Emilio Arrieta: Marina

On this CD:

1. Marina, zarzuela
Composed by Emilio Arrieta y Corera
Performed by Maria Bayo, Alfredo Kraus, Juan Pons, Enrique Baquerizo, Juan Jesus Rodriguez, Encarna Santana
Conducted by Victor Pablo Perez

Tracks:

El Rey que rabi?: Mi t?o se figura
El Caser?o: Bueno d?as
La Canci?n del olvido: Marinela, Marinela
El Cabo primero: Yo quiero a un hombre
La Leyenda Del Beso: Amor, mi raza sabe conquistar
Bohemios: No quiero que sepa que aqu? vengo yo
La generala: Mi dulce sueno de adolescente
MARINA: Pensar en ?l
La Dolores: !Dolores m ... ! Aquu!
El Nino jud?o: De Espana vengo
Luisa Fernanda: Caballero del alto plumero
La Rosa del Azafr?n: No me duele que se vaya
Don Gil de AlcalBendita cruz
El D?o de la Africana: Comprende lo grave de mi situaci?n

Customer Reviews:

One of he greatest voice ever!.......2007-01-10

A privilege to hear this wonderful voice in these native, for her, works.

overall.......2006-03-16

Great recording
Great music selection, Great orchestration

Every thing is what I was looking for.
I wish you had the same subjects in DVD
Thank you

Beautiful.......2001-09-29

This is a must have if you are not familiar with zarzuela (Madrid's response to Vienna's operetta). It's a nice combination of arias sung by Caballe in beautiful voice and joined by her husband tenor Bernabe Marti for the duets. The CD comes with translations for non Spanish speaking which will greatly improve your satisfaction.
Caballe is in as beautful voice as ever and feels at home with this non very taxing repertoire. She doesn't overindulge in her other times frequent "floatiness" and is very expressive throughout. Thogh sometimes when some coloratura is needed she tends to drop the consonants blurring her enunciation of the words. We are used to this from her opera recordings though she's not as bad as Sutherland.
Marti is a nice tenor but is not in the same league as Caballe. That's why he never got star recognition though he made a few recordings whith his wife, like Bellini's "Il Pirata". His is a lyrical tenor, a little throaty but with nice projection of the sound. He sounds a little strained over the "passagio" but hits all the notes. More importantly, he compensates for his lack of vocal lustre with burning impersonations of his characters. Passionate and burning in some, tender and caressing in others. In this respect is better than his wife who is a little more doll like hidding behind her vocal resources. So I specially enjoyed the many and varied duets in this recording.
Strongly recommended.

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Fleta: A truly magnificent tenor- cheap

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Miguel Fleta II

ASIN: B0000037L8
Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

La Favorita: Una Vergine, Un Angel Di Dio
Aida: Se Quel Guerrier...Vesti La Giubba
Pagliacci: Recitar...Vesti La Giubba
L'Africaine: Pays Merveilleux...O Paradis
Lohengrin: Mein Lieber Schwan...O Elsa Nur Ein Jahr
Lohengrin: In Fernem Land
Les Pecheurs De Perles: Je Crois Entendre Encore
La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina
Tosca: E Lucevan Le Stelle
Carmen: La Fleur Que Tu M'Avais Jetee
I Puritani: A Te O Cara
Rigoletto: La Donna E Mobile
Amapola: De Amor En Los Hierros De Tu Reja
La Fermentera Y La Virgen - Miguel Feta/Rondalla Ramirez
La Dolores: Aragon, La Mas Famosa - Miguel Feta/Rondalla Ramirez
El Huesped Del Sevillano: Mujer De Los Negros Ojos
Nostalgia Andaluza: 'Triste Toque De Oracion'
De Mi Aragon: Un Mundo De Emociones Nace En Mi Pecho
Marina: Duo: Se Fue La Ingrata...Feliz Morada - Miguel Feta/Emilio Sagi-Barba
Marina: Brindis: A Beber' - Miguel Feta/Emilio Sagi-Barba

Customer Reviews:

Fleta: A truly magnificent tenor- cheap.......2005-07-28

A very good quality compilation at a very good price- part of the nibus prima voce series of which I have many items.

Miguel Fleta was a tenor of magnificent ability: virile as a Corelli but with a more beautiful tone in addition to a nearly effortless top. The voice is nearly identical from top to bottom. Listne to the first aria from La Favorita- he walks up to a high C# effortlessly and with a totally full sound that seems not to modify at any point along the way. Also his morendo is almost unbelievable- pulling off of high c's like young di Stefano but without the vocal flaws. Apparently, Fleta has a few critics, but I cannot imagine why.

