Most fans of opera will probably find it far too simplistic and popbased, while many rock fans are sure to find the record too classical. While its certainly a treat for any fan of mercurys to hear this album, its a difficult record to recommend. She sang a wide variety of roles, but is best known as an exponent of the works of verdi and of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of rossini, bellini, and donizetti. Barcelona the song and album by freddie mercury of queen. Officially sanctioned and coinciding both with the release of a new documentary about mercurys life, and. Freddie mercury was a musician, a performer, an icon. Theyre mostly found on disc 2, whose 75 minutes are shared between puccini and bellini arias and include some of the most glorious soprano singing youll ever hear. After barcelona was selected to be the next olympic city, freddie was approached to write a song as a theme for the forthcoming games the idea was to create a duet with.
Find montserrat caballe tracks, artists, and albums. Montserrat caballe 1933 lacked the absolute vocal richness and beauty of rosa ponselle and leontyne price or the magnetic intensity of maria callas, and she never mastered a trill for her bel canto roles, but her luscious creamy tones, her perfect legato, and an almost unbelievable pianissimo often described as a floating pianissimo made her unequaled in her time as a. Perfectly lovely montserrat caballe great voices of. Licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of virgin emi. With barcelona, queen singer freddie mercury realized his longlived dream of performing with an opera singer. This special edition of the album barcelona was released in 2012, and is a pop, opera, cross over album, the original was recorded in around 1988 by the late freddie mercury frontman of the british rock band queen and the legendary operatic soprano montserrat caballe, who freddie idolized. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Freddie mercury, montserrat caballe barcelona amazon.
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