'Il re di Baritoni'-Baattistini

Advantages: Fantastic album,no "bad" songs,excellent voices
Disadvantages: None if you like the combination opera-pop

...nice songs. They will touch you.**** The Man you love. I find myself singing it to my wife! Excellent song, fantastic lyrics and music. When the lyrics turned to Spanish I just said to my wife:’ This is how you make a perfect song to sound even better’. Very nice, romantic and touching. A man will definitely sing it to the woman he loves. One of my favourites.***** Feelings Written by a Swedish in English originally and it performed with Italian lyrics. Another romantic song.***** Hoy Que Ya No Estas Aqui & Sei Parte Ormai Di Me Two excellent songs, louder than the rest of the album and more opera-like songs. That doesn’t mean that they weren’t good. They were great. I think Il DIvo help a lot in making opera more appealing to the masses. The voices of Carlos and David are really fantastic when they perform the extended part... Read review

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Advantages: Morricone at his best and most original
Disadvantages: Apart from some incompleteness none

.... The last cue, "The Trio", is the final stand-off between the three men and is a great way to end the album. 1. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo / The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Main Title (2:43) 2. Il Tramonto (The Sundown) (1:15) 3. Sentenza* (1:42) 4. Fuga a cavallo* (1:07) 5. Il ponte di corde* (1:52) 6. Il forte / The Strong (2:23) 7. Inseguimento* (2:25) 8. Il deserto / The Desert (5:17) 9. La carrozza dei fantasmi / The Carriage of the Spirits (2:10) 10. La mission San Antonio* (2:15) 11. Padre Ramirez* (2:37) 12. Marcetta / Marcia (2:53) 13. La storia de un soldato / The Story of a Soldier (3:54) 14. Il treno militare* (1:25) 15. Fine di una spia* (1:17) 16. Il bandito Monco* (2:46) 17. Due contro cinque* (3:46) 18. Marcetta senza speranza / Marcia without Hope (1:41) 19. Morte di un soldato / The Death of a Soldier (3... Read review

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Advantages: Fun and lively comic opera sung in English
Disadvantages: Not in the original language

...The Barber of Seville, Il barbiere di Siviglia is a comic opera full of vitality and fun. Composed by Gioachino Rossini in 1816, it is his most popular opera. Originally entitled Almaviva after the character from the play. The CD released by the label, Chandos as part of its Opera in English Series, on 21st February 2000 presents the opera in full recorded on 2 discs. The CD is available from most good music stores for the price of £17.99. The Opera in English series was launched in 1995 in collaboration with the Peter Moores’ Foundation’s believe that "to enjoy opera to the full, there must be no language barrier”. Rossini wrote the opera as a commission for the manager of the Argentina Theatre, Rome where it was first preformed in the February of 1816. The libretto was written by Cesare Sterbini based upon Beaumarchais' play... Read review

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