Adria

11/2000- Coupla Fat Guys Radio Show, Dave Grier
"Some of the best guitar work I've heard in years."

Product Description
The long awaited new CD by Chocky Kay is now available at Amazon.com and CD Baby. This bold move from NAR's 2003 Rock Artist of the Year to mainstream Rock, with exciting and melodic vocal arrangements at the forefront, is already creating a stir. Get ready for some big surprises...Kyd Wok is hilarious...a totally irreverent satire of Kid Rock. The depth of Chocky's talent and versatility is inescapable. Already called, "Outstanding", "Excellent", "Unbelievable"!

Adria

Adria,Chocky Kay,Bulldog Productions, LLC,Outstanding rock guitar and vocal arrangements. One hilarious and totally irreverently humorous satire of Kid Rock.,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: An excellent and exciting recording I Fagiolini (not Robin Blaze)!

Andrea Gabrieli: The Madrigal in Venice Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gabrieli | Gabrieli, Andrea | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gabrieli, Giovanni | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: William Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis ASIN: B00009AQMA Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

1. Del Gran Tuonante La Sorella E Moglie
2. Sassi, Palae, Sabbion, Del Adrian Lio
3. Felici D'Adria E Dilettose
4. I'vo Piangendo I Miei Passati Tempi
5. Asia Felice Hor Ben Posso Chiamarmi
6. O Belta rara, O Santi Modi Adorni
7. Laura Soave, Vita Di Mia Vita
8. O Passi Sparsi, O Pensier Vaghi E Pronti
9. Amami, Vita Mia, Ch'io T'amo Anchora
10. Lasso, Amor Mi Trasporta Ov'io Non Voglio
11. Amami, Vita Mia, Ch'io T'amo Anchora
12. Caro Dolce Ben Mio, Perche Fuggire
13. Hor Ch'a Noi Torna La Stagion Novella
14. Sento, Sent'un Rumor Ch'al Ciel Si Estolle
15. Voi Non Volete, Donna
16. Io Mi Sento Morire
17. Canzon I 'La Spiritata'
18. Mirami, Vita Mia, Miram'un Poco
19. Mentr'io Vi Miro, Vorrei Pur Sapere
20. Chi'nde Dara La Bose Al Solfizar
21. Ancor Che Col Partire
22. Fuor Fuori A Si Bel Canto
23. Sacri Di Giove Augei Sacre Fenici
24. Dunque Il Comun Poter
25. Sacri Di Giove Aguei Sacre Fenici

Customer Reviews:

An excellent and exciting recording.......2003-10-18

This wonderful disc contains a range of madrigals from very small scaled works to some of the very largest Andrea Gabrieli ever wrote (only 'Ecce Vinegia Bella' à 12 voci and 'Cantiam de Dio', also à 12 - in three choirs, are missing from this collection - maybe these works (along with some more madrigals of Giovanni Gabrieli) will appear on a follow up recording?? ;-))

I Fagiolini sing with pathos, passion, style, grace, fun and grit, when needed. The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble also makes very bold, impressive and colourful noises, too!

The whole thing is quite wonderful and it is clear to me that Andrea Gabrieli is a very worthy composer and I hope that these groups join together again and record more of this marvellous repertoire. Gabrieli wrote a large number of madrigals, possibly more than Monteverdi, and, judging from this recording, they are very fine and expressive pieces of music. Listen to the large madrigal - "O passi sparsi" - on this recording, which is done as a duet for countertenor (Robin Blaze) and high tenor (Nicholas Mulroy) voices with the full forces of the EC&SE (and transposed down a major 4th to make the two top lines of each choir fit the voices and instruments). This piece is almost operatic in its expressiveness. It makes me wonder what Andrea Gabrieli would have composed if he had lived on into the time of Monteverdi and the birth of opera - perhaps he would have given the young Claudio a run for his money?
Nonetheless, works like "O passi sparsi" demonstrate Gabrieli's skill at work painting and creating music of deep feelings.

