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Cat. No.: 477 6191 |
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MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ | French Opera Arias
Monserrat Caballé, soprano
TRACK LISTING GOUNOD: Il était un roi de Thulé ? Ah! Je ris de me voir sì belle en ce miroir ( Faust ) Few singers rose more rapidly to worldwide fame during the 1960s than soprano Montserrat Caballé. Within a few years she added fresh lustre to the glory of Spanish vocal artistry. French critics have called her 'La Superba', not without reason. The lyric qualities of her voice and its essential beauty predestined her for the French opera tradition. Here, on a rare CD release, is her only solo LP recorded for Deutsche Grammophon. What a fabulous voice! Caballé is in her prime in an original programme of gorgeously ripe scenes and arias from Romantic French operas that sometimes sound like Wagner in their longing and intensity. The reissue comes with an added bonus track - with Plácido Domingo, she sings the duet from Puccini's Manon Lescaut , 'Tu, tu, amore, tu', live - a fantastic performance that gets a huge roar of approval from the audience. This item comes from the Rudolf Bing Gala concert at the Met in New York in 1972 |
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Cat. No.: 477 6192 |
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PLÁCIDO DOMINGO | Be My Love
Plácido Domingo, tenor
TRACK LISTING LARA: Granada Domingo's original 'crossover' LP, re-presented as it was originally, complete with artist interview in the package and including an alternative cover on the inside! Be My Love was Placido Domingo's first crossover venture. This hugely successful LP from 1976 contains 14 popular tracks in five languages, half in his mother-tongue, Spanish. There are two famous Mario Lanza numbers ( Be My Love and Because ), and among the 'new' repertoire is the German Ich schenke dir eine neue Welt , tipped at the time as a hit. Dein ist mein ganzes Herz - You are my heart's delight - that is Domingo's declaration of love to music. He hopes his listeners will feel the same. |
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Cat. No.: 477 6193 |
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GEORGE LONDON | Spirituals
George London, bass-baritone
TRACK LISTING Swing low, sweet Chariot The sensation of the first batch of Spotlights: a previously unreleased LP of the great bass-baritone George London singing Spirituals to amazing effect! All the great numbers are here, from 'Swing low, sweet Chariot' to 'Water Boy', from 'Joshuza fit the Battle' to 'Sometimes I feel' - all with great orchestral, choral and rhythm section accompaniments - a must for the fans, a treat for music-lovers generally. |
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Cat. No.: 477 6194 |
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GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO | Opera Recital
ARTISTS Giuseppe di Stefano, tenor
TRACK LISTING VERDI: Se quel guerrier io fossi - Celeste Aida ( Aida ) 'His voice is of faultless beauty and remarkable expressive power; it possesses the velvety richness which we have not experienced since the days of Gigli and Lauri Volpi', wrote an eminent American critic in 1948 following Giuseppe Di Stefano's Metropolitan Opera debut. During the ensuing decades, this great artist ranked among the finest and most lionized tenors in the world. Here, released for the first time internationally on CD, is his only opera recital recorded on Deutsche Grammophon. |
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Cat. No.: 477 6195 |
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GALINA VISHNEVSKAY · MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH RACHMANINOV · GLINKA: Songs ARTISTS Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano
TRACK LISTING RACHMANINOV: Noè peèal 'na (Night is mournful) Op. 26 No. 12 Wife and husband team Vishnevskaya and Rostropopvich recorded just one recital LP on DG together - an evocative programme of Russian song, featuring the contrasting art of Rachmaninov and Glinka. It is now appearing on CD for the first time ever, as a tribute to this great artist for her 80th birthday. 'One of the outstanding Russian singers', and 'a versatile and fascinating artist', according to a recent writer, Galina Vishnevskaya has also recorded the roles of Tosca and Liza (in Pique Dame) for Deutsche Grammophon, available on 477 5599 (Opera House series) and 463 679-2 (The Originals) respectively. |
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