Tremendo

Track Listings

1. Vida Continua

2. Rico Moropo - Jovenes del Hierro

3. Mosaico 1920 - Johnny Ventura

4. Guantanamera - Cuco Valoy

5. Por Borrracha

6. Mata Que Dios Perdona - Jorge Luis Cabrera

7. Batea - Fajardo

8. Ritmo Sabroso - Jovenes del Hierro

9. Culu Cucu

10. Hombre Misterioso - Los Ahijados

11. Bobine - Johnny Ventura

12. Bala

13. Nacio Varon - Cuco Valoy

14. Dia De Mi Suerte

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Tremendo

Tracks:

E strano! - "Ah, fors'ui"
Sempre libera
Ah! Se una volta sola
Ah, non credea mirarti
Ah! non giunge uman pensiero
O rendetemi le speme...Qui la voce
Ah! tu sorridi
Vien, diletto, n ciel la luna
O giusto cielo! (Act 2)
OihmSorge il tremendo
Ardon gli incensi... (Act 2)
Spargi d'amaro pianto (Act 2)
Era pimo?
Piangea cantando nell'erma landa...
Ave Maria, piena di grazia
O mio babbino caro

Amazon.com

Anna Netrebko's second CD is even more impressive than her first. She still may not be an absolutely polished, finished artist, but she's working at it and presents here a very satisfying---even thrilling---program. She doesn't quite have the stature or insights for Verdi's Violetta yet, but aside from some smudged coloratura in low-lying passages she sings the first act scene quite well (capped with a well-placed, big E-flat). She's close to ideal in the Sonnambula and Puritani excerpts, where her girlishness is entirely right, her coloratura dazzling, and her ability to sound tearful really impressive. The Lucia Mad Scene (also notable here for its use of the glass harmonica for which it was composed in place of the usual flute) is quite wonderful, even if the runs are sometimes not as well-delineated as they should be. And although she's not vocally suited to Desdemona's Willow Song and Ave Maria, she does manage to darken her voice to fit the character and presents a very moving portrait. The CD ends with an utterly charming "O mio babbino caro." Artistry and everything else aside, her voice is just beautiful. Claudio Abbado's leadership is ideal. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

I am in love with Anna.......2007-05-15

Did you see her in the Met's big screen broadcast of I Puritani? Then you know what I mean. Here is a just stunningly, impossibly gorgeous woman with a voice of liquid fire and gold who can sing with passion and precision while she's bending over and crawling around on the floor! If she weren't real I would guess she was the invention of the overinflamed imagination of a heterosexual opera queen (if such a being exists).

If you love getting great voice, buy this.

simple stunning.......2007-05-10

having just found this young womans CD in our local speciality store I was transformed from the mundaine life to the peak of ecstasy with her wonderful voice and the intense colours created by her own intensity.Here is a woman who can fill the heart with words that are pure gold and like velvet on the mind ,a truly wonderful voice and a stunning person to go with it .Here at last is a worthy successor to Dame Joan and others who gave opera to the world ,now we have in Anna Netrebko someone to give the passion and drama of opera to a new audience with the fire and fun of the pleasure this style of music can give.It is great to at last have an opera singer of this caliber who is unafraid to be herself and to let her own warmth and passion come through LONG May she continue to be the standard for others to attain.May she never change her love of singing and life

Ok but not a bel canto singer.......2007-03-21

Anna Netrebko's I Puritani selections are way below the art and skill of Callas, Sills, Sutherland, Caballe, and Gencer. She has no passion, no trills, no high notes that are deep and rich. Her best is in the Russian repertoire and possibley some undemanding Mozart.

Her broadcast from the Met Live of the I Puritani was alright, but scooping, avoidance of repetitions, running through passages like a locomotive, and an ending that would have brought the wrath of most opera houses in the world..scooping again, and a tight awful sounding high note. The same tentativenes is also here on this CD.She should know this. Her beauty and acting and allure are what interest the masses, not the voice, which is forgiven everything.

