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| | The Very Best of Franco Corelli | | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | EMI Classics | | Release Date : | | 2003-04-22 | | Discs : | | 2 | | Store Price : | | $16.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $16.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. I Puritani, opera: Act 1. A te, o cara
2. Norma, opera: Act 1. Meco all'altar di Venere...Me protegge, me difende
3. Il Trovatore, opera: Act 3. Ah sì, ben mio...Di quella pira
4. Aida, opera: Act 1. Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida
5. Aida, opera: Act 3. Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida
6. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intanto amici...Viva il vino spumeggiante
7. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Mamma, quel vino è generoso
8. Pagliacci, opera: Act 1. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba
9. Pagliacci, opera: Act 2. No, Pagliaccio non son
10. Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 1. Colpito qui m'avete...Un dì all'azzuro spazio
11. Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 2. Credo a una possanza arcana
12. Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 3. Legray!...Andrea Chénier!...Sì, fui soldato
13. Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 4. Come un bel dì di maggio
14. Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 4. Vicino a te
Disc 21. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Donna non vidi mai
2. Tosca, opera: Act 1. Recondita armonia
3. Tosca, opera: Act 3. E lucevan le stelle
4. Turandot, opera: Act 1. Non piangere, Liù...Ah! per l'ultima volta!
5. Turandot, opera: Act 3. Nessun dorma
6. La favorita, opera: Act 4. Favorita del Re!...Spirto gentil
7. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Act 2. Cielo e mar
8. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Act 2. L'anima ho stanca
9. Les Huguenots, grand opera in 5 acts: Act 1. Non lunge della torre...Bianca al par di neve alpina
10. Roméo et Juliette, opera: Act 1. Ange adorable
11. Roméo et Juliette, opera: Act 2. L'amour, l'amour...Ah! lève-toi, soleil!
12. Roméo et Juliette, opera: Act 2. O nuit divine!
13. Roméo et Juliette, opera: Act 5. C'est là! Salut! tombeau!
14. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Act 1. Fronde tenere...Ombra mai fu (Largo)
15. Ellens Gesang III ('Ave Maria'), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
16. Petite messe solennelle, for soloists, 2 pianos, harmonium & choir: Domine Deus
17. Core 'ngrato (Catari), for voice & orchestra
18. Torna a Surriento, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Terrible recording
Submitted on: 2008-12-27 |
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| Franco Corelli has a spectacular voice, however this CD skips & jumps all over the place, I will send it back if I can. |
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 His voice is unbelievable
Submitted on: 2008-12-16 |
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| It will give you chills to listen to this marvelous voice. I am not even an opera fan but would love to have seen him live on stage. Noone else compares to Corelli. |
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A Suitable Gift Idea
Submitted on: 2008-04-15 |
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| I bought this CD as a birthday present for my father and haven't actually heard the content myself. But because I ordered it, Amazon have prompted me to write a review. Certainly the feedback I'm getting is excellent and my Dad has derived hours of listening pleasure from it. |
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Amazed
Submitted on: 2008-02-27 |
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| This CD is absolutely amazing. The recording is really nice and contains all the great classics you could ask for. His voice and technique are unbelievable. Best purchase of the year up till now. |
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Franco Corelli's "Best"
Submitted on: 2008-01-10 |
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This is a representative collection of several recordings made by Franco Corelli in the 1960s, which the "very best" phrase does not even begin to describe in terms of his matchless technique and distinctive interpretation. Very well selected to give you an image in a nutshell of Corelli's singing, most arias are out of some of his signature roles in operas such as Il Trovatore, Aida, Norma, Pagliacci, Andrea Chenier, and so on.
But there is more, for instance two arias from lyric roles that were out of his fach: on CD 1, track 1 brings Bellini's "A te, o cara," where you will hear Corelli, who was in his element conveying tragic feelings, transmitting serenity with unbelievable power.
And on CD 2, track 6, Donizetti's "Favorita del Re!," you'll listen to a singularly spinto rendition of this aria, where he employs the vocal emission that sounded "mysteriously melancholic" to Karajan.
Perhaps a most intriguing piece is his singing Ave Maria by Schubert, who originally wrote it as a German Lied (art song) to be sung by a soprano; later, the words of the Latin prayer were put to Schubert's music. But this is a different version, with lyrics in Italian: not the translation of the German maiden's plight, not the translation of the Latin prayer, either. Rather, it is the prayer of the suffering human soul that "chiede merce" (begs for mercy). Listen to Corelli's love-sounding "Dio" (God). Unfortunately, a chorus of white voices that do not belong with Corelli is included.
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