Mon Idole [Import]

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"mon Idole" is a Parisian Film by the Famed Director Guillaume Canet. Sinclair's Compositions Evoke a Unique Blend of Emotion and Longing, Brought Into Focus by the Vocals of Beverley Knight.

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Berlioz: The Complete Operas Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Allen, Thomas | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Bainbridge, Elisabeth | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Berlioz, Hector | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000025VM7 Release Date: 2002-03-11

Tracks:

1. Overtura
2. Scena1a
3. Scena1b
4. Scena2a
5. Scena2b
6. Scena3a
7. Scena3b
8. Scena3c
9. Scena4a
10. Scena4bscena5
11. Scena6
12. Scena7a
13. Scena7b
14. Scena8a
15. Scena8b
16. Scena8c9y10a
17. Scena10by11
18. Scena12a
19. Scena12b
20. Scena13finale_a
21. Scena13finale_b
22. Scena13finale_c
23. Scena13finale_d
24. Scena13finale_e
25. Scena13finale_f
26. Tableau_bild3_a
27. Tableau_bild3_b
28. Tableau_bild3_c
29. Tableau_bild3_d
30. Tableau_bild3_e
31. Tableau_bild3_f
32. Tableau_bild3_g
33. Tableau_bild3_h
34. Tableau_bild3_i
35. Finale_a
36. Finale_b
37. Tableau_bild4_a
38. Tableau_bild4_b
39. Tableau_bild4_c
40. Tableau_bild4_d
41. Tableau_bild4_e
42. Tableau_bild4_f
43. Tableau_bild4_g
44. Tableau_bild4_h
45. Finale
46. Overtura
47. Actoprimero_a
48. Actoprimero_b
49. Actoprimero_c
50. Actoprimero_d
51. Actoprimero_e
52. Actoprimero_f
53. Actoprimero_g
54. Actoprimero_h
55. Actoprimero_i
56. Actoprimero_j
57. Actoprimero_k
58. Actoprimero_l
59. Actoprimero_m
60. Entreacto
61. Acto_segundo_a
62. Acto_segundo_b
63. Acto_segundo_c
64. Acto_segundo_d
65. Acto_segundo_e
66. Acto_segundo_f
67. Acto_segundo_g
68. Acto_segundo_h
69. Acto_segundo_i
70. Acto_segundo_j
71. Acto_segundo_k
72. Ha! Ha! Apr Dix Ans
73. Les Grecs Ont Disparu...Malheureux Roi!...Chore...C'est Lui!
74. Reviens Toi, Vierge Ador!...Pauvre e ar!...Si Tu M'aimes, Va -T'en...Mais Le Ciel Et La T
75. Dieux Protecteurs De La Ville ernelle
76. Combat De Ceste - Pas De Lutteurs
77. Andromaque Et Son Fils!
78. Du Peuple Et Des Soldats
79. Chiment Effroyable!
80. Que La Dsse Nous Prote...A Cet Object SacrFormez Corte, Enfant S
81. Non, Je Ne Verrai Pas La Dlorable Fe
82. De Mes Sens erdus...
83. Introduction Orchestrale...O Lumie De Troie!...Ah!...Fuis, Fils De V us
84. Quelle Espance Encor Est Permise...Le Salut Des Vaincus Est De N'enp Lus Attendre
85. Ah! Puissante Cybe
86. Tous Ne Piront Pas...O Digne Soeur D'hector
87. Complices De Sa Gloire...Le Tror! Le Tror!
88. De Carthage Les Cieux
89. Gloire Didon
90. Nous Avons Vu Finir Sept Ans Peine...Chers Tyriens
91. Entr Des Constructeurs
92. Entr Des Matelots
93. Entr Des Laboureurs
94. Peuple! Tous Les Hinneurs...Gloire Didon
95. Les Chants Joyeux...Sa Voix Fait Nare Dans Mon Sein
96. Echapp Grand Peine...Errante Sur Les Mers.
97. J'rouve Une Soudaine Et Vive Impatience
98. Auguste Reine, Un Peuple Errant Et Malheureux
99. J'ose Peine Annoncer La Terrible Nouvelle!...Annonce Nos Troyensl 'Entreprise Nouvelle...Des Ar
100. Chasse Royale Et Orage - Pantomime
101. Dites, Narbal, Qui Cause Vos Alarmes-
102. De Quels Revers Menaces-Tu Carthage...Vaine Terreur
103. Marche Pour L'entr De La Reine
104. Pas Des Alms
105. Danse Des Esclaves
106. Pas D'esclaves Nubiennes
107. Assez, Ma Soeur...O Blonde C
108. Pardonne, Iopas...O Pudeur! Tous Conspire
109. Mais Bannissons Ces Tristes Souvenirs...Tout N'est Que Paix Et Charme
110. Nuit D'ivresse Et D'extase Infinie!
111. Vallon Sonore
112. Prarez Tout, Il Faut Partir Enfin...Chaque Jour Voit Grandir La ColRe Des Dieux
113. Par Bacchus! Ils Sont Fous Avec Leur Italie!...
114. Inutiles Regrets!...Ah! Quand Viendra L'instant Des Supres Adieux
115. En!...
116. Debout, Troyens, eillez-Vous, Alerte!...Alerte!...Entendez-Vouz, Ami S, La Voix D'en-
117. Errante Sur Tes Pas...Italie!
118. Va, Ma Soeur, L'implorer
119. En Mer, Voyez! Six Vaisseaux!...Dieux Immortels! Il Part!...
120. Ah! Ah! Je Vais Mourir...
121. Adieu, Fie Cit
122. Dieux De L'oubli, Dieux Du Tare...S'il Faut Enfin Qu'en Aborde En Italie
123. Pluton...Semble M're Procipe...
124. Ah! Au Secours! Au Secours! La Reine S'est Frapp...Rome...Rome...Im Mortelle!...Haine ernelle

