Having quite a few long playing records and CD's of Opera Choruses, spread throughout my
collection, it was good to find this CD boxed set, featuring many of my favourite Opera
Choruses and Arias all in one place.
If you are of a certain age, you will be familiar with such names as Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi,
Jussi Bjorling, Robert Merrill, Katherine Ferrier, Victoria De Los Angeles, Mario Lanza and
other well known voices from yesteryear, all of whom sing here on this compilation and some
of whom inspired the current generation of opera singers.
Some of my particular favourites are the Soldiers Chorus from Gounod's Faust, The Pilgrims
Chorus from Wagner's Tannhauser, Au Fond Du Temple Saint from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers
and the Largo from Handel's Serse. There is a good selection here, though I would have liked
the set to have included more of Handel. With conductors such as Herbert Von Karajan, Sir
Thomas Beecham and top quality orchestras there is quite a feast.