This collection of Plácido Domingo's recordings on the Deutsche Grammophon label, allegedly selected by Domingo himself, doesn't include any texts or even a link to them. Opera has increased in popularity as other classical genres have contracted partly because opera presenters have met audiences halfway with such devices as supertitles -- but leave it to cheapo record companies to grab a few extra cents of profit at the expense of the big picture. As a disc for car and commute, however, this two-disc compilation has much ...
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This collection of Plácido Domingo's recordings on the Deutsche Grammophon label, allegedly selected by Domingo himself, doesn't include any texts or even a link to them. Opera has increased in popularity as other classical genres have contracted partly because opera presenters have met audiences halfway with such devices as supertitles -- but leave it to cheapo record companies to grab a few extra cents of profit at the expense of the big picture. As a disc for car and commute, however, this two-disc compilation has much to recommend it. A major attractant in Domingo's voice, along with his sheer blazing lyricism, is his versatility, which is on full display here. Domingo has excelled in the standard Verdi and Puccini roles, and his timing in taking on the heavier music of Otello and Falstaff (both of which appear here in excerpts) is generally accounted accurate. He also, however, sang a lot of Wagner, perhaps more than any other modern performer based in Italian repertory. The second half of Disc 1...
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