Della Jones: Great Operatic Arias [Enhanced]

Andrew Shore (Performer), Garry Magee (Performer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Vincenzo Bellini (Composer), Amilcare Ponchielli (Composer), Edward German (Composer), Henry Rowley Bishop (Composer), David Parry (Conductor), Gabriele Bellini (Conductor), Della Jones (Performer), Anne Mason (Performer), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra), Mary Plazas (Performer), Peter Wedd (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Andrew Shore, Garry Magee, Della Jones, Anne Mason, Mary Plazas, et al.
• Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra
• Conductor: David Parry, Gabriele Bellini
• Composer: Gioachino Rossini, George Frederick Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, et al.
• Audio CD (March 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Chandos
• ASIN: B000059LX6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #795,518 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 27-MAR-2001

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2.0 out of 5 stars Very Poor Breath Control ..., January 17, 2011

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This review is from: Della Jones: Great Operatic Arias (Audio CD)

... makes it impossible for mezzo-soprano Della Jones to sustain the arching phrases of 18th C opera arias, not with the artistry of such current HIPP baroque specialists as Sandrine Piau, Romina Basso, Sara Mingardo. Jones's tuning isn't always on the button, either, and her higher and lower registers sound just a little too consistently divergent in timbre. This is not a CD that you'll enjoy if your standards are as high as mine.

Della Jones was born in 1946, in Wales, and I have the impression that she's among the beloved stars of British opera in her generation. In effect, she must have been a 'transitional' figure in the reassessment of vocal technique based on historically informed performance practices. In that case, I'm willing to pay her all due reverence.

There are samples here. If you think I've been unjust, feel free to remonstrate with me.