Bimbo

1. Alabama Jail House

2. Ghost of Casey Jones

3. Bimbo

4. Bimbo [Number 2]

5. Honey, Honey, Honey

6. Drunkard's Blues

7. Cry Baby Blues

8. I Feel Like a Wreck

9. I've Got News for You

10. Nobody Home

11. Ten to One I Love You

12. Three Empty Bottles

13. Is There Anymore at Home Like You?

14. That's How I Take to You

15. I'm Not a Kid Anymore

16. Cold Cold Cornbread

17. When It Rains Banana Peelin's

18. Free, Wise, and Twenty One

19. Don't Put off 'Til Tomorrow (What You Can Do Today)

20. Don't You Ever Get Tired

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Bimbo,Rod Morris,Bear Family,Country,Pop

Average customer rating: The best opera album ever Beautiful Music, Nice price

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Tracks:

1. Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
2. Gianni Schicchi: Firenze e come un albero fiorito
3. La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
4. La Boheme: Si, mi chiamano Mimi
5. La Boheme: Quando m'en vo
6. Madama Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo
7. Madama Butterfly: The Flower Duet
8. Madama Butterfly: The Humming Chorus
9. Madama Butterfly: Tu? tu? Piccolo iddio
10. Tosca: Dammi i colori
11. Tosca: Vissi d'arte
12. Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
13. Turandot: Signore, ascolta!
14. Turandot: In questa reggia
15. Turandot: Nessun dorma
16. La Fanciulla Del West: Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano
17. Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo
18. Le Villi: Se come voi piccina io fossi
19. Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide
20. Manon Lescaut: Sola, perduta, abbandonata

Customer Reviews:

The best opera album ever.......2007-01-26

I have listened this album almost every day for the past 4 years. For begginers and amateurs in this kind of music, the album rocks in every song with the exception of track 2 and 5.

Beautiful Music, Nice price.......2007-01-04

I purchased this CD for my daughter while searching specifically for arias. She was very pleased and I find myself enjoying it as well.
A wonderful collection for a terrific price, super fast shipping too- as always.

Average customer rating: A nice collection of Puccini heroines Beautiful renditions of Puccini arias

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Tracks:

1. Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro
2. La rondine: Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta
3. La Boheme: Mi Chiamano Mimi
4. La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz (La Boheme) - Te Kanawa
5. La Boheme: Donde Lieta Usci
6. Madama Butterfly: Spira Sul Mare
7. Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Di Vedremo
8. Madama Butterfly: Flower Duet
9. Madama Butterfly: Con Onor Muore Chi Non Puo Serbar Vita Con Onore Tu, Tu
10. TOSCA: Vissi D'Arte
11. Manon Lescaut: In Quelle Trine Morbide
12. Manon Lescaut: Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata
13. Le Villi: Se Come Voi
14. Suor Angelica: Senza Mamma, O Bimbo, Tu Sei Morto
15. Turandot: Tu, Che Di Gel Sei Cinta
16. Turandot: In Questa Reggia

Customer Reviews:

A nice collection of Puccini heroines.......2000-09-22

Puccini loves his heroines and gives them the most gorgeous music in his operas. This very nice compilation album offers all famous arias of Puccini's heroines except "Signor, Ascolta" from Turandot . The singers are very good. All arias sung by Kiri Te Kanawa are from her recital album with Sir John Pitchard, including her signature pieces, "O mio babino caro" and "Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta". Scotto is very moving as Butterfly and Suor Angelica. Her "Tu, tu, piccolo iddio" and"Senza mamma, o bimbo" will break your heart. The weak link here is Eva Marton, good Turandot and Tosca but obviously miscasted as Mimi and Liu. Her voice is too dramatic for these fragile heroines.

Beautiful renditions of Puccini arias.......1999-10-30

These great divas bring out the best in the romantic and splendid music that Puccini composed. The orchestral arrangements are just as they should be and not over done. Overall, a great recording.

Average customer rating: The soprano with the "scimitar glint" in her voice Glorious tribute to sadly neglected singer One of the great sopranos One of the great sopranos A Passionate and Elegant Soprano

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Customer Reviews:

The soprano with the "scimitar glint" in her voice.......2003-11-22

Pilar Lorengar may not be as famous as her Spanish Counterparts, Victoria De Los Angeles and Montserrat Caballe. But, opera afficionados still treasure her. The reasons why are elaborately laid out on this two-disc recital. The first disc is dominated in the first half by Puccini arias. Since these are famous arias, it would be easy to sing them in a conventially pretty manner. Instead, Lorengar offers wonderful interpretations of such arias as Un Bel Di and a personal favorite, Senza Mamma. She may not be able to belt it out like some of her peers, but she invokes a true sense of artistry. The same can be said for her Mozart- just listen to the aching way she sings the first line of Dove Sono- "E Susanna non vien..." Another standout is Come Scoglio, which she sings with great flair and drama. My only gripe, which is why I gave this recital 4 stars instead of 5 is that, alas, there is nothing from one of her greatest roles, Donna Elvira. It is very baffling why the linear essay makes mention of how successful her Met debut as Donna Elvira was, but nary an aria made the cut for the first disc. However, if you want to hear her interpretation of this great role, buy the highlight disc of Don Giovanni, which is readily available, for budget-price. The disc also features Sutherland and Horne.

