Songs from this album are available to purchase as MP3s. Click on "Buy MP3" or
view the MP3 Album.
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Listen to Samples and Buy MP3s
Special Offers and Product Promotions
- Get $1 in Amazon MP3 credit with qualifying purchase. Limited to one promotional credit per customer. Here's how (restrictions apply)
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful,
By
This review is from: Zarzuela Arias & Duets (Audio CD)
This is a must have if you are not familiar with zarzuela (Madrid's response to Vienna's operetta). It's a nice combination of arias sung by Caballe in beautiful voice and joined by her husband tenor Bernabe Marti for the duets. The CD comes with translations for non Spanish speaking which will greatly improve your satisfaction.Caballe is in as beautful voice as ever and feels at home with this non very taxing repertoire. She doesn't overindulge in her other times frequent "floatiness" and is very expressive throughout. Thogh sometimes when some coloratura is needed she tends to drop the consonants blurring her enunciation of the words. We are used to this from her opera recordings though she's not as bad as Sutherland. Marti is a nice tenor but is not in the same league as Caballe. That's why he never got star recognition though he made a few recordings whith his wife, like Bellini's "Il Pirata". His is a lyrical tenor, a little throaty but with nice projection of the sound. He sounds a little strained over the "passagio" but hits all the notes. More importantly, he compensates for his lack of vocal lustre with burning impersonations of his characters. Passionate and burning in some, tender and caressing in others. In this respect is better than his wife who is a little more doll like hidding behind her vocal resources. So I specially enjoyed the many and varied duets in this recording. Strongly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really nice!,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Zarzuela Arias & Duets (Audio CD)
I know so little about zarzuela that I'm just pitiful! However, I enjoy this CD, and play it about once a week. I am among those who believe that Bernabe Marti is underrated, perhaps because of inevitable comparisons with the goddess to whom he is married. His voice is lovely. I agree with another reviewer who bemoans the lack of Caballe material on DVD. There is no excuse really, as there are tons of video material out there. I guess we'll have to wait until she has passed from the Earth. Too bad.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
overall,
This review is from: Zarzuela Arias & Duets (Audio CD)
Great recording
Great music selection, Great orchestration Every thing is what I was looking for. I wish you had the same subjects in DVD Thank you
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
SoundUnwound - the personal music encyclopedia
Passionate about music?
Learn more at SoundUnwound, the personal music encyclopedia, or challenge your friends with our music quizzes.
