Italian Opera Arias [Includes DVD] @ richardeward.com

Italian Opera Arias [Includes DVD]
from Virgin Classics

Features:

• Enhanced

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• full stars all the way!
  A must have! That's all one has to say about this! Well done Natalie. We move with you...a true actor-singer synthesis who is also very precise musically and correct in technique! Brava!

• If the girl didn't send me to the moon......
  ...she never made me cringe, either. Callas made me cringe. Often...OK, that's not really fair...Miss Dessay is of the lyric/coloratura mold; Callas fit more in the lyrico-spinto niche. This is a well presented program of lyric and bel canto staples [and some not so staple]....it fits Miss Dessay to a T. Her upper, and middle, notes are her strong points..."always play to your strength" is a good lesson anywhere.
  My favorite cuts were the first and last...Violetta's "sempre libra", an ode to hedonism... more info

• Splendid coloratura work
  As I understand it, Natalie Dessay recently underwent surgery for nodes on her vocal chords. Hence, I was quite interested to listen to this CD, to see if this had affected her obvious gifts as a coloratura soprano, one of those high-flying phenomena. I even compared how she sounded here to some of her earlier recordings; for the most part, I don't really hear much of a difference (but my ears are quite untutored).
  She reigns as one of the premier coloratura sopranos of the current era. I'm not sure... more info

• Natalie Dessay
  I bought this recording to hear the amazing coloratura of Natalie Dessay specifically displayed in stunning bel canto vocal arias from Italian opera.

Tracks:

1. E strano!... Ah, fors'è lui...
2. Follie! Follie... Sempre libera
3. O rendetemi la speme
4. Qui la voce sua soave
5. Vien diletto
6. Allenta il piè, Regina
7. Oh nube che lieve
8. Nella pace del mesto riposo
9. Gualtier Maldé... Caro nome
10. Eccomi in lieta vesta
11. Oh! quante volte
12. Eccola... Il dolce suono
13. Ardon gli incensi
14. S'avanza Enrico
15. Spargi d'amaro pianto

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