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[#1669] Opera and Vocal    
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classicalkan
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2004-01-09 08:45
[#1670] Opera and Vocal    
A good beginner Puccini box set from French EMI:

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p___1921954428?d=product&id=1921954428&clink=dmmu&subpage=reviews&

Includes excerpts from La Boheme (Gedda/Freni), Butterfly (De Los Angeles/Bjorling), Turandot (Caballe/Carreras), Manon (Caballe/Domingo) and Tosca (Scotto/Domingo). Not bad

And it is only $9x for 5 CDs. Can be found at Pro Sound etc.

While you are at it, this 5-CD budget box series also has many gems:

-Mendelssohn chamber music (Cherubini qr, Tortelier, Chung, Previn etc etc), absolutely a delight and rare.

-Chopin box and Liszt box (Cziffra). Controversial but undeniably interesting.

-Liszt symphonic poems (Mazur). Music making of real stature.

-Debussy box and Satie box (Ciccolini). Debussy would be a starter kit.

-Many others, all quite good.
doclowther
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2004-01-09 14:52
[#1671] Opera and Vocal    
The only down side of this set is that it don't have the detailed libretto in its booklet.
classicalkan
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2004-01-09 15:27
[#1672] Opera and Vocal    
Yes, this is indeed bad for a beginner maybe!

Absence of libretto is also true for the other 2for1 2CD sets like the Magic flute mentioned. True also for all Decca 2fers. But those have a synopsis.

And yes one more thing, all these French EMI sets have FRENCH notes only!!!!!

So definitely not good for first timers.

Thanks for reminding me.
doclowther
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2004-01-09 15:41
[#1673] Opera and Vocal    
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2004-01-10 09:08

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