Bryn Terfel - Opera Arias

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Customer reviews

review by: qpad date: 2005-12-23 rating:
An excellent presentation CD...
As the disc states: Bryn Terfel sings Famous Opera Arias. No surprises here.pHowever, one must marvel at the sheer range of that man's dramatic talent. From the sweet-voiced, almost falsetto Don Giovanni, over the pious Wolfram to the downright silly Magnifico and the desperate but fiery Holländer. To think that one (young) voice has recorded all this repertoire on one CD is incredible.pOne could pick at his diction in the french repertoire, but all such nitpicking is forgotten when he unleashes the inner tenor on the high g sharp at the end of "Scintille, diamant". One might argue that he is a little too heavy in Guilgielmo's "Rivolgete a lui lo sguarda" but who cares, when the same voice only minutes later portrays the wretched dutchman in one of the heaviest baritone arias of all time.pThis is the sort of disc, that an artist could release at the end of his career, starting out with an early Papageno, Guilgielmo and Don Giovanni, before maturing to Figaro, Leporello, Magnifico or Mephistopheles, or he could go the dramatic way via Wolfram and Dapertutto to Macbeth or Falstaff before taking on Igor and finally Holländer.pHere we have all that repertoire recorded marvellously by a singer that had not turned even 40 at the time of recording.brThis is a hit compilation, and even though i usually don't agree with the concept of classical hit compilation, this one just blows me away.


review by: date: 2000-09-18 rating:
A Superlative Album of Bryn TERFEL'S best singing yet!
This album of Bryn Terfel singing opera Arias is absolute perfection. Jimmy Levine conducts the MET orchestra with sensitivety and brilliance. The orchestra and soloist are caught close which is how all recordings should be! Terfel is exquiste , he can do nothing wrong. Even his singing of Wolfram's Aria from act 3 of Tannhauser and the Dutchman's Aria from act one of Die Fleigende Hollander. Listen to the tuba at the beginning of Die frist ist um! His ''eh paggio'' is definately the best version you will hear , Terfel here showing his comical side. This is the best album is the best album to get if you want to hear Bryn Terfel.

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