Too bad; she could be a lovely Tatyana some day.Also too, the Traviata is not that great; Anna Moffo , Renee Fleming, M. Caballe, and of course Maria Callas..Listen to these and hear the difference.

Having It All.......2007-01-22

This is a remarkable CD by the current "it" soprano. Anna Netrebko has it all. She is a wonderful singer, and a beautiful woman. Any star on the rise, particularly one with this much physical beauty and commercial promise, will always fall victim to criticisms that are more or less trivial. Believe me, I get it. When I first saw Anna, I wanted to be judgemental. After all, maybe she was just another pretty face being pushed by a record company. Then I heard her "Sempre libera" and became a fan.

There are criticisms of her trill, or her lack of a trill. Renee Fleming doesn't have a trill, and she has been the acclaimed queen for some time. Because of Anna's trill issues, she's criticized as lacking something that a coloratura should have. Well, she's not a coloratura. A good bel canto singer does not have to be a coloratura. There are criticisms of Anna's repertoire choices. You know why she picked this interesting melange for this CD? Because these are difficult scenes and arias, and she can do them. The only aria I didn't think "fit" is the "O mio babbino caro". She does it well, I just can't figure out what it's doing on this CD.

The "La Traviata" scene that starts the CD is absolutely magnificent. She is a wonderful Violetta, and sings this demanding scene with panache. She does the high E-flat at the end. Of course, she was coached by Scotto on this aria. Nice coaching if you can get it. No less remarkable are her scenes from "La sonnambula" and "I puritani". Her "Qui la voce" was beautiful. To listen to that gorgeous singing, and only focus on whether or not she has a trill is to miss the point of the music. I can definitely see why the Met is giving her the "Puritani" this season. Her scenes from "Lucia di Lammermoor" were technically perfect, and her mad scene very well done. The "Otello" scenes were amazing, particularly the floated pianos and pianissimos in the "Ave Maria". Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra are wonderful collaborators.

Ignore the criticisms and buy this CD! You'll be glad that you did. Highly recommended.

Talented singer, but should she choose her reportoire better?.......2007-01-10

Anna Netrebko has an attractive voice and a pleasing personality in this recording. But her performance also raises some questions.

First, she has a Callas-like habit (not a great compliment) when she ups her volume on higher notes of producing a rather unpleasant sound. In "Sempre libera," from "La Traviata," this is manifest. I compare this with the silky smooth lyric voice of Anna Moffo, from the 1960s and 1970s, who essayed this same piece in a manner much more attractive to the ear. Second, I could not hear a single trill on this CD (although maybe I missed something). In the colorature/bel canto repertoire, this is not a trifle. A trill is a standard part of a coloratura soprano's armamentorium. In that, again, she is like Callas, who scarcely issued forth a trill. "Spargi d'amaro pianto" is one of the classic cabalettas for coloratura sopranos. Sung without trills, it is not very satisfying. Some who have recorded the pyrotechnics of the "Mad Scene" have only displayed adequate trills (e.g., Anna Moffo or Angela Gheorghiu). Others, of course, have deployed wondrous effects, such as Joan Sutherland and Beverly Sills. Just so, the cabalettas in "La Sonnambula" and "I Puritani."

Certainly, Netrebko also exhibits considerable strengths. Other ornamentation is fine; she has an agile voice; she can hit all the notes, including the high ones. Her vocal sound is most attractive (outside the one example noted earlier of a certain harshness). Her singing in the pieces from "Otello" and "Gianni Schicchi" are very well done.

So, all in all, a nice CD, but one that does not seem to feature Anna Netrebko at her best.

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Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Netrebko.......2007-07-15

Anna Netrebko is actually the best soprano on stage. She was born to sing and you can see that in her face; she enjoys to sing and you can feel it just listening her voice. I love her Amina because is dark and sounds a little bit sad. Just hope she could take her own time to rest; she is not a machine!!!

