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Which CDs do musicians listen to for pleasure? OPERA NEWS offers a new semiregular column that peers into the private collections of some of the music business's brightest lights.
FRANCISCO CASANOVA, tenor
I am listening to studio recordings made by [Giacomo] Lauri-Volpi in the '30s and '40s. His singing was of an incredibly exquisite, rare quality. He had high notes that wouldn't quit, and [he gives] the most perfect declamation of "Si, pel ciel" from Otello. Lauri-Volpi speaks directly to my soul.
SUSAN GRAHAM, mezzo-soprano
I am listening to a recording called Parachutes by ...