 | Handel - Messiah - Mormon Tabernacle [Read More ...]
Review: Messiah:This product was just as I had anticipated, excellant, one of the best renditions of Handel's Messiah produced. With the Morman Tabernacle Choir, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and those selected soloists, this was so well presented and simply one of the most inspiring piec... |
 | Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time [Read More ...]
Definitely Ultimate!:It is a beautifully rendered and a varied selection of excellent choices. The best I've heard and I love it! My favorite Christmas album of all time. |
 | Classics for Children [Read More ...]
Review: classics for children/carnival of the animals-hugh downs/boston pops:a simply delightful recording of this classic-I heard a portion on the radio and just had to add it to my colection after having seen the new ballet adaptation by christopher wheeldon and john lithgow; each vers... |
 | Martha Stewart Living Music: Classical Favorites for the Holidays [Read More ...]
Review: Pretty good Christmas CD:Some of the selections on this CD are just lovely - I Saw Three Ships by James Galway, Sleigh Ride, etc., but a few are too "heavy" for my taste. I may be getting fussy about Christmas music in my old age, but I practically run out of stores that feature... |
 | Puccini Arias [Read More ...]
One of the finest:Puccini Arias Originally recorded on LP, the Puccini arias sung by Farrell is one of the most aesthetically exquisite recrdings ever made by this great, and almost forgottem. diva. ...a must, for Puccini lovers..
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 | Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Act 3 of Siegfried [Read More ...]
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 | 100 Fiedler Favorites [Read More ...]
Description: Perhaps I should start by admitting a bias: Many years ago, lying on Boston's grassy Esplanade by the Charles River on warm summer nights, I learned what a symphony orchestra should sound like, with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra. Those concerts were free; th... |
 | Eileen Farrell Sings Opera Arias & Songs [Read More ...]
Review: A document:What a joy! A shining example of great singing. This is dramatic singing at its finest. The voice is a phenomenon - I only wish I heard her live in the opera house. A voice of breadth, power and beauty, like a doric column - even from top to bottom, a true soprano ... |
 | Donizetti - The Three Queens (Anna Bolena / Maria Stuarda / Roberto Devereux) [Read More ...]
Description: Gaetano Donizetti didn't actually set out to compose a cycle based on the tragic histories of the Tudor Queens. The three works gathered here--including his breakthrough opera, Anna Bolena, Roberto Devereux, and the long-neglected Maria Stuarda--were created at various points in ... |
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 | Eileen Farrell in New Orleans [Read More ...]
VAIA 1260, Scenes from La Forza del Destino (Verdi) 1963 with Richard Cassilly, Dino Dondi & La Gioconda (Ponchielli). 1967 with Nell Rankin, Chester Ludgin. |
 | Donizetti: Maria Stuarda [Read More ...]
Review: Sills' Maria Stuarda:What can I say? Sills' performance is soul-shattering (in the most pleasurable possible way)! This is a brilliant example of Sills' stunning ability to fill her voice with drama. I didn't know this opera at all until I started listening to this recording a ... |
 | Eileen Farrell Sings Verdi [Read More ...]
Review: A huge voice of uncommon versatility:Shortly into this recital, you realise that this is a voice that can do anything and everything Verdi will require of it. It is of full, even, beautiful quality from top to bottom, of enormous power when required and capable of great tendernes... |
 | Set Svanholm Sings Wagner [Read More ...]
Review: GOOD BARITONES BECOME HELDENTENORS:IN THE EARLY FIFTIES BOTH RUDOLF BING AND DEZSO ERNSTER WERE KIND ENOUGH TO INVITE ME TO SEVERAL WAGNERIAN NIGHTS AT THE MET WITH SET SVANHOLM SINGING, AND I WAS DELIGHTED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THAT NASAL BRASSY SOUND IN HIS VOICE PECULIAR TO GER... |
 | Verdi: Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
Review: A sound compilation of Verdi's famous works:This disc, along with all of the Sony Classical catalog, has very good sound quality, little if any background noise (aside from applause at the beginning or end of a track), and very respectful interpretations of the works of a master.... |
 | Berg: Wozzeck/ Schoenberg: Erwartung/ Krenek: Elegy [Read More ...]
Description: In 1951, Wozzeck was an alien creature to both musicians and audiences. That explains some of the inaccuracies here, none of which amount to much alongside the inflamed conducting and singing found in this live recording of the New York premiere. Mack Harrell creates a moving por... |
 | More Amore The Great Italian Love Duets [Read More ...]
Review: Amo Amore! Bravo!:If you thought AMOR, the album of solo love songs was great, you are in for a real treat because this surpasses even that effort. The music is tender, soaring, emotional - encapsulating a wide range of human emotions. The selections cover a wide range but we h... |
 | Richard Tucker Sings Verdi [Read More ...]
Review: Richard Tucker Sings Verdi--and Illustrates His Power:One reviewer mentioned that Richard Tucker is a "much underrated and often overlooked tenor. . . ." Indeed, I find it mystifying that so little of his recorded legacy appears to be available on CD today. This is a singer who... |
 | My Very Best [Read More ...]
Eileen still has it:If you are an Eileen Farrell fan, this is a must have. In fact, ALL of her CDs are must haves. She is always authentic, American, and REAL! A lesson in having a trained voice sing pop rep with authenticity and technique. |