How can you possibly go wrong with a tenor this good at a price like this?

The Golden Age of Singing: Vol. 3 1920-1930

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Great Voices of the 1920s in Opera and Operetta.

The Golden Age of Singing: Vol. 3 1920-1930

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The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera, Vol. 2
Prima Voce Treasury of Opera, Vol. 1

ASIN: B000058TFX
Release Date: 2001-03-06

Tracks:

Romeo Et Juliette: Je Veux Vivre Dans Ce Reve (Waltz Song) - Lucrezia Bori
Andrea Chenier: Un Di, All'azzuro Spazio - Beniamino Gigli
Die Tote Stadt: Gluck, Das Mir Verblieb - Maria Jeritza
Don Giovanni: Or Sai Chi L'onore - Frida Leider
I Puritani: Son Vergin Vezzosa - Amelita Galli-Curci
Carmen: La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee - Richard Tauber
Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail: Martern Aller Arten - Maria Ivogun
Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana) - Aureliano Pertile
Don Sebastiano: Deserto In Terra Solo - Alfred Piccaver
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Una Voce Poco Fa - Toti Dal Monte
Benvenuto Cellini: De L'art Splendeur Immortelle - Giuseppe De Luca
La Boheme: Mimi E Una Civetta - Antonio Cortis
Die Schone Galathea: Trinklied - Lotte Schone
Rigoletto: Pari Siamo - Carlo Galeffi
Resurrection: Dieu De Grace - Mary Garden
Le Nozze Di Figaro: Voi Che Sapete? - Elisabeth Schumann
Don Quichotte: Death Scene - Feodor Chaliapin/Olive Kline
Marina: Brindis: 'A Beber' - Miguel Fleta/Emilio Sagi-Barba
Le Nozze Di Figaro: Porgi Amor - Lotte Lehmann

Tracks:

Pagliacci: No, Pagliaccio Non Son - Giovanni Martinelli/Grace Anthony
I Vespri Siciliani: O Patria...O Tu Palermo - Ezio Pinza
Aida: Nile Scene: O Patria Mia - Elisabeth Rethberg
Der Fliegende Hollander: Wie Aus Der Ferne - Friedrich Schorr
Les Pelerins De La Mecque: C'est Un Torrent Impetuex - Lucien Fugere
Il Trovatore: Il Balen Del Suo Sorriso - Apollo Granforte/Guglielmo Masini
Der Wildschutz: Wie Freundlich Strahlt - Gerhard Husch
Prince Igor: Jaroslavana's Aria - Nina Koshetz
Norma: Meco All'altar Di Venere - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Turandot: In Questa Reggia - EVA TURNER
Lohengrin: Einsan In Truben Tagen (Elsa's Dream) - Hina Spani
Werther: Va Laisse Couler - Ninon Vallin
Les Huguenots: Nobles Seigneurs - Sigrid Onegin
Bernice: Si Tra I Ceppi - Alexander Kipnis
Tannhauser: Inbrunst Im Herzen...Da Sah Ich Ihn - Lauritz Melchior
Otello: Ora E Per Sempre Addio - Renato Zanelli
Un Ballo In Maschera: Eri Tu - Lawrence Tibbett

Customer Reviews:

Great Voices of the 1920s in Opera and Operetta........2001-12-30

The Nimbus method of reprocessing historical recordings is particularly kind to singers who recorded by the acoustic process, before the advent of electric recording in 1925. In this third issue of their "Golden Age of Singing" series, Nimbus Records cover the years 1920-1930. About a dozen recordings from the pre-electric era are found here, including items by Galli-Curci and de Luca who featured in the second issue in this series. Other singers featuring again in this third series include Lotte Lehmann and Giovanni Martinelli, heard here in 1927 recordings.

Whatever criteria you use to assess anthologies of great singers, you will probably be well satisfied with this splendid issue. If you collect the works of particular singers, you will find not only representative but also rare items. I count the Pinza item as both. It shows him at his best, and has hitherto not found its ways into my CD collection. Occasionally items are not sung in their original language. Frida Leider's "Don Giovanni" aria sung in German in 1922 is preferred to her 1927 remake sung in Italian. Hina Spani sings Elsa's Dream in Italian. Some singers are recorded at the very end of their careers. Scottish soprano Mary Garden, Debussy's first Melisande, is heard in 1927 at her last recording session. Representing a miracle of good singing and longevity is Lucien Fugère recording a Gluck aria in 1928 at the age of 80. Tauber is heard near the beginning of his career in 1923. Youngest of all is the German baritone Gerhard Hüsch, aged 27.

