Wonderful surprise!
Timothy R. Carpenter | Philadelphia, PA | 10/08/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Because this recording is on a budget label I took a chance and bought it. What a wonderful surprise! I thought it odd that a coloratura would start out her program with the aria from Louise, but it is a good choice: her French is beautiful and her voice soars. I played it for my wife who pronounced it the perfect cure for a migraine. (Not sure the FDA would approve...) The other French pieces are also sung very, very well. "Bel Raggio" is brilliantly sung and the wide leaps in "Marten aller Arten" hold no terrors for her. All of the stratospheric high notes are actually sung and not just "whistled". If there are noticeable faults they would be that the voice turns a bit steely under pressure and that the coloratura is not quite in the Sutherland, Caballé, Sills class. But then again, very few are.
I plan on checking out her other recordings.
Highly recommended."
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John Devereux | Madison, WI USA | 05/26/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This recording is a gem. If you don't know about Elena Mosuc, get this record. The Eva Cassidy of opera. Clean beautiful, and now at her prime."