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The #1 Soprano Album | 
 enlarge | Creators: Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Joseph Marie Canteloube, Alfredo Catalani, Leo Delibes, Friedrich Von Flotow, Umberto Giordano, Charles Gounod, George Frederick Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Offenbach, Carl Orff, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Franz Schubert, Johann Ii Strauss, American Traditional, Giuseppe Verdi, Heitor Villa-lobos, Richard Wagner
Label: Decca
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
Buy New: $9.77
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 23174
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 472179
UPC: 028947217923
EAN: 0028947217923
ASIN: B000060OHV
Release Date: April 9, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro | | • | Delibes: Lakme: Flower Duet | | • | Catalani: La Wally: Ebben?...Ne Andro Lontana | | • | Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Mein Herr Marquis | | • | Canteloube: Chants D'Auvergne: Bailero | | • | Bellini: Norma: Casta Diva | | • | Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro: Che Soave Zeffiretto | | • | Mozart: The Magic Flute: Der Holle Rache Kocht In Meinem Herzen | | • | Mozart: The Abduction From The Seraglio: Welche Wonne | | • | Verdi: The Sicilian Vespers: Merce, Dilette, Amiche | | • | Verdi: Rigoletto: Caro Nome | | • | Puccini: Tosca: Vissi D'Arte | | • | Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Di Vedremi | | • | Puccini: La Rondine: Chi il Bel Sogno Di Doretta | | • | Puccini: La Boheme: Quando M'en Vo' | | • | Puccini: La Boheme: Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi | | • | Schubert: Ave Maria |
Disc 2
| • | Bizet: Carmen: L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle | | • | Offenbach: The Tales Of Hoffman: Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'Amour | | • | Rossini: The Barber Of Seville: Una Voce Poca Fa | | • | Verdi: La Traviata: E Strano.Ah Fors'e Lui.Sempre Libera | | • | Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro: Giunse Alfin Il Momento.Deh Vieni Non | | • | Mozart: Don Giovanni: In quali Eccessi. | | • | Villa-Lobos: Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 | | • | Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria | | • | Handel: Rinaldo: Lascia/Ch'io Pianga | | • | Handel: Samson: Let The Bright Seraphim | | • | Giordano: Andrea Chenier: La Mamma Morta | | • | Flotow: Martha: Last Rose Of Summer | | • | Puccini: Manon Lescaut: In Quelle Trine Morbide | | • | Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde: Mild Und Leise | | • | Orff: Carmina Burana: Cour D'Amours: In Trutina | | • | Shenandoah |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Gruberova's Extraordinary "Mein Herr Marquis", Sumi Jo's winning "Der hoelle Rache" June 30, 2007
Michel Merlin (Versailles, France)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought that 2-CD set only for the extraordinary performance of Adele's "Laughing Song" ("Mein Herr Marquis") by Edita Gruberova. It is highly surprising (and inexcusable IMO) that a great label as Universal/Decca wrongly gives it to Kiri Te Kanawa, and that another great company (amazon) relays that big error on this site; the recording is quite recognizable (Gruberova can't be confused with anyone; and at her final, you can't confuse the particular audience of that live performance unable to refrain from blowing their stunning and applause before end), and you can check J. Strauss - Die Fledermaus / Te Kanawa, Gruberova, Fassbaender, Baer, Wiener Philharmoniker, Previn and search it, 1st for "Gruberova", 2nd for "Kanawa".
Another track is, alone, worth buying the CD: Koenigin der Nacht's "Der hoelle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" by Sumi Jo. Lucia Popp despite her quite deserved immense reputation for this, is beaten (IMO) by Cheryl Studer (purer and more subtle - at least when with Neville Marriner), who is in turn by Sumi Jo: Jo brings the incredible energy and speed and emotion yet chirurgical precision required by that piece full of terrible wrath and grudge (I once attended the Flute where Koenigin was on her balcony, pointing her finger at her daughter, far away in the court, giving full life to the ultra-powerful music and lyrics "The hellish revenge burns in my heart! Death and destitution to the traitor I hate! Strike him with this deadly weapon! Or you are not my daughter! never more and forever! Go away, ungrateful! Ungrateful! Everything is broken between us until he gives back his villain soul!"), she sings with perfect pitch, tempo and power even up to the 4-repeated highest note (F), with score in hand you find exceptionally little and small flaws, and only in secondary passages. And she sings with "no emotion added" (or removed!), I mean, she is quite accurate emotionally - not everyone is, particularly when singing perfectly such a masterpiece.
