21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Choices????,
January 23, 2003 moonchic (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The #1 Soprano Album (Audio CD)
I wonder if the people who put these compilation cds together ever actually listen to their choices before making their decision. Yes, you are going to find some of the most famous names in opera on this cd. But, are they the best or even a good showcase of each voice? Why would you choose Leontyne Price singing Mozart when it is most certainly NOT her venue (and for so many others it is)? Besides, she is already included in other places on the cd. Joan Sutherland is truly amazing on E Strano and Let the Bright Seraphim, but why include her Casta Diva, recorded in the 80's? It's interesting to hear how her voice has held up over the years and that she's lost none of her deadly accurate (and famous) pitch, but it would have been nice to hear another do this one, maybe Maria Callas (who isn't included at all on the cd). For a double cd album advertising itself as the #1 Soprano album, there is a great deal of repetition of names and so many more missing. Only a duet for Beverly...Read more
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Gruberova's Extraordinary "Mein Herr Marquis", Sumi Jo's winning "Der hölle Rache",
June 30, 2007 Michel Merlin (Versailles, France) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The #1 Soprano Album (Audio CD)
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, Bär, Wiener Philharmoniker, Previn and search it, 1st for "Gruberova", 2nd for "Kanawa".
Another track is, alone, worth buying the CD: Königin der Nacht's "Der hölle Rache kocht...Read more
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The grandeur of the Opera,
November 26, 2003 Fernando Navarrete (Mexico, D.F. Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The #1 Soprano Album (Audio CD)
The #1 soprano album, is a compilation of the most popular opera arias.
This album includes some of the best female voices in history, such as:
Joan Sutherland
Monserrat Caballé
Birgit Nilsson
Renée Fleming
Leontyne Price
Sumi Jo
Kiri Te Kanawa
singing excerpts from Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, La Bohéme, The Magic Flute, Carmen, Les contes du Hoffman, among many others.Higlights:
O mio babbino caro/ Fleming
Dome epais le jasmin/ Sutherland & Berbié
Der hölle rache kocht in meinem herzen/ Jo
Un bel di vedremi/ Crespin
Let the bright seraphim/ Sutherland
La mamma morta/ Caballé
Mild und leise/Nilsson
among others.This album is, in fact, a very good choice for the people who enjoys classical music. For the people that is not familiarized
with opera, this is a great oportunity to approach bel canto with some of the most beautiful voices in...Read more
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