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Bel Canto Spectacular | 
| Artist: Juan Diego Florez
Creators: Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Daniel Oren, Orquesta de Valencia, Mariusz Kwiecien, Daniela Barcellona, Anna Netrebko, Patrizia Ciofi
Label: Decca
Category: Music
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 7221
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 028947803157
EAN: 0028947803157
ASIN: B0014QNGA0
Release Date: January 13, 2009
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Product Description
The King of the High Ds returns with an all-new album of bel canto arias and duets. Juan Diego Florez once again proves why he is THE tenor in demand around the world for the operas of Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini. In fact, he even broke the 70 year-old taboo against encores at La Scala in Donizetti s La Fille du Régiment, effortlessly tossing off 18 high Cs in a row (twice as many as other tenors)!
For this special album, Florez is joined by an all-star roster of his friends, including Anna Netrebko, Placido Domingo, Mariusz Kwiecien, Patrizia Ciofi and Daniela Barcellona. Rarely have so many talents come together on one all-new recording.
Also available is a special deluxe limited edition package that includes the CD and a DVD of interviews, performance clips, a picture gallery and more!
Album Description
For the past decade the Peruvian tenor has earned ecstatic critical and public response internationally for a technical prowess and an authoritative style that must surely equal what the public would have heard from the greatest tenors more than 150 years ago. Flórez's exhilarating vocalism, matched by a magnetic stage presence, has prompted major opera companies to revive many rare works especially for him. • A celebration of THE Belcanto tenor of our times • The King of high Ds demonstrates yet again that he is THE Belcanto singer of his generation • JDF recently broke the 70-year old taboo at the Scala of repeating an aria as an encore (Feb Fille) • This "Flórez and Friends" programme of bel canto excerpts gives further proof of Flórez's supremacy in this repertoire. For Flórez, the disc is "really a treat because you have some of the finest artists of today — and I'm not talking about me! The opportunity to hear them all in one CD is wonderful. I'm proud that I'm singing here with great singers, great colleagues — great friends." Guests artists - Anna Netrebko (soprano) Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano) Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Fernando Piqueras (baritone) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Daniel Oren (conductor)
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Juan Diego holds his Place as the World's Best! May 2, 2010
Wanda Torres (Middletown, CT United States)
Amazing bel canto like only the Maestro can deliver! Lots of Cs, some Ds and one flat E will pierce your heart when you listen to this fabulous masterpiece.
Juan Diego Flórez and Friends Celebrate Bel Canto September 2, 2009
Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States)
Though Juan Diego Flórez is now well established in the opera houses around the world as the king of bel canto, this new CD reminds of one of his traits too often forgotten: this artist is more about the music than he is with the splendor of career. In this well recorded CD he is joined by distinguished colleagues who share the bel canto repertoire when duets alternate with arias. These 'collaborations' range form the 'incidental' with Placido Domingo in the Rossini 'Otello' to the completely shared duet with Anna Netrebko in Bellini's 'I puritani' - examples only.
But when Flórez stands alone he is even more radiant. His performance of Donizetti's aria 'Una furtiva lacrima' from 'L'elisir d'amore', probably one of the most recorded and most often sung arias in the repertoire, is true bel canto singing. His treatment of the line and his sensitive embellishments refuse to go to the sobbing Italiante style, but instead demonstrate just what the bel canto style is all about. This is a glorious album and one that would serve as a fine introduction to the art of bel canto as well as to the gifts of this young Peruvian tenor extraordinaire. Grady Harp, September 09
Bel Canto Spectacular, indeed! February 19, 2009
wolfgang731
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
As much as I enjoyed JDF previous effort, Voce D'Italia - Arias For Rubini, there were times when the voice sounded a bit too pressurized and strained, though his musicality and intelligence were never more present. We have none of the former in this new recording, the aptly titled "Bel Canto Spectacular." This recording is also a bit more varied in the repertoire than its predecessor and that makes for a more stimulating sonic experience; it thankfully avoids being tiresome. As thrilling as the bravura arias are, high C after high C (and occasional high D) can prove a bit wearing. There was far too little room left for him to exhibit the seamless legato and the multi-hued qualities of his voice. Last year, I had the pleasure of hearing JDF live in concert and it proved a magical experience, especially after he delivered what to me was the most moving and eloquent "Una Furtiva Lagrima" that I've ever heard, surpassing (sorry folks) Kraus, Gedda, Bjorling and Gigli in terms of phrasing and all around purity of tone and an aching, lyrical quality that nearly brought me to tears. It was a heartfelt a performance as one could possibly wish for. In this recording he's managed to recapture the magic of that evening. What amazes me most about this artist is his ability to make the most difficult musical feats sound positively effortless as if though throwing out 9 high C's were the most routine thing in the world; as natural as yawning. Though I've enjoyed Ciofi in the past, I must admit that I'm not too thrilled with her in the Linda Di Chamounix duet. I found the voice a little lacking in heft and color but it blended nicely with Florez's. Anna Netrebko is in very good voice and her contribution to the Puritani duet wants for nothing. I'm afraid I could have done without Daniela Barcellona's presence. Ms. Barcellona's voice sounded labored and is tinged with a Slavic tonal quality that seems to work exclusively in Eastern European repertoire, but certainly is very much out of place in the frothy world of Rossini's Viaggio A Reims. The contrast between her voice and that of Florez's is positively jarring. Domingo's role is a minor one, but as one has come to expect from this legend, is delivered with commitment and panache; quite comfortable (some straining notwithstanding) in the duet from Otello, which serves as the disc's bonus track. The orchestra provides glorious support as does the chorus in its too brief appearances. Lovers of first rate singing should not pass this up. Vocal recitals such as this are very rare.
Bel Canto Spectacular is Spectacular February 17, 2009
Sharee Hughes (Salt Lake City, Utah USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Loved this CD. I saw Juan Diego Florez in the Met's HD Broadcast of "Daughter of the Regiment" and purchased this CD to hear more from him. I also have the DVD from the opera and another opera he was in. Amazing voice!
Bel Canto Spectacular February 14, 2009
Barbara C. Garcia-romero (Marin County, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fabulous cd. Juan Diego Florez is terrific. This is a good selection of arias to show off his voice. One of the best cds of this great tenor.
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