Average customer rating: Lapsing Faith and Lost Beauty Stylish Thais Set AN UNDER-APPRECIATED GEM A fad Lovely but too late

Massenet: Thaïs / Sills, Milnes, Gedda; Maazel Jules Massenet , Lorin Maazel , Beverly Sills , Nicolai Gedda , New Philharmonia Orchestra , John Alldis Choir , Sherrill Milnes , and Norma Burrowes Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Maazel, Lorin | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Massenet: La Navarraise / Horne, Domingo, Milnes, Bacquier, Zaccaria, Davies, LSO, Lewis Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor: Complete Opera (with full libretto and translation) Massenet: Le Cid (Complete) [Germany] Massenet: Manon Bellini - I Puritani / Sutherland ASIN: B000002S67 Release Date: 1995-09-26

Tracks:

1. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Voici le pain...Et le sel (Cenobites, Palemon)
2. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Le voici! Le voici! (Cenobites, Athanael, Palemon)
3. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Helas! enfant encore (Athanael)
4. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Ne nous melons jamais, mon fils (Palemon, Cenobites, Athanael)
5. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Vision (Orchestre)
6. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Toi, qui mis la pitie dans nos ames (Athanael)
7. Thais: Act I - Scene I : Mon fils, ne nous melons jamais (Palemon, Athanael, Cenobites)
8. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Prelude (Orchestre)
9. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Va, mendiant chercher ailleurs ta vie! (Serviteur, Athanael)
10. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Voila donc la terrible cite (Athanael)
11. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Ah! Ah! Ah!...Athanael, c'est toi!
12. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Ah! Ah! Ah!...Je vais donc te revoir (Crobyle, Myrtal, Nicias, Athanael)
13. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Gorde-toi bien! Voici ta terrible ennemie! (Nicias, Choeur)
14. Thais: Act I - Scene II : C'est Thais, I'idole fragile (Thais, Nicias)
15. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Quel est cet etranger (Thais, Nicias, Athanael)
16. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Qui te fait si severe (Thais, Nicias, Choeur)
17. Thais: Act I - Scene II : Non! Non! je hais vos fausses ivresses (Athanael, Thais, Nicias, Choeur)
18. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Ah! je suis seule, seule enfin!
19. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Dis-moi que je suis belle (Thais)
20. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Etranger, te voila comme tu l'avais dit
21. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Eh bien, fais-moi connaitre tout cet amour
22. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Je suis Athanael, moine d'Antinoe! (Thais, Athanael, Nicias)
23. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Je n'ai pas plus choisi mon sort que ma nature (Thais, Athanael, Nicias)
24. Thais: Act II - Scene I : Meditation Religieuse - Symphonie (Orchestre)

