Operatic Arias & Duets
Product ID: 32079982
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In the early '50s, the 78 rpm recording of the lovely duet from Bizet's Pearl Fishers sung by Jussi Björling and Robert Merrill, colleagues at the Metropolitan Opera New York, became a huge seller, introducing two of the finest voices of their generation over the airwaves. Review: A CLASSIC, IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD - I've loved this album all my life. My mother had the 10 inch LP, and we basically wore it out, replacing it with the later 12 inch LP. Two of the greatest male voices of the golden age of the 1940's and 1950's who had a chemistry together I have never heard equalled by any other tenor and baritone. The whole album is worth the one track of the duet from Bizet's Pearl Fishers, but all the duets are great. There are also duets with Bjoerling pairing up with Licia Albanese and Zinka Milanov. If you love opera for the beautiful voices and the incredible emotion shining through the singing, this is one of the greatest single albums you can buy. I can't recommend it enough. Review: Voices that compliment each other. - Its an excellent CD.
| ASIN | B001DFITW2 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #108,561 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) #197 in Arias #9,933 in Classical (CDs & Vinyl) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (77) |
| Date First Available | October 11, 2008 |
| Item model number | NI7945 |
| Label | Nimbus Records |
| Manufacturer | Nimbus Records |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Original Release Date | 2008 |
| Product Dimensions | 5.67 x 4.96 x 0.39 inches; 3.25 ounces |
L**S
A CLASSIC, IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD
I've loved this album all my life. My mother had the 10 inch LP, and we basically wore it out, replacing it with the later 12 inch LP. Two of the greatest male voices of the golden age of the 1940's and 1950's who had a chemistry together I have never heard equalled by any other tenor and baritone. The whole album is worth the one track of the duet from Bizet's Pearl Fishers, but all the duets are great. There are also duets with Bjoerling pairing up with Licia Albanese and Zinka Milanov. If you love opera for the beautiful voices and the incredible emotion shining through the singing, this is one of the greatest single albums you can buy. I can't recommend it enough.
J**H
Voices that compliment each other.
Its an excellent CD.
L**A
Superb, How can you improve on perfection?? ...
Superb, How can you improve on perfection??!!!
M**I
Sounds fine.
Good quality.
H**D
The best ever
Godlike voices. And listen to the ensemble!!
S**Y
Two of the greatest voices in their prime!
I had thrown out all of my LPs. But this was one of the recordings I constantly missed. What a pleasure to hear this great recording again. SM, Florida
W**L
Never better, never bettered
Going back to the orginal RCA vinyl edition, I have owned this recording in one form or another for more than fifty years. No one has ever sung the the duets from Forza and Pearl Fishers better than Bjorling and Merrill.
A**R
Five Stars
beautiful recordings from the 50s and 60s, sound quality is not compromised, both of these artists are excellent!
A**L
5 star CD showing off the equally superb voices of my favourite tenor and baritone. Brilliant!
D**E
a lovely cd Jussi has a lovely voice and it gels with Robert voice it is an old cd but timeless if you like airas from popular Operas.
M**P
Insgesamt habe ich den Eindruck, daß etwas weniger intensiv gefiltert werden sollte, sodaß ein Schuss mehr Brillianz zum Klingen käme. Grundsätzlich aber gelungen.
W**N
Some wonderful duets. Remember that Bjorling was Pavarotti's favourite tenor.
R**E
Ii was pleased with this CD . Quality of recording good.always loved Bjorling & Merril this didn't disappoint.i would recommend.
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