Angela Gheorghiu - Casta Diva / Pido
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Composer: Vincenzo BelliniComposer: Gaetano Donizetti
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Conductor: Evelino Pid?
Performer: Karen Jones
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Angela Gheorghiu
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-08-14
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Aria: Casta Diva - Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Cabaletta: Ah! Bello A Me Ritorna - Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Scena: S'allontanano Alfine!
- Romanza: Selva Opaca
- Aria: Qui La Voce Sua Soave - Ah! Rendetemi La Speme
- Cabaletta: Vien, Diletto
- Aria: Ah! Non Credea Mirarti
- Cavatina: Una Voce Poco Fa...
- Atto I: Io Sono Docile
- Scena: L'ora Fatal S'appressa
- Preghiera: Giusto Ciel! In Tal Periglio - Angela Gheorghiu/Chor Of The Royal Opr House, Covent Garden/Terry Edwards
- Scena: Piangete Voi? - Terry Edwards
- Cabaletta: Al Dolce Guidami Castel Natio - Terry Edwards
- Aria: Regnava Nel Silenzio
- Lucia Di Lammermoor: Atto I. Cabaletta: Quando Rapito In Estasi
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When I first listened to this CD, I was rather surprised, much like I was when I first listened to Renee Fleming's Bel Canto CD. I always thought that Gheorghiu was just a dramatic/spinto soprano...it never occured to me that she was anything close to a coloratura...although I think all classical singers should have velocity, even if they rarely call on it. She does surprisingly well with all the melismas...not like sills, sutherland, dessay or gruberova, but she stills manages them quite nicely. I also never knew she had an altissimo range...of course I know that the soprano voice doesn't stop automatically at High C, but you just never think about sopranos such as gheorghiu having D's and E-flats. She weathers her acuti (extreme high notes) well...she sometimes sounds like she doesn't know what to do with them once she is up there, but they sound nice anyway. This CD consists of several fav's such as Casta Diva, Una Voce Poco Fa, Regnava nel silencio/Quando rapito, Qui la voce/Vien diletto...all staples of the coloratura repertoire...and she does some not so famous ones, such as selections from William Tell, The siege of Corinth, and Anna Bolena. A nice mix I would say. Overall, this is an enjoyable recital...you get to hear Gheorghiu singing some of your favorite bel canto arias, and you get to hear her singing entirely different styles than you're probably used to hearing her sing
Angela Gheorghiu - Casta Diva / Pido Poster
The title Casta Diva tells all. This recital disc shows soprano Angela Gheorghiu reaching out beyond the lyric Verdi-Gounod-Massenet-Puccini repertory in which she made her name and edging into the gymnastic world of coloratura and bel canto--with some measure of success. Her opening number, the eponymous Bellini "Casta Diva," doesn't show Gheorghiu at her best: the sound is hollow rather than serene and just a touch too fluttery in the vibrato to feel comfortable. But in other arias from La Sonnambula, I Puritani, and Guglielmo Tell, she seems on surer ground--though even here, the fioritura can be rushed and swallowed when it needs to be approached with measured confidence. Of course, the technique is there, as are the eloquence and subtlety--but take this disc as a token of things to come rather than evidence of what has already arrived. That way, you'll be pleasantly surprised as opposed to slightly disappointed. --Michael WhiteClassical Music CDs
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