Canto Fatal [Import]

Track Listings

 
1. Perfume De Cebola
2. Poesia No Sangue
3. Buraco
4. Cavalo Do Cao
5. O Cao E O Vagabundo
6. Vice- Versa
7. Venha Ate Minha Casa
8. Arco-Iris Da Paz
9. Canto Fatal
10. Boca De Dende
11. Desejo, Desejado
12. Fotografia

Canto Fatal,Filo Machado,On Request,World Music
Bel Canto Arias; Vivica Genaux
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Viveca sparkles
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 Bel Canto Arias; Vivica Genaux
Vivica Genaux , Gioachino Rossini , Gaetano Donizetti , John Nelson , and Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
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ASIN: B0000BWTK1
Release Date: 2003-09-16

Tracks:

  1. Nacqui All' Affanno
  2. Cruda Sorte! Amor Tiranno!
  3. Amici, In Ogni Evento...Pensa Alla Patria
  4. Nella Fatal Di Rimini
  5. Il Segreto Per Esser Felici
  6. Popolo, Amici, Sanguinosi Allori... Ah! Si, Da Tanti Affani
  7. E Sgombro Il Loco... Un Bacio, Un Bacio Ancora
  8. Mura Felici
  9. Eccomi Alfine In Babilonia... Ah! Quel Giorno Ognor Rammento
  10. Una Voce Poco Fa

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Viveca sparkles.......2007-01-04

If you love Bel Canto and Mezzo Sopranos, you will love Vivica Genaux!

5 out of 5 stars Pure pleasure...........2006-05-19

I have her Farinelli CD, as well. I also saw her on A&E some time ago. My only criticism was her excessive chin movements but, then, I don't get all bent out of shape over Bartoli's grimaces -- and the voice is the thing, after all.

As for Fach, a singer doesn't need to enjoy merely one, although many are restricted to such. What I like about Genaux, aside from the absolutely beautiful tone, is that she is NOT mannered. She has just the right take on every one of these arias. Spare me from the singers who just MUST emote all over the place when simplicity and class are sufficient.

I've had this CD since for some time and decided to see what others thought of it -- I'm always interested in other opinions.

Nancy Eckert

4 out of 5 stars More Bravura.......2006-03-23

When I read a review stating that Vivica sang with two little volume on this recording, I found that very hard to believe. Everything I had previously heard of her showed a voice with unlimited power. However, when I purchased this set I agreed that Vivica sings with to little volume and possibly emotion. This is puzzling; I think it must have been an artistic decision that doesn't really work.

However, I can't agree with the other reviewer about this being the wrong repertoire. Most of Genaux's early roles were Rossini and her Bel Canto technique is superb. I love the selection of music, and despite the shortcomings, I really enjoy listening to this CD. I just wish she used a little more emotion and power in the parts that call for it.

3 out of 5 stars Bel Canto Arias; Vivica Genaux.......2005-09-26

Vivica Genaux seems to have a lovely personality not to mention an absolutely fabulous voice both live and on disc, but some of these arias just don't work for her voice, some are just too.....well.... Bel Canto but the arias by Rossini I liked, especially
"Una Voce Poco Fa".
I also feel I should mention that Vivica is NOT a soprano
as "Sergey Tsoy "Dallas Opera"" states in his review, but rather a Mezzo-soprano.

5 out of 5 stars BRAVA! BRAVA! BRAVA!.......2004-12-20

In my opinion, Vivica is a fantastic singer and an outstanding artist. I have heard her singing live in Rossini's La Cenerentola, and it was literally breathtaking. Many sopranos sing well and have beautiful voices, but it is perhaps their choice of vibrato which makes them sound extremely out of tune, weak, irritating, and just ugh! Also, many of them sing just loudly. I am not a singer, but to my ears, Vivica is absolutely the best soprano (or at least, one of a few) whom I have heard live - beautiful, pure, in tune (yes, fortunately and unfortunately it matters, too), great vibrato, wild tempi, rock-solid consistency of musical ideas, convincing stage presence, logical, elegant, and so forth. It is all these things add together, which make a true impression. I still wonder, how is it possible to sing with such clarity, presicion, and beauty? Because it is often either, or. But she somehow combines everything, and that's just marvelous. And also, her tonal quality is so fresh and sounds really out of the ordinary. Although I have never heard her CDs, I have no second thoughts about this particular one, which I have just bought and wait with great impatience until it arrives. Brava to Vivica, for, to my mind, her type of artistry comes in a truly short suply nowadays! It is my personal opinion.
Les Introuvables Du Chant Verdien
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ASIN: B000051W4C
Release Date: 2001-02-13