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Tracks:

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Customer Reviews:

Good--but not great--coloratura.......2007-01-17

Edita Gruberova makes this a very nice album, easy to listen to. Some of the cuts are extremely well done, others are a bit bland. On the whole, though, a worthwhile item to purchase.

Mozart's "Die Holle Rache," from "Die Zauberflote," starts the album. One of the best examples of her skills on this CD. Her voice easily reaches the high notes (and there are a lot of them!); she nails the highest notes of all in a way that seems effortless. Overall, good technique. Another Mozart aria, "Or sai qui l'onore," from "Don Giovanni," is well and strongly sung; as well, one gets a sense of the character through Gruberova's singing.

Other items worth noting in some detail. Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," of course, presents sopranos with one of the premier coloratura roles. Here, there are four examples. Her voice is clearly heard in the ensemble piece (not all sopranos can say that, although her final high note was almost drowned out by the orchestra). "Il dolce suono" and "Ohime! sorge il tremendo fantasma" are okay, but seem a bit on the bland side. Needless to say, I was most interested in listening to the remarkable cabaletta of the "Mad Scene," "Spargi d'amaro pianto." And while the singing was sound, it did not excite. Her agile voice is right for this piece; she hit the high notes well. But her trills were only adequate--except for one wonderful trill off of a high note. To be considered a great coloratura, I have to confess, I want to hear great trills. Also, the ornamentation was a little tame.

The aria from "La Traviata" would have been much better if the associated florid piece, "Sempre libera," had been included. However, her singing seemed to catch the emotions of this aria nicely. The one item from "Die Fledermaus" was fun, spritely sung.

There are other components of this CD, too.

All in all, a good, but not great, coloratura album. Key difficulties: lack of a great trill and rather plain ornamentation in the Mad Scene. Key pluses: a wonderfully agile voice; clean high notes; an ability to connect to the character in her singing.

So, a CD worth purchasing. . . .

Pretty good.......2006-04-25

Right away, we get Queen of the Night, which is very good, overall very fine. However, Gruberova doesn't have the rich texture and the power like Lucia Popp. Nevertheless, how many voices sound even remotely like this!!!

Here comes the Gruberova.......2005-09-08

Is this the worst cover they could find, or was there anything else left in the file labeled "Revenge of the Eightes: The Bridal Years"?
Pay no mind: on this CD, Gruberova's easy high notes alone are worth suffering through the visual horror. She cuts to the chase and starts with Queen of the Night's Hoelle Rache, a very very good one. And the orchestra is very, very loud. This is Mozart with subtlety of a sledge hammer, but it works well with Gruberova's athletic style.
Donna Anna that follows is interesting- Or Sai Chi L'Onore is strong, but lyrical. Gruberova sang a mean Donna Anna live and this is strong evidence for how good she was it in that role. Non mir dir is overdone and swooned somewhat, but it still works.
Another Mozart aria that follows, Dalla sponda tenebrosa, is good too, if overswooned again, and Vorrei spiegarvi gives us more of Edita's trademark top notes and lyrical poise, and some high octane energy- this is a live recording and the ovation at the end is well earned.
What doesn't quite work is the rest of the album; Ah, se in ciel is flat in places, Lucia's scene is overdone and overcrooned in the worst way, Violetta's scene is cut in half and bland. The end piece, Klange der Heimat by Strauss is OK, just about that.
Gruberova was a veritable force on opera stages- still is, but this is a mish mash collection, exciting in places but uneven. Another CD she released, the "The Art of Coloratura" has more interesting choices, but the cover that is even worse. Take your pick.

A contrary view.......2003-09-14

I'm a great fan of coloratura singing and have samples of just about all the great coloratura sopranos (Sutherland, Sills, Pons, Grist, Dessay, et al) and I must admit that Gruberova is one of the best. However, I must say her voice leaves me somewhat cold - very little vibrato and lot of scooping makes about 50% of her notes something less than "spot on", which is distracting. In particular, her "Vorrei spiegarvi, o Dio!" is, in my mind, a tragedy. Her intonation is shaky throughout and the scooping and crooning is horrendous! If you want to hear a truly great rendition of this really challenging number, listen to Beverly Sills' studio recording (included on "The Singers: Beverly Sills"). Talk about amazing!