Tracks:

1. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Pere, Dieu m'a parle par ta voix,
2. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Non loin d'ici, vers I'occident
3. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Considere, o mon pere (Thais, Athanael)
4. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Suivez-moi tous, amis! (Nicias, Choeur, Crobyle, Myrtal)
5. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Divertissement (i) (Orchestre)
6. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Voila I' Incomparable! (Nicias)
7. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Celle qu vient est plus belle (Crobyle, Myrtal)
8. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Divertissement (ii) (Orchestre)
9. Thais: Act II - Scene II : Eh! c'est lui!...Athanael! (Nicias, Choeur, Athanael)
10. Thais: Act II - Scene II : II dit vrai! (Thais, Nicias, Athanael, Choeur)
11. Thais: Act III - Scene I : L'ardent soleil m'ecrase
12. Thais: Act III - Scene I : Ah! des gouttes de sang coulent de ses pieds (Thais, Athanael)
13. Thais: Act III - Scene I : O messager de Dieu, si bon dans ta rudesse (Thais)
14. Thais: Act III - Scene I : Baigne d'eau mes mains et mes levres (Thais, Athanael, Choeur)
15. Thais: Act III - Scene I : La paix du Seigneur soit avec toi (Athanael, Albine)
16. Thais: Act III - Scene I: Mon oeuvre est accomplie! (Athanael, Thais, Albine, Choeur)
17. Thais: Act III - Scene II : Que le ciel est pesant! (Cenobites, Palemon, Athanael)
18. Thais: Act III - Scene II : C'est lui qui vient! (Athanael, Palemon)
19. Thais: Act III - Scene II : Qui te fait si severe (Thais, Athanael, Choeur)
20. Thais: Act III - Scene II : Thais va mourir! (Athanael)
21. Thais: Act III - Scene III : Seigneur, ayez pitie de moi (Choeur, Albine)
22. Thais: Act III - Scene III : Sois le bienvenu dans nos tabernacles (Albine, Athanael, Choeur)
23. Thais: Act III - Scene III : C'est toi, mon pere! (Thais, Athanael)

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This set is primarily for devoted fans of Beverly Sills, for fans of Sherrill Milnes in his prime, and for those who must have the uncut version where it's available. The estimable Ms. Sills was in less than ideal voice for the making of this recording, which is unfortunate, but the artistry still shines through. Mr. Milnes sings with rich tone. But Lorin Maazel's conducting is leaden and out of empathy with the score. --Sarah Bryan Miller

Customer Reviews:

Lapsing Faith and Lost Beauty.......2006-09-23

The reason I assign the recording four stars rather than five is that the pathos of the opera strikes me as too extreme. The same combination of exquisite beauty and suffocating pathos turns up in Barbra Streisand's song "The Way we Were." Beverly Sills sings the pathetic part of Thais to the hilt; and Massenet's familiar "religious meditation" does the rest. All of these intensely pathetic operas including Pagliacci and Tosca derive from the epoch-making example of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with its unrelieved love-and-death sorrow. As a Christian I associate this powerful tradition with lapsing faith in Europe after 1865. Massenet's opera treats the early Christian monks of Egypt as caught up in tragic error. Thais is a supremely beautiful woman won from a life of immorality to Christianity by a well-intentioned monk who knew her in his earlier days. As the converted Thais lives and dies for the abstract reward of heaven, the monk grieves over the beauty he has destroyed. The real spiritual solution to the dilemma posed by the opera lies in the correlation between future resurrection, universal vitality and intense beauty; but theologians have generally missed he point and shown more interest in heaven than in concrete resurrection. In any case there was no way out for Massenet and his source.

Stylish Thais Set.......2005-10-16

This 1976 recording of Thais is my favorite of the two recordings I have - the other being the Fleming/Hampson. Sills' vibrato is a little more pronounced here than it was a few years earlier, but it doesn't bother me. She still has a gorgeous voice and brings this conflicted character vividly to life. Having studied with the likes of Mary Garden as a young singer, Sills has an innate understanding of the French style, and uses her voice with much imagination and flair. Also, the character of Thais is not supposed to be a young girl - an aging courtesan of 30ish or so... Sherrill Milnes, in a departure from his usual Italian repertoire, sings a most impassiaoned Athaneal - the voice full and resonant, the character's obessiveness wonderfully realized. I think he never did anything better on disc. Nicolai Gedda is a little past his best here, but like Sills understands the French style and delivers the vocal goods as required. Maazel conducts an exciting performance (even playing the solo violin in the Meditation himself) and the sound is excellent. The Fleming/Hampson set is beautifully sung, but I feel the drama of the story is not fully realized somehow - hard to put my finger on what's missing there. This Thais is one of my favorite French opera recordings - recommended highly.

