classical music: Vincenzo Bellini     classical music:     Vincenzo Bellini      Cecilia Bartoli - Maria Maria Maribran, Vincenzo Bellini, ... Decca, 2006 Great performance Cecilia Bartoli CD is one of the best I own, I would recomended to anyone without thinking             Romance of the Violin Joshua Bell, Giacomo Puccini Sony, 2003 Never thought I could like the violin this much Okay I play the clarinet...maybe not trained but still so I can belt out a few notes...yet. My brother played the violin for many years, but his playing never sounded like this...sorry Dave. Wonderful soft..love the flow to this album. I use it as background music ...             The Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca Deutsche Grammophon, 2008 Unforgettable Concert Do not hesitate to buy this DVD. It is worth every dollar. The four singers really stand out, Netrebko with her angel-like voice, Vargas with a wonderful tenor voice, Garanca as a colorful mezzo and Tezier as a brilliant baritone. Each and every aria are outstandingly ...             Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Rapture-Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Deutsche Grammophon, 2002 Heavenly music This is a wonderful background for any tension realeasing activity, like reading a book. So glad I purchased it.             Bel Canto Spectacular Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, ... Decca, 2008 Another winner from Florez If anything, this recital shows Florez to be in even better voice than in his last album "Voce d'Italia: Arias for Rubini" (see my review). Despite the beauty of Florez' singing there, a few top notes showed signs of strain; here, the voice is more easily produced, ...             Italian Opera Arias [Includes DVD] Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, ... Virgin Classics, 2008 Brilliant Soprano This is just an outstanding recording. Thankfully, the future of opera is safe with the voice of Ms. Dessay. The lovely DVD of her Lucia "mad scene" is just grand. A noble addition to my library.             Vincenzo Bellini - I Puritani Deutsche Grammophon, 2007 Bellini's best I loved this film, and enjoyed it very much. Netrebko is a most excellent Elvira, and the rest of the cast completely lived up to her. Recommend this DVD highly for anyone who loves opera on film.             Voce D'Italia: Arias For Rubini Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, ... Decca, 2008 By now, a known quantity After flirting with other repertoire and recording a crossover disc or two, the reigning Rossini tenor Juan Diego Florez returns to what he does best on this album: the florid, high-lying music of early nineteenth-century bel canto opera. The concept here is to evoke ...             Pavarotti's Greatest Hits Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ... Decca, 2007 Excellent Survey of Pavarotti's Work For someone who is already a student of opera, this dual set will probably be somewhat redundant. However, if you are curious about opera in general or are unfamiliar with Pavarotti's recordings, this is an excellent anthology. I bought it as two cassettes some 20 ...             The Very Best of Maria Callas Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ... EMI Classics, 2002 sublime she is an angel , a voice without parallel , a collection very interesting of arias from different masters.             Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula Bellini, Antonio Votto, ... Testament UK, 2008             Best Relaxing Classics 100 José Van Dam, Han-Na Chang, ... EMI Classics, 2008 Excellent for the money All of the EMI's series are inexpensive and worthwhile. If you don't mind short selections and exerpts, this series is a good,inexpensive way to get into classical music.I have the whole set,or most of them.             Best Classics 100 Volume 1 Ernest Blanc, John Shirley-Quirk, ... Angel Records, 2006 Good and inexpensive collection EMI's Best Classics 100 provides six CDs with seven hours of selected classical music. The cover does a poor job of portraying who does the selecting and who performs the piece -- information inside however does detail the symphonies being recorded. Recordings from ...             Andrea Bocelli - The Opera Album ~ Aria Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ... Philips, 1998 Bocelli - Aria Introduced me to arias that were not known to me, and I find to be quite beautiful. As usual, Bocelli does not fail.             The #1 Opera Album II Bryn Terfel, Olaf Bär, ... Decca, 2007          products you might be interested in   search for classical music baden-baden, pavarotti, puritani, sonnambula, spectacular, vincenzo      geepe.com    web randomly chosen book: Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty