Georges Bizet Jules Massenet Gaetano Donizetti - The Countertenors Andreas Scholl Dominique Visse Pascal Bertin (9 tracks) +Album Reviews +Used CD available for Swap

An unfortunate collection!

Julio Castro Karg | Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico | 08/31/2003

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I am a fan of countertenors (Scholl, Bowman, Deller, Visse, Jacobs) but I have to say that this album was a complete dissapointment! This album is a joke!!!I especially like Andreas Scholl voice and although in this album his voice is as great as usual I would advice that anyone wanting to listen to really great examples of this countertenor's voice look elsewhere! Try instead one of the many albums of Bach's cantatas where he has appeared, or maybe his Handel arias album called "Ombra mai fu", or even his "Heroes" album!"

Very entertaining

gks5q@virginia.edu | 04/25/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This offering, compiled on the heels of the mightily successful "three tenors," does not disappoint if one takes it for what is is: a spoof. And what a wonderful spoof this is! The three vocalists here sing pieces outside of their normal repertory (which is early music and baroque). Yet, the singers are both technically impressive and genuinely entertaining while they are at it. In fact, Pleurez Mes Yeux and Habanera (as well as the little comical vignette Je sui grisse) are so perfect that it's not even funny anymore. Male voices, in comparison to females', offer lesser vibrato and greater tonal variety. Sometimes, when listening to this, I catch myself on a thought that the medieval people who eschewed female singers were on to something. P.S. I'm a female, so no misogyny there."

A voice teacher and early music fan

George Peabody | Planet Earth | 01/14/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"YUK! YUK! AND DOUBLE YUK!!!!

I am absolutely mystified as to why Andreas Scholl, with his fine voice, would be a part of this type of album. It's disgraceful! The voice of Visse is annoying to the point of agony and one hopes that listeners who hear countertenors for the first time on this album won't give up on them.

Bertin is passably good but the biggest disappointment is Scholl. The song selections are inane in that they do not fit the voices. To hear "My Way" sung by any countertenor is ludicrous; I hope Frankie isn't listening.

The only song I found attractive was "White as Lilies" sung by Scholl. If you love countertenors don't buy this CD. It downright degrading to the countertenor voice and repertoire!!!!!"

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