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Arias By Mozart, Verdi, Berlioz, Gounod & Meyerbeer | 
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| Creators: Riccardo Frizza, Orquestra De La Comunitat Valenciana, Erwinn Schrott
Label: Decca
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 15744
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 001183802
UPC: 028947804734
EAN: 0028947804734
ASIN: B001641ZG2
Release Date: September 23, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Mozart: Don Giovanni "Madamina, il catalogo e questo" (Leporello) | | • | Verdi: Don Carlos "Elle ne m'aime pas" (Philippe) | | • | Mozart: Don Giovanni "Deh, vieni alla finestra" (Giovanni) | | • | Mozart: Don Giovanni "Fin ch'han dal vino" (Giovanni) | | • | Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro "Bravo signor padrone...Se vuol ballare" (Figaro) | | • | Verdi: Macbeth "Studia il passo...come dal ciel precipita" (Banco) | | • | Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust "Voici des roses" (Mephistopheles) | | • | Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro "Tutto e disposto...Aprite un po' quegl'occhi" (Figaro) | | • | Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro "Non piu andrai" (Figaro) | | • | Gounod: Faust "Vous qui faites l'endormie" (Mephistopheles) | | • | Verdi: Les Vespres siciliennes "Et toi Palerme" (Jean Procida) | | • | Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable "Voici donc les debris...Nonnes qui reposez" (Bertram) |
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Album Description
Hailed as the "Brando of opera," Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott joins Decca with a deliciously charismatic and seductive debut album. Showcasing some of opera's most famous roles, Schrott demonstrates why audiences and critics around the world continue to cheer at every performance. Acclaimed for his portrayals in the operas of Mozart, Schrott is the first choice at the world's greatest opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera (where he will portray Don Giovanni this fall and winter), La Scala, the Royal Opera House, LA Opera, Washington National Opera and many others. Schrott's debut album perfectly showcases his distinctive, chocolaty voice and his wonderful talents for characterization. Among the included arias are his favorite Mozart roles as well as repertoire from great 19th-century opera composers such as Verdi, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, and Gounod. Schrott has emerged as a leading opera star on the world's greatest stages and will continue to thrill many with his resonant and multi-hued voice.
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 Not just a pretty face December 21, 2008
Erwin Schrott has become famous for being a barihunk, known as much for his Dolce & Gabbana good looks and marriage to the equally attractive Anna Netrebko. They are the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie of the opera world. Perhaps we should dub them Schrottko. Don't let his good looks fool you, Erwin Schrott can sing. He has already made Mozart's Don Giovanni his signature role. I expected the Mozart to be good, which it was, but was truly surprised at how beautifully he sung Verdi. The "Elle ne m'aime pas!" from Don Carlo is a highlight on this disc. He's not quite in the class of Dmitri Hvorostovsky yet, but he is showing that he will be singer of the first rank for a long time.
 Not yet top-notch, but appears to have room for improvement. November 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Basso cantante is too far off a description for Schrott's singing.
If you compare him with Shen Yang, the 24-year old who walked away with the title 'Cardiff Singer of the World' last year, you would but agree that young Shen is the rightful successor to this category, exemplified in the 20th century by Cesare Siepi.
Mr. Schrott requires to put much more work in his voice, though I am in no way negative to his potential.
As yet, he sounds a bit rough, and as Sante Fe Listener aptly describes, a bit flat in characterisation.
In terms of the latter, I unreservedly recommend Thomas Quasthoff's new 'Haydn arias' album as a top choice for a showcase of characterisation and vocal expression.
 Sound vastly different from image. November 10, 2008
Granted, nowadays 'huge' emphases are being laid on the appearance of an operatic singer so much so that a top class singer without a good stage presence really could not stand a slim chance of success.
Mr. Schrott is blessed with good looks, but alas, in terms of artistry, still has miles to go to rank among the large batch of top baritones.
For one thing, Mr. Schrott seems to be a bass baritone, but the timbre is raw in the low register and the upper register, though slightly better, still lacks expressiveness required for characterisation in operatic performances.
I think no matter how good one looks and how well one's acting skills, it is still vital to be able to act with one's voice in cases of operatic singers.
It would take some years before he would rank among those top peers. Luckily he still has ample time for it.
 Beautiful man and voice October 28, 2008
Having met and heard him sings, Mr. Schrott has a powerful and beautiful voice. He is very good looking and makes a great Don Giovanni. Mr. Schrott has become a well known singer in all the world Opera Houses. I have added this recording to my collection.
Safe, Staid, Perfunctory Performances September 26, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
In a recent New York Times interview, Erwin Schrott is quoted as saying that "he was worried...that the sound of his voice -- 'my ideal sound, my inner sound, what my ear hears' was not coming through on [his debut] recording." The article goes on to disagree, stating that "the engineers have ably captured the heft, warmth and chocolate-tinged colorings of [Schrott's] voice." Personally, I agree a bit with both opinions. In this, his first recital CD, Schrott comes across as an able musician with a decent, often powerful, instrument, but not always an exciting one. Compare this disc to Simon Keenlyside's recent "Tales of Opera," on which he sings a collection of familiar arias with such superb vocal artistry and characterization that it's as if we're hearing them for the first time. No such magic happens during Schrott's ordinary, characterless portrayals; mostly what's lacking is a unique point of view that would separate him from other singers. (In fact, half-way through my first listening, I was so uninvolved I switched my iPod over to David Daniels's new Bach CD, which I had purchased on the same day.) Apparently, Schrott's stage persona is dynamic and almost dangerously spontaneous (I've never seen him, either live or on DVD); if only that shone through on this recording.
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