Piano American Classics : Love Songs

Piano American Classics : Love Songs

Track Listings

 
1. Moonlight Serenade
2. Sadow of Your Smile
3. Ruby
4. I've Got You Under My Skin
5. Tenderly
6. Mona Lisa
7. Begin the Beguine
8. Only You
9. Aniversary Waltz
10. Misty
11. Night and Day
12. It Had to Be You

Piano American Classics : Love Songs,Giovanni Maradi,Orfeon Records,Classical Artists,Easy Listening,Latin

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Songs Of Spain / De Los Angeles, et al
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The most noble voice
  • PURCHASE THIS JEWEL WHILE YOU CAN
  • luminous artistry from a genius
  • A special Dignity and an Unfailing Beauty of Voice.
Songs Of Spain / De Los Angeles, et al

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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  1. Isabel Bayrakdarian ~ Azulão
  2. The Fabulous Victoria De Los Angeles
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ASIN: B00000I4KQ
Release Date: 1999-02-23

Tracks:

  1. El rossinyol
  2. El testament d'Amelia
  3. Adios meu homino
  4. Mina nay por me casare
  5. Tengo que subir
  6. Ahi tienes mi corazon
  7. La vi llorando
  8. Ya se van los pastores
  9. Campanas de Belen
  10. Jaeneras que yo canto
  11. A dormir ahora mesmo
  12. Granadinas
  13. Hincarse de rodillas
  14. Cancion de trilla
  15. Parado de Valldemosa
  16. Nik baditut
  17. Andregaya
  18. Din, dan, boleran
  19. Mariam matrem
  20. Ay, triste vida corporal!
  21. Que es mi vida, preguntais?
  22. Porque es, dama, tanto quereros?
  23. No me llames segalaherba
  24. Ay, luna que reluces
  25. En esta larga ausencia
  26. Molinillo que mueles amores
  27. Confiado jilguerillo
  28. Seguidillas religiosas
  29. Cancion de cuna
  30. El jilguerillo con pico de oro
  31. El canape

Tracks:

  1. Ah, el novio no quiere dinero
  2. Coma la rosa en la guerta
  3. Estavase la mora
  4. Aquel rey de Francia
  5. Damos gracias a ti, Dios
  6. Sobre Baca estaba el rey
  7. Ay que non hay!
  8. Rosa das rosas
  9. Maravillosos e piadosos
  10. Tres moricas m'enamoran
  11. Paseabase el rey moro
  12. Dime a do tienes las mientes
  13. Si no's huviera mirado
  14. Dexo la venda
  15. Puse mis amores
  16. Aqui me declaro su pensamiento
  17. Pues que me tienes
  18. Gentil dama, non se gana
  19. Mi querer tanto vos quiere
  20. Una hija tiene el rey
  21. Una matica de ruda
  22. Si la noche se hace oscura
  23. Pastorcico, non te aduermas
  24. Ay triste que vengo
  25. No soy you quien la descrube
  26. Pase el agua, Julieta
  27. Aquel caballero, madre
  28. Duelete de mi, Senora
  29. De Antequera salio el Moro
  30. De los alamos vengo, madre
  31. Enfermo estaba Antioco
  32. Dame acogida en tu hato
  33. Morenica, dame un beso
  34. Senora, si te olvidare
  35. De donde venis, amore?

