Alfredo R. Villanueva | New York, NY United States | 07/01/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I'VE DONE MY HOMEWORK. THIS COLLECTION COMPRISES A 1976/7 TWO RECORD COMPILATION BY TERESA BERGANZA, THE FOREMOST ZARZUELA SINGER IN SPAIN AFTER VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES, AND A 1975 RECORDING OF ZARZUELAS ARIAS BY JOSE CARRERAS. BOUGHT SEPARATELY, THEY SET YOU BACK QUITE A BIT; THEREFORE, THIS SET IS A BARGAIN. THIS WILL GIVE YOU A TASTE OF HOW THESE SPANISH NATIONAL TREASURES SOUNDED AT THEIR ABSOLUTE PRIME. ENRIQUE GARCIA AUSENCIO DIRECTS A TOTALLY IDIOMATIC ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. ALMOST THREE HOURS OF PURE, UNADULTERATED AUDITIVE PLEASURE. VIVA THE WORLD CUP. VIVA ESPAÑA!"