I doubt that many who are considering purchase, every heard any of these singers. I happen to have heard two of them, when a very young man - Ninon Vallin and Elisabeth Schumann. To those who collect great voices on record, whether ever heard in performance or not, I restate that these Nimbus anthologies offer recreations of acoustic recordings that are well worth considering.

Miguel Fleta II
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Fleta and the Spanish repertoire

Miguel Fleta II

Manufacturer: Preiser Records
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Lebendige Vergangenheit: Miguel Fleta, Vol. 3

ASIN: B0000023O2
Release Date: 1995-02-07

Tracks:

El Huesped Del Sevillano: Cancion De La Espada
El Huesped Del Sevillano: Romanza
Marina: Costa La De Levante (Salida De Jorge) - Miguel Fleta/Josefina Vera/Carlos Oller
Marina: Seca Tus Lagrimas (Qt) - Miguel Fleta/Matilde Revenga/Emilio Sagi-Barba/Del Pozo
Marina: Feliz Morada (Duet) - Miguel Fleta/Emilio Sagi-Barba
Marina: A Beber, A Beber - Miguel Fleta/Emilio Sagi-Barba
Marina: Non Sabes Tu Que Yo Tenia (Trio) - Miguel Fleta/Matilde Revenga/Emilio Sagi-Barba
Marina: Marina Yo Parto (Duet) - Miguel Fleta/Matilde Revenga
Tata Nacho: La Borrachita
Nostalgia Andaluzza
De Mi Aragon
El Caserio: Romanza De Jose Miguel
Vizcaya-Zortzico
A Unos Ojos Hechiceros
Ay, Ay, Ay-Cancion Criolla
La Dolores: Henchido De Amor Santo
Himno De Riego
La Marsellesa

Customer Reviews:

Fleta and the Spanish repertoire.......2000-10-06

Although the international career of the Spanish tenor Miguel Fleta (1893-1938) was relatively brief (ten years or so), he was quite a hit in his time. Not only did he phenomenally succesfully perform in many important opera houses, he was also the creator of the role of Calaf in Puccini's opera 'Turandot' and thus the first tenor to sing the now so famous 'Nessun dorma'.

The selections on this CD, most of them of arias and ensembles from 'zarzuelas' recorded between 1927 and 1931, used to be some of my great favorites during the LP era, and I'm so glad I've found them again now on disc. They show Fleta's almost hypnotic use of legato, masculinity of tone and expression, and quite considerable dash. He was always able to apply rubati with amazing swellings and diminuendos all over the place and make, as it were, time stand still and yet keep the music moving forward. It seems to me that in the Spanish repertoire as found on this disc he was even more persuasive in doing just that. Just listen to the numbers (six total) from Arrieta's very melodious zarzuela 'Marina' wherein he is joined by several Spanish colleagues, notably Emilio Sagi-Barba, in duets, trios, a quartet, etc., and you just wish (I do, that's for sure) they had recorded it complete.

I find the other selections equally engaging. I must say that even though I hardly understand any Spanish, I feel drawn in every time I hear him sing these arias and songs. The very last number on this CD is actually not Spanish at all, although sung in that language. It is the famous Marseillaise, sung with chorus and quite stirringly so!

At all times Fleta seemed to be capable of creating a different mood for anything he sang, whether it was martial, tender, exuberant, nostalgic, or what have you. The voice must have been immensely powerful, yet he could come round with the most incredible pianissimi you ever want to hear. His vocal enunciation and style may not be 'politically correct' in the more streamlined times we live in today, but, when used with so much conviction and artistry, I can relish it any day. I'm listening to it now.

Arrieta: Marina
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Una gran "Marina".

Delightful Perfomance

Arrieta: Marina

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ASIN: B00004SCV6
Release Date: 2000-04-11

Customer Reviews:

