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Jacques Offenbach, Leo Delibes, Ambroise Thomas
Sumi Jo - Carnaval ! ~ French coloratura arias / ECO · Bonynge
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Un mari a la porte: Valse tyrolienne
2. Don Cesar de Bazan: Sevilana
3. La Perle du Bresil: Couplets du Mysoli - Sumi Jo/William Bennett
4. L'Amant jaloux: Je romps la chaine qui m'engage
5. Le Puits d'amour: Reves d'amour, reves de gloire
6. Madame Chrysantheme: Le Jour sous le soleil beni
7. Le Songe d'une nuit d'ete: Malgre l'eclat qui m'environne
8. Les Pantins de Violette: La Chanson du canari
9. Le Pre aux clercs: Jours de mon enfance - Sumi Jo/Anthony Marwood
10. Le roi l'a dit: Portons toujours des robes sombres
11. Si j'etais roi: Grand air: De vos nobles aieux
12. Le Fete du village voisin: Bolero
13. La Reine Topaze: Carnaval de Venise

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All Artists: Jacques Offenbach, Leo Delibes, Ambroise Thomas, Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, Michael William Balfe, André Messager, Felicien David, Adolphe Adam, Ferdinand Herold, Jules Massenet, Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, Victor Masse, Richard Bonynge, Sumi Jo, English Chamber Orchestra, William Bennett, Anthony Marwood
Title: Sumi Jo - Carnaval ! ~ French coloratura arias / ECO · Bonynge
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Label: Polygram Records
Release Date: 11/15/1994
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Romantic (c.1820-1910)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028944067927

Synopsis

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Now that conductor Richard Bonynge doesn't have his now-retired wife Joan Sutherland to accompany him on his arcane journeys into forgotten French opera, he has hooked up with the spectacular coloratura Sumi Jo for a series of recordings exploring mid-19th-century operetta. This one is a nice aria compilation, especially welcome since you wouldn't want to hear the entire scores of these works by Adam, Grétry, Messager and Delibes. One hears influences by Rossini, flashes of Mozart, and lots of vocal fireworks-- especially the final selection, Carnaval de Venise by Massé. --David Patrick Stearns

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CD Reviews

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09/02/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"No words could describe the beauty of Jo's voice and her input of emotions in this album. Sentimental, nostalgic and GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Felt dizzy intoxicated by "Carnaval de Venise"."

This album will knock your heart off!

11/20/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Just an intriguing episode to add here. When this album was released, quite a few people thought that it is absolutely impossible for a human to sing like Jo did. They conjectured that there must be a sort of mechanical manipulations added. To prove that there was no mechanical aid to this recording, Sumi Jo sang the whole arias in "Carnaval" in front of millions of French TV viewers and audiences. And the result was: She was technically exactly the same as in the recording. Her live singing was even more touching and impressive! Her "Les Pantins de Violette: La Chanson du canari" was so beautiful that it caused tears from my eyes. And everyone in the audience gave her a long standing ovation!"

This recording will knock your socks off...

08/25/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Sumi Jo is more than just a soprano but a consummate artist, elegant to her fingertips. Her coloratura ranges from sweet and clear to absolutely thilling, as in the final Carnival de Venise. A few top notes sound thin (noticeable splicing has been used to conclude some of the arias with high notes), but those are little qualms considering her elegant, supple phrasing and perfect diction. In the internationalized climate of the modern opera world, it is reassuring that there are still performers who understand the sensitivity of the French style."