Göran Söllscher - Cavatina

Advantages: Fantastic!
Disadvantages: None!

...Wonderful Land The Rise And Fall Of Flingel Bunt The Boys The Theme From "The Deerhunter" (Cavatina) The Frightened City Theme For Young Lovers Dance On The Savage Albatross F.B.I. Guitar Tango Genie With The Light Brown Lamp Atlantis Foot Tapper Don't Cry For Me Argentina Kon-Tiki Telstar The Third Man Geronimo Equinoxe (Part V) The Stranger Riders In The Sky Disc 2: Mountains Of The Moon Moonlight Shadow You Win Again Memory (from 'Cats') I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues Thing-Me-Jig Life Story Johnny Stacatto Summer Love '59 Turning Point This Old House Chariots of Fire Crockett's Theme (from 'Miami Vice') Midnight Creepin' Going Home (Theme from 'Local Hero') Every Breath You Take Africa Walk of Life Dancing In The Dark Originality:- Although there is only one new song on the album... Read review

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Advantages: Virtuosic operatic vocalism, unusual repertoire, mad scenes...
Disadvantages: Fleming's voice is maybe not best suited for this...

.... Tracks 4-6: Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - "Maria Padilla" Scena e cavatina, Act 1 Heroine Maria is recounting to her maid Ines - sung well by Kristine Jepson - how a dream told her that her lover would return and offer her a throne. What is it about sopranos and dreams? Do they all eat too much cheese before bedtime? Ines thinks her mistress is going crazy when she gets very over-excited at the arrival of a certain "Mendez" but doesn't realise that boyfriend Mendez is in fact a Prince... I think this track would have made a much better opener for the CD, Ms Fleming seems more comfortable with the music and certainly I find the performance engages me from the start as a listener. Again, her voice copes with the amazing musical ornamentation with ease, but I'd still prefer a narrower tone just for the sake of vocal clarity... Read review

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Advantages: Great Opera Tenor, A truely gifted and talented singer
Disadvantages: Prehaps give Silent night a miss until December.

.... 1 hit Nessun Dorma followed by other great opera classics such as 'Con Te Partiro' (Time to say Goodbye) and the spine tingling Cavatina to name a few. Track listings: Disc- 1 1. NESSUN DORMA 2. CON TE PARTIRÒ (TIME TO SAY GOODBYE) 3. AMAPOLA 4. OGNUNO SOFFRE (EVERYBODY HURTS) 5. CARUSO 6. NELA FANTASIA 7. POR TI SERÉ (YOU RAISE ME UP) 8. MY WAY (A MI MANIERA) 9. CAVATINA 10. MUSIC OF THE NIGHT Disc- 2 1. O HOLY NIGHT 2. SILENT NIGHT 3. AVE MARIA 4. PANIS ANGELICUS Summary -------------------------------------------------------------------- I would thoroughly recommend this Paul Potts 'One Chance CD to everyone, he really is a star in his own right and to think he used to work at Carphone Warehouse prior to his fame is all the more special. I know there's a few Opera critics out... Read review

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