Arturo Toscanini - Maestro Furioso

Advantages: Glorious recorded sound, a fine group of soloists
Disadvantages: Some fans may not like Sutherland in this music

...(singing for Toscanini). Her voice is very different from Angela Gheorghiu so if that is the sort of voice you like in this music you may be disappointed by Sutherland's style. Marilyn Horne is perhaps the most rounded of any of the soloists with a fine line and that glorious voice sitting well among these romantic surroundings despite her most commonly being associated with earlier works such as Rossini and bel canto. The conducting is a little fierce but very exciting.... Read review

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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 album for any mood
Disadvantages: none

...a Wonderful World," but it is the duets--"Baby It's Cold Outside" with the unsinkable Dolly Parton and "Manhattan" with the indomitable Bette Midler that dazzle most. A must buy for all Rod fans! track list: 1.Embraceable You 2.For Sentimental Reasons (feat Dave Koz) 3.Blue Moon (feat Eric Clapton) 4.What A Wonderful World (feat Stevie Wonder) 5.Stardust 6.Manhattan (duet with Bette Midler) 7.S'Wonderful (feat Dave Grusin) 8.Isn't It Romantic (feat Dave Koz) 9.I Can't Get Started 10.But Not For Me 11.Kiss To Build A Dream On (feat Arturo Sandoval) 12.Baby, It's Cold Outside (duet with Dolly Parton) 13.Night And Day 14.A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square... Read review

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