{"product_id":"ruth-ann-swenson-con-amore-italian-opera-arias","title":"Ruth Ann Swenson - Con Amore ~ Italian Opera Arias","description":"Amazon.com\n\nThe arias on this record display to perfection Ruth Ann Swenson's most striking gifts: a pure, flawlessly produced bel canto voice that caresses the ear (as in her previous recital album, Endless Pleasure) with a mellifluous, silken sound, and an effortless, impeccable coloratura technique with a radiant top all the way up to E-flat. With meticulous care for every detail, trills, runs, ornaments, and cadenzas all simply come flowing out with natural ease and unhurried poise. Perhaps this very perfection induces a certain vocal and emotional blandness, especially since Swenson seems temperamentally most comfortable in calm, lyrical music, a tendency underlined by the predominance of slow arias. However, since nearly all of them belong to tragic operatic heroines, the singing often rises to considerable intensity and becomes warm, affecting, and very moving. Some highlights are the otherworldly, mournful dreaminess of the lament from Bellini's La Sonnambula, Mimi's innocent simplicity in Puccini's La Bohème, and the deeply inward, anguished prayer from Verdi's Otello. The orchestra is wonderful throughout, with some outstanding horn, harp, and violin solos; the offstage tenor part in Verdi's La Traviata is vividly taken by a solo cello. --Edith Eisler\n\nProduct description\n\nRuth Ann Swenson: Con Amore (Italian Opera Arias) - Julius Rudel, London Symphony Orchestra \/ EMI Classics Audio CD 2000 Stereo \/ CDC 7243 5 56764 2 9 UPC 724355676429 \/\/ Ruth Ann Swenson (born August 25, 1959) is an American soprano who is renowned for her coloratura roles. \/\/\/ Label: EMI Classics – CDC 7243 5 56764 2 9 Format: CD Country: US Released: 2000 Genre: Classical Style: Opera, Romantic \/\/\/ Tracklist: Turandot 1 \"Signore, ascolta!\" Composed By – Giacomo Puccini 2:42 La Traviata 2 \"E strano!... e strano!...\" Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi 5:47 3 \"Sempre libera\" Cello – Moray Welsh Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi 3:45 La Sonnamula 4 \"Ah!... Se una volta sola\" Composed By – Vincenzo Bellini 10:15 5 \"Ah! non giunge\" Composed By – Vincenzo Bellini 3:32 I Capuleti ed i Montecchi 6 \"Oh! Quante volte\" Composed By – Vincenzo Bellini Harp – Karen Vaughan Horn – Timothy Jones (3) 9:40 La Bohème 7 \"Si. Mi chiamano Mimì Composed By – Giacomo Puccini 5:09 Rigoletto 8 \"Gualtier Maldè!\" Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi 0:47 9 \"Caro nome che il min cor\" Composed By – Vincenzo Bellini 6:02 Manon Lescaut 10 \"In quelle trine morbide\" Composed By – Giacomo Puccini 2:46 L'Elisir d'Amore 11 \"Prendi; prendi, per me sei libero\" Composed By – Gaetano Donizetti 3:35\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B00003W87G\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B00003W87G.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ruth Ann Swenson|Vincenzo Bellini|Gaetano Donizetti|Julius Rudel|London Symphony Orchestra\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41516682215482,"sku":"DBV.B00003W87G.G","price":5.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/ruth-ann-swenson-con-amore-italian-opera-arias","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}