Don't mean to rain on anyone's parade (for Gruberova is a truly fine singer and many of the tracks on this album are worth hearing), but just felt compelled to point out another view on "Vorrei. . .", particularly.

When will I hear her challenged!!.......2003-06-02

All I can say is, I'm waiting for the day when I can hear Edita Gruberova challenged. Here, we have the most difficult repertoire of all time: advanced coloratura arias by Mozart, Strauss and Verdi that make Soprano's quiver, and Donizetti's most challenging creation of Lucia di Lammermoor -- and Gruberova sings it like ice cream! What I mean by that is that she has a ridiculously ease with it ALL. Everything I've ever heard is SOOO easy for this woman!

"Vorrei Spiegarvi, oh Dio!" is sung live and she just slays the audience. Pitch is absolutely perfect (she's showing off!) and tone is pure and beautiful. She even floats a rarely done high G in the middle just for the fun of it.

Her Lucia arias are by far among the most amazing interpretations in history. Though no one can beat Beverly Sills are far as pyrotechnic coloratura extra ornamentation, her truthful acting and easy popping high notes are remarkable! All of the written high notes at the end of phrasing sounds right smack in the middle of her range! You almost assume the key has been lowered.
What I found incredibly disappointing and cheated with, is that on this CD is from La Traviata: 'E strano! e strano ... Ah, fors e' lui.' But no where to be found is the END of this set of arias: "Sempre libera." "Sempre libera" is the high excitement climax of this and it's not included! But all aside, these are sung with utter compassion and emotional committment. I now intend to purchase a full version of Gruberova's Traviata.

Also memorable is Strauss' Die Fledermaus: 'Klange der Heimat.' Again, technical mastery and very easy high note at the end.

Tracks:

Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Preludio
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Cruda, funesta smania
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Regnava nel silenzio
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Quando, rapito in estasi
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Sulla tomba che rinserra
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Qui di spoda eterna fede... Ah! Verranno a te sull'aure
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Soffriva nel pianto
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Chi mi frena in tal momento?
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): D'immenso giubilo
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Ah! Cessate, ah cessate quel contento
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Oh giusto cielo!... Il dolce suono
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): OhimSorge il tremendo fantasma
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): S'avanza Enrico!
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Spargi d'amaro pianto
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Fra poco a me ricovero
Lucia di Lammermoor (Highlights): Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali

Customer Reviews:

Only highlights.......2003-11-26

There is a complete recorging of this opera with these artists, so if you find it, buy it instead of the highlights. Guberova is a wonderful Lucia, but she has a "droopy" way of sliding up to things. It could be seen as a portamento, but comes across more as simply slipping and sliding. The habit isn't that distracting, but it is something you won't find with most other Lucia's. I do find her habit of singing a high note softly then increasing the volume a bit annoying. It isn't done like swelling the tone, but rather comes across like one is tentative about the pitch, finds it, and when secure decides to sing it. I know that is not a problem for Gruberova, so I doubt that is why she sings that way. It is just her way. It works in the operetta she often sings, and in the role of Zebernitta in Ariadne, but it is takes from the excitement of the role of Lucia.

Still, all in all, her performance is stunning. She has worked it out completely. That is one reason I say to find the complete recording with her (there is another one where she sings with Alfredo Krauss, and it is breathtaking).

Neil Shicoff never comes to my mind as a tenor for Edgardo, but he is truly wonderful in the role. I think of him more as a Don Jose, or someone like that. I don't know why. Still, I was pleased with the results. He captured the role and makes it vibrant and alive. Again, one benefits from hearing his entire interpretation over just a few arias.

