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Here We Go Again

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Aretha you are no doubt the Queen of pop and R&B. But you have totally destroyed the beautiful Nessun Dorma. Classical musicians, especially classically trained singers cringed when you sang for Pavarotti. I am a classically trained voice teacher with a Masters Degree, and all of us hate how you have destroyed this song. This ranks up there with Barbara Streisands attempt at a Classical Music Album. It is Horrible!

Here we go again, is a really sweet track.Funky it kinda reminds me of Chain of fools.It's soulful, really gritty (in my opinion the way soul should be) and danceable, not adult contemporary, which is nice to hear from a verteran artist.Beautiful vocal performance.Sure other verterans are doing danceable music,but they have to be computer modified. Many don't have the vocal stamina to sing belters like this one. Now "Nessun Dorma" is one of my favorite arias.My sister is an Opera singer. On more than one occassions she sang this song.I aggree with 2 previous reviewers, Aretha is a soul singer and the Best Soul Sister out there.I think she should stick to pop/R&B.She does not have the voice for classical, just like a classical singer does not have the voice for Soul.Technique and style in singing are just as important as learning how to SPELL. ARETHA I love you, and I love your Gospel, R&B, Rock, Jazz and Gospel stuff but steer clear of Classical.

I heard this CD of Aritha singing Nessun Dora on CBC radio June 12th and it blew me away. So much so I have been trying to get it ever since. When people are critical of others, and then claim their educational qualifications to support their statement. It all ends up as being a sure sign of insecurity. Those who criticise should stand up and be counted. Words on paper are easy to write but, when you stand on the spot and produce and are acclaimed, then perhaps you have room to talk about others, otherwisw it is all hot air.

Good for you Aritha, I thought your rendition of Pucinni's Nessun Dora was great!!! I gota get this CD.

It's the live version of Franklin's soulful interpretation of "Nessun Dorma" that is the "find" here.

Yes, this is the song that she sang in place of an ailing Pavarotti at the '99 Grammy's.

That was truly one of the Academy of Recording Arts and Science's most memorable moments.

Aretha Franklin is back with a bold CD, and its nice to know that soul is here again with a bang. PIMP YOSHI says: Buy this CD

For those who ask her not to sing classical, all I can say is they lack the sence of music, they know nothing, they realize nothing, cause Aretha here is great. She transfers so much electricity singing this Aria. She reveals us her soul on plate with her glorious sentimental voice. Thank U Aretha for all we get every time we listen to this unforgetable singing of yours.

Now, I'm not as big of an Aretha fan as the other reviewers... and I'm not classically trained. But, I love the Aria "Nessun Dorma." And, even though she butchers the Italian, Aretha does a GREAT job with this piece.

The whole reason she sang the piece in the first place was because Luciano Pavarotti got sick the night of the Grammys. She filled in for him, having never sung the piece before. Knowing that, she did an awesome job.

She is the undisputed king of soul. And, it's nice to see someone as good as she is take a risk once in a while.

I beg to differ with the classical music snobs who evaluated Aretha's performance of the aria 'Nessun Dorma'. It seems that they were insulted because a non classical performer did a rendition of a classical tune, like it is against the law or something. Those who chose to pan this recording because their sister or daughter sings classical, well I don't see any recordings by their sisters or daughters on amazon nor heard them on the radio. They did not condemn Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Mario Lanza, Kathleen Battle nor Pavoratti for crossing over into music idioms different from their most notable ones. I think it was quite noble of Aretha to do what she did, after all she did fill in for Pavoratti who was ailing at the time. Some people have a closed mind when it comes to music. They hear music ony one way, their way, conventional and one dimensional. 'Nessun Dorma' is the best song on this 3 song EP CD. 5 stars.

Heard this on the radio. Never knew Aretha to sing classical. One either likes it or not. I had to purchase a used CD. It should be a collectors item. I loved it!!

There is no bigger Aretha fan than I. I have almost all of her albums on vinyl or cd. As a classically trained vocalist myself I feel the the Queen butchered the great "Nessun Dorma". She is a pop vocalist, not an opera singer. Nessun Dorma is an amazing Aria but this "R&B" interpretation by the Queen of soul is enough to make any classical singer cringe. The first two tracks are good however.