AN UNDER-APPRECIATED GEM.......2004-12-03

Late 19th-century French opera is often disparaged these days, which isn't really fair. Delibes had some beautiful melodies, and Massenet was a much better composer than many give him credit for. And although "Manon" and "Werther" may be more famous, to me, his late opera "Thais" is his masterpiece. There are three major recordings of this opera, one with Anna Moffo, Gabriel Bacquier and Jose Carreras, a recent one with Renee Fleming, Thomas Hampson and Giuseppe Sabattini, and this 1976 recording with Beverly Sills, Sherill Milnes, and Nicolai Gedda. All three versions have their strengths and weaknesses. The Moffo/Bacquier vesion, although excellent and showing Carreras in his prime, is unavailable. (I'm not sure it was ever issued in CD.) The Fleming/Hampson recording is also excellent--Fleming has a gorgeous and luscious voice, and Hampson a silky smooth baritone--but I find myself reaching for the Sills/Milnes version most often.
Sills was past her prime when she recorded this, and her high notes are a little thin and sometimes wobbly. Nevertheless, her artistry is so great that she infuses the role of the courtesan with the tremendous drama the role requires. Thais' radical change of character, from the insouciant hedonist to the redeemed penitent, is gloriously demonstrated in Sills' portrayal.
And this opera is as much about Athanael as it is Thais. Milnes, at the height of his career when he recorded this in 1976, brings tremendous power and vitality to the role of the priest, whose reverse progression from moralistic religious surety to tortured doubt parallels that of Thais, the object of his forbidden love. Nicolai Gedda's singing is, as always, stylish and graceful, and Loren Maazel's reading of the score is well paced and forceful. This recording belongs in all opera collections.

A fad.......2004-05-21

This Thais is ruined by Sills. Buy Renee Fleming's Thais instead. She has the big voice, the looks and the talent. Sills didn't, all she can do is make my ears bleed. Shame on that shrieker!

Lovely but too late.......2004-02-24

I have a live-recording with Sills which is MUCH better. Sills was always at her best live on stage. For studio-recordings get the Fleming-set or the sadly cut recording with the divine Renee Doria. (My favourite Thais)

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Mon Idole Sinclair Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000789W4 Release Date: 2002-10-21

Tracks:

1. Generique
2. Stand & Fight It
3. Cafe
4. Come Closer
5. Maybe Love
6. Luv'in The Morning
7. Not Enough
8. Keep It On
9. First Time For You (En Duo)
10. Inside
11. Mon Idole
12. Room Sex
13. In Your Hands
14. Run

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"mon Idole" is a Parisian Film by the Famed Director Guillaume Canet. Sinclair's Compositions Evoke a Unique Blend of Emotion and Longing, Brought Into Focus by the Vocals of Beverley Knight.

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Average customer rating: Bravo for Yu Qiang Dai EXQUISITE VOCAL MASTERPIECE~BRAVO ROBERTO!!! fabulous French stylist What audacity!!!!! Very bad CD

Berlioz Arias & Songs; Roberto Alagna Roberto Alagna , Hector Berlioz , Bertrand de Billy , and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Covent Garden Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00007KI21 Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

1. Du Peuple Et Des Soldats
2. O Blonde Ceres
3. Inutiles Regrets
4. Ah! Quand Viendra L'Instant
5. En Un Dernier Naufrage
6. Le Repos De La Sainte Famille: Les Pelerins Etant Venus
7. Bientot De Romeo... Mab, La Messagere
8. Air De Faust: Merci, Doux Crepusclule!
9. Serenade De Mephistopheles: Maintenant Que Le Ciel Brille... Devant La Maison
10. Grands Dieux! - Angela Gheorghiu
11. Ange Adore - Angela Gheorghiu
12. Invocation A La Nature: Nature Immense
13. Ah! Je Vais L'aimer
14. L'onde Fremit, L'onde S'agite
15. Chant De Bonheur: O Mon Bonheur, Ma Vie
16. Une Heure Encore
17. La Gloire Etait Ma Seule Idole
18. Seul Pour Lutter
19. Sur Les Monts Les Plus Sauvages
20. Hymne Des Marseillais

