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Gounod - Faust - Excerpts ( Doria - Vanzo ) [CD 1997]

jbglx — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:12:08 GMT

Charles Gounod - Faust - Opera ( Extraits)
Renée Doria - Alain Vanzo - Adrien Legros - Jesus Etcheverry
Choeurs et Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
20 Bit Technology Remastering ( CD 1997 )
EAC Rip | FLAC-TRACKS+CUE+LOG | 1 CD mono | Scans | 62 Min. | 344 MB
Label : Philips / Catalogue : 456602-2 /
Opera Excertps / LP´s Released in 1958

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This is French opera at his best, before this authentic style was gone: beautiful silver tones from a now lost period. I bought this record more than 40 years ago and it is still unpassed.

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Percy Faith - Those Were The Days / Love Theme From "Romeo And Juliet" (2 LP in 1 CD) [CD 2004]

jbglx — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:57:44 GMT

Percy Faith - And His Orchestra And Chorus
Those Were The Days / Love Theme From "Romeo And Juliet"
( 2LP in 1CD ) [ CD 2004 ]
EAC Rip | FLAC-TRACKS+CUE+LOG/ADD Stereo | 1CD | Scans | 64 Min. | 364 MB
Label: Sony Music Collectables / Catalogue: COL-CD-7608 /
Easy Listening Pop / LP´s Originally Released in 1969

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With the exception of the title cut on the first album, Those Were The Days (which is given a rather stodgy treatment), this CD is vintage Percy Faith. The second LP, Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet, came out in 1969, when Faith's new sound of orchestra with female chorus had just hit its stride. The trademark harpsichord is there, too. I had this album on LP when I was eight years old, and am pleased to discover that it is absolutely delightful all these years later. The two tunes from Hair are highlights of the album, brimming with energy and delicacy at the same time. Faith also commemorates the tenth anniversary of his big instrumental hit, Theme from A Summer Place, by writing a new version with female chorus. It doesn't displace memories of the original, but it is a welcome piece on this album. If you like your '60's music in a form that is evergreen, this Percy Faith CD is for you.
-Amazon-

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Donald - 20 Exitos ( CD 1997 )

jbglx — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:13:32 GMT

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Donald McCluskey, born in Buenos Aires , Argentina, was characterized ever since its emergence as a singer for playing summer issues, expressing a message linked to joy and rhythm. His beginnings in music the group performs with "The In" by the hand of Francis Smith. She decides to make it as a soloist in pequñas stakes in some TV shows and what at the time were called "nightclubs". Getting Music in the blood, with an inescapable influence the group consisting of his brothers "The Mac Ke Macluskeys", recorded in 1967 for RCA Victor record company, Shivering, a song by Nono Pugliese, that original version was a rock Donald slower than with judgment and good sense of smell, change to another rhythm. The issue is when the producer Pugliese successfully included in one of its TV ads, cigarettes Shivering Chesterfied to topic. Then everything was a success. Soon the hit selling 600,000 copies and get a desired spread for any performer, his image becomes familiar in every household Argentines and the stunning success of his songs take you to star in film movies how "We were always mates" and "on a beach by the sea. "

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Mercedes Sosa - En Argentina ( CD 1991 )

jbglx — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:14:10 GMT

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MUST-HAVE FOR ALL FANS OF GOOD MUSIC! o hear her voice, with its soul and energy, one can understand the excitement of the crowd. You can see why they are so glad to have her back where she belongs - on the stage - after a long absence in political exile. An artist of the highest order, she can mesmerize you like an Edith Piaf or a Cesaria Evora, but like all great artists, she belongs in a class of her own.Her voice is a warm, smooth alto that is as effective in a soft lull as it is in full throttle. Sosa possesses a truly an amazing set of pipes. In this recording, she is ON, and the audience knows it, and, boy, can they show their appreciation!
-Amazon-

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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker ( Complete Ballet ) - Swan Lake ( Suite ) - Abravanel - Utah Symphony [CD 1996]

jbglx — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:35:31 GMT

Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet) - SwanLake ( Suite )
Maurice Abravanel - Utah Symphony Orchestra
EAC Rip | FLAC-TRACKS+CUE+LOG Stereo ADD | 2 CD | Scans | 111 Min. | 598 MB
Label : Vanguard Classics / Catalogue : SVC-52/53 /
Ballet Suite / L P Released in 1961-67

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Don't be put off that this Nutcracker is played by the Utah Symphony. It is first class in every way in the glorious sound that Vanguard lavished on the orchestra.Maurice Abravanel was one of the most significant theater conducters of the 20th century. You can feel immediately that he grasps the balletic nature as well as the symphonic majesty of Tchaikovsky's score. The interpretation is brisk, light, nimble, well balanced and masterfully cohesive. Right from the beginning of the overture you will understand what I mean! The playing of the Utah Symphony is transparent, clean, and full of color. You can tell they enjoy playing it! I bought this recording years ago on Vanguard Everyman LPs. The CD transfer is excellent. Grab the it while you can still get it!
-Amazon-

