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historian

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Tue May-04-04 07:26 PM
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classical music lovers....

does anyone know whether bocelli has ever recorded don giovanni or any other mozart opera or arias? I cant seem to find any anywhere. thanks

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ablbodyed

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Tue May-04-04 07:29 PM
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1. Don't know that, but....

I doubt that you will hear anything more moving than Kiri Te Kanawa singing the Strauss 'Four Last Songs'

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historian

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Tue May-04-04 07:29 PM
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2. thanks but dont particularly care for strauss

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JitterbugPerfume

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Tue May-04-04 07:37 PM
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3. I do not know historian

but Bocelli and Mozart are my two favorites ---that would be great

on Sentimento he does Leibestraum beautifully (sigh)

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catzies

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Wed May-05-04 05:01 PM
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11. Dame Kiri was marvelous in Mozart's Great Mass on an old

Time-Life "best of Mozart" type recordings. She really brings it in the "Laudamus Te."

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bhunt70

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Tue May-04-04 07:39 PM
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4. ...

Edited on Tue May-04-04 07:40 PM by bhunt70

AVE VERUM CORPUS, K618
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

on Sacred Arias

http://www.abmusica.com/index.html

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catzies

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Wed May-05-04 04:59 PM
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10. That one always gives me goosebumps.

Truly sublime.

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stopbush

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Tue May-04-04 07:40 PM
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5. Geez, I hope not. If you want to hear some great tenor singing of

Mozart, turn to Fritz Wunderlich, Nicolai Gedda or Anton Dermota.

You won't be sorry.

Here's a good source for classical CDs:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/main.jsp

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historian

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Tue May-04-04 09:06 PM
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6. bocelli has been commercialized but...

he still has a wonderful flowing voice

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stopbush

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Wed May-05-04 12:47 AM
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7. I've heard him live. The voice is small and lacking in power and

nuance without all of the knob-turning they do on his recordings.

He's excellent in the pop-oriented pieces, especially those written specifically for him to show off his instrument. He's dismal in opera. The voice is just not of a high enough calibre for the demands of opera...it's rather bland.

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historian

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Wed May-05-04 04:56 PM
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8. thats true i suppose

perhaps the best opera singers are those recorded prior to modern techniques

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Mamma Mia

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Wed May-05-04 04:58 PM
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9. stunned

I'm stunned that there are still classical music affecionados.

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