Two other favorites from this disc are the moon aria from Rusalka, as well as the duet from Arabella, which is heartbreakingly beautiful. Thankfully, she is paired up with Arleen Auger, an accomplished artist in her own right.

The second disc of Zarzuela is wonderful as well. Especially wonderful are the Tonadillas. Just Lorengar's lovely voice, and Alicia Dellarocha's piano. Very relaxing to listen to...

Sadly, Lorengar is no longer with us, but her artistry is her, for us to treasure.

Glorious tribute to sadly neglected singer.......2003-07-08

Although known among opera aficianados, Pilar Lorengar never reached the heights of fame and name recognition as her contemporaries Callas and Sutherland. This has lead to an unfortunate dirth of Lorengar on CD, and which makes this compilation most welcome. Although never an operatic superstar, Lorengar had a magnificent instrument: soft, creamy, dramatic when necessary, and always charming. Fortunately she had a long career with Decca and made some magnificent recordings, many of which appear on this delicious two-CD set. I think few can fail be to moved by her near-perfect Mimi, her touching Cio-Cio San (infused with just the right amounts of pathos and fortitude, her ravishing Mozart interpretations, and her silvery reading of Korngold's "Gluck, das mir verlieb". The second CD is entirely made up of her specialty repertoire of songs from her native Spain, and these, while maybe not quite as familiar, are also a delight. Hopefully this compilation will make her better known to casual opera fans who only listen to Callas or Fleming simply because they're better-known names; this has been a much-needed release!
P.S. - For those who would like an inexpensive introduction to Lorengar in a complete operatic role, it has come to my attention that Decca is re-issuing her fantastic "Cosi Fan Tutte" (conducted by Solti) in its "Compact Opera" series very soon. The cast, which also includes Berganza, is perfect and Solti's conducting right on the mark. Keep your eyes open for it!

One of the great sopranos.......2003-06-16

Pilar Lorengar is the best Spanish soprano of the last fifty years. Her silvery voice, beautiful vibrato, and clear phrasing are something to behold. Her Rossini's Stabat Mater (with Pavarotti, Minton, Sotin, Kertész cond) is the best version of this work. Her Traviata (Maazel cond.), Don Giovanni (Bonynge cond.), and Gounod's St.Cecilia Mass (Hartemann cond.) are superb. But I believe the best Lorengar is in her early zarzuela recordings, where her voice had, apart from all its other qualities, a young, sweet, candid tone that touched the listener, and her vibrato evoked a fountain of fresh, clear water. I hope some recording company produces a CD set with her zarzuela arias, and pieces with other soloists. Meanwhile, the present Decca two-disc release is very welcome.

One of the great sopranos.......2003-06-16

Pilar Lorengar is the best Spanish soprano of the last fifty years. Her silvery voice, beautiful vibrato, and clear phrasing are something to behold. Her Rossini's Stabat Mater (with Pavarotti, Minton, Sotin, Kertész cond) is the best version of this work. Her Traviata (Maazel cond.), Don Giovanni (Bonynge cond.), and Gounod's St.Cecilia Mass (Hartemann cond.) are superb. But I believe the best Lorengar is in her early zarzuela recordings, where her voice had, apart from all its other qualities, a young, sweet, candid tone that touched the listener, and her vibrato evoked a fountain of fresh, clear water. I hope some recording company produces a CD set with her zarzuela arias, and pieces with other soloists. Meanwhile, the present Decca two-disc release is very welcome.

A Passionate and Elegant Soprano.......2003-04-29

At last, Decca has made amends for ignoring this magnificent artist by releasing a 2-disc set of some of her best recordings of the 60s and 70s. Actually I dont think Lorengar ever made a bad or even an uninteresting recording. She was a superb lyric who was the equal of Freni, and far more versatile. A star at the San Francisco and Berlin Staatsoper, Lorengar enjoyed a long and successful career. Her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera were events. I saw her as Desdemona, Elsa, and Fiordiligi, and she was wonderful (how sad that I missed hearing her there in the 60s).

There was some controversy about her singing. Terry McEwen, her great supporter at London records in the United States, loved what her called her "shimmering" top, that reminded him of the great German lyrics, Schwartzkopf, Reining, Lemnitz, Muller, Janowitz,etc. Some found that gorgeously blooming top to contain a beat, or a slight wobble. Nothing could be further from the truth. That top, coupled with her superb diction, and excellent vocal technique and outstanding breathing, made her one of the most distinctive voices of her generation. The top was pure sunshine with a throb. Nobody sounded remotely like her. I loved her singing.

I wish Decca had released all her fine recordings for that company in a multi-disc set. Perhaps they were worried that it wouldn't sell. Her first recital of Italian and French arias, the Prima Donna in Vienna album, as well as her Spanish song recital with the incomparable Alica de Larrocha, and her final Decca recital were all superb, and might have fit on three generous CDs. Here we get bits and pieces from all the LPs, plus arias from some her her complete recordings on Decca. So we're missing such treasures as her arias from THE PEARL FISHERS, DON CARLO, and other important items.

