popular music: Kiri Te Kanawa     popular music:     Kiri Te Kanawa      The #1 Opera Album Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, ... Decca, 2001 great collection If one was wanting to introduce a friend to the wonderful world of opera, this would be a great cd to buy them. Also at this time when many of us are worrying about Luciano and his health , it is great to hear him featured on many of the selections. A great buy and ...             The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever! Ernest Blanc, Robert Massard, ... Angel Records, 1999 Great for the amateur Opera listener As a long time armchair Opera listener I'm shocked that I hadn't come across this album until recently. I'm not really an Opera connoisseur so my review is based on just the fact that I love Opera, but mostly by listening to arias or occasionally going to the Opera. ...             Amore II ~ Great Italian Love Arias Gaetano Donizetti, Umberto Giordano, ... Sony, 2000 Where is Amore I? This CD is a selection of arias from Italian operas. Most of the time when you get a compilation like this, you feel lucky if you like 2/3 of the selections. In this case, whoever did the selecting did a great job, there isn't a clinker in the lot. About half of the ...             Essential Verdi Giuseppe Verdi, Alberto Erede, ... Decca, 2001 Just Stunning! In my opinion this recording is stunning. I am not usually a fan of compilations in classical music, as they're usually watered down representations made under the presumption that the listener would find the full-blown version intimidating or boring. This one, ...             Verdi - Rigoletto / Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, LSO, Bonynge Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Bonynge, ... Decca, 1990 The Definitive Rigoletto I have owned this recording for years, and now I can't listen to any other recording. I've even performed in this opera. While Sutherland is indeed too old for Gilda, these are still the glory days for her (early 70s). However, Pavarotti and Milnes are simply ...             A Room with a View Giacomo Puccini, Richard Robbins, ... Emd Int'l, 2008 2008 reissue of the soundtrack to the 1986 film which won three Oscars and five Baftas. With a little help from Puccini, Richard Robbin's music track for A Room With A View makes the connection between the sunny or stormy disposition surrounding heroine Lucy Honeychurch during her period of self discovery in Florence and the more formal atmosphere ...             Carmen / Troyanos, Domingo, van Dam, Te Kanawa; Sir Georg Solti Georges Bizet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, ... Decca, 1990 Fast and "Boomy" I've given up on the notion that there's only "one" best recording of an opera. Certainly, there are classics, e.g. Callas' Tosca. Still, there is so much variation in opera in terms of multiple singers, an orchestra, etc. that it's hard to tell someone they should ...             The Ultimate Puccini Collection Giacomo Puccini, Herbert von Karajan, ... Decca, 1998 Fantastic! This is one of the first opera CDs I ever got. It's wonderful for just about any body;from the newbies like me or the opera fanatics. I especially like 'In Questa Reggia'. Buy it now!!             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.             Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces Fritz Dolezal, Franklin Cohen, ... Decca, 2001 What a deal You get Mozart's best works in 2 CD. The sound is flawless to the common ear. Get it! if you love Mozart             Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Willard White, Timothy Walden, ... EMI Classics, 1991 Better than any other Pop Stars' Efforts I'll admit that I dislike opera, and the only reason I was exposed to this work was because it was McCartney (and also, I suppose, because I love classical music). There are certain elements that are common to all good music, no matter what genre;one such is melody. ...             Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Furlanetto, Upshaw, Te Kanwa, Hampson, von Otter, Troyanos; Levine Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ferruccio Furlanetto, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1992 A Figaro that Lives and Breathes In my search for a perfect Nozze di Figaro--not one that was flawless, but one that suited my taste best--I listened with a merciless ear to several choices. My parents gave me a copy of the Karajan recording with Schwarzkopf--not because they thought I would like it, ...             Christmas Adagios Gerald Finley, Adolphe Adam, ... Decca, 2001 One of my very top 5 favorite holiday albums! What a delightful surprise this 2 disc album was and I'm not a big fan of Christmas music. I loved all the selections and felt they were well performed. This is a true "must have" for any Christmas collection. Superior to many other compliations on the market. This ...             Kiri Kiri Te Kanawa, Giacomo Puccini, ... EMI Classics, 2001 Brava Kiri! Brava! Earlier this evening, I had a unique privilege in seeing Dame Kiri Te Kanawa live here in Edinburgh at Usher Hall and truly it was a captivating experience, I booked the ticket six months ealier for I know it would be sold out. Dame Kiri has always been my favourite ...             West Side Story: Highlights (1985 Studio Recording) Leonard Bernstein, Jose Carreras, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1998 How it should be For those of you who think that Mr. Carreras and Dame Te Kanewa are miscast, why in the world would the composer himself chose them for the recording he conducted? I'll tell you why. Because Mr. Bernstein knew that only singers of their caliber could fully display ...          products you might be interested in   search for popular music collection, furlanetto, highlights, masterpieces, pavarotti, sutherland      geepe.com    web randomly chosen cell phone: Motorola/Nextel Bundle