[.ca] The Fabulous Victoria De Los Angeles

From Amazon.com:
The word "fabulous" seems vulgar when applied to the Spanish diva whose delicately shaded voice encompassed music from the middle ages to the present. This four-disc compilation emphasizes her song repertoire, to which she brought warmth, intelligence, linguistic integrity and irresistible sincerity. Her dignity makes listeners want to come to her, and she rewards them with an intimate, personal experience, especially in this small-scale repertoire by Ravel, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré, lots of Spanish composers and German masters such as Schubert and Brahms. --David Patrick Stearns

Fabulous? Yes!!!:
The album is a marvelous sampling of this great singer's artistry. Her performances of the French and Spanish composers are something special. The De Falla "Seven Popular Folksongs" are powerful, passionate; the last song, "Jota," raised the hair on the back of my neck. I was delighted to see Faure's "Claire de lune" on the album, and equally delighted with De Los Angeles' elegant rendition of this work. The only recording of the song I've liked better is from an LP featuring Frederika Von Stade. As an added bonus, several duets with the great baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau are featured on Disk #4. These include some charming settings of Irish songs by Beethoven, and a gorgeous arrangement of "Let Us Wander" by Henry Purcell. I remember hearing these duets years ago on an LP recording, and it was a pleasure to hear them again.

• Sheherazade: Asie
• Sheherazade: La Flute enchantee
• Sheherazade: L'Indifferent
• Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Le Reveil de la mariee
• Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: La-bas vers l'eglise
• Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Quel galant m'est comparable
• Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
• Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Tout gai!
• Duex Melodies hebraiques: Kaddisch
• Duex Melodies hebraiques: L'Enigme eternelle
• L'Invitaiton au voyage
• Phidyle
• L'Enfant Prodigue: Recit. & Air de Lia: L'annee en vain chasse l'annee
• Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: La Fleur des eaux
• Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: Interlude
• Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: La Mort de l'amour
• Cinco Canciones Negras: Cuba dentro de un piano
• Cinco Canciones Negras: Punto de habanera
• Cinco Canciones Negras: Chevere
• Cinco Canciones Negras: Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito
• Cinco Canciones Negras: Canto negro
• Coleccion de canciones amatorias: Llorad corazon
• Coleccion de canciones amatorias: Iban al pinar
• Cuatro madrigales amatorios: Con que la lavare?
• Cuatro madrigales amatorios: Vos me matasteis
• Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De donde venis, amore?
• Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De los alamos vengo, madre
• Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Rutas
• Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Pregon
• Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Las 12
• Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: El pescador sin dinero
• Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Coplilla
• Quatre cancons: Canco de grumet
• Quatre cancons: Cancon incerta
• Quatre cancons: Maig
• Quatre cancons: Anacreontica
• La Dama d'Arago
• El can dels ocells
• Canco de Sega
• El combat del somni: Damunt de tu nomes les flors
• El combat del somni: Aquesta nit un mateix vent
• El combat del somni: Jo et presentia com la mar
• Triptic de Mossen Cinto: L'Harpa Sagrada
• Triptic de Mossen Cinto: Lo violi de Sant Francesh
• Triptic de Mossen Cinto: Sant Fransech i la cigala
• Chansons de Bilitis: La Flute de Pan
• Chansons de Bilitis: La Chevelure
• Chansons de Bilitis: Le Tombeau des Naiades
• Fetes galantes: En sourdine
• Fetes galantes: Fantoches
• Fetes galantes: Clair de lune
• Noel de enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons
• Chants populaires: Chanson espagnole
• Chants populaires: Chanson francaise
• Chants populaires: Chanson italienne
• Chants populaires: Chanson Herbraique
• Trois jours de vendange
• Le Rossignol des lilas
• Tristesse, Op. 6, No. 2
• Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8, No. 1
• Les Roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4
• Troujours (No. 2 de Trois Poemes d'un jour, Op. 21)
• Siete Canciones populares espanolas: El pano murano
• Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Sequidilla murciana
• Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Asturiana
• Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Jota
• Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Nana
• Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Cancion
• Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Polo
• Doce canciones gallegas: As florinas dos toxos
• Triptico, Op. 45: Farruca
• Villancicos: Pastorcito santo
• Psyche
• Soneto a Cordoba
• Proserpina: E dove t'aggiri
• Le violette
• Joshua: Oh! had I Jubal's lyre
• Der Tod und das Madchen, D. 531
• Die schone Mullerin, D. 795: No. 2: Wohin?
• D. 547: An die Musik
• Op. 59, No. 8: Dein blaues Auge
• Op. 84, No. 4: Vergebliches Standchen
• Op. 27, No. 1: Chanson d'amour
• Op. 46, No. 2: Clair de lune
• Let Us Wander
• Lost Is My Quiet
• Schlaf in deiner engen Kammer
• Ah! lamenta, oh bella Irene
• Irish Songs: Oh! Would I Were But That Sweet Linnet
• Irish Songs: He Promised Me At Parting
• Irish Songs: They Bid Me Slight My Dermot Dear
• Welsh songs: The Dream
• Mignon und der Harfner, D. 877: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
• Les Fleurs des landes: Le Trebuchet
• Moglichkeit
• Der Apfel
• Schottische Ballade
• Pastorale
• Pleurs d'or
• Sapphische Ode
• La Partenza