Icon: Montserrat Caballé [Box set]

Matteo Manuguerra (Performer), Thomas Allen (Performer), Sherrill Milnes (Performer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Vincenzo Bellini (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Giacomo Meyerbeer (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Arrigo Boito (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Umberto Giordano (Composer), Joaquin Turina (Composer), Xavier Montsalvatge (Composer), Lamberto Gardelli (Conductor), Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Conductor), Riccardo Muti (Conductor), Charles Mackerras (Conductor), James Levine (Conductor), Anton Guadagno (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Matteo Manuguerra, Thomas Allen, Sherrill Milnes
• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Riccardo Muti, Charles Mackerras, James Levine, et al.
• Composer: Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giuseppe Verdi, et al.
• Audio CD (April 21, 2009)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B001QEJQXQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,820 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The reputation of this Barcelona-born soprano soared after a performer's illness gave her the part of Mimi in La Boheme in 1956. Here are 4 CDs of her most prized EMI recordings: selections from the aforementioned opera and from Les Huguenots; Macbeth; Otello; Aida; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot , and Don Carlo (several of which feature Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras) plus the treasured Spanish songs that she sang so beautifully!

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Monster Montserrat, November 13, 2010

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Arthur Hampton "Aging gym rat" (Rohnert Park, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Icon: Montserrat Caballé (Audio CD)

My appreciation for opera is new, although I've been listening to classical music for about fifty years. So I've been picking up some 'opera highlight' cds to get my feet wet. This set is a wonderful bargain. The arias are exquisitely beautiful and Caballe's voice is a gorgeous instrument. Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rubies, Pearls and Dreams, December 16, 2011

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Doug - Haydn Fan (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Icon: Montserrat Caballé (Audio CD)

I've often wondered about the answer to the age old question posed by the Persian poet: What can we possibly offer the wine merchant for his drink if it's as good as we poets make it out to be?

The answer must be singing of such magnificence.

If you haven't much by Caballe this offering should give you a convincing and wondrous introduction in depth to one of last century's supreme operatic sopranos. Frankly, this quality of singing is beyond criticism.