Track Listings (14) - Disc #1| All Artists: Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana, Edvard Grieg, Carl Orff, Richard [1] Strauss, Gustav Mahler, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, George Frederick Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Franz Lehar, Johann II [Junior] Strauss, Stefan Soltesz, Neville Marriner, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Klaus Tennstedt, Georg Fischer, Josef Krips, Leonard Slatkin Title: The Very Best of Lucia Popp Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: EMI Classics Release Date: 9/2/2003 Genre: Classical Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 UPC: 724358510225 |
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CD ReviewsLucy: The Reigning Queen of Opera Patrick Anderson | Columbus, OH | 07/12/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "Lucia Popp is one of the best sopranos to ever grace the operatic/classical voice stage. This CD compilation shows her progression through lyric Handel to lyric and dramatic Mozart (her Der Holle Rache from Magic Flute is unrivaled) to tender art song and operetta literature. The first disc also showcases her adeptness with 20th Century literature as well as the ability to step out of the traditional four languages of opera. Any avid music fan MUST have this CD compilation." Ever-reigning Queen of Sopranos Abel | Hong Kong | 05/28/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "Listening through these two discs, one thought kept leaping up to mind: will ever there be another soprano as versatile and accomplished as Lucia Popp? Died in 1994 at the early age of 54, the operatic world hadn't really mourned her enough. People are still lingering on Maria Callas, the 'star' soprano with all her glamour and legendary life could offer. Real listeners, however, could not give up the memory of Lucia Popp's terrific artistry and almost supernatural voice. Her Rusalka, her Solveig, her Susanna, Zerlina, Despina in the da Ponte/Mozart trio, her terrific Queen of the Night (unsurpassed by ANY subsequent sopranos up till now), and ALSO her Pamina in the same opera. In any language you ask her to sing, and she excelled. I marvel at the Letter Scene in Eugene Onegin - only if Lucia had the chance to perform the whole opera during her short life! The joy, the expectation, the emotional tribulations, so vividly captured in girlish and pure timbre. No one will ever beat her; not even Fleming and Netrebko. "Weird and wonderful" - that's what Elisabeth Schwarzkopf said of Lucia Popp's singing. We today would modify it to 'wonderful and unsurpassable'. This 2-CD set is an absolute must have, even if you have never heard of Lucia Popp before. " Lucia Popp cij | U.S.A | 01/11/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "This is a wonderful album showcasing the very best of Lucia Popp (as the title suggests). Her voice was absolutely beautiful. She could sing the slavic languages like no one else. Her version of Dvorak's Song to the Moon is unbeatable. I dare anyone to find a better performance! Also, the song from Die Zauberflute -Ah Ich fuls (sp?) is outstanding. I've yet to hear a better version. Her diction was fantastic and while she wasn't the highest soprano around - she knew what worked for her voice. This is album is a keeper!"
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