Between Friends
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2004-02-24
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Au Fond Du Temple Saint - Ramon Vargas Vassily Gerello
- In Questi Estremi Istanti
- Ardir! Ha Forse Il Cielo Mandato...Voglio Dire, Lo Stupendo Elisir
- E Lui! L'Infante...Dio, Che Nell'alma Infondere Amor - Vassily Gerello
- Solenne In Quest'ora
- In Un Coupe?...O Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni
- All'idea Di Quel Metallo
- E Dessa!...Ma Lassu Ci Vedremo
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Free Music Review: Average performances
Hit: 3 Stars
I like Ramon Vargas quite a bit. He does have one of the better lyric tenor voices available today and I only hope he continues to improve. Here are my thoughts are the tracks on this CD.
Pearl Fishers - every lyric tenor has to have a try at this famous duet and Vargas does some beautiful singing. This is perhaps the best performance I've heard of it in a long time. It doesn't rival the great Bjoerling-Merrill recording however.
Maometto II - interesting trio and well sung. I wish there were more rarities like this on this disc.
L'Elisir d'Amore - well sung performance but not much fun. This music is fun and should be sung as such even if the characters are in earnest. I find Nucci better than Vargas in this regard. Listen to Valletti & Poli on the old Cetra recording.
Don Carlo - well sung but not better than Bjoerling & Merrill or many others.
La Forza del Destino - The best performance on this CD, sung with feeling and tenderness. Vargas even sings the grace notes so often omitted. Excellent and recommended.
Boheme - Good performance.
Barber of Seville - Vargas does not seem to observe all of the coloratura markings, sliding over many of them in the first part of the duet. Lanza doesn't have as good a voice as many other Figaro's. Neither of them seem to be having much fun with this wonderful duet. Very much of a disappointment. Listen to how Cesare Valletti and Robert Merrill sing it on the Leinsdorf recording if you want to hear a well sung version.
Don Carlo - ok rendition of this famous duet. Carlo is one of Vargas' more recent roles and he handles it pretty well, but not well enough to erase memories of Bjoerling, Domingo or Alagna in the role. Gauci's voice is unstable and she has difficulty sustaining a nice line, not to mention a beautiful one. Listen to Caballe & Domingo on the Giulini set to hear a gorgeous performance.
All in all, it's a worthwhile CD and probably a good representation of Ramon Vargas' singing today.
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