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The Fabulous Victoria De Los Angeles | 
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| Creators: Dietrich Fischer-dieskau, Johann Christian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Johannes Brahms, Ernest Chausson, Claude Debussy, Henri Duparc, Antonin Dvorak, Oscar Espla, Manuel De Falla, Gabriel Faure, Enrique Granados, Reynaldo Hahn, George Frederick Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Federico Mompou, Xavier Montsalvatge, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Henry Purcell
Label: EMI Classics
Category: Music
List Price: $43.98
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 180637
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 724356506121
EAN: 0724356506121
ASIN: B000002S5G
Release Date: February 15, 1994
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Sheherazade: Asie | | • | Sheherazade: La Flute enchantee | | • | Sheherazade: L'Indifferent | | • | Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Le Reveil de la mariee | | • | Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: La-bas vers l'eglise | | • | Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Quel galant m'est comparable | | • | Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques | | • | Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Tout gai! | | • | Duex Melodies hebraiques: Kaddisch | | • | Duex Melodies hebraiques: L'Enigme eternelle | | • | L'Invitaiton au voyage | | • | Phidyle | | • | L'Enfant Prodigue: Recit. & Air de Lia: L'annee en vain chasse l'annee | | • | Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: La Fleur des eaux | | • | Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: Interlude | | • | Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: La Mort de l'amour |
Disc 2
| • | Cinco Canciones Negras: Cuba dentro de un piano | | • | Cinco Canciones Negras: Punto de habanera | | • | Cinco Canciones Negras: Chevere | | • | Cinco Canciones Negras: Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito | | • | Cinco Canciones Negras: Canto negro | | • | Coleccion de canciones amatorias: Llorad corazon | | • | Coleccion de canciones amatorias: Iban al pinar | | • | Cuatro madrigales amatorios: Con que la lavare? | | • | Cuatro madrigales amatorios: Vos me matasteis | | • | Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De donde venis, amore? | | • | Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De los alamos vengo, madre | | • | Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Rutas | | • | Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Pregon | | • | Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Las 12 | | • | Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: El pescador sin dinero | | • | Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Coplilla | | • | Quatre cancons: Canco de grumet | | • | Quatre cancons: Cancon incerta | | • | Quatre cancons: Maig | | • | Quatre cancons: Anacreontica | | • | La Dama d'Arago | | • | El can dels ocells | | • | Canco de Sega | | • | El combat del somni: Damunt de tu nomes les flors | | • | El combat del somni: Aquesta nit un mateix vent | | • | El combat del somni: Jo et presentia com la mar | | • | Triptic de Mossen Cinto: L'Harpa Sagrada | | • | Triptic de Mossen Cinto: Lo violi de Sant Francesh | | • | Triptic de Mossen Cinto: Sant Fransech i la cigala |
Disc 3
| • | Chansons de Bilitis: La Flute de Pan | | • | Chansons de Bilitis: La Chevelure | | • | Chansons de Bilitis: Le Tombeau des Naiades | | • | Fetes galantes: En sourdine | | • | Fetes galantes: Fantoches | | • | Fetes galantes: Clair de lune | | • | Noel de enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons | | • | Chants populaires: Chanson espagnole | | • | Chants populaires: Chanson francaise | | • | Chants populaires: Chanson italienne | | • | Chants populaires: Chanson Herbraique | | • | Trois jours de vendange | | • | Le Rossignol des lilas | | • | Tristesse, Op. 6, No. 2 | | • | Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8, No. 1 | | • | Les Roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4 | | • | Troujours (No. 2 de Trois Poemes d'un jour, Op. 21) | | • | Siete Canciones populares espanolas: El pano murano | | • | Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Sequidilla murciana | | • | Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Asturiana | | • | Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Jota | | • | Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Nana | | • | Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Cancion | | • | Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Polo | | • | Doce canciones gallegas: As florinas dos toxos | | • | Triptico, Op. 45: Farruca | | • | Villancicos: Pastorcito santo | | • | Psyche | | • | Soneto a Cordoba |
Disc 4
