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Pavarotti's Greatest Hits15 reviews
Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ...

Decca, 2007

Excellent Survey of Pavarotti's Work
For someone who is already a student of opera, this dual set will probably be somewhat redundant. However, if you are curious about opera in general or are unfamiliar with Pavarotti's recordings, this is an excellent anthology. I bought it as two cassettes some 20 years ago and wore it out, beginning a life-long love affair with opera. Use it to familiarize yourself with the songs and arias ... 		  
  







  
  
Essential Bach7 reviews
Janos Starker, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Decca, 2000

Exquisite Essential Bach
Value and exquisite sampler of Bach on two CD's at an affordable price. Recorded by the likes primarily of Academy of the St. Martin-in-the-fields, Chicago Sympony, Boston Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra and with virtuoso performers as William Bennett, Heinz Hollinger, Pepe Romero, and Wolfgang Rubsam, one gets treated to wonderful Bach exerpts of all his fantastic breath and depth of ... 		  
  







  
  
O Holy Night / Luciano Pavarotti / Special Deluxe Edition (Decca)13 reviews
Vittoriano Benvenuti, Hector Berlioz, ...

Decca, 2005

A very special Christmas album
My wife and I love Christmas music, but this album is in a class by itself. It is opera, classical music, Christmas carols, and the most heartfelt and expressive personal expression of religious feeling. It is exalted and joyous, and to my wife and me, inexpressively beautiful. We're listening to "O Holy Night" as I type this on Christmas Eve, as we've listened to this album since its release, ... 		  
  







  
  
Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy-My Favourite Opera For Children4 reviews
Robert Massard, Sherrill Milnes, ...

Decca, 1994

Fun, accessible opera for you and your child to enjoy
I bought this CD for my then 3 year old son. He loved it then because it was the "Bugs Bunny" music he was familiar with from the cartoons. He listened to it for awhile then we put it away. After he turned 4, he said to me one day -- let's listen to opera, and now we listen to this CD every day. This music gets his blood going; he struts around his room when he listens to this. And, he is ... 		  
  







  
  
Four Last Songs7 reviews
Antonin Dvorak, Jules Massenet, ...

Decca, 2008

'Habe dank!'
This very generous two disc release has so many positive aspects that it hopefully will manage to garner the attention of music lovers around the world despite the negative comments being published in some quarters. Fame of an artist is accompanied by that very public eye and ear that references previous performances and recordings of repeated works as being superior to a new issue, and while ... 		  
  







  
  
Mozart - Requiem / Augér, Bartoli, Cole, Pape, Wiener Phil., Solti21 reviews
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georg Solti, ...

Decca, 1992

Better than Bernstein
Good buy. This Requiem version is wonderful and uplifting. Bought Leonard Bernstein's version some years ago. It moves so slowly and seems full of unrelenting angst--sounds more like Wagner than Mozart. If you like the music of Mozart's Requiem, this version is much more friendly. 		  
  







  
  
The #1 Opera Album42 reviews
Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, ...

Decca, 2001

great collection
If one was wanting to introduce a friend to the wonderful world of opera, this would be a great cd to buy them. Also at this time when many of us are worrying about Luciano and his health , it is great to hear him featured on many of the selections. A great buy and wonderful collection. 		  
  







  
  
Nessun Dorma ~ 20 Great Tenor Arias / Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo, Bergonzi, Aragall, Björling, Di Stefano, ...18 reviews
Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, ...

Decca, 1998

Driving and Singing
This is a wonderful CD to sing along with in "rotten" traffic. All of a sudden, it just dosen't matter that much. If it can do this for me, it will help even the most "miserable" (in thought, word and deed), driver. Worth having in the car. 		  
  







  
  
Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces18 reviews
Fritz Dolezal, Franklin Cohen, ...

Decca, 2001

What a deal
You get Mozart's best works in 2 CD. The sound is flawless to the common ear. Get it! if you love Mozart 		  
  







  
  
Luciano Pavarotti: The Best (Farewell Tour)28 reviews
Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, ...

Decca, 2005

Wonderful, of course!
I don't know of too many that would give fewer than five stars to Luciano Pavarotti. What an amazing voice...we are fortunate to have been part of one man's unbelievable talent! 		  
  







  
  
Verdi: Requiem; Quattro pezzi sacri4 reviews
Giuseppe Verdi, Georg Solti, ...

