If you love classical music this album could be for you; however if, like this writer, you have quite an eclectic taste in music you may also be wowed by O Mio Babbino Caro by Soprano Arias. Whatever your musical taste though why not give this a listen? Our personal music collection includes rag-time Jazz, post-war Blues, early Dylan, Franz Ferdinand, Meatloaf, Pavarotti, Bob Marley, Santana and much, much more. You get the picture, the whole range collected over forty odd years. Although we have always had some classical music, this liking is something which has developed more with age. At one time, those screeching females, namely sopranos, had no appeal at all but times change. Is it more than a change in our hearing as we age? I’d like to think so. The album O Mio Babbino Caro' is a collection of famous soprano arias from Italian Operas and at one time we would not have given it house room let alone played it and often. The title track has the ability to reduce the listener to tears, including this writer. The tracks are:
Overall The brief text used to describe the tracks cannot do the music justice. This album begs to be listened to, and listened to properly. O Mio Babbino Caro will not suit all listeners, obviously. It will not even appeal to all opera lovers but for me it is a collection of 18-classic-tracks that all have something to offer. I am no opera buff but enjoy these female arias which all have great musical backing. Some have male voices accompanying them but in the main they are female sung tracks. None of them are sung in English but the words do not matter. The language is so fitting to the music and the strength of feeling comes through. However if you are interested the sleeve notes have the words of each track in Italian and then in English. As you have guessed from my snippets regarding each track, many of these operas are about unrequited love, death and strife but they are never boring. For me it is such a relaxing collection I can close my eyes and drift off to another world and time. Oh, and, O Mio Babbino Caro can bring a tear to my eye, even now. This compilation can be purchased relatively cheaply from many sources. Recommended 10/10 Availaible also on ITunes
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