The #1 Opera Album

The labels that are now gathered under the Universal Classics umbrella have a pretty impressive scorecard in the area of classical compilations. We've seen The Greatest Opera Show on Earth, The Yellow Guide: Classical Music, Best of the Millennium, and now there's The No. 1 Opera Album. But that's no surprise, since Universal has some of the finest interpreters in its catalogue to draw from. This two-CD set (at the price of one), for example, brings together the likes of Cecilia Bartoli, Ren?e Fleming, Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Georg Solti, Herbert von Karajan, and many more. Yet the other key to a successful compilation is canny anthologizing, and here again, you have a nice selection to give you a smattering of opera's heavyweights from the Italian, German, and French repertory (there's even a step outside the standard framework with an aria from Dvor?k's lovely Rusalka). Ranging from 1959 to 1997, the choices from back catalogue will doubtless be the entry ticket for many into this grandest of the arts. --Sarah Chin more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-15-2008; My favorite CD - really the best!; I heard this CD on a PBS pledge drive (it was a premium) and found myself loving every cut on it! I was in my car and just wanted to keep on driving and listening. This is by far my most-played CD - I've had to make it a weekend only...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-18-2008; Beautiful music...; I'm new to opera, but this CD has really beautiful music. I use it in my CD clock radio (Timex, that I purchased here also) to go to sleep to.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-21-2007; The #1 Opera Album; 21 Dec, 2007The movements in this collection move Me as much as My very bowel. Hence, it might work for your too. Try it, you'll like it if you want to be moved to your very "soul".; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-27-2007; The Glory of Opera; Am just discoving the glory of opera. Not all opera, but the arias that make your heart soar. My husband turned away from opera because he was "overdosed" at an early age and it really spoiled his pleasure for life. He's gone now, and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-15-2008; My favorite CD - really the best!; I heard this CD on a PBS pledge drive (it was a premium) and found myself loving every cut on it! I was in my car and just wanted to keep on driving and listening. This is by far my most-played CD - I've had to make it a weekend only...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-07-2007; The Opera #1 Opera Album; The music is wonderful. The production is terrible!! The sound fades in and out and is very scratchy in some places.; read full review | report as inappropriate