|
|
DiscountDelight - The #1 Opera Album
|
List Price: $17.98
Our Price: $12.40
Your Save: $ 5.58 ( 31% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Decca
|
Average Customer Rating:  
|
|
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028946763223
Label: Decca
Manufacturer: Decca
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Decca
Release Date: 2001-02-27
Studio: Decca
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: #1 Opera Album
Comment: Great collection of performances by some true legends in the opera world. The entire album is very well done.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful Compilation
Comment: A wonderful compilation of some of the most beautiful music in the world. One reviewer panned the selection of voices, but that sounds like sour grapes. While you might be disappointed if your favorite artist is not included, there's no doubt that this collection will entertain the listener for many hours. You'll enjoy this music over and over again. Buy it and enjoy!
Customer Rating:
Summary: The #1 Opera Album
Comment: I love it! This is a must-have for the opera buff. Well worth the money.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful Opera Appreciation Set
Comment: Opera seems to be one type of music that is difficult to get a knowledge for and love of. With 4 hour operas ahead of you and countless types and composers the task seems daunting to all but the very astute and determined. That is where this set comes into play. It is simply a collection of only the finest arias and overtures from only the most famous pieces. I would definitely purchase the set to find out just how much you love opera and to realize that The Barber of Seville and The marriage of Figaro are not the same.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Better than expected.
Comment: This disc exceeded my expectations in many ways;
sound reproduction,quality and selection.
If you are going to own only one opera recording ,this is the one.
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
The labels that are now gathered under the Universal Classics umbrella have a pretty impressive scorecard in the area of classical compilations. We've seen The Greatest Opera Show on Earth, The Yellow Guide: Classical Music, Best of the Millennium, and now there's The No. 1 Opera Album. But that's no surprise, since Universal has some of the finest interpreters in its catalogue to draw from. This two-CD set (at the price of one), for example, brings together the likes of Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Georg Solti, Herbert von Karajan, and many more. Yet the other key to a successful compilation is canny anthologizing, and here again, you have a nice selection to give you a smattering of opera's heavyweights from the Italian, German, and French repertory (there's even a step outside the standard framework with an aria from Dvorák's lovely Rusalka). Ranging from 1959 to 1997, the choices from back catalogue will doubtless be the entry ticket for many into this grandest of the arts. --Sarah Chin
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