Well done to you, Mr. Hollingworth, and your team.
Bravo!

I Fagiolini (not Robin Blaze)!.......2003-09-09

Just a quickie to let the reader know that this is an I Fagiolini recording (with the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble). Robin Blaze does indeed appear on the recording as part of the team but even Robin wouldn't even say that it was his recording!

I conceived this recording and I direct the group so I'm not the most impartial person to review it - but it has been done with a lot of love, care and at times humour (including two filthy Venetian old men's songs) and I'd recommend it heartily. Go to www.ifagiolini.com for more info.

Average customer rating: The Last of the Great Viennese Waltz Composers

Overtures & Waltzes Manufacturer: Cpo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lehár: Der Sterngucker [Hybrid SACD] Lehár: Waltzes Flags of Our Fathers (Widescreen Edition) The Devil Wears Prada (Widescreen Edition) ASIN: B0000AYL09 Release Date: 2003-08-26

Customer Reviews:

The Last of the Great Viennese Waltz Composers.......2003-09-13

Lehar is best known, of course, for 'The Merry Widow' (of which, by the way, I just reviewed a terrific San Francisco Opera DVD a few days ago) and certainly he was the last of the truly talented composers of Viennese operettas. This cpo disc contains some of his most delectable orchestral music. I spent part of the time waltzing my wife around our listening room. We couldn't help ourselves.

The disc starts with an overture to 'Merry Widow' that is not usually played before the operetta. It was not part of the original score, but was composed by Lehar for the 1940 Salzburg Festival--long after the operetta's premiere in 1905--and rather than being the usual potpourri of 'hits' it is a multi-layered, contrapuntal overture rather like something by Richard Strauss. I guess Lehar was trying to show that he could compose like the big boys. In any event, it contains all the usual suspects including a passage that combines the 'big' waltz, "Schweigen lippen, 's fluestern die Geigen" with the 'Vilja-Lied.' Neat.

There are a couple of potpourri overtures included here, those from 'Clo-Clo' and 'Der Goettergatte,' neither of them well-known, but both delightful. Also included is the familiar 'Altwiener Liebeswalzer' (sometimes known as 'Wiener Lebenslust').

I had never heard the Boston waltz, 'Wilde Rosen.' I was charmed by its esprit and was glad that Michail Jurowski was able to get his Berlin orchestra to inject that echt-Viennese lift into the waltz rhythm. In previous recordings Jurowski has sometimes been a bit stolid but he manages real lightness here. Frankly, I might have preferred to have these selections conducted by one of my favorite German conductors, Klauspeter Seibel, who has indeed recorded a terrific companion disc on cpo that contains some of Lehar's more serious orchestral music, including his wonderful violin concertino. But Jurowski does himself proud and I can heartily recommend this disc.

There is a somewhat short timing on this CD: 51:09. I'd suggest you get it and program your CD-player to repeat 'Wilde Rosen' and 'Altwiener Liebeswalzer' a couple of times to make up for it.

Scott Morrison

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Works For Piano & Prepared Piano, Vol. 4 Manufacturer: Wergo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cage, John | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000024SLC Release Date: 1996-10-22

Tracks:

1. Five Songs For Contralto
2. Metamorphosis
3. Bacchanale
4. A Valentine Out Of Season
5. Tossed As It Is Untroubled
6. Root Of An Unfocues
7. Music Walk - Joshua Pierce/Adria Firestone/Joseph Kubera/Myra Melford/Fumiko Miyanoo
8. Jazz Study
9. Music Walk - Joshua Pierce/Adria Firestone/Borah Bergman/Adria Firestone/Joseph Kubera/Myra Melford
10. Experiences: I. Duo For Two Pnos - Joshua Pierce/Adria Firestone/Dorothy Jonas
11. Experiences: II. Solo for voice - Adria Firestone

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Adria Chocky Kay Manufacturer: Bulldog Productions, LLC ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009RGO6I Release Date: 2005-05-20

Tracks:

1. Adria
2. Closer To Your Side
3. Tracy
4. I'll Wake Up
5. How Did We Ever Come To This
6. Kyd Wok
7. Mean People
8. Trouble
9. Belong

Product Description

Outstanding mainstream rock guitar and vocal arrangements. Chocky Kay plays all instruments, signs all vocals, and produced and recorded the CD. Kyd Wok is a hilarious, irreverent satire of Kid Rock and is already drawing a lot off attention.