I don't care. Lorengar's superb singing of arias from MADAMA BUTTERFLY, LA BOHEME, LA RONDINE, LOUISE, RUSALKA, LOHENGRIN, DIE ZAUBERFLOTE, COSI FAN TUTTE, ARABELLA (with Arlene Auger!) and others (plus a generous selection of that famous Spanish song recital), make the point abundantly clear. No matter what language Lorengar is singing, she touches the heart.

Today's lyrics could learn a lot from listening to these superb selections. Lorengar's beautiful legato singing is married to the text of each item she sings. Here is a lyric with a strong middle to go along with the bottom and top ranges. She and her conductors never dawdle, pulling at the rubato as though it were Turkish Taffey such as Renee Fleming (who has an compellingly beautiful voice which she undermines with deadly slow tempi and and overly complicated phrasing).

Lorengar was intermittently busy in the recording studios throughout her long career. If you can find her recording of THE BARTERED BRIDE (EMI and in German, rather than the original Czech), grab it. She's a superb Pamina and Fiordiligi for Solti (Decca). On Fritz Wunderlich's Gala CD set, she partners him brilliantly in a live recording of the Act one duet from MADAMA BUTTERFLY. I'm a huge fan of her work on the Maazel-led LA TRAVIATA (also on Decca). She was still in superb voice in the mid to late 80s in a live Zarzuela concert with Placido Domingo (Sony). And near the end of her career, she still stunned in the famous LES HUGUENOTS duet at a Richard Tukcr gala with the emerging Richard Leech. Sadly, she died in her late 50s, a victim of cancer.

Lorengar's recordings got lost in the re-issue shuffle of the first wave of CD's issued around 1983. I finally snagged a collection which was re-mastered for release in Japan, spending a fortune for this import just to have some Lorengar on CD. That must have been at least 10 years ago. Decca has finally rectified this shamless omission. This 2-CD set offers the richest trove of her recordings we have so far. A must-have set, Lorengar delivers direct, heartfelt, elegant singing to set beside the best of Freni, Price, Moffo, Te Kanawa, etc.

Average customer rating: A brilliant collection from a great soprano If I could have only one collection...... Yes this is great! The Grandest Collection of Leontyne Price Arias The Greatest Soprano Ever Recorded

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Tracks:

1. Dido and Aeneas: Act 3: Thy Hand, Belinda!
2. Dido and Aeneas: Act 3: When I Am Laid In Earth
3. Le nozze di Figaro: Act 3: E Susanna non vien!
4. Le nozze di Figaro: Act 3: Dove sono
5. La traviata: Act 3: Teneste la promessa
6. La traviata: Act 3: Addio del passato
7. L'africaine: Act 2: Sur mes genoux, fils du soleil
8. Manon: Act 2: Allons! il le faut!
9. Manon: Act 2: Adieu, notre petite table
10. Otello: Act 4: Era piu calma?
11. Otello: Act 4: Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Willow Song)
12. Otello: Act 4: Ave Maria
13. Adriana Lecouvreur: Act 1: Ecco: respiro appena
14. Adriana Lecouvreur: Act 1: Io son l'umile ancella
15. Louise: Act 3: Depuis le jour
16. Turandot: Act 2: In questa reggia
17. Die tote Stadt: Act 1: Marietta's Lied
18. Vanessa: Act 1: He Has Come, He Has Come!
19. Vanessa: Act 1: Do Not Utter A Word

Tracks:

1. Atalanta: Act 1: Care Selve
2. Don Giovanni: Act 1: Don, Ottavio, son morta!
3. Don Giovanni: Act 1: Or sai chi l'onore
4. Der Freischuetz: Act 2: Wie nahte mir der Schlummer
5. Der Freischuetz: Act 2: Liese, leise
6. Tannhaeuser: Act 2: Dich, teure Halle
7. Macbeth: Act 2: La luce langue
8. Macbeth: Act 4: Vegliammo invan due notti (Sleepwalking Scene)
9. Macbeth: Act 4: Una macchia e qui tuttora
10. Mefistofele: Act 3: L'altra notte in fondo al mare
11. Rusalka: Act 1: Song To The Moon
12. L'Enfant Prodigue: Air de Lia: L'annee en vain
13. Andrea Chenier: Act 3: La mamma morta
14. Francesca da Ramini: Act 3: Paolo, datemi pace
15. Suor Angelica: Senza mammo, o bimbo, tu sei morto!
16. Amelia Goes To The Ball: While I Waste These Precious Hours

Tracks:

1. Alceste: Act 1: Divinites du Styx
2. Don Giovanni: Act 2: Crudele? Ah, no, mio bene
3. Don Giovanni: Act 2: Non mi dir
4. I lombardi: Act 2: O madre, dal cielo
5. I lombardi: Act 2: Se vano e il pregare
6. Martha: Act 2: The Last Rose Of Summer
7. Simon Boccanegra: Act 1: Come in quest'ora bruna
8. La Perichole: Act 3: Tu n'es pas beau
9. Die Walkuere: Act 1: Du bist der Lenz
10. Die Fledermaus: Act 2: Czardas: Klange der Heimat
11. Carmen: Act 3: Ces des contrebandiers
12. Carmen: Act 3: Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante
13. Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete
14. Thais: Act 2: Ah! je suis seule
15. Thais: Act 2: Dis-moi que je suis belle
16. Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
17. Les dialogues des Carmelites: Act 3: Mes filles, voila s'acheve

Tracks:

1. Semele: Act 2: Where 'er You Walk
2. Idomeneo: Act 3: O smania! O Furie!
3. Idomeneo: Act 3: D 'Oreste, d' Ajace!
4. La damnation de Faust: Part 4: D'amour l'ardente flamme
5. Oberon: Act 2: Ozean, du Ungeheuer!
6. Norma: Act 1: Sediziose voci, voci di guerra
7. Norma: Act 1: Casta diva
8. Norma: Act 1: Ah! bello a me ritorna
9. Rigoletto: Act 1: Gualtier Malde
10. Rigoletto: Act 1: Caro Nome
11. Tristan und Isolde: Act 3: Liebestod: Mild und leise
12. Pagliacci: Act 1: Ballatella: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo
13. Adriana Lecouvreur: Act 4: Poveri fiori
14. Gloriana: Act 1, Scene 2: Soliloquy & Prayer: On Rivalries 'tis Safe For Kings
15. Gloriana: Act 1, Scene 2: Soliloquy & Prayer: O God, My King, Sole Ruler Of The World

Customer Reviews:

A brilliant collection from a great soprano.......2007-04-30

Leontyne Price was much admired and this 4CD collection shows her outstanding vocal gifts to the best advantage. Numerous reviewers have commented on the wide-ranging styles present and I can agree wholeheartedly with them. You would be hard-pressed to find a greater compilation of Ms Price, showcasing her amazing gifts as a great singer!

If I could have only one collection.............2006-11-12

....it would be this. Such fine singing in so many periods, languages, and styles. She is truley a great artist and this set helps you see just HOW GREAT she is. I won't go thru all the tracks but will say Cara Selve drives me wild. "When I am Laid in Earth..." comes across very nicely. There are some rare exerpts too like Gloriana, Menotti's Amelia goes to the Ball. Overall most tracks are inspired. The musicianship is to the highest standards. I JUST lOVE IT!

Yes this is great!.......2006-10-14

But "When I am Laid in Earth" was written by PURCELL! Handel's "Care Selve", however, is also on this set, and it is GORGEOUS!!! I love just about everything on here. A few items from the fourth CD are a bit telling of her age (D'oreste d'ajace!")- but even they are fabulous. THe price of this set is unfortunate - however, it has dropped a little! :) I originally purchased it from BMG in 1994, for next-to-nothing, then "gave" it to my best friend! Two years ago, she lost hers to Hurricane Ivan, and paid a LOT for a new set!

The Grandest Collection of Leontyne Price Arias.......2005-08-08

If you're a fan of Leontyne Price, this should be at the top of your list of her recording albums. I don't know when this was issued, but it's from the RCA Label which was her best promotional record company. It's a box set featuring dozens of arias from magnificent grand operas (some of which Leontyne Price never sang on stage in full and instead sang some bits in concert). Leontyne Price sings in fresh, beautiful and strong voice in dramatic and versatile roles, mastering each music from each composer. She masters such strikingly different masters's works as Samuel Barber (Vannessa) Webber (Der Freischutz) Wagner (Tristan and Isolde, Tannhauser) Falla (Atalanta) Mozart (Le Nozze Di Figaro). She sings the title roles of Massenet's Manon, Bizet's Carmen, Bellini's Norma, Verdi's Lady Macbeth, Amelia in Un Ballo Di Maschera, Nedda in I Pagliacci, Turandot and Suor Angelica, Flotow's Martha, and even oratorio such as Handel's Semele and Benjamin Britten's Gloriana. This is a vast repertoire, far grander in variety than I have ever known any one soprano sang. While critics will indeed compare Leontyne Price to Maria Callas (as another review critic brought up) these two sopranos could not have been any more different. It's not even a matter of their different racial backgrounds- Callas was born in Greece and became an American citizen then gave it up for French citizenship..and Price was born in Mississippi and was African-American) it's a matter of how different their approach at opera was and their vocal category. Callas was a dramatic soprano sforzando (literally "forced dramatic soprano")who would prefer to produce a choking, ugly, harsh sound merely for the dramatic effect and the integrity of the text in her lines. Leontyne Price was the definition of a soprano lyrico-spinto ("pushed" lyric-dramatic singing)which meant above all, to sound beautiful and to fill up those dramatic lines with as much vocal and tonal beauty as possible. Price had a more thrilling mezzo di voce and high soaring top register and a cleaner, smoother sound than the wobbly Callas, no offense to Callas fanatics of which there are many. It is true that Price did lose her touch in a sense in her older years (the 1970's and 80's) when her voice lacked the vibrant lyricism and attention to diction. Her 1970's Toscas and Aidas are therefore a sloppier than her 1950's and 60's Toscas and the same went for her Leonoras in both Trovatore and Forza Del Destino. Nevertheless, Price is an ageless singer. Her voice, dark, messy or bright and smooth, is still what was said of her in her debut at the Met as Leonora in Trovatore - a "bright, unfurling banner". She was goddess of the opera and paved the way for the new generation of black sopranos of today.