Tracks:

  1. La rosa enflorece
  2. Ven querida
  3. Adio, querida
  4. Durme, durme, hermozo hijico
  5. Paxaro d'hermosura
  6. Avrix, mi galanica
  7. Irme quiero, la mi madre
  8. Ya viene el cativo
  9. Yo m'enamori d'un aire
  10. Una matica de ruda
  11. Anda, jaleo
  12. Los cuatro muleros
  13. Las tres hojas
  14. Los mozos de Monleon
  15. Las morillas de Jaen
  16. Sevillanas del siglo 18
  17. El cafe de Chinitas
  18. Nana de Sevilla
  19. Los pelegrinitos
  20. Zorongo
  21. Romance de Don Boiso
  22. Los reyes de la baraja
  23. La tarara
  24. El combat del somni: Damunt de tu, nomes les flors
  25. A l'ombra del Lledoner: Canco de grumet
  26. Canciones negras: Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito
  27. Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De los alamos vengo, madre
  28. Coleccion de tonadillas: Callejeo
  29. Coleccion de tonadillas: El tra la la y el punteado
  30. Seis canciones castellanas: No quiero tus avellanas
  31. Seis canciones castellanas: Jota
  32. Panxolina
  33. Tu pupila es azul
  34. Cantos populares espanolas: Malaguena
  35. Cantos populares espanolas: Granadina
  36. Cantos populares espanolas: El Vito
  37. Cantos populares espanolas: Pano murciano
  38. Clavelitos
  39. Adios, Granada
  40. Madrigal

Tracks:

  1. Coleccion de tonadillas: Amor y odio
  2. Coleccion de tonadillas: Callejeo
  3. Coleccion de tonadillas: El majo discreto
  4. Coleccion de tonadillas: El majo olvidado
  5. Coleccion de tonadillas: El majo timido
  6. Coleccion de tonadillas: El mirar de la maja
  7. Coleccion de tonadillas: El tra la la y el punteado
  8. Coleccion de tonadillas: La maja de Goya
  9. Coleccion de tonadillas: Las currutacas modestas
  10. Tres majas dolorosas: Oh muerte cruel!
  11. Tres majas dolorosas: Ay majo de mi vida
  12. Tres majas dolorosas: De aquel majo amante
  13. Goyescas: La maja y el ruisenor (Rosario)
  14. 'La vida breve': Vivan los que rien! (Salud - Act 1)
  15. 'La vida breve': Alli esta! Riyendo! (Salud - Act 2)
  16. 'Acis y Galatea': Confiado jilguerillo
  17. El tripili
  18. Llorad, corazon
  19. Iban al pinar
  20. No lloreis, ojuelos
  21. Mananica era
  22. Mira que soy nina
  23. Gracia mia
  24. El pano moruno
  25. Seguidilla murciana
  26. Asturiana
  27. Jota
  28. Nana
  29. Cancion
  30. Polo
  31. 'La Tempranica': Zapateado (La tarantula e un bicho mu malo)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The most noble voice.......2004-05-28

Victoria de los Angeles' voice not only has a silken quality and fascinating glow to it but it is one of the most regal, noble sounds you'll ever hear. She illuminated those moments of quietness, gentleness and noble, feminine pride and elegance like no other soprano before and after her. This release of her "Spanish Songs" has never been surpassed. The songs of her homeland seem to have been written for her beautiful instrument alone, she fills every piece with special beauty and charm, religious flair and beautiful, noble simplicity. Buy this recording and see why Victoria is one of the best sopranos ever having come from Spain.

5 out of 5 stars PURCHASE THIS JEWEL WHILE YOU CAN.......2002-01-08

FOR A LONG TIME "SONGS OF SPAIN" HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF CLASSICAL, POPULAR, SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS (CHRISTIAN AND SEPHARDIC) SPANISH SONGS. DE LOS ANGELES DEFIES A RIVAL IN THIS GENRE. DE LARROCHA, SORIANO AND ZANETTI PROVIDE UNEQUALED ACCOMPANIEMENTS. THE RECORDINGS ARE SECOND ONLY TO LIFE PERFORMANCES. I UNDERSTAND THAT EMI INTENDS TO TAKE THIS SET OUT OF PUBLICATION. PURCHASE THIS JEWEL WHILE YOU CAN! I JUST PURCHASED MY THIRD SET FROM AMAZON AND I TREASURE IT AS MUCH AS MY FIRST!

