This recording, made in 1991, was once out of print, but has been re-released thanks to Vargas' well-deserved increase in renown in the late 1990s. The singing here displays the traits that have raised him to stardom: a sweet timbre, delicacy of touch, and exceptional ornamentation. He articulates each note in rapid-fire fashion, a stylistic choice that will please some listeners and displease others. The very lowest notes at the bottom of the perilous leap to a low G in "Eccomi a voi" are not as powerful as the rest of ...
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This recording, made in 1991, was once out of print, but has been re-released thanks to Vargas' well-deserved increase in renown in the late 1990s. The singing here displays the traits that have raised him to stardom: a sweet timbre, delicacy of touch, and exceptional ornamentation. He articulates each note in rapid-fire fashion, a stylistic choice that will please some listeners and displease others. The very lowest notes at the bottom of the perilous leap to a low G in "Eccomi a voi" are not as powerful as the rest of his range, and a few times, most noticeably in "Languir per una bella," the pianissimo passages can sound breathy, but these are small flaws compared to everything else he offers--especially in the more lyrical outpourings where his timbre and delivery often match the music perfectly.What is seriously lacking, however, is more than monochromatic emotion; in the Lucia di Lammermoor aria, for example, there is only a perfunctory difference between the angry and the lachrymose outbursts....
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