Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028947803140
Format: CD+DVD
Label: Universal Classics
Manufacturer: Universal Classics
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release Date: July 07, 2008
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Universal Classics

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Disc 1:

1. Cavatina: "Amici miei" - Juan Diego Flórez, Fernando Piqueras, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Daniel Oren, Friedemann Engelbrecht, René Möller, Philip Siney, Gaetano Donizetti
2. Fini...me lassa!...Vieni, fra queste braccia! - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Juan Diego Flórez, Anna Netrebko, René Möller, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Philip Siney, Daniel Oren, Vincenzo Bellini
3. La maitresse du roi...Ange si pur - Juan Diego Flórez, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Daniel Oren, Friedemann Engelbrecht, René Möller, Philip Siney
4. "Venti scudi" - Juan Diego Flórez, Mariusz Kwiecen, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Daniel Oren, Friedemann Engelbrecht, René Möller, Philip Siney, Gaetano Donizetti
5. "Una furtiva lagrima" - Juan Diego Flórez, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Daniel Oren, Friedemann Engelbrecht, René Möller, Philip Siney, Gaetano Donizetti
6. Linda! Linda!...Da quel dì che t'incontrai - Juan Diego Flórez, Patrizia Ciofi, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Daniel Oren, Friedemann Engelbrecht, René Möller, Philip Siney, Gaetano Donizetti
7. Linda si ritiro - Juan Diego Flórez, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Daniel Oren, Friedemann Engelbrecht, René Möller, Philip Siney
8. Di che son reo?...Alma celeste - Juan Diego Flórez, Daniela Barcellona, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Daniel Oren, Friedemann Engelbrecht, René Möller, Philip Siney, Gioacchino Rossini
9. Partir deggio...T'amo qual s'ama un angelo - Juan Diego Flórez, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Daniel Oren, Friedemann Engelbrecht, René Möller, Philip Siney
10. Ah vieni, nel tuo sangue - Juan Diego Flórez, Plácido Domingo, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Daniel Oren, Friedemann Engelbrecht, René Möller, Philip Siney, Gioacchino Rossini

Disc 2:

1. Bel Canto - Juan Diego Flórez
2. Album Repertoire - Juan Diego Flórez
3. Star Guests - Juan Diego Flórez
4. Is it difficult to sing Bel Canto? - Juan Diego Flórez
5. "Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!" - Juan Diego Flórez, Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice, Riccardo Frizza, Gaetano Donizetti
6. "Povero Ernesto!" - Juan Diego Flórez, Orchestra of the Opernhaus Zürich, Nello Santi, Gaetano Donizetti
7. Juan Diego Flórez Photo Gallery - Not Applicable
8. Juan Diego Flórez Discography - Not Applicable

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• Bellini - La Sonnambula / Bartoli, Florez, D'Arcangelo, Orchestra La Scintilla, De Marchi
• Romantic Arias
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• Arias for Rubini
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Rating: - what a beautiful voice
This is just an emotional review rather than technical or anywhere near objective one.

I have fallen in love with Florez's voice. This CD has got a couple of tracks that I have played almost constantly. Unfortunately it also has a fair few tracks where the song itself (i.e. the material, not JDF's voice) just doesn't do it for me hence the four stars rather than five.

But the voice... he could sing washing machine instructions and make them sound good!

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Rating: - Another winner from Florez
If anything, this recital shows Florez to be in even better voice than in his last album "Voce d'Italia: Arias for Rubini" (see my review). Despite the beauty of Florez' singing there, a few top notes showed signs of strain; here, the voice is more easily produced, sweeter and more characterful than ever before. For me, the plum item is his newly minted account off that old warhorse "Una furtive lagrima"; he sings with power and delicacy, managing some heart-stopping diminuendi and maintaining seamless ... Read More

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