Rate Points :5.0
Binding :Audio CD
Label :EMI Classics
Manufacturer :EMI Classics
MPN :85102
ProductGroup :Music
Studio :EMI Classics
Publisher :EMI Classics
UPC :724358510225
EAN :0724358510225
Price :$16.98USD
Lowest Price :$9.99USD
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :4
Listening through these two discs, one thought kept leaping up to mind: will ever there be another soprano as versatile and accomplished as Lucia Popp? Died in 1994 at the early age of 54, the operatic world hadnt really mourned her enough.
People are still lingering on Maria Callas, the star soprano with all her glamour and legendary life could offer.
Real listeners, however, could not give up the memory of Lucia Popps terrific artistry and almost supernatural voice.
Her Rusalka, her Solveig, her Susanna, Zerlina, Despina in the da Ponte/Mozart trio, her terrific Queen of the Night (unsurpassed by ANY subsequent sopranos up till now), and ALSO her Pamina in the same opera. In any language you ask her to sing, and she excelled. I marvel at the Letter Scene in Eugene Onegin - only if Lucia had the chance to perform the whole opera during her short life! The joy, the expectation, the emotional tribulations, so vividly captured in girlish and pure timbre. No one will ever beat her not even Fleming and Netrebko.
"Weird and wonderful" - thats what Elisabeth Schwarzkopf said of Lucia Popps singing. We today would modify it to wonderful and unsurpassable.
This 2-CD set is an absolute must have, even if you have never heard of Lucia Popp before.
Lucia Popp
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :0
This is a magnificent album she had a superb voice and the person who selected the songs of this album picked her "very best."
Wonderful introduction to the art of Lucia Popp
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
Lucia Popp was a fine soprano in her day. Her repertoire was broad--from Grieg to Tchaikovsky to Mozart to Dvorak to Smetana to Orff to Mahler to Handel to Strauss (Richard and Johan, Jr.). This 2 CD set shows her talents off nicely. Some exemplars of her art:
Solveigs Sing, from "Peer Gynt" by Grieg: Hers is an affecting version. Popp had a rich voice that worked very well in this piece. She sings this smoothly.
"Stetit puella" from "Carmina Burana" by Orff: Well sung. She gives life to Orffs work. She displays a rich voice which produces a smooth sound in this cut.
Mahlers 4th Symphony: The vocal part of Mahlers 4th symphony is affecting and effective. Popp sings this well, an enchanting version in fact. She handles the vocal challenges of this work well.
"Voi che sapete" from Mozarts "Le Nozze di Figaro": Her rich voice fits this aria well. Its almost weird that she can sing this so well--and then do the Queen of the Night effectively! This is an evocative piece, and she captures the character pretty well, in my judgment.
"Der Holle Rache" from Mozarts "Magic Flute": And now for something completely different. . . . What a change of pace! She does a superb job in this difficult singing role she is a credible Queen of the Night. Her staccato technique is strong she handles the difficult and treacherous passages well--and nails the high notes cleanly and crisply.
So, what can one say after listening to this 2 CD set? Lucia Popp had considerable talent and fine technique. She was clearly one of the finer soprano talents of the latter part of the 20th century.
Lucia Popp
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :6
This is a wonderful album showcasing the very best of Lucia Popp (as the title suggests). Her voice was absolutely beautiful. She could sing the slavic languages like no one else. Her version of Dvoraks Song to the Moon is unbeatable. I dare anyone to find a better performance! Also, the song from Die Zauberflute -Ah Ich fuls (sp?) is outstanding. Ive yet to hear a better version. Her diction was fantastic and while she wasnt the highest soprano around - she knew what worked for her voice. This is album is a keeper!
Beautiful compilation (4.5 stars)
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
Lucia Popp came from my home country of Slovakia. In 1963, she took her chance and, as the amazingly talented 24-year-old ingenue, accepted the offer to sing in Vienna. She crossed the iron curtain. This for a long time made her and undesirable element in the Communist Czechoslovakia. Only after the collapse of Soviet block in 1989 she gained the due recognition also in her homeland. Tragically, just four years later she died of cancer, aged only 54...
What she left is the great body of work. She specialized on German and Austrian composers, which is evident also from this great compilation. However, anything she touched, she turned into gold.
On this double CD you can find many of her glorious recordings. Especially high recommended are all Mozarts (among them the famous Queen aria from Magic Flute) and Handels songs, unsurpassable Dvorak and Smetana, the definitive Richard Strauss 4 Last Songs and the beautiful Letter Scene from Tchaikovskys Eugene Onegin. Also here we have her famous Carmina Burana arias from 1960s.
What is missing, though, is some more of Italian opera, represented only by one piano-accompanied Rossini. I would love to hear Lucia singing "Brindisi" from Traviata as she did to Queen Elizabeth II alongside Placido Domingo in 1986, or listen to her playing Tosca or La Boheme by Puccini. Still, a wonderful CD worth almost five complete stars.
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