Ten Top Sopranos

Alfredo Catalani (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Amilcare Ponchielli (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Richard [1] Strauss (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Bruno Bartoletti (Conductor), Edward Downes (Conductor), Fausto Cleva (Conductor), Georg Solti (Conductor), Herbert von Karajan (Conductor), Nello Santi (Conductor), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra), National Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Paris Conservatory Orchestra (Orchestra), Rome Opera Theater Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Paris Conservatory Orchestra, et al.
• Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti, Edward Downes, Fausto Cleva, Georg Solti, Herbert von Karajan, et al.
• Composer: Alfredo Catalani, Gaetano Donizetti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amilcare Ponchielli, Giacomo Puccini, et al.
• Audio CD (March 16, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00000420T
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,103 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #2 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Crespin, Regine
  • #12 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Nilsson, Birgit
  • #18 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Norman, Jessye

Track Listings

1. La Boheme: Si, mi chiamano Mimì - TEN TOP SOPRANOS

2. Le nozze di Figaro: E Susanna non vien ... Dove sono - Kiri Te Kanawa

3. Undallo in maschera: Saper vorreste - Kathleen Battle

4. Lohengrin: Einsam in trüben Tagen - Jessye Norman

5. Elektra: Allein! Weh, ganz allein - TEN TOP SOPRANOS

6. Madama Butterfly: Un bel di - TEN TOP SOPRANOS

7. Aida: Ritorna vincitor! - Leontyne Price

8. La Wally: Ebben? ... Ne andrò lontana - Renata Tebaldi

9. La Gioconda: Suicidio! - Montserrat Caballe

10. Lucia di Lammermoor: Il dolce suono mi colpi di sua voce!... Ardon gl'incensi - Joan Sutherland

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Works by Great Artists - Under the Decca/London Label, February 10, 2006

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CRichards in NYC (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ten Top Sopranos (Audio CD)

Clearly, Maria Callas is one of the most important artists in history and has a well deserved place on any top 10 list. However, all the sopranos here are artists who performed on the decca recording label. Callas did not, hence her exclusion. Also excluded is Sills but I digress...

I love this CD, it's filled with many little gems showing off the best moments in the many different variations of the soprano voice.

Freni = Lyrico Spinto

Battle = Soubrette

Sutherland = Coloratura

Nilsson = Dramatic

Te Kanawa = Lyric (Her Dove sono is positively sublime!!)

Etc.

A wonderful CD which may introduce you to something you've never heard before.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars !!!!, April 4, 2004

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G. Golding (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ten Top Sopranos (Audio CD)

The fact that anyone could say that Mirella Freni should not be considered one of the 10 greats is astounding. She's Karajan's favorite and mine too. She is one of history's greatest artists and her performance here is incredible. Other than Freni, we have a feast of opera greats that sing their hearts out. I love it. Freni, Divina.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sutherland awesome, June 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Ten Top Sopranos (Audio CD)

I agree with the "top 10"(!) reviewer that Sutherland's performance here is spectacular. It is the highlight of this great cd. But Callas should be included here also.