Most Helpful Customer Reviews
|
|
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a beautiful album., March 3, 2002
I concur with two below reviews: it is wonderful to hear the opera in the original lanuage of the title character, and it is well worth [the money]... I didn't know it was available here as well, and it is a rare find... The orchestration is different from the original Broadway production. It has a much more "elegant" feel to it, much less of a Broadway "Rogers and Hammerstein musclebound production" feel to it; this production is more understated and has a more "refined" feel to it. The "Evita" of the Original Broadway Recording often seems like a caricature of the historical Evita - a somewhat campy, vicious, and unsympathetic rendition. Paloma San Basilio's "Evita" is a little more humanized. It is inevitable, then, that Patti Lupone's Broadway version would be a more forceful interpretation and therefore more powerful and memorable. It is probably best, therefore, to not try to compare the two renditions but to judge them on their own merit. Sometimes Paloma San Basilio's voice can get a little "screechy" for me, a little too sugary. But in some places her voice is delicious, beautiful, and elegant. Now, I wonder how it would sound if we could insert Patti LuPone into this production and hear her sing the score in Spanish . . . something to think about; okay, maybe not. Anyway, I would recommend this CD to any fan of the musical, and to anyone interested in the Spanish language.
|
|
|
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Ultimate Evita, February 4, 2003
I'm a really big fan of the rock opera Evita and am acquainted with the major English language productions, but when I heard Paloma San Basilio's recording, I was hearing the music for the first time again.The pulse of the Spanish soul resounds in every beat: the proud bravado, the romanticism, and the heart-wrenching melancholy will sweep you away. I listen to it every day! It is such a superb recording, I hardly ever listen to it in English any more. Paloma San Basilio is magnificent! She is Evita. The rest of the cast is excellent as well. If you know Spanish, you will love this "Evita"; otherwise, learn Spanish -it's worth it just for this recording!
|
|
|
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent musical, January 9, 2003
The entire cast of this Spanish Evita CD are superb. The music itself is excellent, it is fasr away enough from any other version to be pretty much original (even though this was recorded after the Concept, London and Broadway versions of the musical).The leading lady is superb, although on occasion she seem a bit unable tp keep up with the pace. The orchestra make an excellent attempt at the score, it is very latin, and as I said far away form any other version recorded. If you are a fan of Evita then this is a MUST, even if you cant understand Spanish it is enough just to listen to the musical score itself.
|
|
|
Most Recent Customer Reviews
|
~ Phantom of the Opera- Mexican Version
~ Robert B. Sherman
~ Lin-Manuel Miranda
See all 13 tracks on this disc
- the new music site from IMDb and Amazon.