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Domenico Cimarosa: Cleopatra Manufacturer: Bongiovanni ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cimarosa, Domenico | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cherubini: Lo sposo di tre e marito di nessuna Donizetti: Marino Faliero Paer: Sofonisba [Highlights] Gaetano Braga: Il Ritratto Meyerbeer: Semiramide ASIN: B000F6ZIL0 Release Date: 2006-04-25

Average customer rating: I don't actually own this but...

Rousseau: Le Devin Du Village/Mozart: Bastien Und Bastienne/Beethove: Air de Colin/Philidor: Ariette ajoutée Manufacturer: Nuova Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | 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 | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000036C0 Release Date: 1994-10-26

Tracks:

1. Ov - Alpe Andria Ens
2. 'J'Ai Perdu Tout Mon Bonheur' - Eva Kirchner
3. 'Perdrai-Je Colin Sans Retour?' - Eva Kirchner
4. 'Si Des Galans De La Ville' - Eva Kirchner
5. 'Je Vous Rendrai Le Sien' - Thomas Muller De Vries
6. 'L'Amour Croit, S'Il S'Inquiete' - Thomas Muller De Vries
7. 'A Vos Sages Lecons' - Eva Kirchner
8. 'Non, Non, Colette' - Dongkyu Choy
9. 'Ce N'Est Point Un Berger' - Thomas Muller De Vries
10. 'Je Vais Revoir Ma Charmante Maitresse' - Dongkyu Choy
11. 'Je L'Apercois' - Dongkyu Choy
12. 'Ta Foi Ne M'Est Point Ravie' - Dongkyu Choy
13. 'Helas!' - Eva Kirchner
14. 'Tant Qu'A Mon Colin J'Air Su Plaire' - Eva Krichner/Dongkyo Choy
15. 'Venez, Jeunes Garcons' - Thomas Muller De Vries
16. 'Venez, Jeunes Garcons' - Thomas Muller De Vries
17. Entree De La Jeunesse Du Village - Alpe Adria Ens
18. 'Colin Revient' - Thomas Muller De Vries/Chor
19. Pastourelle Pour Les Villageois - Alpe Adria Ens
20. Forlane Pour Les Villageois - Alpe Adria Ens
21. 'Dans Ma Cabane Obscure' - Dongkyu Choy
22. Pantomime - Dongkyu Choy
23. 'Il Faut Tous A L'Envi Nous Signaler Ici' - Alpe Adria Ens
24. 'Souvent Une Flamme Cherie' - Thomas Muller De Vries
25. 'Avec L'Objet De Mes Amours' - Dongkyu Choy
26. Menuets Et Allemande - Eva Kirchner
27. 'Allons Danser' - Eva Kirchner

Tracks:

1. Intrada - Alpe Adria Ens
2. No.1 Aria: 'Mein Liebster Freund Hat Mich Verlassen' - Eva Kirchner
3. Recitativo: 'Bastien, Du Fliehst Vor Mir' - Eva Kirchner
4. No.2 Aria: 'Ich Geh' Jetzt Auf Die Weide' - Eva Kirchner
5. No.4 Aria: 'Befraget Mich Ein Zartes Kind' - Thomas Muller De Vries
6. Recitativo: 'Willkommen, Herr Colas!' - Eva Kirchner/Thomas Muller De Vries
7. No.5 Aria: 'Wenn Mein Bastien Einst Im Scherze' - Eva Kirchner
8. Recitativo: 'O, Deine Wohltat Is Zwar Gross' - Eva Kirchner/Thomas Muller De Vries
9. No.6 Aria: 'Wurd Ich Auch, Wie Manche Buhlerimen' - Eva Kirchner
10. Recitativo: 'Nun Gib Dich Nur Zufrieden' - Eva Kirchner/Thomas Muller De Vries
11. No.7 Duetto: 'Auf Den Rat, Den Ich Gegeben' - Eva Kirchner/Thomas Muller De Vries
12. Recitativo: 'Dieses Liebhaberpaar Is Wahrlich' - Thomas Muller De Vries
13. No.8 Aria: 'Grossen Dank Dir Abzustatten' - Dongkyu Choy
14. Recitativo: 'Es Freut Mich, Dass Du Endlich Zu Dir Selber Kommst' - Thomas Muller De Vries/Dongkyu Choy
15. No.9 Aria: 'Geh! Du Sagst Mir Eine Fabel' - Dongkyu Choy
16. Recitativo: 'Das Kann Sein' - Eva Kirchner/Thomas Muller De Vries
17. No.19 Aria: 'Diggi, Daggi' - Thomas Muller De Vries
18. Recitativo: 'Ist Die Hexerei Zu Ende?' - Thomas Muller De Vries/Dongkyu Choy
19. No.11 Aria: 'Meiner Liebsten Schone Wangen' - Dongkyu Choy
20. Recitativo: 'Da Ist Sie...Soll Ich Ihre Blicke Fliehen?' - Dongkyu Choy/Eva Kirchner
21. No.12 Aria: 'Er War Mir Sonst Treu Ergeben' - Eva Kirchner
22. Recitativo: 'O, Ich Sehe Schon, Was Dich Verdriesst' - Dongkyu Choy/Eva Kirchner
23. No.13 Aria: 'Geh Hin!-Ich Will Mich In Die Stadt Begeben' - Dongkyu Choy/Eva Kirchner
24. Recitativo: 'Siehe Da! Bist Du Noch Hier?' - Dongkyu Choy/Eva Kirchner
25. No.14 Recitativo: 'Dein Trotz Vermehrt Sich Durch Mein Leiden?' - Dongkyu Choy/Eva Kirchner
26. No.15 Duetto: 'Geh! Herz Von Flandern!' - Dongkyu Choy/Eva Kirchner
27. No.16 Terzetto: 'Kinder! Kinder!' - Dongkyu Choy/Eva Kirchner/Thomas Muller De Vries
28. Air De Colin - Dongkyu Choy/Darko Linaric/Gyogy Deri/Rita Verardi
29. Ariete Ajoutee - Eva Kirchner

Customer Reviews:

I don't actually own this but..........2000-06-14

I just have to comment in saying that I don't know why Beethoven is listed here. Although Rousseau did fix up a piece by Rameau and Voltaire(music and lyrics, respectively), I am rather positive he didn't have much to do with Beethoven(was Beethoven even alive in 1752?). Furthermore, I doubt Phillidor helped Rousseau either(everyone hated Rousseau!). At any rate, Le Devin du Village is somewhat repetitive sounding, though I'm no music critic(I just bought the CPO CD because I like Rousseau's writings). It is pleasant to the ear I suppose.