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Puccini - Manon Lescaut - Caballé - Domingo (CD 1987) [Repost]

jbglx — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 12:25:19 GMT

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This disc has most of the right ingredients for a classic Manon Lescaut. Plácido Domingo and Montserrat Caballé in their prime were two of the loveliest Puccini voices of the late 20th century. Their Spanish temperaments only aid in conveying the passion in this story of a love that survives unpleasant parents, religious vows, and arrest, and ends without a shred of dignity in the swamps of Louisiana. The main drawback here is that conductor Bruno Bartoletti, for all of his experience, could've given a fresher account of the score and, in general, the whole thing sounds a bit studio bound. However, operatic decisions are made on the basis of voices, and this set has them. --David Patrick Stearns

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Offenbach - Les Contes D´Hoffmann - Domingo - Sutherland (CD 1986)

jbglx — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:46:08 GMT

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Domingo, Sutherland, Bacquier and Tourangeau star in this lively and very French recording of "Hoffmann". Richard Bonynge, the conductor, follows what he considered at the time to be the most "Offenbach-ish" version of the opera, one in which a little new music is added, other music is cleaned up, other music left alone and the recitatives cut out all together. The cast is entirely French except for Domingo and Sutherland, so it is a delightful experience to hear Frenchies speak French in true Opera-Comique style.
- By "bellavoce"-

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Puccini - Madama Butterfly - Freni - Pavarotti ( CD 1987 )

jbglx — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:26:36 GMT

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Since Madama Butterfly has more stage time than other sopranos, it is imperative that the singing actress captures extensive dramatic variety in addition to singing with exquisite tone and an affinity to Puccini. Mirella Freni, one of the greatest recorded Butterfly's of all time, succeeds at these demands with vocal sensitivity and eloquence. She is assisted by Karajan's superb, symphonic conducting, crisply and poignantly realizing all of Puccini's vast moods; Ludwig's urgent, loving and tenderly sung Suzuki; and Pavarotti's endearing and almost likeable Pinkerton. In addition, the Pavarotti-Freni duets are nectars of the gods. Get out the tissues and indulge. - Barbara Eisner Bayer- Amazon -

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Boito - Mefistofele - Siepi - Del Monaco - Tebaldi ( CD 1993 )

jbglx — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:27:57 GMT

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This is considered Arrigo Boito's masterpiece. Some consider it a semi-masterpiece, but it is definitely the masterpiece among the few operas that Boito composed. I do agree with those who think this opera is a less than ideal masterpiece. I will start the review by discussing the opera's virtues and faults. Cesare Siepi is in glorious voice and characterizes Mephistopheles very well. Mario del Monaco is also in excellent voice.
-Amazon-

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Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - Abravanel - Utah Symphony ( Complete Ballet ) [ CD 1993]

jbglx — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:18:35 GMT

Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake ( Complete Ballet )
Maurice Abravanel - Utah Symphony Orchestra
EAC Rip | FLAC-TRACKS+CUE+LOG Stereo ADD | 2 CD | Scans | 105 Min. | 536 MB
Label : Vanguard Classics / Catalogue : OVC 5008/9 /
Ballet Suite / LP Released in 1967

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Never has a ballet recording been so phenomenal and at the same time doesn't quite meet my criteria for selecting the definitive ballet recording--that is, the quality of the recording itself aside, GENERALLY, the music also has to be performed by the orchestra that premiered it and that the orchestra has had a long tradition of playing it. Such is the case with Abravanel's 60s recording of Swan Lake.
- By Gary -

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Wagner - Die Walküre - Act III - Flagstad - Solti (CD 2000)

jbglx — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:11:26 GMT

Richard Wagner - Die Walküre - Act III
Kirsten Flagstad - Otto Edelmann - Georg Solti
96kHz/24 Bit Remastering (CD 2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC-TRACKS+CUE+LOG | 1 CD | Scans | 71 Min. | 380 MB
Label : Decca Legends / Catalogue : 4671242 DM /
Opera / LP Originally Released in 1958

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This recording was made just about a year before Solti and producer John Culshaw started on their now-legendary "Ring" recording for Decca. On this album, which might easily be regarded as a testing ground for the later project, the formidable Kirsten Flagstad takes the role of Brunnhilde.
- By Michael K. Halloran -

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Gounod - Mireille - Valerie Masterson - Luis Lima ( CD 2003 )

jbglx — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:54:45 GMT

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After Faust (1859) and Roméo et Juliette (1867) the most popular score of Gounod's Mireille (1864), although its international diffusion is somewhat hampered by his argument quite parochial, based on the poem Provencal Frédéric Mistral .

