Montserrat Caballé - Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi - Rarities

Montserrat Caballé - Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi - Rarities
Classical/Opera | 3 CDs | FLAC, Nero, none LOG, none CUE | 220+185+190 MB
Publisher: RCA Victor Red Seal | 1969 | RapidShare

Montserrat is best known for her roles in Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti operas. Her superb voice, breath control, exquisite pianissimos, and infamous technique overshadow her acting and dramatic abilities. Although Montserrat's personal favorite performance was her Norma on July 20, 1974, she is best known for her Vissi d'Arte from Puccini's Tosca, which displays her remarkable breath control and technique. She set the bar and no one has surpassed it.

Tracklist

Donizetti - Rarities:
01. Torquato Tasso - Trono e corona
02. Gemma di Vergy - Lascia, Guido, ch'io possa vendicare
03. Belisario - Sin la tomba e a me negata
04. Parisina d'este - Ciel sei tu in qual momento Ugo e spento

Rossini - Rarities:
01. Donna del lago - Tanti affretti
02. Otello - Assisa a pie d'un salice
03. Stabat Mater - Inflamatus et accensus
04. Armida - D'amore al dolce impero
05. Tancredi - Di tanti palpiti
06. L'assedio di Corinto - Giusto ciel! in tal periglio

Verdi - Rarities:
01. Un giorno di regno - Grave a core innamorato
02. I Lombardi - Qual prodigio! Non fu sogno
03. I due foscari - Tu al ciu sguardo onnipossente
04. Alzira - Da Gusman su fragil barca
05. Attila - Oh! Nel fuggente Nuvolo
06. Il Corzaro - Egli non riede ancora! Non so le terte immagini
07. Aroldo - Oh cielo! Dove son'io! Dagli scanni eterei

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Donizetti - Rarities: Part 1 Part 2
Rossini - Rarities: Part 1 Part 2
Verdi - Rarities: Part 1 Part 2

Donizetti - L'Elisir d'Amore (DVD Released 2005)
Classical/Opera | 1 DVD9 | 129 minutes | 7,2 GB
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon | Language: Italian
Actors: Luciano Pavarotti, Kathleen Battle, Juan Pons, Enzo Dara, James Levine

“It would be hard to imagine a better performance of Donizetti's comic masterpiece. If there was one role that ideally suited Luciano Pavarotti's voice and stage personality, it was Nemorino, the impoverished and not-very-bright peasant who worships the village's prettiest and richest young woman from a distance, is swindled by a traveling vendor of "miracle" medicines, but wins her hand by dumb luck. The story has comedy, pathos, and a put-down of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (or at least the Tristan story) written long before Wagner composed it. Kathleen Battle is not only a wonderful singer and convincing actress; as Adina, she is pretty enough to make Nemorino's infatuation totally credible. Juan Pons struts convincingly as Belcore, Nemorino's self-important rival, and Enzo Dara is properly spectacular as Dr. Dulcamara, who sells Nemorino the magic potion guaranteed to improve his love life, or at least to get him drunk. The melodies in this opera include some of the best ever written, and James Levine, his extraordinary orchestra, and his wonderful chorus know exactly what to do with them. Everything comes together in this production to make it one of the best opera DVDs available. --Joe McLellan” – Expert Review on Amazon.com

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