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Donizetti: Elvida Manufacturer: Bongiovanni ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0007OY32U Release Date: 2005-03-01

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Mozart: Bastien und Bastienne K46; Beethoven: Air de Colin de Le Devin du Village Manufacturer: Nuova Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | 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 | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004TVAP Release Date: 2000-07-18

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Rousseau: Devin du Village Manufacturer: Nuova Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00001XDPS Release Date: 1999-10-12

Tracks:

1. Ov - Alpe Adria Ens/Rene Clemencic
2. 'J'ai Perdu Tout Mon Bonheur' - Eva Kirchner
3. 'Perdrai-je Colin Sans Retour?' - Eva Kirchner
4. 'Si Des Galans De La Ville' - Eva Kirchner
5. 'Je Vous Rendrai Le Sien' - Thomas Muller De Vries
6. 'L'amour Croit, S'il S'inquiete' - Thomas Muller De Vries
7. 'A Vos Sages Lecons' - Eva Kirchner
8. 'Non, Non, Colette' - Dongkyu Choy
9. 'Ce N'est Point Un Berger - Thomas Muller De Vries
10. 'Je Vais Revoir Ma Charmante Maitresse' - Dongkyu Choy
11. 'Je L'apercois' - Dongkyu Choy
12. 'Ta Foi Ne M'est Point Ravie' - Dongkyu Choy
13. 'Helas!' - Eva Kirchner
14. 'Tant Qu'a Mon Colin J'ai Su Plaire' - Eva Kirchner/Dongkyu Choy
15. 'Je Vous Ai Delivres' - Thomas Muller De Vries
16. 'Venez, Jeunes Garcons' - Thomas Muller De Vries
17. Entree De La Jeunesse Du Village - Alpe Adria Ens/Rene Clemencic
18. 'Colin Revient' - 'Coro Gottardo Tomat' Di Spilimbergo/Giorgio Kirschner/Thomas Muller De Vries
19. Pastourelle Pour Les Villageois - Alpe Adria Ens/Rene Clemencic
20. Forlane Pour Les Villageois - Alpe Adria Ens/Rene Clemencic
21. 'Dans Ma Cabane Obscure' - Dongkyu Choy
22. Pantomime - Alpe Adria Ens/Rene Clemencic
23. 'Il Faut Tous A L'envi Nous Signaler Ici' - Thomas Muller De Vries
24. 'Souvent Une Flamme Cherie' - Dongkyu Choy
25. 'Avec L'objet De Mes Amours' - Eva Kirchner
26. Menuets Et Allemande - Alpe Adria Ens/Rene Clemencic
27. 'Allons Danser' - Eva Kirchner

Average customer rating: A fine recital by a wonderful artist I have nothing to add... Incredible! WOW!! Larmore at her best!

Amore Per Rossini Gioachino Rossini , English Chamber Orchestra , Giuliano Carella , Jennifer Larmore , and London Voices Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Larmore, Jennifer | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bravura Diva Rossini - Tancredi / Podles, Jo, Olsen, Spagnoli, di Micco, Lendi, Zedda Call Me Mister Jennifer Larmore - Where Shall I Fly Ruth Ann Swenson - Positively Golden ~ Colaratura Arias ASIN: B00000AEK0 Release Date: 1998-09-08

Tracks:

1. La pietra del paragone: Se l'itale contrade - Se per voi le care io torno
2. Matilde Di Shabran: Sazia tu fossi alfine - Ah! Perche, perche la morte
3. Le si de Corinthe: L'heure fatale approche - Juste ciel! Ah! ta clemence
4. Maometto II: Non temer: d'un basso affetto
5. Bianca e Falliero: Se per l'Adrea il ferro strinsi
6. Otello: Isaura!... Isaura! - Assisa a pie d'un salice - Deh calma, o ciel
7. Matilde Di Shabran: Piange il mio ciglio
8. Armida: D'Amor al dolce impero

Amazon.com

Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore lacks Cecilia Bartoli's expansive charm and personal magnetism, but she is more enterprising and versatile, as evidenced by this disc of little-known contralto arias from operas such as La pietra del paragone, Le siege de Corinthe, Maometto II, Bianca é Falliero and Otello. Though she hasn't the warmest voice in the world, her coloratura technique is cleaner than either Bartoli's or Marilyn Horne's, and she often manages real expressive depth amid the welter of notes. Most of the music is top-drawer Rossini: The compositional devices are recycled endlessly but with a scintillating sense of drama. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