5 out of 5 stars luminous artistry from a genius.......2000-12-26

the vocal artist of vocal artistsdisplays her absolutely gorgeous voice and musical understanding of spanish feeling with a warmth that is unmatched anywhere.the only thing better was to hear her in person!

5 out of 5 stars A special Dignity and an Unfailing Beauty of Voice........2000-09-17

This set offers four generously-filled CDs comprising almost 140 Spanish songs from Victoria de los Angeles' repertoire. To all of them she brings a special dignity and an unfailing beauty of voice. The earliest recordings date from 1950 and the last is the items she sang at the opening of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Yes, you will find the ubiquitous "Clavelitos!" here, and a later version of "La maya el ruisenor" from "Goyescas". The enclosed booklet provides illuminating notes by Lionel Salter, who also translated many of the texts which are also included. Accompanists include Gerald Moore and Alicia de Larrocha, and Victoria de Los Angeles provides a guitar accompaniment herself in one song. The last track of all, a zapateado from a zarzuela, recorded live in New York, must almost have brought the house down.
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg - It Ain't Necessarily So
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • SHE PLAYS OUT OF TUNE!
  • Perfection
  • Soul Quenching Expression
  • Fire and Passion!
  • Salerno-Sonnenberg: Adroit and Emotional
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg - It Ain't Necessarily So
Claude Debussy , George Gershwin , Camille Saint-Saëns , William Kroll , Niccolo Paganini , Franz Schubert , Scott Joplin , Fritz Kreisler , Manuel de Falla , Sergey Prokofiev , Sergey Rachmaninov , Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg , and Sandra Rivers
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002RSY
Release Date: 1992-10-20

Tracks:

  1. Praeludium And Allegro
  2. Porgy And Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So
  3. Clair de lune
  4. Banjo And Fiddle
  5. Liebesieid
  6. Liebesfreud
  7. Prelude
  8. Cantabile
  9. The Bee
  10. The Easy Winners
  11. Carnival Of The Animals: The Swan
  12. Rondo
  13. La Gitana
  14. Suite populaire espagnole: Asturiana
  15. Suite populaire espagnole: Jota
  16. The Love For Three Oranges: March
  17. Tempo di Minuetto
  18. Vocalise Op.34 No.14

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars SHE PLAYS OUT OF TUNE!.......2005-08-16

Yes, she does: her sound is horribly thin, and she can't play the highest notes strong enough, so that they wither away and disappear into silence. Even the darkest, lowest notes come out weakly, so one can't argue that she has trouble just with the upper registers: her whole playing is terribly bad. She does have
a good vibrato, but I fear that if her sound were not thin, the vibrato would make even the darkest melody sound pathetic.

Hahn is all right (not excellent, nor good, just right for
some provincial recital hall) as long as she keeps to the lower pitch range (perhaps she should be playing the bass fiddle!), Shaham does everything only passably, and Chang has some passion and feeling but no strength to express it, but Salerno-Sonnenberg is bad across the board. There maybe a passably competent technique in her playing (that is, she can get the melody across), but she plays out of tune - the sound is disgusting!

I know how crazy this piece of writing must sound among so many raves, but there's no other way to explain the horribly weak, thin sound of the violin in this recording. Perlman, who suffered all his life from weak health, even in such difficult pieces as Beethoven's Kreutzer sonata was able to produce a full-bodied sound - and this, when he was well past his sixties.

But then again, Salerno-Sonnenberg is not alone in showing such a lack of... no, this is not about inborn talent. I doubt some child can pick up a violin and play in tune without first listening to a competent elder's playing. After the most basic education in music performance, it is just a question of getting a good recording of a piece, and practicing till one gets a relatively equal sound.

