Three Tenors of the Golden Age

Giacomo Meyerbeer (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Franz Lehar (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Francesco Cilea (Composer), Nicholas Brodszky (Composer), Friedrich von Flotow (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Guy d' Hardelot (Composer), Carrie Jacobs Bond (Composer), E.A. Mario (Composer), Lara Polotto (Composer), Luigi Denza (Composer), Paolo Tosti (Composer), Sandor Harmati (Composer), Richard Rodgers (Composer), Eduardo di Capua (Composer), Frieder Weissmann (Conductor), Erich Leinsdorf (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Frieder Weissmann, Erich Leinsdorf
• Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Franz Lehar, Giuseppe Verdi, et al.
• Audio CD (July 16, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003G3Y
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,381 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this for Lanza!, February 24, 2002

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DJ McGovern "Derek McGovern" (Busan, South Korea) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Three Tenors of the Golden Age (Audio CD)

Oh dear. Whoever compiled this collection was not paying much attention to the Mario Lanza selections! Several of them feature Lanza at his worst (Funiculi' Funicula', Santa Lucia Luntana, With A Song In My Heart), and Be My Love excepted, the tenor recorded superior versions of all of them on other occasions.

Jan Peerce and Jussi Bjoerling fare much better, with both tenors sounding at the peak of their form. Ironically, several of their selections are more closely associated with Lanza (Vesti La Giubba, Granada and Che Gelida Manina), and one can only wonder at the reasoning behind these choices.

Buy this if you're a fan of Peerce or Bjoerling; admirers of Lanza should look elsewhere for his best recordings.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT LISTEN!, June 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Three Tenors of the Golden Age (Audio CD)

This CD is tremendous, giving us a true feeling of the "three" tenors, when there were a lot more than that! It is undeniable that Bjoerling stands out as the best, and will only make you want more.But the Lanza trademarks are here too.