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Music : Puccini: La Bohème
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Puccini: La Bohème by: Victoria De Los Angeles List Price: £19.99 Childrens Toy Shop Price: £14.98 You Save: £5.01 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724356775022 Label: EMI Classics Manufacturer: EMI Classics Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: EMI Classics Release Date: March 11, 2002 Studio: EMI Classics Sales Rank: 26446 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - LO TROVO SCINTILLANTEAway with revisionist deviationism, say I. For most of my life Beecham's has been regarded as the Boheme to end all Bohemes, and I maintain resolutely that it still is that, for all the advances in recording techniques since 1956. The digital remastering dates from as recently as 2002, but Beecham used to obtain very good technical quality of sound for his day, and for the usual reason that he demanded it and there was no use in arguing. I also offer the following consideration as regards sound-quality - when it is a matter of large forces, say a symphony orchestra let alone the battalions necessary for grand opera, the nature of the sound that can be offered to us in our sitting-rooms simply cannot resemble other than distantly their real sound ... Read More: Rating: - Bohemian life to the fullIf you don't object to historical recordings with mono sound, then this is absolutely the set to have. Bjorling's sweet timbre seems to perfectly capture the idealistic Rodolfo, more introspective than some swaggering Italian tenors perhaps (Bergonzi, Pavarotti) but more tender. And De Los Angeles is unforgettably moving as Mimi, singing gloriously but characterising with such taste and tact, such discreet charm that she becomes REAL. One wants to hug the speakers and save this poor Mimi. One cares in a way that I never quite do with the robust and healthy Tebaldi or calculating Callas. This is rare and special singing. The recording was made at the last minute when Beecham found all the singers available and a studio booked - it was ... Read More: Rating:  - ... but don't forget the slow tempiJust wanted to give a slightly different point of view compared to that expressed in the review above: this version of la boheme is very well (if almost too deliberately) sung but it lacks drama: tempi are very slow. It's such a concentrated piece, it benefits from a bit of drive. Either of the two versions with Roberto Alagno (a wonderful tenor), for example, are much more dramatic and more to my taste. You can tell from the first driving notes. Rating: - MagicalA very fine set. Bjorling proves really fantastic, Victoria de Los Angeles has never been bettered and the supporting cast is very strong. Mono sound is clear as a bell. For the finest sung Mimi and Rodolfo this set is the one to have. |
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