Jos? Carreras: The Golden Years
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Performer: Domenico TrimarchiComposer: Leonard Bernstein
Composer: Georges Bizet
Composer: Nicholas Brodszky
Composer: Eduardo di Capua
Composer: Salvatore Cardillo
Composer: Ernesto de Curtis
Composer: Luigi Denza
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Composer: Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi
Composer: Giuseppe Giordani
Composer: George Frederick Handel
Composer: Guy d' Hardelot
Composer: Agustin Lara
Composer: Franz Lehar
Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo
Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer: Jules Massenet
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Composer: Ariel Ramirez
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-06-15
Music Label: Philips
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Che Gelida Mania
- Recondita Armonia
- E Lucevan le Stelle
- Donna Non Vidi Mai
- Nessun Dorma
- Furtiva L?grima
- Forse la Soglia Attinse
- Parmi Veder le Lagrime
- Come Rugiada Ak Cespite
- Di Quella Pira
- Pia Materna Mano
- Vesti la Giubba
- Fleur Que Tu M'Avais Jet?e
- Je Ne Saia Si Je Veille
- Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz
- Plaisir d'Amour
- Ombra Mai Fu
- Lascia Ch'io Pianga
- Caro Mio Ben
- Kyrie
- 'A Vucchella
- Serenata
- Marechiare
- Malia
- Ultima Canzone
- Ideale
- Non T'Amo Pi
- Good-Bye
- Mattinata
- O Sole Mio
- Core 'Ngrato
- Funicul?, Funicul?denza
- Torna a Surriento
- Granada
- Danza
- You Belong to My Heart
- Because
- Tonight
- Be My Love
- Because You're Mine
- Memory
Free Music Notes for Jos? Carreras: The Golden Years
Free Music Review: A fine tenor
Hit: 5 Stars
Jose Carreras is one of the finer tenors of his era, without much question. This 2 CD set illustrates why one can say that. The first CD displays his operatic skills; the second focuses on more popular tunes, such as "O sole mio," "Funiculi funicula," and "Tonight." He shows a rich lyric tenor voice.
First, some operatic works. From "La Boheme," we hear the wonderful romantic aria, "Che gelida manina." His lyric voice fits this work nicely. He hits the high note (at "la speranza") well, if not quite perfectly.
Then, "Recondita armonia" from Tosca. This dramatic aria is another well sung piece by Carreras. He does not display the "big voice" of a Franco Corelli or Richard Tucker, but his own voice serves well with this aria (and he is not small voiced by any stretch). Every so often here and on other arias, there are some very minor affectations (such as mini-catches or cries), but not a problem. His fine vocal quality more than compensates.
The companion piece from "Tosca" for tenors is "E lucevan le stelle." I always enjoy listening to the end, where a tenor's "la vita" can be quite a dramatic sound. Just so, Carreras sings this nicely.
Then, one of the challenging pieces from one part of the tenor repertoire, "Di quella pira" from Verdi's "Il Trovatore." Tenors are supposed to sing what I call "shakes" (something like trills, but most tenors aren't close to that). Overall, these are okay, but a few are inelegant. Nonetheless, a nice piece of work by Carreras. The repeat is better than the first pass at this. What about the final high note as he calls for his troops to go into action? Does the voice soar about voices and orchestra? Not really--but it's still a pretty good effort. All in all, another nice effort.
The second CD, as noted, features more popular songs. I was especially intrigued to listen to his version of "Granada." In the 1960s, one of the (I think) big-voiced tenors recorded this, and I recall hearing it played several times on WGN radio's Wally Phillips Show. The voice way overpowered the song, but what a listen! Carreras does NOT overpower this tune. He sounds awfully good with this bon bon.
"La Danza" frustrated the great Enrico Caruso. I once had the old LP (vinyl!) with him in the clown outfit (presumably, from "I Pagliacci"). Caruso lost his breath in the middle of one of the lines of this song, so it can be tough. Carreras takes it at the quick pace and does not falter. Lots of fun to listen to.
Finally, "Be My Love." Again, Carreras does not overpower this (I recall Richard Tucker taking a trifle, "What Now My Love," and singing it in his full voice--the song could not compete with Tucker's voice and it was a delightful mess to listen to!). Bravo Carreras.
All in all, a good survey of the body of work of Jose Carreras, one of the finest tenors of his time. For those enjoying the tenor repertoire, this is worth a listen.
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