Tracks:

  1. Ernani: Act I: Surta E La Notte... Ernani! Ernani, Involami - Frieda Hempel
  2. Ernani: Act I: Che Mai Vegg'io!... Infelice!... Infin Che Un Brando Vindice - Boris Christoff
  3. Ernani: Act II: Vieni Meco... - Mattia Battistini/Emillia Cors/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scala
  4. Ernani: Act III: O De' Verd'anni Miei - Giuseppe Kaschmann/Salvatore Cottone
  5. Ernani: Act III: Gran Dio!... O De' Verd'anni Miei - Benvenuto Franci
  6. Ernani: Act III: O Sommo Carlo - Mattia Battistini/Emillia Corsi/Luigi Colazza/Aristodemo Silich/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scala
  7. Il Trovatore: Act I: Tacea La Notte Placida - Giannina Arangi-Lombardi
  8. Il Trovatore: Act I: Deserto Sulla Terra - Francesco Tamagno
  9. Il Trovatore: Act II: Stride La Vampa! - Fedora Barbiera
  10. Il Trovatore: Act II: Condotta Ell'era In Ceppi - Margarete Klose
  11. Il Trovatore: Act II: Perigliarti Ancor (Sung In German) - Margarete Matzenauer/Heinrich Knote
  12. Il Trovatore: Act II: Il Balen Del Suo Sorriso - Giuseppe Pacini
  13. Il Trovatore: Act III: Ah! Si Ben Mio, Coll'essere - Charles Dalmores
  14. Il Trovatore: Act III: Di Quella Pira (Sung In French) - Cesar Vezzani
  15. Il Trovatore: Act III: Di Quella Pira - Jussi Bjorling
  16. Il Trovatore: Act IV: Timor Di Me?... D'amor Sull'ali Rosee - Emmy Destinn
  17. Il Trovatore: Act IV: D'amor Sull'ali Rosee (Sung In German) - Frida Leider
  18. Il Trovatore: Act IV: D'amor Sull'ali Rosee - EVA TURNER
  19. Il Trovatore: Act IV: Udiste?... Mira, D'acerbe Lagrime... Vivra! - Carlo Galeffi/Giannina Arragi-Lombardi
  20. Il Trovatore: Act IV: Si M'ami Ancor... Ai Nostri Monti - Beniamino Gigli/Cloe Elmo

Tracks:

  1. Macbeth: Act II: La Luce Langue (Sung In German) - Martha Modl
  2. Macbeth: Act IV: O Figli, O Figli Mie!... Ah La Paterna Mano - Enrico Caruso
  3. Macbeth: Act IV: Una Macchia E Qui Tuttora - Margherita Grandi/Vera Terry/Ernest Frank
  4. Rigoletto: Act I: Questa O Quella - Alfred Piccaver
  5. Rigoletto: Act I: Questa O Quella - Dino Borgioli
  6. Rigoletto: Act I: Pari Siamo! - Tito Gobbi
  7. Rigoletto: Act I: Gia Tre Lune... Veglia, O Donna (Sung In German) - Claire Dux/Joseph Schwartz
  8. Rigoletto: Act I: E Il Sol Dell'anima (Sung In French) - Miguel Villabella/Elde Norena
  9. Rigoletto: Act I: Caro Nome (Sung In Russian) - Lydia Lipowska
  10. Rigoletto: Act I: Caro Nome (Sung In German) - Maria Ivogun
  11. Rigoletto: Act II: Cortigiani, Vil Razza Damnata (Sung In German) - Joseph Schwarz
  12. Rigoletto: Act II: Cortigianni, Vil Razza Damnata - Pasquale Amato
  13. Rigoletto: Act II: Ciel! Dammi Corraggio! Tutte Le Feste - Olimpia Boronat
  14. Rigoletto: Act II: Tutte Le Feste... Piangi Fanciulla - Lotte Schone/Herbert Janssen
  15. Rigoletto: Act II: No, Vecchio, T'inganni... Si Vendetta - Maria Galvany
  16. Rigoletto: Act III: La Donna E Mobile - Enrico Caruso
  17. Rigoletto: Act III: La Donna E Mobile - Tino Folgar
  18. Rigoletto: Act III: Bella Figlia Dell'amore - Beniamino Gigli/Louise Homer/Amelita Galli-Curci/Giuseppe De Luca
  19. Rigoletto: Act III: O Mia Gilda... Lassu In Ciel - Tito Ruffo/Graziella Pareto

