Verdi: Il Trovatore
Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Thomas Hampson, Larissa Diadkova, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano
Recorded August & September 2001, No.1 Studio Abbey Road.
Purchased “as new” with premium, September 2013. Price paid loads of money (USD 70). Though as I said before, for a long time Angela was the most beautiful women who ever walked the earth… blah, blah, blah…
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Anna Moffo, Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Sereni, Ezio Flagello, Pierre Duval, Corinna Vozza, Vittorio Pandano
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Georges Prêtre
Studio recording July-August 1965, RCA Italiana Studios, Rome
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I think it is possible that Tamerlano is my second favourite Handel opera. It is just SO stunning.
Agrippina is more of a romp.
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Natalie
Handel: Acis and Galatea
Sophie Daneman (Galatea), Paul Agnew (Acis), Alan Ewing (Polyphemus), Francois Piolino (Tenor), David Le Monnier (Baritone), Andrew Sinclair (Tenor), Joseph Cornwell (Coridon) & Patricia Petibon (Damon)
Les Arts Florissants,
William Christie
Recorded Salle Wagram, Paris 10-13 May 1998
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This is a lovely opera - and, even with a cast unknown to me, a lovely recording!
Not so wild about this one:
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Never try to teach a pig to sing. You will waste your time and you will annoy the pig.
This morning:
(nice recording, but I have to admit that I was more taken with Teresa Stratas's Violetta than Wunderlich's Alfredo)
Then this evening:
(singing was good, but remastering succeeded only in making the CD sound like it was recorded in 1940 rather than 1960)
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This Ernani will not let you down, very good live sound (Clayton will back me up here) plus you get Del Monaco and Bastianini from your original purchase and unforgettable female singer performance with Cerquetti
I can safely say you should purchase any Bel Canto Society (aka opera fanatic) label release you find. They all have similar graphics with blue color and all feature great live sound and great performances
It's interesting - the other remastered CDs I bought all have excellent sound (well, except the one left I haven't yet listened to), so kind of thought that "24 Bit/96 kHz" was a sure thing. My recording didn't even sound like it was recorded in 1960. Maybe the result of a not-so-hot live recording effort.
The first of the Böhm 1967 Bayreuth Ring that I've listened to. I liked what seemed to be the faster tempos/quick pace, but missed the chills down the spine and goosebumps of Solti. On to Die Walküre!
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