Amor, vida de mi vida
Amor, vida de mi vida concert. Plácido Domingo and Ana María Martinez sing 21 numbers, mostly famous zarzuelas, in 2007 at the Salzbuger Festival:
1. Frederico Chueca Preludio to El bateo
2. Frederico Moreno Torroba "Amor, vida be me vida" from La Maravilla
3. Pablo Luna Carné "De España vengo" from El niño judío
4. Frederico Moreno Torroba "Tienes razón, amigo" from La chulapona
5. Frederico Moreno Torroba "Tres horas antes del día" from La marchenara
6. Manuel de Falla Danza ritual del fuego from El amor brujo
7. Frederico Moreno Torroba "¡Cállate, corazón!" from Luisa Fernanda
8. José Serrano "Qué te importa que no venga?" form Los claveles
9. Reveriano Soutullo Otero "Quiero desterrar de tu pecho el temor" from La del Soto del Parral
10. Jerónimo Giménez Bellido Interludio from La boda de Luis Alonso, o La noche del encierro
11. Manuel Penella "Todas las mañanitas" from Don Gil de Alcalá
12. Pablo Sorozábal "En un país de fábula" from La tabernera del puerto
13. Frederico Moreno Torroba "Luché la fe por el triunfo" from Luisa Fernanda
14. Manuel de Falla Jota from El sombrero de tres picos
15. José Serrano "Junto al puente de la peña" from La canción de olvido
16. Ruperto Chapí "Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores" from Las hijas del Zebedeo
17. Frederico Moreno Torroba "En mi tierra extremeña" from Luisa Fernanda
18. Pablo Sorozábal "No puede ser" from La tabernera del puerto
19. Ernesto Lecuona "Mulata infeliz, tu vida acabó" from María la O
20. Manuel Penella "¡Soleá!" -- "¿Me llamabas, Rafaeliyo?" from El gato montés
21. Franz Léhar "Lippen schweigen" from Die lustige Witwe
Jesús López Cobos conducts the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Video Director: Karina Fibich. Released 2009, disc has 5.1 PCM sound. Grade: B
This title has the world's most famous tenor signing at the Salzburg Festival with his favorite soprano protégée. Zarzuelas belong to splendid genre about which I was completely ignorant until this HDVD came along. Because HDVD allows all fine-art programs to be portrayed more beautifully than before, it can elevate something that you once may have safely ignored into something that now demands your attention. For more on zarzuelas, try Luisa Fernanda. And on Track 11 of the Baden-Baden Opera Gala Concert, Elīna Garanča sings a fabulous zarzuela song from the Chapí Las hijas del Zebedeo.
Henry McFadyen Jr.
I just reviewed this disc again to see how it holds up under our new standards for HDVD recordings of symphony orchestras.
Picture quality is fine. The Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg is mid-sized, which helps the TV director with video content. Karina Fibich gives us many pleasant whole-orchestra and part-orchestra views as well as quite a few excellent section shots tracking the score. On the other hand, the pace of the cuts is a bit hyper. There are many conductor shots over the back of players, too many instrument only shots, some pointless panning and zooming, and a few field-of-focus issues.
Sound quality is somewhat cramped and dull--typical for HDVDs from 2007 and inferior to the better lossless sound recordings we been getting from performances that came later.
I originally gave a "B" to this video, and I'll stick with this. This is compliment to Karina Fibich because we recently have been downgrading a lot of symphony recordings after applying our standards.
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