I rate the recording so highly because it is worthy of it. Is it the best Lucia, well, I don't know. My favorite is still the Sutherland/Pavarotti recording. Then again, I have so many recordings of this opera, and love each and every one of them, it is hard for me to say. Each and every singer brings something unique to the roles of this opera, and I am just amazed at how many different, and valid, interpretations are possible in this work. No wonder it was such a box office draw when there were tons of great singers to sing it in the past; one never knew which aspect of the character would be spotlighted by the singer. I have never heard a bad Lucia recording (some cut too heavily, but never bad). I would add this to my list of Lucia greats.

Gruberova - 'The unique one'.......2001-06-05

Gruberova is really a treasure. She knows her strengths, and milks it...... This is a wonderful rendition of Lucia. It is consistently good, throughout. Is this the best Lucia? Judge for yourself! There are definitely parts of Lucia that she sings better than anyone else. But then again, the same can be said of Sutherland and Sills.

When Gruberova, you must write her on the title.......2000-04-18

Gruberova singing Donizetti is something you can not leave out of the presentation title.

GREAT!.......1999-08-12

The best performance of Lucia I ever heard. Gruberova is the BEST

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Tremendo Delirio
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I've finally found it.......2006-03-23

I first heard this album back in '98 and i loved it... even being from Peru, there is not 1 person that would not know at least 1 song from La Chanranga. Somehow i lost this album about 4 years ago but now i've found it again at Timba.com, they also ship their stuff all over the world so if you want this guy that's where you can find it. One of my best purchases ever.

The Best Latin Dancing Music.......2002-02-22

I'm a 100% cuban,a frustrated musician and i can tell you there's no better music than cuban musicians does.Beside of my procedence anybody who knows about this business can say the same.Here's an example David Calzado y "La Charanga Habanera" a truly spectacle on stage dancing,playing and singing with there agressive rhytm a mix of son with the big bands music like earth,wind and fire and the comodores.In a few words the best of the tropical music like everything we do and something that is not divulgated in this country for known reasons.
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Can't Tell a CD from its Cover.......2002-02-10

Don't let the perfectly awful cover art throw you. This CD is well worth having. The music is truly special. This genre of Cuban music is for those thinking all salsa sounds basically the same, and wants more sophisticated composition.

Mi mejor salsa caballero.......2000-05-26

When I was on vacation in Ibiza (meditarranian island) I heard, when walking past hundred bars whith techno att over 120 dB screaming out from their insides, a distant blissful sound of salsa. I heard when entering the bar that it was no ordinary "euro-salsa". The bar-man (a cubano) was very pleased that I knew the difference. the nice music was performed by someone called David Calzado & La Charanga... He wouldn't let me buy the CD but luckyly enough I had a friend that was of to Cuba and I orderd the record "Pa' que se entere La Habana" and as a bonus I also got "tremendo delirio". I have been listening to nothing else ever since, and this was one year ago. Gracias mi mejor salsa caballero Calzado

HOT!.......2000-03-03

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Joan Sutherland is spectacular in these operatic selections, almost all of which were recorded during her prime--between 1962 and 1971--when her voice was at its freshest, and mannerisms such as sloppy diction and droopy phrasing were at a minimum. The characters here depicted are tragically loony, permitting the composers to lavish upon them coloratura fantasies that make for exciting listening, but restrict the roles to the few singers who are capable of managing the swirls and trills of the high tessitura. Sutherland reveled in these parts; the more difficult, the better. It's impossible to select highlights in a disc that's brimming with them, but her signature role, Lucia di Lammermoor, with its flowing vocal line and ravishing soprano-flute duet, offers some of the most exciting singing you'll ever hear; the top notes never strained, always full and rounded. But, then, everything else on this indispensable disc is a delight. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

Stupenda indeed!.......2006-12-30

Sutherland knocks the socks off the listener in each of these selections. This is a fantastic introduction if you really want to know why Sutherland was the reigning queen of colouratura in her day.
Superb sound and recordings range from early 70's to early 80's.

