Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias / Diana Montague

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Here is another--and so far the most successful--of Chandos's series of CDs of opera sung in English. Montague is a lovely mezzo-for-all-seasons; hardly a razzle-dazzler like Horne, Bartoli, and Larmore, Montague is more laid-back, with an even range (sorry--no booming low notes) and a voice of nice sensuality. She sings most of Delilah's music (with help from Bruce Ford's elegant Samson), arias from Faust, La favorita, Mignon, Périchole, and Gluck's Orpheus, characterizing each role handsomely. She's joined in a duet from Lakmé (made famous by the British Airline commercials) by Mary Plazas, and together they weave an exotic web. A real joy is a trio from Rossini's Le Comte Ory, again with Ford and Plazas. In all, a lovely disc--and if it's opera in English you're looking for, Montague's is wonderful to hear. --Robert Levine

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Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias / Diana Montague
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    		Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias / Diana Montague
    Diana Montague , and Parry
    Manufacturer: Chandos
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    OperettasOperettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00000DBQZ
    Release Date: 1998-10-20

    Tracks:

    1. Samson And Delilah: 'Softly Awakes My Heart...'
    2. Faust: 'Summer Flowers So Fair...'
    3. Lamke`: Come, Mallika! See, The Vines All In Flow'r...'
    4. Samson And Delilah: 'Tonight, Seeking Hither My Presence.....' - O love! Drom Thy Pow'r Let Me Borrow...'
    5. Samson And Delilah: Fair Spring Is Returning
    6. La Favorite: Can I Believe It?.... O My Beloved...
    7. La Favorite: I Submit To Heav'nly Powers....
    8. The Damnation of Faust: MarguiriteThe Fire Of Love Inside Me...
    9. Orpheus And Eurydice: What Is Life To Me Without Thee...
    10. Count Ory: Night Lends Her Aid...
    11. Count Ory: With Love And Tender Yearning....
    12. Mignon: Here Am I In Her Boudoir
    13. La Perichole: I've Dined So Well, I Feel Divine
    14. La Perichole: Oh, My Dearest, From My Heart I Swear It....
    15. La Perichole: You Don't Have Looks, You Don't Have Cash....
    16. Mignon: Have You Heard Of The Land....

    Amazon.com

    Here is another--and so far the most successful--of Chandos's series of CDs of opera sung in English. Montague is a lovely mezzo-for-all-seasons; hardly a razzle-dazzler like Horne, Bartoli, and Larmore, Montague is more laid-back, with an even range (sorry--no booming low notes) and a voice of nice sensuality. She sings most of Delilah's music (with help from Bruce Ford's elegant Samson), arias from Faust, La favorita, Mignon, Périchole, and Gluck's Orpheus, characterizing each role handsomely. She's joined in a duet from Lakmé (made famous by the British Airline commercials) by Mary Plazas, and together they weave an exotic web. A real joy is a trio from Rossini's Le Comte Ory, again with Ford and Plazas. In all, a lovely disc--and if it's opera in English you're looking for, Montague's is wonderful to hear. --Robert Levine

    Track Listings:

    1. Paul Hindemith: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra (1940) / Theme & Four Variations "The Four Temperaments" (1940)
    2. Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Scythian Suite
    3. Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
    4. Ramón Vargas - L'amour, l'amour / Viotti
    5. Rautavaara: Symphonies 1, 2 & 3
    6. Robert Casdesus: Live Recordings from Carnegie Hall
    7. Schubert/Brahms/Liszt
    8. Schubert: Solo Piano Works
    9. Severn Meadows: Songs by Ivor Gurney
    10. Sibelius, Khachaturian: Violin Concertos

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