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Amahl and the Night Visitors

Gian Carlo Menotti (Composer), David Syrus (Conductor, Performer), Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden (Orchestra, Performer), Curtis Watson (Performer, Conductor), Donald Maxwell (Performer, Orchestra), John Dobson (Performer), Lorna Haywood (Performer), Lorna Haywood (Artist), James Rainbird (Artist), David Syrus (Artist), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Covent Garden (Artist)
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1. Prelude/Opening
2. What was keeping you outside
3. Don't cry mother dear
4. From far away we come
5. Amahl, Go see who's knocking
6. It's nice here
7. I was a shepherd
8. This is my box
9. Have you seen a child?
10. Shepherds, shepherds
11. Dance
12. Thank you good friends
13. All that food
14. Thief! Thief!
15. I walk mother
16. What to do woth your crutch?

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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Your Best Amahl Choice, November 14, 2000
By A Customer
Just a note to those trying to decide which Amahl and The Night Visitors CD to buy. Get this one! Menotti participated in making it and was happy with the result (sez so on the liner notes). Not that I am any kind of big time exprt or anything, but I had to learn the Amahl role for our Y2K community choir concert, so I listened to the video, the Schippers version + and also this one, and this was the best quality recording, plus the boy soprano was so much better + everyone else just fab. Enjoy!
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Bravo!, December 7, 1998
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I am a professional Mezzo Soprano and I purchased this CD to study the role of the Mother more closely. I found Lorna Haywood to be exceptional. Her voice is gorgeous and full of vibrant colors, her diction is astounding. I have learned so much from her performance that I hope to put into my own. The young James Rainbird also does a great job with the challenging role of Amahl - very expressive and very few pitch problems. Bravo all! A must for the opera lover's collection!
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Very Poor Ensemble Performance of a Classic, August 12, 2002
By Rich (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
Reading the reviews of others I was excited to get this CD. I know the work well having been "Amahl" some thirty year ago and now studying to to do "Melchior" this Christmas.

Score in hand I sat down to listen to the recording [recorded "in the presence of Gian Carlo Menotti -- he must have been asleep for some of it].

First the good:

The mother and Amahl are both excellent. What a nice vocal chemistry we have here, really a pleasure.

Now the bad:

The ensemble parts are weakened tremendously by the trio of kings which sound woefully under rehearsed. Since Menotti writes all of their ensemble singing in a somewhat modal manner this requires absolute perfect tuning among the three of them.
This is not the case and they are out of tune throughout. Melchior [the middle baritone part] is barely heard when singing with the other two kings. Badly done.

The ugly:

The chorus and orchestra ensemble is really poor. There are serious intonation problems throughout. Tenors in the chorus are flat as is brass in the orchestra -- especially glaring during some quiet moments.

I'm thinking about asking for my money back!

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3.0 out of 5 stars The original is better
The music is beautiful, and this is the definitive Christmas opera, but the original recording is much better. This is an almost too polished version. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amahl and The Night Visitors
This recording (produced in 1986), directed with the help of the composer, Gian Carl Menotti, is the most perfect piece of music I have encountered in many years. Read more
Published on January 9, 2007 by Elizabeth W. Poole

1.0 out of 5 stars Amahl
If you know the opera by heart, have performed it countless times, then you know that no recording is as good as the orginal 1951 recording. Read more
Published on December 16, 2006 by L. Jennifer Hoffman

2.0 out of 5 stars Amahl
Gee - sorry to those who like this modern recording but I like the 1951 recording the best.I have both the LP which is quite scratched by now and the CD which is quite good except... Read more
Published on January 24, 2003 by Alwyn Carty

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing
I'm currently studying the role of Amahl's mother, and I got this recording by the luck of the draw. Kaspar is horribly flat throughout, which is a shame. Read more
Published on October 15, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars The best recording of Amahl
I am also a singer and I find this recording much superior in every respect to the other old mono recording. Read more
Published on October 13, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas is not the same without it
Every christmas, my family would go out and get a tree, bring it back and decorate it. This normal tradition was always a great joy for me because it was the first time we... Read more
Published on October 5, 2000 by vb

5.0 out of 5 stars A Superior Recording of this work
For those of us who searched for this recording in vain for a while, its reappearance on the scene is a delight. Read more
Published on May 11, 2000 by The bookish

5.0 out of 5 stars A must to add to your holiday music!
This is still and will always be a wonderful musical addition for the holidays. The original sound track brings back memories of my childhood and the holiday season... Read more
Published on December 11, 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars A christmas tradition to share with your family.
I have listened to the opera since I was born. The original televised version in 1954 is no longer available, this is a great substitute.
Published on November 18, 1998

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