Martin Y Soler: Il Sogno, La Dora festeggiante [Box set, Import]

Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara (Artist, Orchestra), Martin Y Soler (Composer), Juan Bautista Otero (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara
• Conductor: Juan Bautista Otero
• Composer: Martin Y Soler
• Audio CD (November 9, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Box set, Import
• 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: RCOC Records
• ASIN: B003SSIL7U
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #237,730 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

This new CD from the Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara presents two cantatas by the Spanish composer Vicente Martín y Soler - Il Sogno and La Dora festeggiante. Il Sogno, written in 1787, is the only example of collaboration of between Martín y Soler and the great librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. These works are like a small fresco of this period of transformation. La Dora represents the end of a period, in which the Olympic gods serve as a model to human behavior, while Il Sogno, is, deep down, a pre-romantic spiritual work, in which the nymphs are no longer unattainable beings, beings that do not suffer or have human passions but on the contrary, they embody them, they live them in their own skin in spite of being in an idyllic place.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional recording...at an outrageous price!, January 17, 2011

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Frederic Bourgeois (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Martin Y Soler: Il Sogno, La Dora festeggiante (Audio CD)

This is no secret: the classical music industry is indeed a tough one to make profit. Selling a thousand copies is an achievement in itself. So, in order to collect their due, some recording companies like RCOC Records have come up with a new scam to rip off the music lovers out there, who are still honest enough (stupid?) not to illegally download new albums: they record on 2 CDs, 2 works that would have easily fit on a single one (32 min and 45 min respectively) and charge the full price of a double CD. What a better way to alienate a clientele scarce enough already!

Don't get me wrong on the quality of the music or the performance of the artists! This is top notch. A musical wonder that would have earned 10 stars. Since the 1990s, the few recordings of Martin y Soler's works have already unraveled a composer whose genius deserves a fair comparison to the masters of the classical period era. These two cantatas, La Dora festeggiante and Il Sogno, just confirm that Martin y Soler could indeed surpass Mozart. The soloists, Sunhae Im, Raffaella Milanesi and Magnus Stavelandare are up to the challenge, and Otero and his Royal Chamber Opera Company (on original instruments) are simply put, sublime.

However, the marketing technique is abjectly shameful, and only deserves the scorn of classical music lovers.