Maria Barrientos sings "Mad Scene" on Columbia

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Maria Barrientos was and is (in remember) a top Primadonna . Sad, that in her time most great Primadonnas sung too mutch coloraturs to show their grandios technic. It was modern. So, the wonderfull melodies are hidden by this well, but also bad, coloraturs. Past the second worled war no sutch a real Primadonna, like M.Barrientos, was in action !

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Those who claim to be professional Coloraturas today should listen and learn. There is spontaneity, just one of the keys to the Golden Period of Singing, ease of production, purity of tone, brilliance, and more.

[AulicExclusiva]

What a pity the producers did not plan a two-sided version of this. Her phrasing is so lovely, the timbre of her voice so expressive. At the end she cleverly vocalises up to the high E flat, instead of producing the somewhat abrupt high scream most sopranos prefer. Fine disk. Thanks, VC.

[tklogan11809]

She went from Ardon gl'incensi! directly to Alfin son tua, alfin sei mio, what happend to Splendon le sacre faci, splendon intorno! Ecco il ministro! Porgimi la destra! Oh lieto giorno!? Lame.

[VictrolaCredenza]

Perhaps she was in ahurry to record more of her own cadenza on a limited surface???