This collection does not showcase the more famous roles that were in fact her signature ones - Leonora from Trovatore and Forza, Aida is'nt even in here and that one even she considered her greatest role, we don't find her Madame Butterfly here. Instead we find rare pieces that she sings beautifully and dramatically, making us wish she had sung the entire operas in full on stage. She never sang a full-length Norma and that's a pity- even Grace Bumbry and Shirley Verrett did in their careers. Price seemed to enjoy singing Samuel Barber's vocal works - she opened the 1965-1966 Met season with Barber's Antony and Cleopatra (a bad production by the way but not through any fault of Miss Price but the overblown spectacle of the design of the opera itself) and here she sings his Vanessa. Benjamin Britten's Gloriana sounds lovely in her hands. Her Norma and Dona Anna in Mozart are dramatic and fiery, her Lady Macbeth darkly mysterious, her Suor Angelica peaceful with powerful inner fire and her Dialogue Des Carmelites are also sensational. Yes, many of these arias are beautiful to hear, and thank God she doesn't have any of the flaws critics keep hearing in her later recordings. Without a doubt, this is her finest album. I think you should listen via audio samples here the following to make you get this recording: the Countess aria from Nozze Di Figaro, her Manon (Adieu Petit Table) La Mamma Morta, her version of Sediziose Voce/Casta Diva from Norma, the excerpt from Carmen, "Don Ottavio son Morta...Or Sai Chi L'Onore" from Don Giovanni, Care Salve, the Dido and Aeneas excerpts, the La Traviata excerpts (Addio Del Passato) and the beautifull, mystic, haunting and well-executed Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, which I even feel surpasses Birgit Nilsson's version. Just listen to how heart-felt that Liebestod is! I have not heard the likes of it anywhere else.

The Greatest Soprano Ever Recorded.......2005-03-20

O.K. So that is only my opinion. But Leontyne Price was one of the most dedicated singers of the 20th century. Her vast repertoire is showcased in this extensive collection of arias. While to many Maria Callas will forever be the ultimate and the greatest of them all, Leontyne Price had the same poswerful, high dramatic voice, in addition a more generous chest register and a regial presence. Moreover, she overcame so much to get to the top. In her day, African-American women in opera was new. Marian Anderson was the first to get into the mainstream opera world, with much difficulty and intervention, such as Eleanor Roosevelt's support. After Marian Anderson finally landed her first role at the Met in the 50's, a new generation of black women in opera began. The 60's and 70's would see the rise of mezzo sopranos later turned to dramatic sopranos such as Grace Bumbry, Shirley Verrett and it would follow into the 80's with Jessie Norman and Kathleen Battle. Today, black women have made opera one of their highest achievements. Leontyne Price began singing in the 50's. A televised production of Tosca was not shown in some Southern states that were racistad opposed the idea of seeing a black woman in a "white" role. Leontyne Price would master the role of Tosca as successfully as Maria Callas. I think that while she is at her best in the Puccini and Verdi operas she recorded and performed (not showcased here)- Trovatore, Aida, Forza Del Destino, Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Suor Angelica. However, there is so much that she is absolutely remarkable in. I love her as Violetta in Traviata (few black women sing the traditionally white role of Violetta), Massenet's Manon, Verdi's Lady Macbeth (which was another of Shirley Verrett's great roles)Dido from Dido and Aneas, Dona Ana and Elvira in Don Giovanni, The Countess in Figaro, Bellini's Norma (she is outstanding in that powerful druid diva role). I think if we narrow it down to a few roles that she really made her own it would be 1: Aida....2:Tosca...3Dona Ana/Dona Elvira 4 Desdemona from Otello and 5..Leonoras from Trovatore and Forza.

This collection is pretty impressive. I didn't know a soprano could be that versatile. Leontyne Price is remarkable. Her rich, lyric voice, capable of plaintive and melancholy lines as well as powerful high C's and dramatic whoops, was always clean, smooth and intense. Of course, like most sopranos, she had her bad days. Her later Toscas (in the mid or late 70's) became too melodramatic and sloppy, when she used to be more mannered and poised with the role, her Cleopatra in Samuel Barber's opera was a fiaco because the production was too bizarre and messy, etc. But for the most part, mostly in Verdi, Puccini, Mozart and as Norma, she was radiant, glorious and perfect. Her background in Church music made her incredibly suited to singing Requiems, such as Verdi's Requiem. There will never be another Leontyne Price. She was a one woman Golden Age of Opera, and sang with the best of the best- Bjussi Bjorling, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Franco Corelli, Placido Domingo.