Tracks:

  1. Simon Boccanegra: Prologuo: A Te L'estremo Addio... Il Lacerto Spirito - Francesco Navarini
  2. Simon Boccanegra: Prologuo: A te L'estremo Addio... Il Lacertato Spirito - Alexander Kipnis
  3. La Traviata: Act I: Un Di, Felice - Bjorn Talen/Lola Artot De Padila
  4. La Traviata: Act I: Ah Fors' e Lui (Sung In Russian) - Antonina Neshdanova/Umberto Mazetti
  5. La Traviata: Act I: Ah Fors'e Lui - Maria kousnezoff
  6. La Traviata: Act I: Ah Fors'e Lui... Follie!... Sempre Libera - Luisa Tetrazzini
  7. La Traviata: Act II: De' Miel Bollenti Spiriti - Fernando De Lucia
  8. La Traviata: Act II: Lunge Da Lei... De' Miei Bollentti Spiriti - Giuseppe Di Stefano
  9. La Traviata: Act II: Dite Alla Giovine - Nellie Melba/John Brownlee/Harold Craxton
  10. La Traviata: Act II: Madamigella Valery?... Pura Siccome Un Angelo... Dite Alla Giovine - Rolando Panerai/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
  11. La Traviata: Act II: Che Fai? Nulla Scrivevi? (Sung In German) - Helge Roswaenge/Maria Cebotari
  12. La Traviata: Act II: Mio Figlio... Di Provenza - Mattia Battistini
  13. La Traviata: Act II: Alfredo, Alfredo... - Lilli Lehmann
  14. La Traviata: Act III: Teneste La Promessa... Addio, Del Passato - Claudio Muzio
  15. La Traviata: Act III: Teneste La Promessa... Addio De Passato - Margherita Carosio

Tracks:

  1. Nabucco: Act I: Sperate, O Figli - Nazzareno De Angelis
  2. Nabucco: Act II: Anch'io Dischiuso Un Giorno - Ines De Frate
  3. Nabucco: Act III: Ah! Prigioniero Io Sono... Dio Di Giuda - Carlo Galeffi
  4. La Forza Del Destino: Act I: Ma Pellegrina Ed Orfana - Gina Cigna
  5. La Forza Del Destino: Act II: Madre, Pietosa Vergine - Celestina Boninsegna
  6. La Forza Del Destino: Act II: Son Giunta!... Madre, Pietosa Vergine - Dusolina Giannini
  7. La Forza Del Destino: Act II: Chi Puo Legger Nel Futoro (Sung In German) - Ivan Andresen/Meta Seinemeyer
  8. La Forza Del Destino: Act II: Alzatevi... La Vergine Degli Angeli - Ezio Pinza/Rosa Ponselle/Chor Of The Metropolitan Opr
  9. La Forza Del Destino: Act III: O Tu Che In Seno Agli Angeli - Francesco Merli
  10. La Forza Del Destino: Act III: Solene In Quest'ora - Enrico Caruso/Antonio Scotti
  11. La Forza Del Destino: Act III: Morir!... Urna Fatale... E Salvo (Sung In German) - Heinrich Schlusnus
  12. La Forza Del Destino: Act IV: Invano, Alvaro - Gino Bechi/Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
  13. La Forza Del Destino: Act IV: Pace, Pace, Mio Dio - Salomea Kruszelnicka
  14. La Forza Del Destino: Act IV: Pace, Pace, Mio Dio - Zinka Milanov
  15. La Forza Del Destino: Act IV: Non Imprecare - Ezio Pinza/Rosa Ponselle/Giovanni Martinelli

Tracks:

  1. Don Carlo: Act I: E Lui... Dio, Che Nell'alma - Giuseppe De Luca/Giovanni Martinelli
  2. Don Carlo: Act II: Nell Giardin Del Bello (Sung In German) - Margarete Arndt-Ober
  3. Don Carlo: Act II: Restate - Boris Christoff/Tito Gobbi
  4. Don Carlo: Act IV: Ou Suis-je!... Je Dormirai Dans Mon Manteau Royal (Sung In French) - Pol Plancon
  5. Don Carlo: Act III: Ella Giammai M'amo!... Dormiro Sol - Boris Christoff
  6. Don Carlo: Act III: O Don Fatale - Frida Leider
  7. Don Carlo: Act III: O Don Fatale - Clara Butt
  8. Don Carlo: Act III: I. Convien Qui Dirci Addio... Per Me Giunto/II. O Carlo Ascolta... Lo Morro - Tito Gobbi
  9. Don Carlo: Act IV: Tu Che Le Vanita - Hertha Stolzenberg
  10. I Vespri Siciliani: Act II: O Tu Palermo - Boris Christoff
  11. I Vespri Siciliani: Act III: In Braccia Alle Dovizie - Riccardo Stracciari
  12. I Vespri Siciliani: Act IV: Giorno Di Pianto (Sung In German) - Helge Roswaenge
  13. I Vespri Siciliani: Act IV: Arrigo! Ah Parli A Un Core - Ester Mazzoleni
  14. I Vespri Siciliani: Act IV: Merce, Dilette Amiche - Rosa Raisa

Tracks:

  1. I Lombardi/Jerusalem: Act II: Je Veux Encore Entendre - Leonce Escalais
  2. I Lombardi/Jerusalem: Act II: Grace, Mon Dieu!... O Jour Fatal - Paul Payan
  3. I Lombardi/Jerusalem: Act III: Or Non Piu... Qual Volutta Trascorrere - Elisabeth Rethberg/Beniamino Gigli/Ezio Pinza
  4. Aida: Act I: Celeste Aida (Sung In French) - Paul Franz
  5. Aida: Act I: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!... Celeste Aida (Sung In German) - Helge Roswaenge
  6. Aida: Act I: I Sacri Nomi (Sung In French) - Felia Litvinne
  7. Aida: Act I: Ritorna Vincitor - Giannina Russ
  8. Aida: Act I: Ritorna Vincitor - Florence Austral
  9. Aida: Act III: O Patria Mia (Sung In German) - Emmy Destinn
  10. Aida: Act III: Qui Radames Verra... O Patria Mia (Sung In Russian) - Natalia Yushina
  11. Aida: Act III: Pur Ti Riveggo - Giovanni Martinelli/Rosa Ponselle
  12. Aida: Act III: Fuggiam Gli Ardori Inospiti (Sung In German) - Elsa Bland/Leo Slezak
  13. Aida: Act III: Lo L'amo Sempre... Gia I Sacerdoti (Sung In German) - Sabine Kalter/Richard Tauber
  14. Aida: Act III: Ohime!... Morir Mi Sento - Ebe Stignani/Chor Del Teatro Dell'Opr Di Roma
  15. Aida: Act III: Morir Si Pura E Bella (Sung In German) - Leo Slezak/Sofie Sedlmair
  16. Aida: Act III: O Terra, Addio - Johanna Gadski/Enrico Caruso

Tracks:

  1. I Due Foscari: Act I: O Vecchio Cor - Riccardo Stracciari
  2. I Due Foscari: Act I: Questa Dunque - Pasquale Amato
  3. Otello: Act I: Esultate - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
  4. Otello: Act I: Esultate - John O'Sullivan
  5. Otello: Act I: Qua, Ragazzi... Inaffia L'ugola! - Apollo Granforte/Nello Palai/Piero Girardi/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano
  6. Otello: Act I: Gia Nella Notte - Tino Pattiera/Meta Seinemeyer
  7. Otello: Act II: Credo In Un Dio Crudel - Cesare Formichi
  8. Otello: Act II: Tu! Indietro... Ora E Per Sempre Addio (Sung In French) - Jose Luccioni
  9. Otello: Act II: Tu! Indietro... Ora E Per Sempre Addio - Mario Del Monaco
  10. Otello: Act II: Era La Notte - Eugenio Giraldoni
  11. Otello: Act II: E Qual Certezza... Era La Notte - Lawrence Tibbett
  12. Otello: Act II: Si Pel Ciel - Giovanni Zenatello/Paquale Amato
  13. Otello: Act III: Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar (Sung In German) - Lauritz Melchior
  14. Otello: Act III: Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar - Renato Zanelli
  15. Otello: Act IV: Piangea Cantando (Sung In German) - Lotte Lehmann
  16. Otello: Act IV: Mia Madre Aveva Una Pavera Ancella - Yvonne Gall
  17. Otello: Act IV: Ave Maria (Sung In German) - Tiana Lemnitz
  18. Otello: Act IV: Niun Mi Tema - Francesco Tamagno/Salvatore Cottone
  19. Otello: Act IV: Niun Mi Tema - Giuseppe Borgatti

