La Diva

Product Details

Artist : Katherine Jenkins
Format : Import
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0028947630463
Label : Universal
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2005-06-13
Running Time : 54minutes
UPC : 028947630463

ASIN : B0009OJA8U

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Time To Say Goodbye
2. Caruso
3. Va Pensiero
4. House Of No Regrets
5. O Sole Mio
6. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor
7. Seguedilla
8. Song To The Moon
9. Vide Cor Meum
10. Calon Ian
11. Hymn To The Fallen
12. Barcarolle
13. Laudate Dominum
14. O Holy Night
15. You'll Never Walk Alone

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Customer Reviews

UNA VOZ PRIVILEGIADA CAIDA DEL CIELO (2008-02-22)

Si los dioses tuvieran el deseo de cantar sin duda utilizarian una voz como la de Katherine; que disco tan maravilloso y exquisito; uno de los mejores discos clasicos que he escuchado, piezas tan grandiosas como TIME TO SAY GOODBYE (mi favorita del disco), desde excelentes valses como VA PENSIERO (soberbia) y SEGUEDILLA (me transpota a la epoca de los elfos), preciosas baladas como la trascendental EN ARANJUEZ CON TU AMOR (la mas preciosa del disco), la melancolica CARUSO y la tradicional y encantadora O SOLE MIO (la cual Elvis Presley grabara con el nombre IT'S NOW OR NEVER en los 60's, pero la version de Katherine es una muy digna competidora); impresionantemente solemne es HYMN TO THE FALLEN (dedicada a los soldados que dieron su vida en la segunda guerra mundial), brillantes himnos sacros como LAUDATE DOMINUM, muy bonitas melodias suaves en ingles como HOUSE OF NO REGRETS, SONG TO THE MOON (recuerda mucho a Enya) y CALON LAN (puro clasisismo barroco) y para cerrar con broche de oro la popularisima YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE (de la cual Ray conniff hizo una magnifica version en los 60's) que en la voz de Kathy es sencillamente gloriosa; una maravillosa e impactante orquestacion, destacando los conocimientos que la diva tiene del italiano, español e Inglés; un disco IDEAL para todo amante de la musica clasica y una forma excelente en que se pueden iniciar los principiantes de este genero.

Not As Good As The Hype (2008-02-21)

The first time I played this CD I was impressed. The second time it grated. Miss Jenkins has an instantly recognisable voice and she hits notes accurately and with considerable power, high notes and low notes alike. But she does not sing with control. In particular, she has totally uncontrolled vibrato in her lower notes that can only be described as downright ugly. If you want to hear a mezzo-soprano just as distinctive and just as powerful as Miss Jenkins, but totally in control, try Elina Garanca (Aria Cantelina - Deutsche Grammophon). A more lyrical mezzo-soprano voice, still very distictive and controlled, is Magdalena Kozena (Mozart Arias - Archiv/Rattle - is particularly good. It won the 2007 'Gramophone- Artist of the Year' award.)Sorry Miss Jenkins, you are now on my back shelf and there you will remain.

La Diva (U.S. import version of Second Nature) (2007-10-16)

La Diva is the U.S. import version of Katherine Jenkins' album Second Nature and is identical to it in track listing, the only difference being the album title and a slightly different front cover photo.The album technically becomes her third album, although it obviously doesn't qualify for the UK charts. It should therefore be considered synonymous with the Second Nature album which enjoyed chart success, hitting the No. 1 spot in the classical music charts and reaching No. 16 in the UK album chart. Second Nature was also awarded Album of the Year at the Classical BRIT awards on 25th May 2005.The cover artwork is an improvement on her first album (Premiere) which I think didn't make the best of the singer's appearance. The girl next door look is discarded in favour of a bolder more glamorous operatic image.Like the first album, the choice of music will have a broad appeal, for it is another carefully chosen selection of classical, opera, traditional and crossover styles with some modern works thrown in. Many of the established classics are here, including works by Verdi, Rodrigo, Bizet, Dvorak, Offenbach and Mozart, but my favourites are the more surprising and unusual inclusions.`Time to Say Goodbye' is an Italian operatic pop song, composed by Francesco Sartori and first performed by Andrea Bocelli in 1995. It didn't achieve widespread success until a second recording of the song was made, this time pairing Bocelli and soprano Sarah Brightman, after which it achieved major record sales when released as a single.It has now been widely recorded and performed, and this version, which opens the CD, is a song I've seen Katherine Jenkins use to great effect as the closing number on her live concerts.`Vide cor Meum'( See my heart) is an operatic duet with Welsh tenor Rhys Meirion, composed by Patrick Cassidy for the film `Hannibal' where it was used in the outdoor opera scene to brilliant effect by marking the realization (to Inspector Pazzi) that Dr Hannibal Lector was sitting in the audience. The extreme contrast between the sheer operatic beauty of the music and Hannibal's concealed violence makes this piece, for me, unforgettable.`Hymn to the Fallen' is another cinematic score, this time by John Williams for the 1998 film `Saving Private Ryan'. I always thought the music was poorly placed in the film, at the end while the credits rolled, so that cinema audiences were too busy exiting to fully appreciate it. This version I think improves on the original one, benefiting from the extra vocal emotion provided by the use of a single soprano voice (Jenkins) backed by choir (Czech Film Orchestra). This is my favourite of the CD.This is another successful release (to the U.S. market in 2005) by Katherine Jenkins, which will appeal to fans of her first album, Premiere, as well as a wider audience amongst the (so-called) crossover genre thanks to the inclusion of some non-classical tracks.

Superb Album (2007-04-02)

This CD is actually Katherine Jenkins second CD, titled Second Nature. Please check on the website www.katherinejenkins.co.uk to see all of her CD's.Other than that, the CD is superb, with her voice giving that lovely rich sound that fans will recognise instantly.

Brilliant (2007-03-14)

Put simply Katherine Jenkins is the BEST. I have all her albums and for me she can do no wrong. I can't wait to see her in Belfast next month and just know she will be brilliant! Buy this one- buy them all, she's the best mezzo the UK has ever produced and I look forward to taking my family to see her as Carmen in years to come.

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