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Berlioz wrote very difficult music for the tenor voice, music which is not reminiscent of any other composer. The rhythms are unique, and the leaps to high notes are somewhat uncomfortable. Like other composers, he wrote for different types of tenors, from light and lyrical to the truly dramatic. Here Roberto Alagna, in possibly his finest recording, sings them all, from the delicate narrator in L'enfance du Christ and gentle poet Iopas in Les Troyens to the somewhat grander Benvenuto Cellini, and on finally to the Siegmund-like Aeneas. Each is imbued with true character, and Alagna's range cannot help but impress; he even sings the sweet, high C-sharps of the duet from La damnation de Faust with ease (his Marguerite is his wife, Angela Gheorghiu). Rarities here are a song sung by Mephistopheles in an earlier work based on Faust when the role was composed for tenor, and some music from the half-sung, half-spoken drama Lelio (the actor Gerard Depardieu is the speaker). This is a great collection, and it's Alagna at his most superb. A must for opera lovers of all tastes. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

Bravo for Yu Qiang Dai.......2005-01-28

It was a big shock to hear Yu Qiang Dai's debut cd. He is, I think, the best lirico-spinto tenor nowadays. He has a lovely voice, which is very well produced. The center is wonderful, the lower notes are good, the high notes are shining and of fantastic quality... the singing through the passage is very well handled. He is an itelligent musical interpreter and singer, with an interesting and appealing line and sense of style. Very good dynamic changes. He offers some of the absolutely best renditions of some arias (nessun dorma and cielo e mar, for example) that I have heard in many years.

He still has to work his Italian (specially the consonants) and his French. But there were great historical tenors with bigger idiomatical problems.

Despite taking spinto repertoire, Yu never pushes, never tries to make the voice sound darker than it is, everything is always under control, and he takes the chance to give very stylish renditions (for example, of una furtiva lagrima), which is strange for tenors who "want to sing spinto".
The tenor is a fantastic discovery, one of the best ones around. Actually, all my criticism goes to EMI and the production of the CD: no choirs, no solists (for example, for the aria of Cavalleria, where the mother should sing her line), and the acoustic "atmosphere" has made some people to doubt if Yu's voice is really as big as it seems (people who saw his Cavaradossi at Covent Garden say that it is very big, actually).
Not a the best production job by the people of EMI, but five stars (ten if possible) for the singer. Simply wonderful.

EXQUISITE VOCAL MASTERPIECE~BRAVO ROBERTO!!! .......2004-11-23

A program of difficult and complex compositions by Hector Berlioz is a challenge that Roberto Alagna who is the voice of the century has no problem with and this is a stunning collection of masterful performances that are unmatched today. Anyone who wants to enjoy one of the greatest tenors in our lifetime will play this brilliant and beautifully produced collection endlessly and grow to love it as one of the greatest ever vocal recitals. Sit back with a fine bottle of wine and marvel at a magnificent singer who sings with beautifully shaded vocal beauty and emotional depth that is spectacular and rare in the wonderful world of music!!! Enjoy and don't miss this awesome masterpiece...anyone who loves a great voice will love this stunning collection of powerful performances that will make a classical musical lover out of anyone in a quick musical minute along with Mr. Alagna's wonderful "French Arias" vocal masterpiece!!! Bravo Roberto~you are the greatest!!!

fabulous French stylist.......2004-06-27

Robert Levine's review for amazon is far more accurate than the outraged negative rants seen here.

Roberto Alagna is a superb French stylist, as one would hope to find in a native Frenchman. Moreover, his voice is well-suited to the extremes of Berlioz' writing - it's not a huge voice, which is very much to his advantage, since he can control his piano singing and provide nuances that other singers don't. And unlike most French-style tenors, Alagna's voice has enough bottom weight and more than enough ping to avoid being too nasally or tweety. There's a lot of emotion in his work as well as intelligence, and I really like the way he shows us new ways of hearing... every singer's voice is individual, very different, and that's especially true of tenors - Alagna's not afraid to explore that. Berlioz is a great match for him. It's one of my favorite CDs.

