Advantages: All the hero's in one Disadvantages: Mixed sound recordings Sound louder and quieter in places
together.
Track 23: . Scene 2 - What's this? (Nu, shto zhe?)
and Faint echo of my youth (Kuda, kuda, kuda vi udalilisLenski's aria) sung by Gunter Emerlich and Neil Shicoff.
Often described as leading tenors of their generation they do their reputations justice with these two pieces.
Track 24: La vita è inferno and Oh, tu che in seno sung by José Carreras
For me this is Carreras at his best. If you like the man you will be happy after listening to this.
Track 25: Che gelida manina sung by Jerry Hadley
Have we really had to wait this long to get to this masterpiece of an aria. Will hold the listener spellbound throughout.
Track 26: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée sung by RobertoAlagna
The penultimate track well delivered well sung.
Track 27: . ACT 2, Scene 1 - Lunge da lei and De' miei bollenti spiriti sung by Luciano ...
Advantages: Wonderful music and 2 top artists Disadvantages: One or two items are a bit long
In the operatic field there is no doubt that tenors are more popular than other male singers, partly because the composers usually used the tenor voice as a vehicle for his most beautiful tunes and the tenor is usually the hero in opera (with a few exceptions) This album by two of Americas greatest post war singers has been long awaited by opera enthusiasts. Samuel Ramey is one of the greatest bass singers in recent years. He can sing most of the bel-canto repertoire with ease and has a wonderful, effortless way of singing. Thomas Hampson too is a very important baritone and Lieder singer of some repute. This CD is interesting in that they chose certain duets that are not well known (Cimarosa "Il Matrimonio Segreto" and Donizetti's "Marino Faliero" ) The "Attila " duet is a bit disappointing as Hampson sounds very bland on it ; not like ...
tomo7 01.03.2001 (28.02.2001)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of No Tenors Allowed
Advantages: Nice Dark tone, good intonation, and smooth engraving Disadvantages: This horn is quite expensive and the positioning of the palm keys doesn't quite suit my hands - the price is the only real disadvantage though!
This is a good, high quality instrument from selmer, and is reckoned to be among the best professional tenor saxophones in the world. I own a serie II alto sax, however the serie II tenor seemed fairly different to the alto to me, and I play a selmer reference 36 tenor.
The Serie II has a lovely tone, which is very resonant, making the whole horn vibrate, creating a dark rich tone. The intonation on this horn is also fairly good, but I didn't find the intonation quite as good as on the Serie III.
I like the design of the Serie II, and it feels comfortable to play, except for the right hand palm keys, which for some reason, to me, feel like they are in the wrong position, and they seem quite a stretch to reach. Other than this though, the keys are responsive, and work well, as on the Serie II Alto. I find the little finger keys ...
1. ACT 1 - Ah! no! no! 2. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta 3. Dolcessa! Ebbrezza! 4. La Doretta della mia fantasia 5. Denaro! Nient'altro che denaro! 6. Ore dolci e divine 7. E poi? Basta. È finito 8. O mio giovine amico 9. Forse, come la rondine 10. ACT 2 - Fiori freschi! 11. Chi è? Mai vista! 12. Scusatemi, scusate 13. Che caldo! Che sete! 14. Perchè mai cercate di saper 15. Zitti! Non disturbiamoli! 16. Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso 17. Rambaldo! Ah, M'aiutate! 18. Nella trepida luce d'un mattin 19. ACT 3 - Senti? Anche il mare respira sommesso 20. E siam fuggiti qui per nasconderlo! 21. Dimmi che vuoi seguirmi 22. Che più dirgli? Che fare? 23. È qui? Non so! 24. Ma come voi? 25. Amore mio! Mia madre!
Composer
Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
