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Be My Valentine: Music for TwoVarious Artists
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If you're already in the mood for love, then you probably won't need Be My Valentine: Music for Two, a double-disc compilation of vocal and instrumental duets pulled from Deutsche Grammophon's vaults. However, if you'd like to set a romantic mood for your sweetheart or just get into a warm and fuzzy space by yourself, this collection provides more than a little romance in 34 of its 37 tracks. Opera is featured on the first disc, with celebrated numbers from Puccini's La bohème, Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffman, Verdi's La traviata, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, and several other selections from the most famous operas; the second disc is devoted to romantic chamber works and arrangements for solo instruments with piano accompaniment. True to Deutsche Grammophon's high standards, the recordings sound marvelous, with little variability in volume levels, textures, or clarity, and the performances by the label's leading artists are never less than fine. Yet if there is one nit to pick with this twofer, then it has to be the odd inclusion of the Cambridge Buskers in the final three tracks, playing eccentric arrangements for flute and accordion that break the sentimental mood of the rest of the album. Still, aside from these peculiar offerings, which can be skipped without qualm, this is a good collection to give on Valentine's Day, and at the mid-range price, a more cost-effective present than a box of chocolates. © Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide
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© 2008 All Media Guide, LLC. All Music Guide is a registered trademark of All Media Guide, LLC.
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Giacomo Puccini ComposerLa bohème (opera)...Act 1 Work
Thomas Hampson Baritone,
Leonard Bernstein Conductor,
Angelina Reaux Vocals,
Orchestra of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra,
Jerry Hadley Vocals
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| 1 | 12.Rodolfo and Mimi's Duet: O soave fanciulla | 4:27 |
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Jacques Offenbach ComposerLes contes d'Hoffmann (opera)...Act 4 (performed as Act 3 in some version) Work
Edita Gruberová Vocals,
Seiji Ozawa Conductor,
Claudia Eder Vocals,
Orchestre National de France Orchestra,
French Radio Choir Chorus/Choir
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| 2 | 1.Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour ('Barcarolle') | 3:47 |
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Leonard Bernstein ComposerWest Side Story (musical) Work
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| 3 | 5.Maria | 2:55 |
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| 4 | 9.Tonight | 5:27 |
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Giuseppe Verdi ComposerLa Traviata (opera)...Act 3 Work
Bavarian State Orchestra Orchestra,
Ileana Cotrubas Soprano,
Plácido Domingo Tenor,
Carlos Kleiber Conductor
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| 5 | 6.Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo | 3:14 |
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Herbert von Karajan Conductor,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Samuel Ramey Vocals,
Kathleen Battle Vocals
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| 6 | 16.Duet: Là ci darem la mano | 3:31 |
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Giacomo Puccini ComposerMadama Butterfly (opera)...Act 1 Work
Giuseppe Sinopoli Conductor,
Philharmonia Orchestra of London Orchestra,
Teresa Berganza Vocals,
Mirella Freni Vocals,
José Carreras Tenor
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| 7 | 13.Viene la sera | 4:30 |
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Ruthild Engert Vocals,
Anne Sofie von Otter Vocals,
Rosemarie Lang Vocals,
Mirella Freni Vocals,
Dresden Staatskapelle Orchestra,
James Levine Conductor
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| 8 | 2.Sikhali vi za roschei glas nochnoi | 5:05 |
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Charles Gounod ComposerFaust (opéra)...Act 3 Work
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra,
Lee Schaenen Conductor,
Pierrette Alarie Vocals,
Léopold Simoneau Vocals
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| 9 | 12.Il se fait tard; adieu! | 8:50 |
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Cheryl Studer Vocals,
Bo Skovhus Vocals,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra,
John Eliot Gardiner Conductor
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| 10 | 2c.Lippen schweigen (Ballsirenen-Walzer) | 2:26 |
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Gaetano Donizetti ComposerLucia di Lammermoor (opera)...Act 1 Work
Beverly Sills Vocals,
Thomas Schippers Conductor,
London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra,
Carlo Bergonzi Vocals
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| 11 | 9.Sulla tomba che rinserra; 10.Qui di sposa eterna fede...Ah! Verrano a te sull'aure | 10:53 |
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Dana Hanchard Vocals,
Sylvia McNair Vocals,
English Baroque Soloists Chamber Orchestra,
John Eliot Gardiner Conductor
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| 12 | 12.Sc.8: Pur ti miro | 4:03 |
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Herbert von Karajan Conductor,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Edith Mathis Vocals,
Gottfried Hornik Vocals
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| 13 | 7.Duet, Pamina, Papageno: Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen | 3:33 |
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Herbert von Karajan Conductor,
Agnes Baltsa Vocals,
Janet Perry Vocals,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra
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| 14 | 4.Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren; 5.Hat einen starken Geruch wie Rosen; 6.Wo war ich schon einmal und war so selig? | 6:55 |
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Giacomo Puccini ComposerTosca (opera)...Act 1 Work
Herbert von Karajan Conductor,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Katia Ricciarelli Vocals,
José Carreras Tenor
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| 15 | 8.Ah, quegli occhi...Qual occhio al mondo può star di paro; 9.Mia gelosa! | 5:24 |
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Giuseppe Verdi ComposerAida (opera)...Act 4 Work
Katia Ricciarelli Vocals,
La Scala Theater Chorus Chorus/Choir,
Plácido Domingo Tenor,
La Scala Theater Orchestra Orchestra,
Claudio Abbado Conductor,
Yelena Obraztsova Vocals
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| 16 | 11.Ensemble: O terra, addio | 4:38 |
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Antonín (Leopold) Dvořák Composer8 Humoresques, Op.101 Work |
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| 1 | 7.Poco lento e grazioso in Gb | 3:33 |
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Jules Massenet ComposerThaïs (opera)...Act 2 Work |
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| 2 | 7.Méditation | 5:08 |
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| 3 | 2.Auf Flügeln des Gesanges | 3:11 |
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| 4 | 1.Après un rêve | 3:23 |
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Fritz Kreisler ComposerLiebesfreud ('Love's Joy') Work |
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| 5 | Liebesfreud ('Love's Joy') | 3:28 |
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Fritz Kreisler ComposerLiebesleid ('Love's Sorrow') Work |
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| 6 | Liebesleid ('Love's Sorrow') | 3:39 |
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Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninov Composer14 Songs, Op.34 Work |
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| 7 | 14.Vocalise (tr. piano) | 6:10 |
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| 8 | 6.None but the Lonely Heart | 2:47 |
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Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov ComposerSadko (opera)...Song of India Work |
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| 9 | Song of India (arr. violin and piano) | 3:32 |
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| 10 | 7.Traümerei | 2:38 |
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| 11 | No.2 in Eb | 4:11 |
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| 12 | 13.The Swan | 2:51 |
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| 13 | 1.Romanza Andaluza | 4:18 |
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| 14 | Ellens Gesang III ('Ave Maria'), D.839, Op.52, No.6 (arr. violin and piano) | 5:18 |
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| 15 | 1.Zart und mit Ausdruck | 2:52 |
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| 16 | 1.Introduzione | 2:08 |
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| 17 | Chanson russe | 3:29 |
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Astor Piazzolla ComposerTango Suite for 2 Guitars Work |
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| 18 | 2.Andante rubato | 5:17 |
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Cambridge Buskers Ensemble
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| 19 | Act 3.Sc.2: La donna è mobile | 1:58 |
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| 20 | 6.Canzonetta: Deh vieni alla finestra | 1:48 |
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| 21 | Les tringles des sistres tintaient (gypsy song)...Danse bohémienne | 2:21 |
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