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Sacred Songs.
Placido Domingo; Sissel; Marcello Viotti, OrChestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. DG 289 471 575-2.
With "Sacred Songs," Placido Domingo proves once again he's the greatest tenor in the world. Besides, with Pavarotti retiring soon, he has little competition. Domingo continues to have a greater range and smoother, more expressive voice than Pavarotti. Not that I have anything against the latter singer, mind you; he is and always will be a towering figure in the world of opera and I'm privileged to have been alive to hear him sing. But favorites are favorites.
Anyway, in "Sacred Songs," Domingo performs sixteen songs of a sacred or religious nature, some of them familiar and some of them not. The first item, "Ave Maria," for instance, is the familiar Biblical "Hail Mary" set to the popular instrumental intermezzo by Pietro Mascagni from Cavalleria Rusticana. It's kind of a shock at first hearing words to the tune we all know without words, but it works beautifully; as does his vocal partner in the song, Norwegian singer and actress Sissel. Her voice is not nearly so full and ...
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