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Music : Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals
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Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals from: Decca Records List Price: $49.98 CD-Charts Price: $44.99 You Save: $4.99 (10%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0028947801658 Label: Decca Records Manufacturer: Decca Records Number Of Discs: 11 Publisher: Decca Records Release Date: April 15, 2008 Studio: Decca Records Sales Rank: 39716 MPN: 001089302 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: The great American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne celebrated her 70th birthday in January 2004, the same year that also marked 50 years since her professional debut. Horne's debut in 1954 took place in Los Angeles. Her name and voice was brought to many more people than could ever hear her in the opera house through the 1954 film Carmen Jones in which she sang the dubbed voice of Dorothy Dandridge. But it was with Joan Sutherland that Marilyn Horne found the perfect vocal partner. Their performances in the great bel canto operas by Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti took the opera world by storm in the 1960s and early 1970s. By the time she retired in 1998, Marilyn Horne's long and distinguished career embraced an enormous variety of operatic roles, as well as a wide variety of solo repertoire ranging from Schubert, Schumann and Mahler through to modern American songs. Such a wide repertory was due to the sheer range of her voice and its remarkable flexibility, a voice that could sustain long lines of melody as well as negotiate the most florid vocal pyrotechnics. Marilyn Horne participated in a number of complete opera recordings (among them classic recordings of Norma and Semiramide with Joan Sutherland), as well as ten recital programs for Decca. The complete recitals are now reissued in their entirety as a Collector Edition on this 11-CD set. The original LP cover art is reproduced for the CD sleeves. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Superb singing deserves a better presentation.I agree with the previous reviewers about Ms. Horne's voice and performances. There are many riches here: the singing is superb throughout, one or two optional unmusical high notes aside. The range of music is enormous and Horne sings it all with style and grace, including the odd collection that is the American Songbook (Copeland, Foster, Berlin and... Malotte!?) Most of these recitals were conducted by Henry Lewis. He is fine, but I really sat up and took notice when Zubin Mehta took over for the Mahler song cycles directly after listening to Lewis conduct the Mahler/Wagner songs. Horne seemed more engaged on the Mehta led disc, too. The unfortunate news is that some of this music is unfamiliar (Nin and Bizet songs, some of the bel ... Read More: Rating: - HEAVEN IN A BOXIf you are reading this review, you are already too late in making the necessary clicks to purchase and add this stunning collection of vocal artistry to your collection. A MUST OWN! BUY, BUY, BUY IT! Rating: - Beyond the realm of five stars . . .Marilyn Horne's career is beyond the reach of the five star standard. I have had the pleasure of hearing her sing in person many times at the Lyric in Chicago as well as in recital. These discs bring a flood of memories of the size, beauty, range, and absolute glory of her voice. "Souvenir of a Golden Era" was always my favorite of her recordings; as a consequence I was so pleased to hear that it would be re-released. When I learned that it would be available in this set as well, how could I resist. I actually still have all these discs in vinyl, but could not resist the opportunity to purchase this wonderful compilation and overview of her career. The most glorious evening I have ever spent in the opera house was ... Read More: Rating: - A TREASURE OF SINGING ----- IN A LAVISH PRESENTATIONMarilyn Horne is plainly one of the greatest classical singers ever heard. She stands beside Caruso, Bjoerling, Flagstad, Callas, Sutherland, Caballe, Domingo, Pavarotti and every other "great". Horne's mezzo-soprano voice was astounding, with booming chest tones, a seamless middle, and a flaming top. Moreover, she had the rare ability to execute the most intricate and fearsome bel canto coloratura embellishments. She was fundamental in the revival of the bel canto repertoire (began by Callas, and continued by Sutherland, Caballe, and Sills) and managed to make operas like "La Donna del Lago", "Semiramide", "Ermione", "Tancredi", and "L'Assedio di Corinto" available to a operatic public who only read of these titles in opera history books. ... Read More: |
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