I harbored great hopes for Salerno-Sonnenberg when I read about her troubled life, the attacks she had to face from critics, her attempted suicide. I was letting myself be deceived by that old Romantic cliché, that pain makes for good art. But this is not about discovering or rediscovering unknown masterpieces, but about interpreting establish ones, and a Paganini doesn't have the "extended techniques" present in many postmodern pieces where noise passes for music, so in this case a standard called in-tune playing exists, and she doesn't perform up to it. But this judgement depends on my senses. If you don't believe me, you can find out whether I am right, or whether I am just another flea-like critic from the incestuous music business, by comparing Salerno-Sonnenberg's playing to that of any famous solo violinist whose career started in the 60's or 50's - when gesticulating wasn't equated with playing.

5 out of 5 stars Perfection.......2004-11-02

Salerno-Sonnenberg's passionate, elegant, heartbreaking interpretations of these wonderful selections is perfectly paired with Sandra Rivers at the piano. I shall never forget their performance of "Claire de lune," the Kreisler pieces, or the exquisite Rachmaninov "Vocalise." In her hands, the violin becomes voice and reeds and brass -- transcending itself and taking the audience right along.

5 out of 5 stars Soul Quenching Expression.......2003-10-12

Making great music lies in the ability to express things words can't, to touch the soul, capture the moment and move the heart.

It takes a great artist to perform great music!

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg is such an artist and this release is one of her many gifts to the music loving world!

5 out of 5 stars Fire and Passion!.......2000-11-14

Check out Track #5 - Liebesieid - for a small sampling of the tremendous emotional pull of Nadja's playing. I have several CDs of Itzhak Perman, and Anne-Sophie Mutter, but no violinist matches Nadja's gift of making each piece her own - you know that she truely feels the music - it flows through her - and it isn't just a dry technical playing of the piece.

5 out of 5 stars Salerno-Sonnenberg: Adroit and Emotional.......1999-07-05

What separates Salerno-Sonnenberg from other violinists is the pure emotion conveyed in her music. The power, sorrow or joy she expresses at any given moment is almost palpable. In fact, I remember listening to the first track on It Ain't Necessarily So and literally getting goosbumps. It's a stunning Kreisler piece that steadily builds in strength and tempo. Sonnenberg capitalizes on these elements, offering an unforgettable delivery. Many of the tracks on the album emit such raw energy -- It Ain't Necessarily so is not an album that will put one to sleep. Beyond strength, what makes this album worthwhile is the diverse selection of music. Of course Salerno-Sonnenberg interprets Kreisler, but she also plays Gershwin, Kroll, Schubert and even the jazz of Scott Joplin. The one complaint I have about this album is the sonics. For such a great musician, I think EMI could have recorded a little bit more dynamically. But don't let this keep you from owning the album. It's a truly great one.
Love Blows as the Wind Blows: English and American Songs / Jonathan Lemalu
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Promises Kept
  • Third Time's a Charm for Larger-Than-Life Lemalu and His Transatlantic English Repertoire
Love Blows as the Wind Blows: English and American Songs / Jonathan Lemalu

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000B63IF2
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

  1. Who Is Silvia?
  2. When Daffodils Begin To Peer
  3. How SHould I Your True Love Know?
  4. Sigh No More, Ladies
  5. Dover Beach Op.3
  6. A Song Of Enchantment
  7. Silver
  8. Tit For Tat
  9. The Mouse And The Bumblebee
  10. Baby, Baby, Naughty Baby
  11. As I Walked By Myself
  12. Santa Chiara
  13. When Lights Go Rolling Round The Sky
  14. I. In The Year That's Come And Gone
  15. II. Life In Her Creaking Shoes
  16. III. Fill A Glass With Golden Wine
  17. IV. On A Way To Kew
  18. I. Come Away, Come Away, Death
  19. II. Who Is Silvia?
  20. III. Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun
  21. IV. O Mistress Mine
  22. V. It Was A Lover And His Lass
  23. Song Of Black Max (As Told By The De Kooning Boys
  24. George
  25. Waitin

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Promises Kept.......2005-12-01

Some months back Jonathan Lemalu was introduced to us with a collection of Opera Arias, a recording that showed great promise of an important voice but also one that raised questions about the durability of the vocal technique. He sounded promising: with this excellent recording he shows that those promises are being kept!