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Tracks:

1. Turandot: Nessun Dorma!
2. The Girl Of The Golden West: Ch'ella mi creda libero
3. Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro
4. Manon Lescaut: Donna Non Vidi Mai
5. La rondine: Sogno di Doretta
6. La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina
7. La Boheme: Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi
8. La Boheme: O Soave Fanciulla
9. La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz Song
10. TOSCA: Recondita Armonia
11. TOSCA: Vissi D'arte
12. TOSCA: E Lucevan Le Stelle
13. Madame Butterfly: Un Bel Di
14. Madame Butterfly: Flower Duet
15. Madame Butterfly: Pinkerton's Farewell
16. Suor Angelica: Senza, Mamma, O Bimbo, Tu Sei Morto
17. Manon Lescaut: In Quelle Trine Morbide
18. Manon Lescaut: Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata!
19. Turandot: Signore, Ascolta!
20. Turandot: In Questa Reggia

Average customer rating: Tebaldi has the bigger voice What a voice! Excellent, but Tebaldi was no Cher 20th century's greatest Italian soprano The real thing

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Tracks:

1. Un Bel Di Vedremo (Madama Btterfly - Puccini)
2. Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi (La Boh Me - Puccini)
3. Tu Che Di Gel Sei Cinta (Turandot - Puccini)
4. Vissi D'Arte (Tosca - Puccini)
5. Ritorna Vincitor! (Aida - Verdi)
6. Mia Madre Aveva Una Povera Ancella... Piangea Cantando... Ave Maria (Otello - Verdi)
7. Pace, Pace, Mio Dio! (La Forza Del Destino - Verdi)
8. O Mio Babbino C Ro (Gianni Schicchi - Puccini)
9. Senza Mamma, O Bimbo (Suor Angelica - Puccini)
10. Laggi Nel Soledad (La Fanciulla Del West - Puccini)
11. In quelle trine morbide (Manon Lescaut - Puccini)
12. Ecco, Respiro Appena... Lo Son L'umile Ancella (Adriana Lecouvreur - Cilea)
13. La Mamma Morta (Andrea Ch Nier - Giordano)
14. L'altra Notte In Fondo Al Mare (Mefistofele - Boito)
15. Ebben?... Ne Andr Lontana (La Wally - Catalini)

Customer Reviews:

Tebaldi has the bigger voice.......2005-02-10

Yes, if you got Tebaldi in her vocal prime and Callas in her vocal prime to sing together on stage, the Italian would blow away the Greek with her enormous volume.

What a voice!.......2005-01-03

I heard Tebaldi many times at the Metropolitan, and no recording can truly give a full idea of the radiance of her voice at its best. It was an opulent, luscious sound, with a depth all its own. Her stage persona was charming and sympathetic, but ever-so-slightly aloof: she was a true diva in the original, untainted meaning of that Italian word: a "goddess" inhabiting her own special realm.

This selection is drawn, with few exceptions, from her glory days in the 1950s, and includes some-but by no means all-of her finest moments on disc. While no recording can quite recreate her special aura, it CAN reproduce her way with a phrase, the exquisite light-and-shade of her personal style. In this she was a fine musical interpreter, and a real Italian: no heavy-breathing psychotics from Renata! Her heart, like the timbre of her voice, was full of Italy's sun.

In the glorious tradition of Claudia Muzio, Tina Poli-Randaccio, Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Maria Caniglia and Mafalda Favero.

Excellent, but Tebaldi was no Cher.......2004-12-20

Few singers have performed "Tusca" with the flourish and brilliance of Tebaldi, and her arias, filled with her rich, creamy, full-bodied voice are stunning even to this day. However, never have I seen anything from Tebaldi that even begins to compare with the eye-popping dance moves, bold vocal stylings, and see-through leotards of Cher. The works of Puccini are indeed fine; however I wager that fans of Tebaldi should--indeed MUST--indulge in classics like "Do You Believe In Life After Love" before considering their music collections complete.

20th century's greatest Italian soprano.......2004-08-10

Living in an era as we do where there are so few great Italian lyric/spinto sopranos,it is a joy to listen to this CD and to hear the "real thing." Tebaldi's voice is so rich and so luxurious that it may come as a surprise to a younger generation that has not heard an Italian soprano with such a large and velvety voice. It reminds me of the many saturday afternoons I would listen to Tebaldi on the Met radio broadcasts. Comparisons can be interesting...Callas's dramatic intensity, Sutherland's coloratura and high notes, the brilliance of Leontyne Price, etc. but Tebaldi truly was the greatest Italian soprano of the 20th century and owned the roles of Mimi, Liu, Minnie, and Tosca. There was a reason that Toscannini selected a young Tebaldi to re-open the opera house at La Scala in Milan after World War II..he knew that a voice like that came but once in a hundred years.

The real thing.......2004-06-25

Although I prefer the "La Tebaldi" 2-disc set on Decca because it has arias not included here, this colection is great. The aria from Adriana gets my vote as one of the most beautiful things ever recorded, by anyone. If you enjoy beautiful singing, you'll want this disc.