Tracks:

  1. Luisa Miller: Act I: Ah! Tutto M'arride... Il Mio Sangue - Tancredi Pasero
  2. Luisa Miller: Act II: Oh! Fede Negar Potessi... Quando Le Sere Al Placido - Giuseppe Anselmi
  3. Luisa Miller: Act II: Quando Le Sere Al Placido - Aureliano Pertile
  4. Un Ballo In Maschera: Act I: Zitti... L'incanto... Re Dell'abisso - Irene Minghini-Cattaneo
  5. Un Ballo In Maschera: Act I: E' Scherzo Od E Follia - Aureliano Pertile/Ines Maria Ferraris/Luis Bertana/Antonio Righetti/Cesare Baromeo
  6. Un Ballo In Maschera: Act II: Ma Dall'arido Stelo - Eugenai Burzio
  7. Un Ballo In Maschera: Act II: Ma Dall'arido Stelo - Hina Spani
  8. Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia (Sung In German) - Melanie Kurt
  9. Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia - Elisabeth Rethberg
  10. Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Eri Tu - Giuseppe De Luca
  11. Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Saper Vorreste - Selma Kurz
  12. Un Ballo In Maschera: Act III: Forse La Soglia Attinse... Ma Se M'e Forza Perderti - Antonio Cortis
  13. Falstaff: Act I: L'onore! - Mariano Stabile
  14. Falstaff: Act II: Alfin, T'ho Colto... Quand'ero Paggio - Antonio Magini-Coletti/Elisa Petri
  15. Falstaff: Act II: Quand'ero Paggio - Victor Maurel
  16. Falstaff: Act III: Ehi! Taverniere - Mariano Stabile
  17. Falstaff: Act III: Da Labbro Il Canto - Tito Schipa
  18. Falstaff: Act III: Sul Fil D'un Soffio Etesio - Toti Dal Monte/Chor Del Teatro Alla Scal, Milano

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This collection, whose French title might be translated "Verdi Vocal Rarities," is a unique contribution to the Verdi centennial year. Its 136 selections on eight compact discs offer an in-depth survey of singers who recorded notable Verdi performances during the era of 78-rpm recording. Coincidentally, this period covers, within a few years, the half- century after the composer's death, in 1901. Some of the singers in the earliest cuts--tenor Francesco Tamagno and bass Victor Maurel, for example--had known Verdi and sung for him. Many of the singers will be familiar to connoisseurs of Verdi discography--Enrico Caruso, Boris Christoff, Fedora Barbieri, Ezio Pinza, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Tito Gobbi, Beniamino Gigli, and Jussi Bjoerling, to name a few. Others, such as Frieda Hempel, Emmy Destinn, Martha Modl, Joseph Schwarz, Gino Cigna, and Mattia Battistini, are names you come across in books about opera, but you have heard their voices only if you spend a lot of time with historic recordings. And a lot of performances, including some of the best, are likely to be the work of singers encountered for the first time.

Most of the big moments from Verdi's operas are included--grouped by opera, not by chronological order of recording. There are a few strange omissions; for example, the "Miserere" scene from Il trovatore. But other selections, such as "Ah fors' e lui" and "La donna e mobile," are given in two or three performances--sometimes in French, German, or Russian as well as Italian. Some of the performances are classics; many are mind-boggling.

Some favorite Verdi singers--Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, among them--are absent because they began recording after the collection's cutoff date. Other problems are mostly related to the dates of the original recordings. The sound is all pre-high-fidelity and sometimes quite primitive, though some remarkable work has been done to optimize the earliest items. The annotations are minimal--mostly the date, venue, and performers in each cut, with pictures of the biggest stars. This decision was probably made to keep the price low, and those who already know most of the arias and ensembles will likely find the tradeoff acceptable. --Joe McLellan

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Rare but well-polished Verdi gems........2001-10-21

Classical music enthusiasts will have become aware that EMI have been marketing several boxed sets with a French title containing the word "introuvables". The word suggests that when you open the box you'll find items that are so rare as to be almost unobtainable. It suggests also that their rarity is not due only to age or production limitations, it is also due to the incomparability of their quality.