Una gran "Marina"........2003-09-05

Nos encontramos ante una grabación de la ópera española belcantista "Marina", de Emilio Arrieta en una de sus mejores versiones discográficas hasta la fecha.
Es "Marina" una obra con arias largas y de gran dificultad para la soprano protagonista, aquí una MARÍA BAYO en absoluto estado de gracia, que sortea sin problemas las complicadísimas coloraturas de su parte.
Como Jorge se presenta uno de los grandes intérpretes del papel: el gran tenor ALFREDO KRAUS, en la que fue su última grabación de una obra completa. No está tan brillante como en su anterior grabación de esta ópera, pero no obstante está francamente muy notable y deja muchísimos detalles de calidad.
El barítono JUAN PONS es un soberbio Roque y ENRIQUE BAQUERIZO borda también la ingrata parte de Pascual. Completan el reparto JUAN JESÚS RODRÍGUEZ (Capitán Alberto / Marinero) y ENCARNA SANTANA (Teresa)de forma sobresaliente.
Bien el coro y muy bien la ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE TENERIFE a las órdenes de un muy eficaz VÍCTOR PABLO PÉREZ.
Definitivamente esta es una versión para disfrutar "Marina" a lo grande si ya se conoce, o para descubrir un bello título operístico muy bien cantado si se está ante una obra desconocida.

Delightful Perfomance.......2000-11-26

Marina, a work by Emilio Arrieta, is one of the most famous examples of the zarzuela grande. Originally a zarzuela, it was later made into an opera by the composer, by a petition of the great nineteenth-century tenor Enrico Tamberlick. Marina is mostly a tribute to the belcanto opera with some Spanish influences. Its graceful melodies give plenty of opportunities for great singers to display their voices. This recording, made with an internationally known Spanish cast, really outshines all the previous recordings of the work. There is an obvious respect and commitment to the musical values of the work. Maria Bayo shines in the title role. The soprano brings her fresh voice and artistry to this florid coloratura role, specially in the beautiful "Pensar en él" and in the difficult final scene and rondo. This is the last recording of the great Alfredo Kraus. At this final stage of his life and career his voice did not sound as fresh and youthful as on his glory days. However, Alfredo Kraus in his final years is much better than younger tenors on the contemporary scene. It is stunning to hear the command of his high register, his energy and presence. His command of the belcanto style is present during all the recording, specially at the end of the first act, "¡Feliz morada donde nací!". Juan Pons is another asset, his robust baritone giving an ironic counterpart to the tender outburts of Bayo and Kraus. The supporting roles are also excellent, specially Enrique Baquerizo as Pascual. The Chorus and Symphonic Orchestra of Tenerife, ably conducted by Victo Pablo Pérez, complete this excellent performance. Another great recording by Auvidis, who continues in its commendable effort to make known to the world the wonders of Spanish musical theater.

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Mercedes Capsir

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Lebendige Vergangenheit: Mercedes Capsir

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ASIN: B000009NLC
Release Date: 1998-07-21

Tracks:

I Puritani: Qui La Voce... Vien Diletto
Lucia Di Lammermoor: Regnava Nel Silenzio
Rigoletto: Caro Nome
La Traviata: Ah! Fors' E Lui...Sempre Libera - Mercedes Capsir/Lionello Cecil
La Traviata: Pura Siccome Un Angelo - Mercedes Capsir/Carlo Galeffi
Dinorah: Ombra Leggiera
Lakme: Dov' E L'indiana Bruna?
La Boheme: Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi
Il Re: Colombello Sposarti
Il Re: La Bella Mugnaina
Il Carnevale Di Venezia
Marina: Ah!, Rayo De Luz Encantadora

Arrieta - Marina / Bayo, Kraus, Pons, Pérez

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Arrieta - Marina / Bayo, Kraus, Pons, Pérez

Manufacturer: Valois
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ASIN: B00000JPYG
Release Date: 1999-08-10

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MARINA an Opera in Three Acts by Emilio Arrieta

Emilio Arrieta: Marina

Manufacturer: Montilla
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ASIN: B00000DWOS
Release Date: 1993-09-21

Customer Reviews:

MARINA an Opera in Three Acts by Emilio Arrieta.......2004-03-10

A Spanish Opera of love, where Marina tests Jorge's affections. It is more fun than somber, with sound singing by Pilar Alvarez.
A nice addition to any opera collection.

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A SPANISH OPERA

Emilio Arrieta: Marina

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ASIN: B00005Q77T
Release Date: 2002-06-11

Customer Reviews:

A SPANISH OPERA.......2004-02-03

Zarzuela is not very well known abroad Spain. A pity, because it is a beautiful gender. Marina is more an opera than a zarzuela. A beautiful one. This recording I think is one of the best. Maria Bayo has a special sensitivity for her character. She has her voice totally under control, not only singing but also saying. Which is probably on what many singers spoil zarzuelas.
As for Alfredo Krauss I think that is a perfect rol for him. Following his "bel canto" way. He was still a great singer, although I think sometimes there is a lack of feeling.

Juan Pons is a great bass. He can change from a powerful performance to a subtil one, with no aparent effort. Only for him this cd is a jewel.