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Tracks:

1. Snafu
2. Church
3. Eveline
4. Baby -
5. Sex and the Devil
6. Open Letter
7. Nympho
8. Innocence
9. Lucifer
10. Essex Girl
11. Tell Me
12. Bride of Christ
13. Diva

Album Description

1999 debut album from highly controversial all-female British metal/ industrial group often banned from venues they are scheduled to play, due to the fact they perform nude & have sex on stage! 13 tracks, including 'Innocence', 'Diva', 'Sex & The Devil', 'Bride Of Christ', 'Nympho' and 'Lucifer'.

Album Details

Hot Mix of Amazing Grooves, Melodic Elements, Rap Passages & Raw Guitars! Vocalist Julie, who Proves to Be the Greatest Talent Since Skunk Anansie's Exeptional Skin.

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Tracks:

1. Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro - Leontyne Price
2. La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina - Richard Tucker
3. La Boheme: Mi Chiamano Mimi - Montserrat Caballe/Placido Domingo
4. Turandot: In Questa Reggia - Birgit Nilsson/Jussi Bjoerling
5. Turandot: Nessun Dorma - Ben Heppner
6. La Rondine: Ch' il Bel Sogno Di Doretta - Leontyne Price
7. Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus - Rome Opr Chor
8. Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Di Vedremo - Anna Moffo
9. Tosca: Vissi D'arte - Leontyne Price
10. Turandot: Signore, Ascolta! - Angela Gheorghiu
11. Tosca: E Lucevan Le Stelle - Jussi Bjoerling
12. La Boheme: Donde Lieta Usci - Angela Gheorghiu
13. La Boheme: A Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni - Placido Domingo/Sherrill Milnes
14. Suor Angelica: Senza Mamma, O Bimbo, Tu Sei Morto! - Leontyne Price
15. Tosca: Dammi I Colori!...Recondita Armonia - Jussi Bjoerling/Fernando Corena
16. La Fanciulla Del West: Ch'ella Mi Credi Libero - Placido Domingo
17. Turandot: Tu Che Di Gel Sei Cinta - Anna Moffo
18. La Boheme: Vecchia Zimarra, Senti - Giorgio Tozzi
19. La Boheme: Quando M'en Vo - Leontyne Price
20. La Rondine: Ore Dolci E Divine - Anna Moffo/Sylvia Brigham-Dimiziani/Virginia De Notaristefani/Franca Mattiucci
21. La Boheme: O Soave Fanciulla - Placido Domingo Montserrat Caballe/Sherrill Milnes

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Tracks:

1. Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro
2. Tosca: Vissi D'arte
3. La Wally: Ebben?...Ne Andro Lontana
4. La Wally: Prendi, Fanciul, E Serbala!
5. La Gionconda: Suicidio!
6. Adriana Lecouvreur: I Fiori Offerti In Un'ora D'oblio...Poveri Fiori
7. Andrea Chenier: Ecco L'altare...Eravate Possente
8. Mefistofele: L'altra Notte In Fondo Al Mare
9. Suor Angelica: Senza Mamma, O Bimbo, Tu Sei Morto
10. Il Tabarro: Michele! Michele!...Avevo Ben Ragione...Si, Vicina
11. La Fanciulla Del West: Una Partita A Poker!
12. Turandot: Signore, Ascolta!
13. Turandot: Tu Che Di Gel Sei Cinta
14. La Boheme: Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi...O Soave Fanciulla

Tracks:

1. Aida: Ritorna Vincitor!
2. Il Trovatore: Tacea La Notte Placida
3. Verdi: Parigi, O Cara, Noi Lasceremo
4. La Forza Del Destino: Me Pellegrina Ed Orfana
5. La Forza Del Destino: Pace, Pace, Mio Dio!
6. Otello: Gia Nella Notte Densa
7. Don Carlo: Giustizia! O Sire
8. Un Ballo: Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia
9. Manon Lescaut: Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata
10. Madama Butterfly: 'Con Onor Muore'
11. La Regata Veneziana: Anzoleta Avanti La Regata
12. La Regata Veneziana: Anzoleta Co' Passa La Regata
13. La Regata Veneziana: Anzoleta Dopo La Regata
14. Die Lustige Witwe: Vilja-Lied

Average customer rating: Fine selection of arias from the verismo period Scotto: the greatest gift a thinking man's singer One Of The Truly Great Aria Recitals Singing as good as it gets

Renata Scotto - Italian Opera Arias Giacomo Puccini , Alfredo Catalani , Francesco Cilea , Pietro Mascagni , Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari , Lorin Maazel , Eve Queler , Gianandrea Gavazzeni , Sir John Pritchard , James Levine , Renata Scotto , Elena Obraztsova , and Renato Bruson Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mascagni | Mascagni, Pietro | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolf-Ferrari | Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Scotto, Renata | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Renata Scotto Mirella Freni-Renata Scotto: In Duet Very Best of Renata Scotto: Arias & Scenes Love Entranced: French Opera Arias ASIN: B00000C28Q Release Date: 1998-09-22

Tracks:

1. Le Villi: Non ti scordar di me
2. Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide
3. Manon Lescaut: Sola, perduta, abbandonata
4. La Boheme: Quando m'en vo' soletta
5. Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto
6. Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
7. La Wally: Ebben? Ne andro' lontana
8. Adriana Lecouvreur: lo son l'umile ancella del genio creator
9. Adriana Lecouvreur: Poveri fiori
10. La rondine: Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta
11. Lodoletta: Flammen perdonami
12. Iris: Un di (ero piccina) al tempio
13. EDGAR: Addio, addio, mio dolce amor!
14. Madama Butterfly: Un bel di, vedremo
15. Madama Butterfly: Tu, tu, piccolo iddio!
16. Il Segreta di Susanni: Respiro, e andanto...O gioia la nube leggera
17. Il Segreta di Susanna: Ti colgo questa volta! (Duet)
18. Adriana Lecouvreur: E sia! Non risponde (Duet)

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The bulk of this wonderful CD was recorded in l974, before the top of Scotto's voice--always a bit acidic--had turned positively treacherous. Selections from six Puccini operas, Catalani's La Wally, and Mascagni's Lodoletta and Iris find her not only in good voice, but with her usual searing insights. Never one to shirk an emotion, Scotto makes us feel for Suor Angelica and Wally in a very special way, and the other characterizations are hardly less interesting. Arias and duets from later takes--one from Carnegie Hall in '77 and others from commercial recordings up to l978--still offer good vocalism and fascinating viewpoints--Scotto's high notes may occasionally make us cringe, but she's never uninvolved or uninvolving. This is a fine intro to this complicated soprano and a must for her fans. --Robert Levine.

Customer Reviews:

Fine selection of arias from the verismo period.......2007-05-03

If you like music from the "verismo" period you will not be disappointed.

Perfect for much of this genre, Scotto is able to communicate emotion, strength, and vulnerability with great vocal control. "Flammen perdonami" from Lodoletta by Mascagni is a fine example.

Sometimes their is some ugliness in her voice, though, and this lets Scotto down, for example, in the showpiece from La Rondine.

Also the final duet from Adriana Lecouvrer ends album rather weakly.

The artists should be commended for including so many verismo rarities and overall this is a pretty fine achievement

Scotto: the greatest gift .......2006-09-30

Since the first time I heard Scotto, I found on her the warmth, devotion and passioned interpretation of all the roles she performed. By much, this is one of my most beloved records, since Scotto demonstrates that, beyond the technique, an opera singer must act. The voice reflects in every note, in every phrase, all the emotions contained.

Absolutelly splendid!

a thinking man's singer.......2005-08-15

The older I get the more I appreciate Scotto the singer. Her musicianship was always apparent, always admired. Yet she may have been underestimated as a singer. Her embodiment of the intense inner life of the characters she portrayed is rightfully legendary, but I've come to believe a great part of that perfect passion is the singing, as much as her gifts as an actor and interpreter. The voice itself is rarely perfect, but still beautiful; especially in the first half of her career, the top of her voice fashioned a world of its own, and left nothing wanting. So many fine singers today make a kind of perfect product, yet often fall short of leaving an enduring art of earthly grief and passion. They fly high but often forsake the humanist aesthetic central to operatic art. Scotto plumbs that passion in so much of her singing, and wonderful example of that is found than in these arias. She lets her instrument and her musicianship create the intimate space between singing and acting, never imposing an arbitrary idea around either. Her 'Sola, perduta, Abbandonata' is one of the best versions I've heard. She gifts 'Mio babbino caro' with unhurried beauty. She's a great verismo singer, as was Ileana Cotrubas, though few enough mention either artist nowadays. This disc is a perfect introduction to the art of Renata Scotto.

One Of The Truly Great Aria Recitals.......2003-09-14

This is one of the truly great aria recitals, ever, and perhaps the greatest aria recital from the Italian repertory since Maria Callas in her 1954 EMI Puccini disc under Serafin.

Not all of the disc is at the same level. The arias from "Le Villi", "Manon Lescaut", "Suor Angelica", "La Wally", "Lodoletta", "Iris" and "Adriana Lecouvreur" should enjoy legendary status. They are exhibitions in how to present arias from the post-Verdi period. I have never heard them done as well as here.

The other items are excellent, but not quite in such a magical league. I believe it must be noted that Scotto's voice was not sufficiently opulent to do full justice to all of these arias. Occasionally more radiance is needed, especially in the "La Rondine", "La Boheme", "Gianni Schicchi" and "Madama Butterfly" selections.

This is nevertheless an essential disc for its demonstration of great artistry from a singer whose voice, in its later years, was not always up to the artistic requirements Scotto demanded of herself. Scotto has no equal among today's generation of bland vocalists.

Singing as good as it gets.......2001-04-02

Record companies have always been run by not-too-clever people. I can't believe they banned Renata Scotto from the mid 1960's till this recital was made in 1974. In this recital the unforgettable diva gives masterclasses in the art of singing. If you want pretty sounds look for Caballe, but if you want to feel Suor Angelica's pain or Manon Lescaut's despair this is for you.

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