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The Art of Dame Joan Sutherland

W. L MADDOX | va | 11/15/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This 5 CD box set is quite a bargain, as well as a tremendous retrospect of Sutherland's recorded output. It includes hard to find selections from her Command Performance, French Romantic Aias, and Sutherland Sings Wagner albums. Among the highlights are "Ocean Thou Mighty Monster" from Oberon, "Stridono Lassiu" from I Pagliacci, and Senta's Ballad from The Flying Dutchman. Enjoy!"

Dame Joan - simply the best!!

NIGEL PEPPER | CLACTON-ON-SEA, ESSEX United Kingdom | 05/01/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you like Dame Joan Sutherland you will love this resume of her illustrious career. I have almost worn out "Semper libera" from Verdi's La Traviata - this rendition was worth the price of the CD on its own; it is fabulous - her upper register and her trills are faultless. The orchestration is magnificent on this track and her rendition is above superlatives!! Verdi would have been proud of her. He would have also been proud of the arias from Atilla, Ernani and Vespri Siciliani which are all fabulous on this cd - the ease of Joan's coloratura has to be heard to be believed. It was no wonder the operatic world gasped at her faultless soft-toned singing with its unrivalled upper register. Other highlights for me are Mozart's "Dove sono" and of course the Bellini pieces ( esp. Casta Diva ). There has never been a soprano to come anywhere near "La Stupenda" and never will be as far as I am concerned. Thank goodness her voice was captured on these priceless recordings. The only problem with listening to Dame Joan Sutherland is that you will never want to listen to anyone else! My advice is buy this cd and listen to the greatest soprano you will ever hear."

Wonderful but not the complete Command Performance

J. Kauffman | Haddonfield, NJ USA | 01/24/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wonderful but to set matters straight the complete Command Performance 2 LP set is NOT on these 6 CDS ; it appears the entire 2nd LP is missing (songs by Arditi, Tosti, Bishop, Balfe and Wallace among others) and also the Pagliacci aria from LP 1 of the LP set is missing as well. The Command Performance set should be reissued.

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