And interesting album.......2004-05-07

This is an interesting album. The Puritani is from 1973, Hamlet from 1983 (wow!), and the Lucia from 1971. This is like a showcase of the later Sutherland voice. It's different from the younger voice. It's a darker, wiser tone. For starters, let's take the Hamlet scene. Not quite as many fireworks as the 1960 one, but the vibrato isn't so fluttery and kinda out of control. It's a slower, more steady and studied tone. She wisely omits some of the high notes (I mean, she's 57 for heaven's sake!). I consider a lesson in how to sing healthily and proper in the later vocal years. It's really a lesson to all singers to just hear her. The Puritani is magical. Just beautiful eerily cool music. The ornaments in the second aria are really quite amazing. And the high Eb at the end of Vien, diletto is amazing. Just that trademark Eb like she does in Traviata. Perfection. This Lucia is actually my favorite compared to her 1959 and 1961 ones. Now, don't get me wrong, each of those is wonderful in their own fabulous ways. The 1959 is fresh and bright and exciting. The 1961 is a clear understandable and beautiful tone with all the great ornaments she was working on as she was developing the role. I find this one super cool because it's just cool to hear how this voice can still have handle the demanding Lucia lines. Cause you see, her voice was getting heavier with age and it's just kinda amazing to hear "Wow! She's still got the chops!"

A great follow up to..........2004-01-13

Callas' Mad Scenes Album, I love this CD. Joan sings the hell out of each piece even though the interpretations and characters suffer from it, I barely hear any madness... Anyway, I want to comment on several things written here:

1)What one music class (Which school is that) says doesn't mean a thing, I trust my own ears and known experts like Steane, Kesting and Porter.

2)The Sills-Fan isn't worth a thought, I too think he's an immature brat.

Sutherland rules, who's this Beverly Sills.......2003-07-14

Sorry for not being current, or I'm too young. But who is Beverly Sills? I thought with Sutherland retired, the reigning soprano is Renee Fleming.
Whoever she is. Her fans are getting annoying. I'll be sure that I don't take any of their recommendations.

Sutherland "Voice of the Century".......2003-07-13

In a music 111 class, I compared divas Sutherland, Sills, and Callas all singing the mad scene from Lucia. I didn't say who was who.
It was my final project. And I handed a survey to see who is the better bel canto singer.
Sutherland--1971 recording
Sills-------1969 recroding
Callas------1955 recording
Here is the results.
1)Sutherland....40 votes
2)Sills.........07 votes
3)Callas........00 votes
I got an A on the project. And the students were astonished by Sutherland's mad scene by a huge margin, as you can see. NO one voted for Callas.
Without question, Sutherland is the best coloratura, at least with the Lucia mad scene. But this set has all mad scenes. Some even more difficult than the Lucia. I invite you to hear this, and make up your mind
Dont let some immature kid who just know how to call people names and bash Sutherland influence you. Listen to Sutherland. You will be a believer.

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what a treat to discover this wonderful composer!

Mercadante Rediscovered

Manufacturer: Opera Rara UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000BX5LA
Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

Giuramento 'Giuriamo Per La Patria' - Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Aria 'In Quest'ora Fatal' - David Parry
'Il Pastore Svizzero' - David Harper
Aria 'Ah! Tant'oltre Non Credea' - Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Quintetto 'Reggi I Passi Miei' - David Parry
Duetto 'Ah Perdona Il Duol...' - David Parry
'Lamento Del Moribondo' - David Harper
Sestetto 'Quant'immagini Crudeli' - David Parry
Duetto 'Segui, Deh! Segui A Piangere' - David Parry
'La Rosa' - David Harper
Duetto Finale 'Ah! Su Lei Tremendo Foco' - Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

Customer Reviews:

what a treat to discover this wonderful composer!.......2005-03-09

All selections on this CD just make you want to hear more from this wonderful composer. Does anyone else have TUNES like this? It is very evident that Verdi listened to a lot of Mercadante when he was writing his operas........ BUY IT!

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