Decca, 2006

An Energetic and highly Dramatic Verdi Requiem
Of all of Verdi's latter works, the Verdi requiem is perhaps my favorite after Otello. Although it was written as a Requiem mass, I find that Verdi's composition recalls something that sounds more operatic than parochial, and for this reason, I don't think that it should be treated merely as a church piece. Rather, it should be seen a piece that combines both the elements of the sacred and ... 		  
  







  
  
Hector Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust / von Otter, Lewis, van Dam, Rose, CSO, Solti (1989)3 reviews
Georg Solti, Anne Sofie von Otter

Arthaus Musik, 2006

Berlioz confronts Goethe and the devil
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was a revolutionary composer but the nature of his musical upheaval isn't clear until one takes a few facts into consideration. Between 1789 and 1820 France was in a state of perpetual tumult that left her literature and arts in stasis; while from across the channel, young English poets contemplated the French Revolution and new poetic impulses were born. Wordsworth's ... 		  
  







  
  
Humperdinck - Hansel und Gretel (1981)9 reviews
Edita Gruberova, Brigitte Fassbaender

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

Enchanting
Before watching this, put aside your critical eye and relax so you can be carried along with the magic. It is, as the other reviewers have said, beautifully done. But you watch this opera to be enchanted - let it happen. It starts with the overture - the camera takes you to the beautiful opera house, past the poster announcing the opera and sweeps you along with the children who are flooding ... 		  
  







  
  
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"13 reviews
Antonin Dvorak, Sir Georg Solti, ...

Decca, 1990

No Homesick Symphony, This
Any great piece of music lends itself to different, sometimes radically different, interpretations. Dvorak's "New World" is a case in point, but especially so since music critics and others in the know have differing perspectives on the work. I've heard it called by some "the homesick symphony"; this, of course, implies that despite the use of native American musical material, the symphony ... 		  
  







  
  
Essential Beethoven6 reviews
Hans Sotin, Martti Talvela, ...

Decca, 2001

Wonderful selections
My kids and I have really enjoyed this CD. This is a great collection of music with high quality performances. 		  
  







  
  
Renee Fleming: By Request41 reviews
Vincenzo Bellini, Alfredo Catalani, ...

Decca, 2003

Just plain great!
This is my favorite album!!! I use it to mellow out, or just listen to her magnificent voice. I've passed on a few of her other albums, but if I lost this one, I'd buy it over and over again. 		  
  







  
  
Solti and Perahia: Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
Georg Solti

KULTUR VIDEO, 2008

Filmed at the Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Aldeburgh Sir Georg Solti and Murray Perahia Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Pianos Sir Georg Solti Murray Perahia Percussion Evelyn Glennie David Corkhill Maestro Solti had a special link with this piece of music; he turned the pages for Ditta Pastory, Bartók's wife, when she and her husband gave the premiere performance in January 1938. Sir Georg Solti and Murray Perahia ... 		  
  







  
  
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle [DVD Video]7 reviews

Decca, 2008

The Missing Music Box from Dr Caligari's Cabinet
Mike Birman's excellent review of this rare expressionist opera, several moths old already, was responsible for my ordering it. A few nights ago I finally watched it. His judgment of the music says everything I might want to say. The cinematography is another matter. Of course, with Georg Solti conducting, I knew I was getting a production with some miles on its chassis. I knew it had to be a ... 		  
  







  
  
Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier / Te Kanawa, Howells, Haugland, Bonney, Solti, Schlesinger (The Royal ...17 reviews
Kiri Te Kanawa, Aage Haugland

Kultur Video, 2004

superlative
I have a friend -- a knowledgeable opera buff -- who once mildly embarrassed me when, in a discussion, I turned to him for (brief and conversational) support for my claim that Kiri Te Kanawa is one of the best of the recent (i.e., late 20th century) sopranos. He demurred evasively, saying there are so many sopranos. True enough, but Te Kanawa is good. And should you ever have any doubts about ... 		  
  







  
  
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)24 reviews
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georg Solti, ...

Decca, 1991

A Beautiful Performance
I have seen Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) on several occasions and this recording by Sir Georg Solti has always brought back those wonderful performances. With the Mozart 250th birthday this January Gramophone magazine selected the best recordings of the opera and this Solti version was among the top choices. Sir Georg had a long association with the opera that dated back to the late 1930s ... 		  
  







  




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