In an entertaining potpourri of English songs the handsome and charismatic New Zealand baritone proves that he can complete with the likes of Thomas Hampson and Bryn Terfel and while he has not yet the finesse that only comes with time (he is a young 29!), the communicative powers are clearly present.

Lemalu's voice is rich and dark when the music demands (as in Barber's 'Dover Beach' accompanied by the Belcea Quartet) and yet he can lighten the tone and color and take on the technically difficult light and airy tunes which abound on this recording. His astute and sensitive collaborator is Malcolm Martineau who provides just the right mood for each of the songs selected. He seems completely at ease in this medium and his enunciation is crisp and clear. He makes the listener feel assured that here is a new star on the rise in the bass-baritone cadre, He is a joy to hear! Recommended. Grady Harp, November 05

5 out of 5 stars Third Time's a Charm for Larger-Than-Life Lemalu and His Transatlantic English Repertoire.......2005-11-14

Having just come home from Jonathan Lemalu's recital with pianist Malcolm Martineau in Berkeley, I am convinced that the New Zealand-born Samoan is fast moving to the front ranks among bass-baritone singers. His third solo disc, the second to be released in 2005, is further evidence of his burgeoning talent, this one focusing exclusively on an eclectic mix of English and American songs accompanied again by Martineau. With an ebullient personality that comes across on record as well as on stage, Lemalu has a large, rich voice capable of surprising nuance and particularly resonant in its middle and lower ranges. Only 29 years old, he carries a tone more callow than his more mature colleagues like Bryn Terfel, but Lemalu's more youthful sound, as well as his large-scale theatrical sense, is placed at a greater advantage with this program than in his previous opera arias disc. That's because the 25 tracks here are short pieces from a variety of sources ranging from poems about childhood to well-known passages from Shakespeare to off-kilter cabaret songs.

There was a tantalizing glimpse of Lemalu's affinity with English art songs on his 2002 debut recording, for example, John Ireland's strapping "Sea Fever". Here he tackles two more Ireland works with the melancholy swoon of "Santa Chiara" and the rollicking "When lights go rolling round the sky". Lemalu also tackles Roger Quilter's "Four Shakespeare Songs, Op. 30", with ease. He downshifts his powerful chest voice to enhance the open yearning of "Who is Silvia?", deliver the vocal pizzicato of "When the daffodils begin to peer", perform the sonorous "How should I your true love know?" and provide a confident reading of the advisory "Sigh No More, Ladies". As an intriguing contrast, Lemalu sings Gerald Finzi's more animated version of "Who Is Silvia?" written a decade after Quilter's, the second of a five-Shakespeare song cycle called "Let us garlands bring".

Lemalu achieves a particular depth of pathos on "Fear no more the heat o' the sun". Accompanied by the assured Belcea Quartet, Samuel Barber's "Dover Beach Op. 3", the longest continuous piece on the album at nearly eight minutes, is a moving and eloquent sea metaphor for finding love against the most dire of odds. The quartet shows up again to great effect on four highly atmospheric songs from George Butterworth's "Love blows as the wind blows" starting with the haunting "In the year that's come and gone" and ending with the reflective "On the way to Kew". Sounding very much like pieces from his epic "Peter Grimes", Benjamin Britten's "Tit for Tat" provides the source for three selections ideal for Lemalu's immaculate taste - the wistful "A Song of Enchantment", the mournful "Silver" and the more emphatically dramatic title song.