| • | Proserpina: E dove t'aggiri | | • | Le violette | | • | Joshua: Oh! had I Jubal's lyre | | • | Der Tod und das Madchen, D. 531 | | • | Die schone Mullerin, D. 795: No. 2: Wohin? | | • | D. 547: An die Musik | | • | Op. 59, No. 8: Dein blaues Auge | | • | Op. 84, No. 4: Vergebliches Standchen | | • | Op. 27, No. 1: Chanson d'amour | | • | Op. 46, No. 2: Clair de lune | | • | Let Us Wander | | • | Lost Is My Quiet | | • | Schlaf in deiner engen Kammer | | • | Ah! lamenta, oh bella Irene | | • | Irish Songs: Oh! Would I Were But That Sweet Linnet | | • | Irish Songs: He Promised Me At Parting | | • | Irish Songs: They Bid Me Slight My Dermot Dear | | • | Welsh songs: The Dream | | • | Mignon und der Harfner, D. 877: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt | | • | Les Fleurs des landes: Le Trebuchet | | • | Moglichkeit | | • | Der Apfel | | • | Schottische Ballade | | • | Pastorale | | • | Pleurs d'or | | • | Sapphische Ode | | • | La Partenza |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The word "fabulous" seems vulgar when applied to the Spanish diva whose delicately shaded voice encompassed music from the middle ages to the present. This four-disc compilation emphasizes her song repertoire, to which she brought warmth, intelligence, linguistic integrity and irresistible sincerity. Her dignity makes listeners want to come to her, and she rewards them with an intimate, personal experience, especially in this small-scale repertoire by Ravel, Debussy, Duparc, Faure, lots of Spanish composers and German masters such as Schubert and Brahms. --David Patrick Stearns
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| Customer Reviews:
Awesome musicality July 26, 2006
huphucxyz
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This 4-CD set is a tribute to the concert career of the great Victoria de Los Angeles. The first 3 CDs show her totally at home in the art song of France and of her native Spain. In the French art songs, her silvery, creamy tone, her legendary legato and her perfect French diction make for wonderful and unforgettable performances. These include a sensual Scheherazade, magnificient singing in the Duparc songs and a phenomenal Poeme de L'amour et de la mer of Chausson (try to keep your eyes dry by the end of La mort de l'amour). In the Chausson, while de Los Angeles does not opt for the intensely Wagnerian approach, her sensitive singing more than does justice to the poetry and the feelings of the character. The Spanish songs showcase de Los Angeles at her most natural, flamboyant and attractive singing. The tunes are catchy, full of bouncy rhythms and De Los Angeles's fabulous voice never ceases to amaze. The 4th CD shows the wonderful chemistry between de Los angeles and the great Gerald Moore. While she does not erase memories of Fischer-Dieskau and Schwarzkopf in the Schubert selections, the Brahms songs are excellent and her Faure songs here are earth shaking in their elegance and refinement. The Italian and the famous Handel aria helps to prove De Los Angeles's reputation as an excellent bel canto singer. Her duets with Fischer-Dieskau are absolutely memorable and gorgeous.
The set comes with booklet including full words plus translations, helpful notes on De Los Angeles's concert career and a dozen of beautiful and rare black and white photos. Victoria de Los Angeles's concert career was as prolific as her legendary operatic performances and continued well after her retirement from the operatic stage. This introspective and almost encycopledic release is a real treat and is absolutely recommended. I totally agree with the editor's review who states that the word "fabulous" fails in every respect to fully capture the artistry of the Spanish soprano. Victoria de Los Angeles is definitely one of the most wonderful lyric sopranos of the 20th century and is one of the most heavenly artists to have ever graced the concert scene. A must-have for any collection.
Fabulous? Yes!!! September 13, 1999
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
The album is a marvelous sampling of this great singer's artistry. Her performances of the French and Spanish composers are something special. The De Falla "Seven Popular Folksongs" are powerful, passionate; the last song, "Jota," raised the hair on the back of my neck. I was delighted to see Faure's "Claire de lune" on the album, and equally delighted with De Los Angeles' elegant rendition of this work. The only recording of the song I've liked better is from an LP featuring Frederika Von Stade. As an added bonus, several duets with the great baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau are featured on Disk #4. These include some charming settings of Irish songs by Beethoven, and a gorgeous arrangement of "Let Us Wander" by Henry Purcell. I remember hearing these duets years ago on an LP recording, and it was a pleasure to hear them again.
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