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The Very Best of Lucia Popp | 
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| Creators: Antonin Dvorak, Edvard Grieg, George Frederick Handel, Franz Lehar, Gustav Mahler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Orff, Gioachino Rossini, Franz Schubert, Bedrich Smetana, Johann Ii Strauss, Richard Strauss, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Bernard Haitink, Georg Fischer, Josef Krips, Klaus Tennstedt, Leonard Slatkin, Neville Marriner, Otto Klemperer
Label: EMI Classics
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 128133
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 85102
UPC: 724358510225
EAN: 0724358510225
ASIN: B0000AHEAY
Release Date: September 2, 2003
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| | Song To The Moon | | | Should I Ever Learn | | | How Confused I Feel | | | Solveig's Song | | | Solveig's Cradle Song | | | Amor Volat Undique | | | Stetit Puella | | | In Trutina | | | Vier Letzte Lieder | | | Vier Letzte Lieder | | | Vier Letzte Lieder | | | Vier Letzte Lieder | | | Symphony No. 4 In G | | | Tatiana's Letter Scene |
Disc 2
| | Un Cenno Leggiadretto | | | Ho Perduto Il Caro Sposo | | | O Had I Jubel's Lyre | | | Laudate Dominum | | | Welche Wonne, Welche Lust | | | Porgi, Amor | | | Voi Che Sapete | | | Giunse Alfin Il Momento...Deh Vieni, Non Tardar | | | Crudele?...Non Mi Dir | | | Come Scoglio | | | Una Donna A Quindici Anni | | | Der Holle Rache | | | Ach, Ich Fuhl's | | | Crucifixus | | | Die Forelle | | | Gretchen Am Spinnrade | | | An Sylvia | | | Zueignung | | | Es Lebt' Eine Vilja | | | Klange Der Heimat |
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| Customer Reviews:
Beautiful compilation (4.5 stars) June 18, 2008
Antonio Robert (Slovakia, Europe)
Lucia Popp came from my home country of Slovakia. In 1963, she took her chance and, as the amazingly talented 24-year-old ingenue, accepted the offer to sing in Vienna. She crossed the iron curtain. This for a long time made her and undesirable element in the Communist Czechoslovakia. Only after the collapse of Soviet block in 1989 she gained the due recognition also in her homeland. Tragically, just four years later she died of cancer, aged only 54...
What she left is the great body of work. She specialized on German and Austrian composers, which is evident also from this great compilation. However, anything she touched, she turned into gold.
On this double CD you can find many of her glorious recordings. Especially high recommended are all Mozart's (among them the famous Queen aria from Magic Flute) and Handel's songs, unsurpassable Dvorak and Smetana, the definitive Richard Strauss' 4 Last Songs and the beautiful Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Also here we have her famous Carmina Burana arias from 1960's.
What is missing, though, is some more of Italian opera, represented only by one piano-accompanied Rossini. I would love to hear Lucia singing "Brindisi" from Traviata as she did to Queen Elizabeth II alongside Placido Domingo in 1986, or listen to her playing Tosca or La Boheme by Puccini. Still, a wonderful CD worth almost five complete stars.
Wonderful introduction to the art of Lucia Popp October 7, 2007
Steven A. Peterson (Hershey, PA (Born in Kewanee, IL))
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Lucia Popp was a fine soprano in her day. Her repertoire was broad--from Grieg to Tchaikovsky to Mozart to Dvorak to Smetana to Orff to Mahler to Handel to Strauss (Richard and Johan, Jr.). This 2 CD set shows her talents off nicely. Some exemplars of her art:
Solveig's Sing, from "Peer Gynt" by Grieg: Hers is an affecting version. Popp had a rich voice that worked very well in this piece. She sings this smoothly.
"Stetit puella" from "Carmina Burana" by Orff: Well sung. She gives life to Orff's work. She displays a rich voice which produces a smooth sound in this cut.
Mahler's 4th Symphony: The vocal part of Mahler's 4th symphony is affecting and effective. Popp sings this well, an enchanting version in fact. She handles the vocal challenges of this work well.
"Voi che sapete" from Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro": Her rich voice fits this aria well. It's almost weird that she can sing this so well--and then do the Queen of the Night effectively! This is an evocative piece, and she captures the character pretty well, in my judgment.
"Der Holle Rache" from Mozart's "Magic Flute": And now for something completely different. . . . What a change of pace! She does a superb job in this difficult singing role; she is a credible Queen of the Night. Her staccato technique is strong; she handles the difficult and treacherous passages well--and nails the high notes cleanly and crisply.
So, what can one say after listening to this 2 CD set? Lucia Popp had considerable talent and fine technique. She was clearly one of the finer soprano talents of the latter part of the 20th century.
Ever-reigning Queen of Sopranos May 28, 2007
Abel (Hong Kong)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Listening through these two discs, one thought kept leaping up to mind: will ever there be another soprano as versatile and accomplished as Lucia Popp? Died in 1994 at the early age of 54, the operatic world hadn't really mourned her enough.
People are still lingering on Maria Callas, the 'star' soprano with all her glamour and legendary life could offer.
Real listeners, however, could not give up the memory of Lucia Popp's terrific artistry and almost supernatural voice.
Her Rusalka, her Solveig, her Susanna, Zerlina, Despina in the da Ponte/Mozart trio, her terrific Queen of the Night (unsurpassed by ANY subsequent sopranos up till now), and ALSO her Pamina in the same opera. In any language you ask her to sing, and she excelled. I marvel at the Letter Scene in Eugene Onegin - only if Lucia had the chance to perform the whole opera during her short life! The joy, the expectation, the emotional tribulations, so vividly captured in girlish and pure timbre. No one will ever beat her; not even Fleming and Netrebko.
"Weird and wonderful" - that's what Elisabeth Schwarzkopf said of Lucia Popp's singing. We today would modify it to 'wonderful and unsurpassable'.
This 2-CD set is an absolute must have, even if you have never heard of Lucia Popp before.
Lucia Popp January 11, 2006
cij (U.S.A)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful album showcasing the very best of Lucia Popp (as the title suggests). Her voice was absolutely beautiful. She could sing the slavic languages like no one else. Her version of Dvorak's Song to the Moon is unbeatable. I dare anyone to find a better performance! Also, the song from Die Zauberflute -Ah Ich fuls (sp?) is outstanding. I've yet to hear a better version. Her diction was fantastic and while she wasn't the highest soprano around - she knew what worked for her voice. This is album is a keeper!
Lucy: The Reigning Queen of Opera July 12, 2004
Patrick Anderson (Columbus, OH)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Lucia Popp is one of the best sopranos to ever grace the operatic/classical voice stage. This CD compilation shows her progression through lyric Handel to lyric and dramatic Mozart (her Der Holle Rache from Magic Flute is unrivaled) to tender art song and operetta literature. The first disc also showcases her adeptness with 20th Century literature as well as the ability to step out of the traditional four languages of opera. Any avid music fan MUST have this CD compilation.
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