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Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

Artist: Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

18 reviews
Sales Rank: 1,418

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4

UPC: 028947171720
EAN: 0028947171720
ASIN: B00006L3K2

Release Date: October 8, 2002
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Tracks:

Disc 1

•	Casta Diva - Renee Fleming
•	Barcarolle - Edita Gruberova
•	Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana - Maria Chiara
•	Intermezzo - Herbert Von Karajan
•	Letter Duet - Edith Mathis
•	Che Faro Senza Euridice - Grace Bumbry
•	Va Pensiero - Giuseppe Sinopoli
•	Una Furtiva Lagrima - Gosta Winbergh
•	Porgi Amor - Gundula Janowitz
•	Humming Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
•	Soave Sia Il Vento - Kiri Te Kanawa
•	Overture (Excerpt) - Philharmonia Orchestra
•	Un'aura Amorosa - Hans-Peter Blochwitz
•	Un Bel Di - Mirella Freni
•	Depuis Le Jour - Montserrat Caballe
•	La Ci Darem La Mano - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
•	Quando Le Sere Al Placido - Placido Domingo
•	Mir Ist So Wunderbar - Lucia Popp

Disc 2

•	Flower Duet - Joan Sutherland
•	The Pearl Fishers Duet - Bryn Terfel
•	Lascia Ch'io Pianga - Kiri Te Kanawa
•	Prelude - Bayerisches Staatsorchestra
•	O Silver Moon - Renee Fleming
•	When I Am Laid In Earth - Tatiana Troyanos
•	Miserere - Placido Domingo
•	Vissi D'arte - Mirella Freni
•	Intermezzo - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
•	Softly Awakes My Heart - Grace Bumbry
•	Ombra Mai Fu (Largo) - Bryn Terfel
•	Pilgrim's Chorus - Chorus Of The Bayreuth Festival
•	Ruhe Sanft - Kiri Te Kanawa
•	Flower Duet - Teresa Berganza
•	Entr'acte - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
•	Mira O Norma - Marilyn Horne
•	Hochsten Heiles Wunder - Chorus Of The German Opera Berlin

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Opera's most heavenly moments as performed by Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, Placido Domingo, Jose Carerras, Marilyn Horne and other of opera's most beloved artists. Selections include arias from The Marriage of Figaro, Mada"ma Butterfly, Don Giovanni, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, and Carmen.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: RAPTURE-OPERA'S MOST HEAVENLY MOMENTS
Title: RAPTURE-OPERA'S MOST HEAVENLY MOMENTS
Street Release Date: 10/08/2002
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Genre: CLASSICAL CAST CROSSOVER

Customer Reviews:
5 out of 5 stars

Ravishing! May 5, 2004
PennsylvaniaMartha
64 out of 64 found this review helpful

For some crazy reason, I went on a big opera-compilation-CD buying binge a few months ago. Impressed by the highly positive reviews, this 2-CD set was one of many such purchases I eagerly made at that time.

Well, time has passed, the dust has settled -- and now I find that this is one of only TWO of all those compilation CDs that I still love to listen to frequently (the other is the amazing bargain CD, The Most Famous Opera Duets).

I highly recommend this beautiful compilation for those times when you feel a yearning for beautiful, transporting music, but don't want to commit to listening to an entire opera. Put this on, close your eyes, lean back, and prepare to be swept away! This is a truly special music experience for a very reasonable price. Treat yourself!

5 out of 5 stars

Great Introduction to Opera for Your Skeptical Friends November 4, 2003
Robin Currier
50 out of 50 found this review helpful

Are there people in your life who just don't "get" opera? This CD is a fantastic introduction to opera for people who are not familiar with it. You could think of this CD as being the "best of the best" or at least as a collection of the easiest to listen to hits.

It would take a heart of stone not to melt when the Flower Duet from Lakme is playing.

Even though these numbers are already familiar to me, I never get tired of hearing them, and I play this CD over and over. In fact, since my car has a CD-changer, I just leave this CD in all the time and switch over to it whenever I'm feeling stressed.

Great collection by great artists, this CD is really a treasure.

5 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good, beautifully done   March 15, 2006
Stephen Peithman (Davis, CA USA)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful

I don't usually like compilation CDs of this sort, since they pull the songs out of their original contexts. But, in this case, the choices are thoughtful and the way they have been intermixed throughout this two-CD set are exemplary.

5 out of 5 stars beatiful music   February 23, 2007
D. Montano (Mena, Arkansas)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful

former reviews are no exaggeration, this is the most beautiful music I have come across. I have many opera CDs but this is one I never tire of.
I listen to the CD everyday and it is always soothing, uplifting and inspiring. I wish I could find another as wonderful.

5 out of 5 stars Rapture   January 24, 2007
Larry M. Wright (Rapid City, SD United States)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

Wonderous---Melodious----
This compilation of Opera's finest moments is positively wonderful!!!!Unquestionably the best buy I have made in Opera Music..No kidding,I have trays full of CDs covering every facet of Opera,but none as beautiful...A full 2 1/2 hours of the best of the best....Heavenly Moments says it ALL...I vote 6 stars!!!!!

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