The Very Best of Maria Callas | Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ...

The Very Best of Maria Callas | Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ... | Exquisite

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The Very Best of M...

	The Very Best of Maria Callas Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ... EMI Classics, 2002 average customer review:based on 46 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

a revelation!

This remastered collection of Maria Callas' art has converted me. I've been hard on the Callas legend for most of my listening life, and hard on her singing, and not only in these pages. I always wanted more from the VOICE, feeling that its limitations created decline in other aspects of her art. Even ceding her genius, always there remained an uncomfortable appreciation; the voice itself was in the way. Listening to this superlative disc simply opened my eyes and ears! After 40 years of listening to this stuff and experiencing so many singers again and again, with this recording Callas is suddenly a revelation for me. This is singing imbued with an amazing integrity. I'm astounded. Ebben? ne andrò lontana (La Wally) offers an unheard of Callas, channeling her dramatic understanding INTO the music, instead of alongside it. I always felt Callas a fearful singer, when it came right down to it. How wrong could I have been! One track after another, this collection presents a fearless art in full bloom, a singer capable of a pathos that not only grabs you, but blesses. Her J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (Orphée et Eurydice) is mesmerizing, completely free and true. The Puccini is almost classical in its restraint, and is a wonderful experience because of it. Her singing of the arias from Gioconda and Louise is incandescent. I dont know what brought me to the light, but I recommend you listen to THIS recording of Maria Callas. The sequence of arias presented is especially fine, and Serafin, Pretres, and Karajan contribute notably - and Maria Callas is a complete revelation in every way, a supreme musician in command of a high art. Check it for yourself.

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Exquisite

I don't know opera, but several of these arias sound so pure and are so perfectly phrased, i cry like a baby.

Callas

This is a wonderful album that reveals all of Callas' strenghths. A fantastic array of dramatic singing that has been unparalled. We are so lucky that Callas, Sutherland, Sills, Horne, etc. were born in the 20th Century because thanks to technology, we can enjoy them for years to come. Nobody and I mean nobody can sing La mamma morte like Callas. While I find her high notes on the "screechy" side, she had this "something" that no one else had or has since. Her voice is not pretty, but it is utterly unique and you can't dismiss it. This album is worth every penny.

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A Goddess

Callas is so incredible. No one can touch the Pathos is her voice. This CD is a great collection of her works. But don't stop here keep buying her up!

Not what I expected

I've always heard how wonderful Maria Callas sang, but I have to admit that I wasn't impressed by this CD. I felt that her talents could have been better represented if the selection of arias had been better.

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