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Music CD - Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazon: Duets
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Music CD: Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazon: Duets
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Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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1. 'O Soave Fanciulla'
2. Lucia Perdona...Sulla Tomba
3. 'Giovanna, Ho Dei Rimorsi...E Il Sol Dell'anima'
4. Va! Je T'ai Pardonné ... Nuit D'hyménée
5. No.8 Chanson: 'De Mon Amie, Fleur Endormie' - No.9 Duo 'Léila! Léila! Dieu Puissant'
6. Toi! Vous!... Ah! Viens, Manon, Je T'aime!
7. 'Tvajo Malchan'je Nepan'atna'
8. Cállate, Corazón! Duèrmete Y Calla!
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028947766636
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: 2007-09-11
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great singers
Comment: These two singers are marvelous, and they well deserve all the hype they are getting. This record is also excellent, with my only reservations being that the Manon duet falls a little short, just a mite below the recorded competition, which admittedly is fierce. Also I was disappointed that the Iolanta duet was shorn of its initial portion, which is really beautiful and should have been included.
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Summary: A Perfect Pair
Comment: Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon have made a duets album, which includes famous duets by Puccini,Donizetti, Verdi,Gounod, Bizet and Massenet with less well known duets by Tschaikovsky and Luisa Fernanda.
Each duet is full of passion and the excitement of hearing two singers who are perfectly matched to sing with each other. Their voices are beautiful and blend beautifully with each other.
They may not be perfect, but I didn't notice because I was caught up in the passion and beautiful sound.
I highly recomend this recording.
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Summary: Anna I Love You
Comment: This is the second cd I have. It shows Anna in a role quite different than her Russian album. She is quite capable of holding her own with a talent equal to her own. Which is quite stunning. The only thing better is to see her in person.
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Summary: Netrebko - Villazon Duet CD
Comment: Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazon: Duets
This wonderful CD of duets shared by Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon is glorious in its passion and musicality. The real gems are: Lucia Perdona...Sulla Tomba from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Va! Je T'ai Pardonné ... Nuit D'hyménée from Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet and No.8 Chanson: 'De Mon Amie, Fleur Endormie' - No.9 Duo 'Léila! Léila! Dieu Puissant' from Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" (Les Pêcheurs de perles). This last aria and duet is haunting in its presentation from an off-stage setting to full borne passion with impeccable diction by both performers.
Although the deluxe version of the CD includes a bonus DVD of Vincent Patterson's staging of Puccini's 'O Soave Fanciulla', this viewer found this rather contrived. The interview and commentary by Netrebko and Villazon however gives us some insight into these performers as people and the difficulty in singing operatic duets. One gets the impression that Rolando Villazon, discovered by Placido Domingo is a consummate artist with very high personal standards.
Ms. Netrebko has recorded duets with others such as Joseph Calleja and has performed live with Roberta Alagna, Marcello Giordani and Joseph Kaiser. Having witnessed Anna Netrebko sing and perform with Rolando Villazon the listener and viewer quickly realizes that these artists strive for vocal perfection without overshadowing their partner. One can only hope that Rolando Villazon will soon return to the stage with Ms. Netrebko and others as he has great charisma and vocal talent.
This listener would also reccommend: Anna Netrebko sings Opera arias [United Kingdom]as well as Viva Villazón (incl. bonus DVD) as they both serve well to highlight these performers both individually and together.
Customer Rating:
Summary: It's fantastic!!!
Comment: The dream team are really fantastic.We consider this CD a priceless addition to our collection.Everyone who loves great singing will really enjoy this one.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Rolando Villazon and Anna Netrebko, opera's "golden couple" (or is it "dream team?") have just released their first CD of duets. In the duet that closes the first act of Bohème, both singers are in rapturous voice, their phrasing sensitive and sincere. The Lucia-Edgardo duet is passionate and tender by turns, with Villazon particularly good--he takes his solo softly and in a long breath. The Duke and Gilda are roles made for them: She sounds sweet and vulnerable and he sounds like he believes what he's singing at the moment, and their final high D flat together is a dazzler. A hypnotic Roméo et Juliette duet follows, with gentle singing from both, and they make the most of Leila and Nadir's scene from The Pearl Fishers, turning in a languorous, smooth performance. The big duet from the third act of Manon finds Netrebko at her most seductive and a duet from Iolanta, probably the most lyrical tenor-soprano moment in Russian opera, is a nice rarity, with Villazon very at home in the Russian idiom and the pair soaring to great emotional heights. A delicious number from Torroba's Zarzuela Luisa Fernando ends the CD on a soft, tender note. Netrebko's diction remains unfortunate and while singing with a partner whose diction is as clean and clear as Villazon's, it becomes more noticeable. But there's precious little to complain about here--it's a true pleasure to hear singing and communicating of this caliber. --Robert Levine
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