The Essential Montserrat Caballé

Montserrat Caballé | Format: MP3 Download

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• Performers: Paul Plishka, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, The London Symphony Orchestra, Ruggero Raimondi, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, New York Philharmonic, Opera Orchestra Of New York, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, John Alldis Choir, Judith Blegen, Kenneth Collins, Robert Bowman, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, John Brecknock, Sir George Solti, Placido Domingo, Jr., Label Copy Conversion/Sony Classical Unknown, Wandsworth School Boy's Choir, Bianca Berini, David Lennox, Fiorenza Cossoto, Gene Boucher, George MacPherson, Kenneth MacDonald, Nancy Stokes, Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Camillo Sforza, Franco Ruta, Musica Sacra Chorus
• Composers: Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868), Emanuel Bidera
• Conductors: Nello Santi, Carlo Felice Cillario, Sir Georg Solti, Erich Leinsdorf, Gianfranco Masini, Zubin Mehta, Eve Queler, Anton Guadagno, Georges Prêtre, Label Copy Conversion/Sony Classical Unknown
• Original Release Date: November 30, 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: RCA Red Seal
• Copyright: (P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT / (P) 1972, 1974 BMG Music / Originally Recorded 1965, 1967, 1969. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music/(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT / (P) 1981 SONY BMG MUS
• Total Length: 2:29:07
• Genres: Classical/Historical Periods/Early Music
• ASIN: B0014KBAHC
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars How do we get this Verdi Requiem on CD?, February 27, 2008

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Bill (West Hartford, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Essential Montserrat Caballé (Audio CD)

In 1980 or 1981, Caballe, Domingo and Zubin Mehta recorded the Verdi Requiem for CBS/Sony. The performance has never been on CD, but the excerpt on this album proves that it should be. Caballe was in great voice, and Domingo was fantastic. The rest of the cast is more than adequate. As Caballe's earlier Verdi Requiem performance is NLA, can Sony BMG be persuaded to issue this performance, even in "download-only" (such as Universal Classics are doing) or in "handmade" limited editions (as Rhino is doing)?The other performances on this "essential" album are drawn from Caballe's recorded legacy for Sony and RCA. Although many fans will already have them, some may not--and this is a great collection of the familiar and the more obscure. Recommended for fans of great "golden age" singing.