Richard Rodney Bennett provides three selections from "Songs Before Sleep" written expressly for Lemalu, all based on nursery rhymes, including the energetic "The Mouse and the Bumblebee" and the pensive "As I walked by myself". The comical side of Lemalu's personality pops out in William Bolcom's "Cabaret Songs", the first two bordering precariously on camp - the Kurt Weill-sounding "Black Max" about a dastardly pimp, the quixotic "George" about the life and death of a drag queen, and the moving "Waitin". This is an exquisite recording of a major talent that continues to grow.
Franco Corelli - Songs and Arias
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • An awesome display of vocal fireworks
  • A Great singer, BUT...
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  • Unequalled Neopolitan Songs
  • Not a Corelli fan and even less now after hearing these CDs.
Franco Corelli - Songs and Arias
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ASIN: B000002SF0
Release Date: 1996-11-26

Tracks:

  1. Pieta, Signore (Aria Di Chiesa)
  2. Ave Maria, D.839 (Inno Alla Vergine)
  3. Serse - Ombra Mai Fu (Largo)
  4. Ave Maria
  5. (OrchMottl): L'Ange
  6. Requiem - Ingemisco
  7. Adeste Fideles
  8. Ave Maria
  9. Ave Verum Corpus, KV 618
  10. Petite Masse Solennelle - Domine Deus
  11. Agnus Dei
  12. Panis Angelicus
  13. Granada
  14. Vaghissima Sembianza
  15. Ti Voglio Tante Bene
  16. Mon Ciel, c'est Toi
  17. Il Canto Della Rinuncia
  18. I Love Thee
  19. Because
  20. Carretiere
  21. Tu Lo Sai
  22. Pourquoi Fermer Ton Coeur?

Tracks:

  1. Mammina Mia
  2. Te Quiero
  3. Core 'ngrato
  4. Senza Nisciuno
  5. Adda Turna
  6. 'O Paese d' 'o Sole
  7. Pecche?
  8. Fenesta Che Lucive
  9. Piscatore 'e Pusilleco
  10. Tu, Ca nun chiagne!!
  11. I' te Vurria Vasa
  12. Tora a Surriento
  13. Dicitencello Vuje
  14. Gaupparia
  15. Silenzio Cantatore
  16. Voce 'e Notte!
  17. 'O Maranariello
  18. Passione
  19. 'O Sole Mio
  20. 'O Surdato 'Nnammerato
  21. 'AVucchella
  22. Torna!
  23. Addio, Mia Bella Napoli

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An awesome display of vocal fireworks.......2004-05-21

If it's a tenor voice you want to hear look no further. Franco Corelli is undisputedly one of (if not the) greatest tenors of the 20th century. His voice is capable of unbelievable power and exquisite pianissimo's. The broad range of religious arias, Italian songs and arias is enough to keep anyone's attention and have them panting for more. I recommend this wholeheartedly. Enjoy...

2 out of 5 stars A Great singer, BUT..........2002-11-05

First of all: in my opinion I think it would be hard to find any other tenor with more thrilling sound than Franco Corellis.
But what goes wrong when it comes to his studiorecordings? It sounds too often that he wants to surpass oneself, like he wants to give us even more broadly tones all the way up( of cource his high c in "Granada" is good and the ending of "sole mio" is unbelievable) and it only will go at the expense of his overtones, because he uses too much muscles and is too heavy. The result of it: you get tired listening to him. And for Heavens sake: Whats the use for him to sound more manful?!!!!
Of course some songs here are good, but maybe only 10 out of 44, and thats not good enough for such a GREAT singer.
At last, why does he sing "off the voice" in Bach/Gounods Ave Maria? It`s so unnecessary, beacause he really had breath enough!
In my conclusion I will not recommend this recording, Because it`s such a disappointment.

5 out of 5 stars Review..........2002-01-18

I own this C.D. and I have listened to it many, many times. Allthough I understand the feelings of the reviewer saying the songs are sang by the same fiery tone, I don't understand them fully. I would come to this conclusion if I would have listened to this the songs on a (too) soft volume.