There are several more very good tracks (Casta Diva/Sutherland, Welche Wonne welche Lust/Kathleen Battle, O mio babbino caro/Fleming, Dome epais le jasmin/Sutherland, Schubert's Ave Maria/Leontyne Price), each worth buying the disc, but I agree with previous reviewers that globally the selection is uneven.
Versailles, Sun 1 Jul 2007 01:55:40 +0200
Beautiful collection, even though not perfect May 17, 2006
C. R. Soo (Geneva, Switzerland)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As many reviewers have said before, there is a lot of incoherencies in the choices of singers on this double CD. In order to be a truly ultimate collection, the boundaries of recording companies and rights must not interfere, as must have been in this case. This said, it is up to the private collector to accumulate his/her ultimate soprano collection, BUT these CDs are an enormous contribution!
It starts out very strong with beautiful pieces of, and then some singers repeat OFTEN. Not that they are bad choices, it's just that a greater variety would have been nice. More importantly it would have been great to have the "definitive" version/singer of a given aria. Just one example, Sumi Jo's Der Holle Rache is just everywhere as a previous reviewer mentioned -- let's not forget that there is a pristine-perfect-beyond-comparison of Lucia Popp's Queen of the Night also out there somewhere...just NOT on this particular CD...
As far as aria choices are concerned, that is a bit strange to me, too. Of all of Mozart's arias, why those and leave out the magnificent soprano aria from Zaide, "Ruhe sanft"? Hmm...But anyway, the CDs are much better than any other compilation I have of the same type. Highly recommendable after all.
Breathtaking performances of standard literature June 9, 2005
Pitti-Sing (Titipu, Japan)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This CD is a delight from start to finish. It covers most of the most famous soprano arias and duets, featuring celebrated performances by such artists as Nillson and Sutherland, Te Kanawa, Fleming and Bonney. The booklet lists the information on each performance, but does not include the translations. As all are very familiar peices, finding the opera from which they are taken should not be much of a challenge. Not all are opera arias, either; we have "Sheep May Safely Graze" and "Let The Bright Seraphim" to mention a few of the sacred arias here. For opera collectors and those who are just starting to listen alike, this is a very enjoyable CD.
Finally, a 2-disc soprano collection from Decca January 9, 2004
blackbull (Fl United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great compilation to have. I understand that no Maria Callas recordings are not available on this CD because she was never part of the company. There, I set the record straight for any fans of the late opera singer who question it. There are, however, some sopranos and mezzos who are a part of the company that were left off as well, which is my reasoning for giving a 4-star rating rather than a five. Where are Cecilia Bartoli and Mirella Freni. I know that Freni is featured as Mimi on the recording of Musetta's Waltz, but it is minor on the recording, and there should be a recording of her singing an actual aria of her own. Also, recordings of "Dove Sono" (by Te Kanawa, for example), "Voi Che Sapete" (by Bartoli, let's say), "Signore Ascolta" by Caballe, and the Song to The Moon should all be on this compilation. Plus I think that Tatiana Troyanos' recording of the Habanera from Carmen should be featured rather that of Marylin Horne's. Other than that, the #1 Soprano Album is great.
The grandeur of the Opera November 26, 2003
Fernando Navarrete (Mexico, D.F. Mexico)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The #1 soprano album, is a compilation of the most popular opera arias.
This album includes some of the best female voices in history, such as:
Joan Sutherland
Monserrat Caballe
Birgit Nilsson
Renee Fleming
Leontyne Price
Sumi Jo
Kiri Te Kanawa
singing excerpts from Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, La Boheme, The Magic Flute, Carmen, Les contes du Hoffman, among many others.Higlights:
O mio babbino caro/ Fleming
Dome epais le jasmin/ Sutherland & Berbie
Der hoelle rache kocht in meinem herzen/ Jo
Un bel di vedremi/ Crespin
Let the bright seraphim/ Sutherland
La mamma morta/ Caballe
Mild und leise/Nilsson
among others. This album is, in fact, a very good choice for the people who enjoys classical music. For the people that is not familiarized
with opera, this is a great oportunity to approach bel canto with some of the most beautiful voices in opera history.
Note: This compilation it's probably not complete (we miss many arias and some names as Flagstad and Callas) but it's a very good opera selection. Enjoy.
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