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However, one must marvel at the sheer range of that man's dramatic talent. From the sweet-voiced, almost falsetto Don Giovanni, over the pious Wolfram to the downright silly Magnifico and the desperate but fiery Holländer. To think that one (young) voice has recorded all this repertoire on one CD is incredible.
One could pick at his diction in the french repertoire, but all such nitpicking is forgotten when he unleashes the inner tenor on the high g sharp at the end of "Scintille, diamant". One might argue that he is a little too heavy in Guilgielmo's "Rivolgete a lui lo sguarda" but who cares, when the same voice only minutes later portrays the wretched dutchman in one of the heaviest baritone arias of all time.
This is the sort of disc, that an artist could release at the end of his career, starting out with an early Papageno, Guilgielmo and Don Giovanni, before maturing to Figaro, Leporello, Magnifico or Mephistopheles, or he could go the dramatic way via Wolfram and Dapertutto to Macbeth or Falstaff before taking on Igor and finally Holländer.
Here we have all that repertoire recorded marvellously by a singer that had not turned even 40 at the time of recording.
This is a hit compilation, and even though i usually don't agree with the concept of classical hit compilation, this one just blows me away.
Bryn inspires you to run into a practice room before you even find the words to say how good he is. The Mozart is tremendously enteratining- and yes, the Wagner is flawless. Definitely worth owning.
Terfel was smart in his choice of arias; each one suits his voice and temperament ideally. The Mozart sequence is perfection. The Dutchman's monologue is amazing. The aria from PRINCE IGOR is magnificent. The "Song to the Evening Star" from TANNHAUSER is greatness itself. I was most surprised, though, by the excellent bel canto renditions (from DON PASQUALE and LA CENERENTOLA), as Terfel is not usually associated with this repertoire. He should definitely perform Don Magnifico in CENERENTOLA onstage someday. Please, do yourself a favor and buy Bryn Terfel's "Opera Arias."
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