Few would quibble about the quality of what is to be found in this splendid collection of Verdi "introuvables". You will hear how Emmy Destinn portrayed Aida yearning for her homeland in 1908, and how Elisabeth Schwarzkopf portrayed Violetta intereacting with her lover's father in 1953. You will hear several items duplicated. Francesco Navarini, recorded in 1907 with a piano, makes a stunning Fiesco in the "Simon Boccanegra" prologue, as is not up-staged by the more familiar Alexander Kipnis version which follows.

You might regret that your favourite Verdi record is not here. You'll have opportunities to make comparisons, however. I could never believe that anyone could equal Giuseppe de Luca'a 1930 "O sommo Carlo" from "Ernani, but here I have a chance to hear for the first time how the famous baritone Mattia Battistini did it in 1906.

Keith Hardwick compiled and transferred this collection originally in the late 1980s. He has augmented and transferred that issue onto 8 CDs, and provided the annotations. Full recording details are provided, there are many singer photographs but no singer biographies.

The recording dates range from 1903 to 1953. Sadly, almost all the singers - Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf being a notable exception - are all dead by now. Those of us who have opportunities to hear and collect their work, however, can be grateful that the older we get the better it sounds. Indeed, I have never heard any of the items included here in better transfers. Elsewhere I have given this issue a five star rating. Subsequent hearings have made me aware of a technical matter which may bother some listeners. This set has been transferred from the long playing records on which it was originally issued. Their pristine sound quality has been preserved but also some of the ghostly "swish" that accompanied each revolution.
Rosa Ponselle-In Opera And Song
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  • Ponselle and Caballe,the two most beautiful voices ever!
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ASIN: B0000037B6
Release Date: 1996-11-05

Tracks:

  1. La Gioconda
  2. Otello
  3. Otello
  4. Aida
  5. Aida
  6. Ernani
  7. La Vestale
  8. La Vestale
  9. La Forza Del Destino
  10. Norma
  11. Norma
  12. Carme
  13. Maria, Mari
  14. On Wings Of Dream
  15. The Nightingale And The Rose
  16. A Perfect Day

Tracks:

  1. Madam Butterfly
  2. Tosca
  3. La Forza Del Destino
  4. Il Trovatore
  5. Cavalleria Rusticana
  6. Goodbye
  7. Mademoiselle Modiste
  8. Sadko
  9. Manon Lescaut
  10. La Juive
  11. Lohengrin
  12. Aida
  13. Aida
  14. Elegie
  15. Ave Maria
  16. When I Have Sung My Songs

Tracks:

  1. Aida
  2. Aida
  3. Ernani
  4. Il Trovatore
  5. La Forza Del Destino
  6. William Tell
  7. L'Africana
  8. La Boheme
  9. Pagliacci
  10. Maria, Mari
  11. Serenade
  12. 'A Vucchella
  13. Luna D'estate
  14. Carry Me Back To Old
  15. My Old Kentucky Home
  16. Old Folks At Home
  17. Si Tu Le Voulais

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Ponselle and Caballe,the two most beautiful voices ever!.......2003-05-07

I love this 3cd set from nimbus,of ponselle recordings.Firstly,the sound quality is supreme,it couldnot be bettered,with these old recordings.Rosa ponselle's voice is so gorgeous,which makes listening to this cd set,a frequent pleasure.I also think ponselle's voice is the second most beautiful voice,second only to caballe,I've ever listened to.Sometimes ponselle will hit a note so resplendent in tone,on this set,that will make me cry.To anyone thinking of buying this set you must before this gem is gone forever.viva ponselle!
Bel Canto Arias
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    		Bel Canto Arias

    Manufacturer: RCA
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00008FMUN
    Release Date: 1990-10-25
    Canto Fatal
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      		Canto Fatal
      Filo
      Manufacturer: On Request
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      ASIN: B00018QAXW
      Release Date: 2003-12-22

      Tracks:

      1. Perfume De Cebola
      2. Poesia No Sangue
      3. Buraco
      4. Cavalo Do Cao
      5. O Cao E O Vagabundo
      6. Vice- Versa
      7. Venha Ate Minha Casa
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      9. Canto Fatal
      10. Boca De Dende
      11. Desejo, Desejado
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