A fine recital by a wonderful artist.......2003-12-03

On this CD, Jennifer Larmore sings two true female soprano arias, two true female mezzo-soprano arias, and four mezzo-soprano en travesti arias. She has a distinctive, dusky mezzo-soprano voice. Larmore's voice has a wonderful middle register and a strong lower register. On this CD of Rossini arias, she sings cleanly and with emotion. Her singing is not just empty display. She really commits her dramatic intelligence to these wonderful arias. Her coloratura is very good. Some of the florid work she executes is worthy of Marilyn Horne and can be compared with the coloratura of sopranos such as Joan Sutherland and Beverly Sills. I would like to point out some highlights of the disc. Pamyra's Prayer from "Le Siège de Corinthe", sung in French, is a beautiful aria that Larmore executes superbly. In Falliero's cavatina from "Bianca e Falliero", the last section has a march-like melody that rouses Larmore to sing with great passion and spirit. This march-like tune is quite melodious, too. Larmore sounds just like a brave, young warrior who would do anything for his country. The Willow Song from Rossini's "Otello" has a ravishingly beautiful harp introduction. The aria requires some agility, which Larmore has in abundance. Her two trills in this aria, on the word "ruscelletti", as well as her trills in a couple of the other arias, are very good. In "D'amor al dolce impero", she executes the tricky runs very well. However, she slows down the tempo in order to sing the triplet passages accurately. Her high C's in this aria are quite thin. Near the end of the aria, she tries to do a diminuendo on one of her high notes, but the result is not very effective. If you have ever heard Montserrat Caballé's studio recording of this aria, you will be amazed by the diminuendo she does on one of her high notes. She hits the high note forte and then immediately scales back her voice to a tiny pianissimo. The effect is stunning. My only complaint about Larmore's singing is that her Italian diction is not always clear. I am referring to her diction in legato passages, not in florid passages. Throughout, she is supported by the excellent English Chamber Orchestra. The London Voices chorus contributes nicely to the recording. Teldec's sound is very good, definitely demonstration-quality. The booklet supplies useful notes, texts, and translations.

This disc comes with my highest recommendation.

I have nothing to add..........2002-02-22

The reviewers have said all,but I strongly recomend this disk.
Larmore has well balance,warm voice,from high to low.There is not a weak point.Her "agirita"techinique is perfect.This is a "must"for vocal lover and opera fan.

Incredible!.......2001-06-03

This is an incredible CD which you will love more each time you listen. I first heard track 2 in my car and almost had to pull over. According to the insert, this is the first time this aria from Matilde di Shabran has been recorded. If you like Rossini's Overture to William Tell, (and who does not find that rousing?)check this out. If the last four minutes of Track 2 does not make your heart beat fast and your hair stand on end, check yourself for nerve endings. And the rest of the CD is awesome also. A true find.

WOW!!.......1999-07-23

Listening to the range of Jeniffer Larmore is so exciting, so stimulating, it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up on and giving me the chills. No other opera Diva does that. I wish there were clones of Jenniffer Larmore so we could her her in person more often than once every five years. If you have not heard her on a good system, get one right away.

Larmore at her best!.......1999-02-10

Jennifer Larmore is the epitome of what a mezzo coloratura must be: dark, luscious sound, extraordinary range and perfect technique. This is absolutely the best solo recital of this beautiful singer up to date. Rossini is definitely HER COMPOSER. She sings the eight very difficult arias of this album with energy, lots of expression and a sense of fun. Her use of ornamentation is really an asset (Special mention to Philip Gosset, who provided ornamentation oh his own making). But Larmore's delivery is not mere vocal display: she provides great depth to what she is singing, specially in "Canzone del salice" from "Otello". It is also refreshing to find musical rarities that are first-rate music. The English Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Giuliano Carella, provides great support to the singer. This is a must have for fans of Larmore, Rossini and the great tradition of bel canto singing.

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