Zarzuela Arias & Duets

Montserrat Caballé | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: August 15, 1995
• Label: RCA Gold Seal
• Copyright: (P) 1995 BMG Entertainment
• Total Length: 1:15:13
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• ASIN: B0013AYUY8
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,080 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, September 29, 2001

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Carlos Gomez-Moreno "cgomezmoreno" (Hollywood, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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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!, July 24, 2009

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Claudia N. Davidsen "Claudia Davidsen" (Ruskin, FL) - See all my reviews
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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, March 15, 2006

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fabio diez - See all my reviews
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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