Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli: 1942-43 recordings

Advantages: A discovery unforgettable
Disadvantages: Nothing

...(Rewrite on 09/07/2001) Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (great italian "virtuoso") spent his life to search a kind of perfection during interpretations. He knew this perfection to be impossible but, for him, "perfection" was union between composer and player. Then,this perfection isn't impossible... Glenn Gould tryed the same sound by his pianos: in this way he was very careful to music structure: beauty of musical phrases, to give a geometrical "presence" to music a.s.o. Of course his Bach interpretations (but Beethoven and Mozart also), even if on a piano and not on a harpsichord or "fortepiano" , are excellent. Michelangeli is on the other side of the moon... His Chopin is mysterious, full of shadows and, in some compositions, unknowable. But, how does Michelangeli obtain this wonderful result? To answer it is simple and very... Read review

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Advantages: Great Musical Songs.
Disadvantages: Not as good as origanal artistes.

...in romantic comedy 'Love actually' in 2003. About the CD: Martine has always made it known that she has a love for music and in particular the musicals and in the insert she says ' I hope I can bring these legendry songs to a new generation of music lovers with class' she then goes on to say ' This album is dedicated to all the wonderful starts that sang these songs the first time around and who inspired so many of us to perform today - 'Music is the food of love. So play on!' The front over is a simple picture of Martine hair scraped into a bun donning a red glittery top hap - very theatrical. Nigel Wright for Sap has produced this CD and is under the label Liberty EMI Records UK all copy right goes to Virgin records Ltd 2002. The Song List 1. 'Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart' from the musical 'Listen Darling'. 'Listen darling... Read review

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Advantages: One of the finest casts ever
Disadvantages: Mono Sound, that's all

...MOZART - COSI FAN TUTTE - KARJAN EMI PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW SO I CAN IMPROVE MY REVIEWS IN THE FUTURE!!! When critics line up the best available recordings of Mozart's superb comic opera "Così fan tutte" two recordings are almost invariably up there, Karl Böhm's second recording from 1962 (EMI - Stereo) and Herbert von Karajan's recording from 1954 (EMI - Mono). The remarkable Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is present in both recording as the charming Fiordiligi. I prefer her fresher voice in 1954 but she, like the other artists in the Böhm recording, benefit from the fresh stereo sound. One of the glories of the gramophone is Schwarzkopf, Merriman and Bruscantini in "Soave sia il vento" - simply breathtaking as regards phrasing, beauty of tone and the organic feeling to the ensemble. Giuseppe Taddei (Böhm) and Rolando Panerai (Karajan... Read review

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