Amahl And The Night Visitors Music Cd

Rainbirds - Amahl And The Night Visitors

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Amahl and the Night Visitors      Artist(s) : Lorna Haywood, James Rainbird, David Syrus, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House - Covent Garden      List Price : $18.98 USD        Your Price : $14.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1998-09-15      Studio : Jay Records      Label : Jay Records      Avg. Customer Rating : (14 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Amahl And The Night Visitors      The original is better      Rating:      The music is beautiful, and this is the definitive Christmas opera, but the original recording is much better. This is an almost too polished version. Every sylable is just so, and each part is so perfect it is almost boring. The child in the original is much better because he is not so polished that it seems affected.     Customer Reviews for Amahl And The Night Visitors Cd      Amahl and The Night Visitors      Rating:      This recording (produced in 1986), directed with the help of the composer, Gian Carl Menotti, is the most perfect piece of music I have encountered in many years. Amahl's (James Rainbird)voice is of such sweet clarity and nuance that it brings me to tears. The orchestra (Covent Garden Symphony) is beautiful and multi-layered. Each time I listen to it, I discover some other little piece of phrasing by another instrument that adds to the complex tapestry of the over all musical score. I have purchased several copies of it for friends. I have listened to other versions of Amahl for over 50 years, and this is, by far, the best I have ever heard. For pure listening pleasure of a treasured Christmas classic, I cannot recommend it highly enough. I even listen to it throughout the year, regardless of the season. I simply do not understand other people's criticism of it. Perhaps I am musically naive, perhaps they are musical snobs. It is pure musical bliss in my book, and I can't get enough of it.