If you really listen to it, not as backround music , but so you can hear it well and you aren't doing anything else, you will notice with how much passion a lot of the songs are sang by Corelli. Core 'ngrato is filled with passion, and I think Corelli is unsurpassed with that song. He didn't have lack of musicality either... Perhaps some more lessons would have done him good, but almost everyone could use some more. I even say that listening to some of Corelli's recordings is like having a singing lesson.

I would really recommend this C.D. if you are interested in his voice. the Core 'ngrato, Ave Maria and O sole Mio are great for instance. If you want to try full opera recordings try Il trovatore, Norma or Andrea Chenier

4 out of 5 stars Unequalled Neopolitan Songs.......2001-05-16

Franco Corelli, who sang from 1951 to 1975, was the greatest tenore di forza of the postwar era. A powerful and exciting singer, never a subtle, elegant, or refined one, he had his detractors (who called him crude, vulgar, self-indulgent, and who lambasted his execrable French), but there can be no argument about the quality of his voice, a big, vibrant tenor with a thrilling timbre (often described as rich, dark, or baritonal) and a brilliant, secure top that must have been the envy and despair of other tenors. A nervous performer repeatedly subject to pre-performance jitters and anxiety attacks (a wag once said of him that Corelli could always think of more reasons not to sing than to sing), once onstage he was a generous singer who gave fully of himself and, like Caruso, poured out his magnificent voice unstintingly, never holding back.

The voice itself was one of the glories of the generously-endowed operatic scene of the Fifties and Sixties, and one of greatest tenor voices of the century. Herbert von Karajan said of Corelli, "A voice of heroic power, yet with great beauty of tone; darkly sensuous, mysteriously melancholic . . . but above all, a voice of thunder and lightning, fire and blood." Harold C. Schonberg, senior music of the New York Times, reviewing Corelli's Metropolitan debut in 1961, noted that his voice "has something of an exciting animal drive about it, and when Mr. Corelli lets loose, he can dominate an ensemble," and later described his voice as "a force of nature, an act of God, the vocal equivalent of an earthquake, volcano or hurricane." The distinguished musicologist Paul Henry Lang writing in the New York Herald-Tribune called Corelli "a latter-day Caruso." Alan Rich of the New York Herald-Tribune wrote of him, "There is no tenor in modern times, Italian or otherwise, whose voice rings out with greater vibrancy, whose every tone carries with it emotion at white heat. The sounds he makes, seemingly without effort, are dazzlingly bright, urgent, and communicative." Since Corelli's retirement we haven't heard anything remotely like him, and those of us who know his voice (and Bjorling's) can perhaps be pardoned for finding the "three tenors" so popular today somewhat anemic in comparison.

I have been an admirer of Corelli, a collector of his recordings, and a follower of his career since the late 1950s (when he had not yet sung in America, and his only recordings were Italian Cetra imports). I have just about everything he recorded. There is no tenor voice before the public today equal to this one, and I urge you not to miss it.

But the two-CD set under review here is not the place to start. If you are new to Corelli, I recommend the EMI single CD "Heroes" or the EMI two-CD set "Franco Corelli," with their heavy doses of his typical operatic fare, as ideal introductions to this rewarding singer. Corelli was above all a creature of the opera house, in his element singing Puccini, Verdi, and verismo Italian opera. The set under review here, misleadingly entitled "Songs and Arias," contains in fact only one aria, a very atypical one: Handel's "Ombra mai fu" from "Serse" (made famous by a Caruso recording). Indeed, some of the composers represented here-Handel, Schubert, Bach, Mozart, Rossini-are in fact stylistically very far from the kind of singing one associates with Corelli. A couple of the songs, "Because" and Grieg's "I Love Thee," are mildly comical in Corelli's overpoweringly Italianate and operatic renditions. But this is a set well worth owning for anyone who knows and likes Corelli. There is a first-rate Ingemisco from the Verdi Requiem, the traditional religious songs are all sung with seriousness and devotion, and most important, the bulk of the set comprises Neopolitan songs, which Corelli sings superbly. (I think he sings them better than anyone.) Of these my own favorite is "Core n'grato," a powerful song, and Corelli's recording of it is unequalled: there is a prodigious outpouring of bronzen tone here that must be heard to be believed. It's true that some of the orchestral arrangements are corny and dated, but with gloriously gutsy, full-blooded singing like this, from one of the greatest tenor voices of the century in its prime (all the recordings here are from 1961 to 1965), I can overlook the arrangements. These two CDs are very generously filled (22 songs,77 minutes for one and 23 songs, 78 minutes for the other), and include, I believe, everything Corelli recorded for EMI that wasn't opera.

