On what makes a good CD
May. 19th, 2007 10:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
polutropeTo me, you have to strike a balance between "Do we really need another 'Caro nome'*?" and "No one has listened to this since 17/1850 - and with good reason," or even, "This sounds like every other bel canto/ Händel aria."
I think that Ruth Ann Swenson's Endless Pleasure does a good job, since Semele is fairly obscure, but still pretty, and the Mozart arias are all well selected.
Kožená's French Arias tends a bit to the other side. I really like the Auber, and "Connais-tu le pays" is beautiful, but "D'ici vous voyez le beau domain" is not particularly interesting.
Speaking of CD construction, why is 'Quel guardo il cavaliere' the new 'Luce di quest'anima'?
*We do. Dessay's.
I think that Ruth Ann Swenson's Endless Pleasure does a good job, since Semele is fairly obscure, but still pretty, and the Mozart arias are all well selected.
Kožená's French Arias tends a bit to the other side. I really like the Auber, and "Connais-tu le pays" is beautiful, but "D'ici vous voyez le beau domain" is not particularly interesting.
Speaking of CD construction, why is 'Quel guardo il cavaliere' the new 'Luce di quest'anima'?
*We do. Dessay's.
