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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0028947801658 Label: Decca Records Manufacturer: Decca Records Number Of Discs: 11 Publisher: Decca Records Release Date: April 15, 2008 Studio: Decca Records Sales Rank: 46846 MPN: 001089302 Disc 1:
Editorial Review: Album Description: The great American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne celebrated her 70th birthday in January 2004, the same year that also marked 50 years since her professional debut. Horne's debut in 1954 took place in Los Angeles. Her name and voice was brought to many more people than could ever hear her in the opera house through the 1954 film Carmen Jones in which she sang the dubbed voice of Dorothy Dandridge. But it was with Joan Sutherland that Marilyn Horne found the perfect vocal partner. Their performances in the great bel canto operas by Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti took the opera world by storm in the 1960s and early 1970s. By the time she retired in 1998, Marilyn Horne's long and distinguished career embraced an enormous variety of operatic roles, as well as a wide variety of solo repertoire ranging from Schubert, Schumann and Mahler through to modern American songs. Such a wide repertory was due to the sheer range of her voice and its remarkable flexibility, a voice that could sustain long lines of melody as well as negotiate the most florid vocal pyrotechnics. Marilyn Horne participated in a number of complete opera recordings (among them classic recordings of Norma and Semiramide with Joan Sutherland), as well as ten recital programs for Decca. The complete recitals are now reissued in their entirety as a Collector Edition on this 11-CD set. The original LP cover art is reproduced for the CD sleeves. Average Rating:
![]() Rating: - General HorneMarilyn Horne - The Complete Decca RecitalsThese recitals give a complete view of Hornes range,from Bel Canto opera to American song,via Mahler and Wagner.What a fantastic Artist she is,ease of singing in all ranges from top "C" down to the depths of a true contralto,and she manages to vary her timbre as to what she is singing. recommended o all lovers of great singing Rating: - a TREASURE TROVE....thank you, Decca/Universalwhat to say??? First, "THANK YOU" to Decca records for assembling and presenting this WONDERFUL collection to us, honoring this Great Lady...the complete recital recordings of the Fabulous Ms Horne...certainly one of the GREATEST SINGERS of the Century. I do not recall a more distinctive mezzo voice in my many years of listening to opera and classical voice recordings. She had a seamless, absolutely stellar voice, and used it well, carving her niche in the history of Great Operatic Singing. These ... Read More Rating: - Superb singing deserves a better presentation.I agree with the previous reviewers about Ms. Horne's voice and performances. There are many riches here: the singing is superb throughout, one or two optional unmusical high notes aside. The range of music is enormous and Horne sings it all with style and grace, including the odd collection that is the American Songbook (Copeland, Foster, Berlin and... Malotte!?) Most of these recitals were conducted by Henry Lewis. He is fine, but I really sat up and took notice when Zubin Mehta took over for ... Read More Rating: - HEAVEN IN A BOXIf you are reading this review, you are already too late in making the necessary clicks to purchase and add this stunning collection of vocal artistry to your collection. A MUST OWN! BUY, BUY, BUY IT! Rating: - Beyond the realm of five stars . . .Marilyn Horne's career is beyond the reach of the five star standard. I have had the pleasure of hearing her sing in person many times at the Lyric in Chicago as well as in recital. These discs bring a flood of memories of the size, beauty, range, and absolute glory of her voice. "Souvenir of a Golden Era" was always my favorite of her recordings; as a consequence I was so pleased to hear that it would be re-released. When I learned that it would be available in this set as well, how ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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