What audacity!!!!!.......2004-05-27

To record Mephistofele's Serenade, something Berlioz wrote for a BASS to sing, is pure folly. Also, why isn't the Serenade accompanied by more than one musical instrument? Where is the rest of the orchestra? Berlioz wrote the Serenade for more than one instrument!

Very bad CD.......2004-05-27

Listening to Alagna's nasal, metallic tenor voice is torture beyond belief! Avoid this CD at all costs!

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Donizetti: La Favorite (highlights) Manufacturer: Malibran [C.D.R.G.] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B00001R3F5 Release Date: 1999-11-29

Average customer rating: A first rate Puerto Rican tenor!

Antonio Paoli in arias from Otello, Il Trovatore... Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Leoncavallo | Leoncavallo, Ruggiero | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DC33 Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

1. Robert Le Diable: Les chevaliers de ma patrie
2. L'Africaine: O'paradis
3. Le Prophete: Roi du ciel
4. Poliuto - Guillaume Tell: Al suon dell'arpe - Ou va - tu?...Ah! Mathilde, idole de mon ame!
5. Track 5
6. Ses jours qu'ills ont ose proscrire
7. Il Trovatore: Deserto sulla terra
8. Di geloso amor sprezzato
9. Ah si, ben mio
10. Di quella pira
11. Aida: Nume custode e vindice
12. Otello: Dio Mi potevi scagliar
13. I Pagliacci: Aiutalo o Signor...
14. I Plglaicci: Recitar...Vesti la giabba
15. Versa il filtro
16. No, Pagliaccio non son!
17. Bravo! Ebben! Se mi giudichi (finale)
18. Mlle. de Belle - Isle: Si io ty'amo
19. Carmen: Va - t'en! Va - t'en tu feras bien (Finale, Act III)
20. Samson et Dalila: Arretez, o mes freres
21. C'est toi que sa bouche invective...Israel! romps ta chaine
22. Dejanire: Viens, o toi dont le clair visage
23. Canzone Guerresca

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A first rate Puerto Rican tenor!.......2006-12-05

How do I begin? Well, Antonio Paoli had an enormous, vibrant, forward, sometimes hesitant, color varied, pingy, puissant bel canto heroic tenor voice. Lauri-Volpi wrote in Parallel Voices of his massive vibrations that set him, along with Bernardo de Muro apart as the largest of the dramatic voices of his time. Lauri-Volpi also sang during Del Monaco's time. In fact, one could say that Del Monaco's Otello was definitely inspired by Paoli as there are similarities in their tonal delivery - but only perhaps in Otello - (as otherwise) del Monaco recalls Galliano Masini. One could also say that de Muro must have used Paoli as the supreme example for his style of singing in that if played track to track it is difficult to distinguish them especially at the top. The difference being that Paoli used a forward bel canto tone, and de Muro was more chesty in the verismo manner, pushed.

It is exactly that uniqueness of the bel canto approach that distinguishes Antonio Paoli and what may have contributed to his loss of popularity in the height of verismo. His tone is not always beautiful but it is never pushed - ever and it is one legato line. He does not obscure consonants to obtain legato like dramatics in our time. Words have less meaning in our time, which makes sense - expressive artists are generally not employed. Musically, he has an exciting way of creating tension in the line by raising the pitch by a quarter-tone or less, and attacking the notes before the beat on which they fall. He seems gifted to find those oppurtune places in the music.

His bel canto method does not prevent any dramatic use his voice, for even though minimal breath escapes in the line, his Pagliacci scenes (on this set) possess supreme accent of dramatic timing and a full exploitation of the chest vibrations which ring more than any singer I have heard. Once again, he possesses bel canto, dramatic, and rhythmic gifts, and here in lies Paoli's contribution, uniqueness, and genius. Paoli is probably the most underrated tenor I have encountered.

Yet, a strange tentative quality abides much of the time - the same one Rosa Ponselle battled with.

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Jean Noté Historical Recordings 1902 - 18 Manufacturer: Cypres ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomas | Thomas, Ambroise | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003CF9 Release Date: 1996-06-18

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