If you like Corelli, if you like Neopolitan songs, you'll want this. But it's not the place to start in appreciating Franco Corelli.

2 out of 5 stars Not a Corelli fan and even less now after hearing these CDs........2001-01-17

Corelli's voice was quite large,but I'm not very sure about it's beauty.He is much better in operas,but on these discs,I find his singing annoying.To the reviewer who wrote the Major Disappointment review and included Di Stefano in those not having a beautiful voice,I'd have to say that you obviously don't know what you're talking about.

Music fan from New Jersey.
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    ASIN: B00000IXIX
    Release Date: 1999-06-01

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    2. Two Songs, Op.34: My Jean
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    19. Zwei Lieder, Op.12: The Band Of Roses
    20. From An Old Garden, Op.26: The Pansy
    21. From An Old Garden, Op.26: The Myrtle
    22. From An Old Garden, Op.26: The Clover
    23. From An Old Garden, Op.26: The Yellow Daisy
    24. From An Old Garden, Op.26: The Bluebell
    25. From An Old Garden, Op.26: The Mignonette
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    4 out of 5 stars Good performance of good music.......2002-04-05

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    2 out of 5 stars Tepid music, tepid performances.......2000-03-26

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        Manufacturer: Memoir Classics
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        All Works by GershwinAll Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        All Works by MacDowellAll Works by MacDowell | MacDowell, Edward | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        Romberg, SigmundRomberg, Sigmund | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        Modern & 20th CenturyModern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        EnglishEnglish | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        OperettasOperettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        PartsongsPartsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        Movie ScoresMovie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
        Movie SoundtracksMovie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B0000044S1
        Release Date: 1995-05-23

        Tracks:

        1. I Got Plenty O'Nuttin
        2. The Song Is You
        3. And Love Was Born
        4. Without A Song
        5. Life Is A Dream
        6. The Rogue Song
        7. The Narrative
        8. When I'm Looking At You
        9. The White Dove
        10. Oh That We Two Were Maying
        11. Thy Beaming Eyes
        12. Tramps At Sea
        13. Cuban Love Song
        14. Wanting You
        15. Lover Come Back To Me
        16. On The Road To Mandalay
        17. Myself When Young
        18. A Kingdom By The Sea
        19. Goin' Home
        20. My Own United States
        21. Battle Hymn Of The Republic
        Piano American Classics : Love Songs
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          Piano American Classics : Love Songs
          Giovanni Maradi
          Manufacturer: Orfeon Records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Latin Music | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B000267JJC
          Release Date: 2004-06-01

          Tracks:

          1. Moonlight Serenade
          2. Sadow of Your Smile
          3. Ruby
          4. I've Got You Under My Skin
          5. Tenderly
          6. Mona Lisa
          7. Begin the Beguine
          8. Only You
          9. Aniversary Waltz
          10. Misty
          11. Night and Day
          12. It Had to Be You

          Jazz Music:

          1. Porsuigieco
          2. Puro Boleros
          3. Puro Tango [Import]
          4. Ricardo Castillon
          5. Romances [Enhanced]
          6. Romantico + Nuevo [Import]
          7. Senales [Import]
          8. Sergio Mendivil
          9. Sergio Mendivil Y Sus Huellas
          10. Serralde

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