance, that, in spite of some sluggish tempos, holds up well against the best studio versions thanks to a first-rate chorus and soloists. --David Vernier
Buy Now	Telarc Collection, Vol. 3 (more) »rank: 54507 from: Telarc : :The recording's producers bill it as an 'audio spectacular,' and indeed, its sound is big, full, and surprisingly detailed, considering the large performing forces involved. It's also a live concert performance, that, in spite of some sluggish tempos, holds up well against the best studio versions thanks to a first-rate chorus and soloists. --David Vernier	Buy Now	Tannhäuser / Domingo, Studer, Baltsa, Salminen, A. Schmidt; Sinopoli (more) »rank: 112772 by: Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Agnes Baltsa, Matti Salminen, Andreas Schmidt, Barbara Bonney, Clemens Bieber : :Another Paris Tannhäuser recording, this one seeing the adaptable Placido Domingo take a break from the world of Italianate opera to try on the mantle of Heldentenor. Domingo's clear, manly voice is well suited to the transformation--precisely why Italians usually don't think of him as a bella voce. Agnes Baltsa approaches the role of Venus in a less shrill and more human manner than often is heard in portrayals of the excitable goddess. The sound is exceptionally clear in the recording, a comparatively newer digital mastering from the late 1980s. The chorus work is good, though not quite on the sublime ...
Buy Now	Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Lyric Suite; Sigurd Jorasalfar (more) »rank: 107399 from: Deutsche Grammophon : :Another Paris Tannhäuser recording, this one seeing the adaptable Placido Domingo take a break from the world of Italianate opera to try on the mantle of Heldentenor. Domingo's clear, manly voice is well suited to the transformation--precisely why Italians usually don't think of him as a bella voce. Agnes Baltsa approaches the role of Venus in a less shrill and more human manner than often is heard in portrayals of the excitable goddess. The sound is exceptionally clear in the recording, a comparatively newer digital mastering from the late 1980s. The chorus work is good, though not quite on the sublime ...	Buy Now	Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer; Chanson perpétuelle; Mélodies (more) »rank: 81402 from: Erato : :Another Paris Tannhäuser recording, this one seeing the adaptable Placido Domingo take a break from the world of Italianate opera to try on the mantle of Heldentenor. Domingo's clear, manly voice is well suited to the transformation--precisely why Italians usually don't think of him as a bella voce. Agnes Baltsa approaches the role of Venus in a less shrill and more human manner than often is heard in portrayals of the excitable goddess. The sound is exceptionally clear in the recording, a comparatively newer digital mastering from the late 1980s. The chorus work is good, though not quite on the sublime ...