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Verdi -Otello- von Karajan -96kHz/24 bit Remastering (CD 2008) [Repost]

jbglx — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:00:14 GMT

Otello - Mario del Monaco - Renata Tebaldi
Aldo Protti - Herbert von Karajan - (CD 2008)[Repost]
EAC Rip | FLAC-TRACKS+CUE+LOG | 2 CD | Scans+Libretto | 144 Min. | 680 MB
Label : Decca The Originals Series / Catalogue : 4759984DOR2 /
Opera / LP´s Released in 1961

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This recording has never received the respect it has deserved. The sound has been cleaned up and it is a Culshaw production with the VPO. It is fairly early in Karajan's career so the mannerisms that people fault him for are not so much in evidence. Del Monico is in great voice. This role needs an Italianate voice which is why I have never warmed to Domingo performances of the role. A great deal.
-By Grant C. Creeger-

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Conniff Meets Butterfield (CD 1989)

jbglx — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:30:24 GMT

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If you enjoy the arrangements of Ray Conniff and the trumpet of Billy Butterfield together then this is a C.D. you will like!The C.D. is entertaining all the way minus the stylings of Ray Conniff's singers. This was the first of two albums with Ray and Billy. The second one came out in 1963 which also featured this duo in more melodies."Conniff Meets Butterfield" features some good uptempo tunes and some on the relaxed side. Enjoy!
- By PATRICK J.POWERS -

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Leoncavallo - Pagliacci - Luis Lima / Sherrill Milnes (CD 2012)

jbglx — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:40:50 GMT

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Recently released this production is very rare , recorded in Letonia in 1997 it only came available in this days .With a strong front line of opera stars , is quite unusual the place of the recording and the time it took to become available . Lima as Canio is in it´s prime in a rol that suits him very well , Milnes uses all his experience delivering a fine Tonio , the rest of the cast is above average with a fine Silvio sang by Carrión . Orchestal conducting lacks a little bite for a verissmo opera .

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Ray Conniff - Dance The Bop / En Español (2 Classic Albums on 1 CD) [CD 1999]

jbglx — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:20:15 GMT

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In 1957, the bop was a "Hot teen-age dance". Ray Conniff had been making waves with his new style of music for a couple of years. It's too bad that "DANCE TO THE BOP" didn't make it big when it was first released by COLUMBIA RECORDS, but this re-issue is better than I remember. This swingin' collection is still very danceable and it's obvious that Conniff got his inspiration from Country, Rock'n Roll and Rhythm and blues of the era. Ray's trombone is heard throughout the arrangements and he can be heard (on a couple of cuts) singing with his own playing. This effect produced a new and fascinating tonal color for the era that is still very vivid today. This CD also included Conniff "En Espanol". This album was recorded in Mexico in 1966. It's fun to hear "Days Of Wine And Roses" in Spanish. What sells this CD are the first 12 cuts. I recommend this CD highly to anyone that loved the early Conniff sound.
- By Ken Rogers-

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Giuseppe Verdi - Aida - Lorin Maazel (CD 1989) [Repost]

jbglx — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:39:19 GMT

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Of all Pavarotti´s opera recordings, this is, for me, the most memorable. Not just because of him: this 'Aida' is one of those opera recordings that offers the excitement of a live event, where everything gells. The singers do a good job individually - Chiara as a lovely Aida - but are even more convincing as an ensemble. Maazel conducts a sensitive performance, grander in scale than Abbado, Muti and many others.
-By E. J. Van Sten

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Vincenzo Bellini - Norma - Bonynge (CD 1988) [Repost]

jbglx — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:05:49 GMT

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Pavaroti is in great voice, Caballe is brilliant, Sutherland is OK,It doesn't have the excitement of other "Norma's", but is a good addition to a "Norma" collection.
-By Thomas E. Lawson-

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Ray Conniff - And His Orchestra and Chorus / Concert in Rhythm (CD 1990)

jbglx — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:02:46 GMT

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This is Ray conniff playing classical masterpieces like Tchaikovski's FIRST PIANO CONCERTO, SWAN LAKE BALLET and ROMEO AND JULIET, the great Debussy's REVERIE, the gracious ON THE TRAIL (from Grand Canyon Suite), the incredible RHAPSODY IN BLUE (this is the best), and what a surprise!! a one Ray Conniff's composition, the precious EARLY EVENING (what a wonderful song); including Rachmaninoff's SECOND PIANO CONCERTO (simply excellent)...this cd is the fusion of classical and swing music in the unique Ray Conniff Style!!!
-By C. Bellegarrigue-

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Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser - Otto Gerdes (CD 2002)

jbglx — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:54:44 GMT

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This is in short a really good recording. Gerdes' handling of the opera is very good (though his tempo in the Pilgrims' Chorus theme of the Overture is almost disturbingly fast), the orchestra is well controlled and very expressive. Birgit Nilsson, one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos of the 20th Century, sings the two principle female roles - Venus and Elisabeth; Wolfgang Windgassen, who sings the role of Tannhauser, is one of the greatest Wagnerian tenors of the century. And Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who sings Wolfram, is virtually undisputed as THE baritone of the century.Highly recommend this recording.
-Amazon Review-

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