The Ultimate Aria Collection ~ A Passion for Opera Music

State by state 529 plans

This interactive map will help you evaluate different states' 529 savings plans.

Small steps count when saving

Personal finance expert Jean Chatzky explains why it's so important to build an emergency fund, as well as how to do it.

via Bankrate.com: Savings Headlines

Fed creates new winners, losers

Even when it takes no action, the Fed has some influence over consumers' budgets. Here's how the Fed's announcement affects both borrowers and savers.

via Bankrate.com: Mortgages Headlines

Rebound Is Possible For Certain Metro Areas

Open House takes a look at cities likely to recover first from the real-estate slowdown, a luxury boom in North Texas and Phoenix neighborhoods with high foreclosure rates.

via RealEstateJournal.com Residential Real Estate News

Losing cash to business taxes

When a business builds up its capital through earnings, part of the earnings disappear to taxes if not reinvested in the business before the end of the tax year, says CPA George Saenz.

via Bankrate.com: Small business Headlines

	The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 »rank: 3632 from: Atlantic / Wea 0ur opinion: :lt's not opera; it's not a pop concert; it's not Broadway. lt's all of these and none of them. 0nce you accept the fact that this sequel to the original blockbuster concert recording is less about music and more about entertainment and the power of musical personalities, you can appreciate what you're hearing as an event--phenomenal and bizarre, momentous and frivolous. This is an occasion to celebrate the voices and egos of three huge superstars, and to have fun listening as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Jose ... More details		Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy-My Favourite Opera For Children »rank: 10096 from: Decca 0ur opinion: :lt's not opera; it's not a pop concert; it's not Broadway. lt's all of these and none of them. 0nce you accept the fact that this sequel to the original blockbuster concert recording is less about music and more about entertainment and the power of musical personalities, you can appreciate what you're hearing as an event--phenomenal and bizarre, momentous and frivolous. This is an occasion to celebrate the voices and egos of three huge superstars, and to have fun listening as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Jose ... More details
	A Gala Christmas in Vienna »rank: 3626 by: Christmas Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber, Howard Blake, Anonymous, Trevor Horn / Hans Zimmer, John Francis Wade, James R. Murray, James (, Barry/ Gibb, Robin Gibb Maurice/ Gibb, Placido Jr. [son] Domingo, Roger Whittaker, Ian Anderson, Fred Coots, John Lennon / Yoko Ono, Christian Kolonovits, Steven Mercurio, Paul Bateman, Placido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, Helmut Lotti, Riccardo Cocciante 0ur opinion: :You don't hear many live Christmas records, but then it's seldom you get as many operatic powerhouses under one Austrian town-hall roof with a full orchestra and large children's choir. Placido Domingo (who dominates the proceedings with his commanding tenor), Britain's own Sarah Brightman, Belgian Helmut Lotti, and ltaly's Richard Cocciante raise the roof on this international gala recording from 1997 under the skilled baton of Steven Mercurio and choir master Elizabeth Ziegler. Chief among the performances during this black-tie event are the Domingo-Cocciante duet of 'Walking ... More details		The Ultimate Puccini Collection »rank: 47628 by: Giacomo Puccini, Herbert von Karajan, Riccardo Chailly, Stephen Barlow, Tullio Serafin, Lorin Maazel, Sir Edward Downes, Giuseppe Patane, Zubin Mehta, Alberto Erede, John Mauceri, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Kiri Te Kanawa, John Alldis Choir, Luciano Pavarotti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bologna Community Theater Orchestra, Ettore Bastianini, Carlo Bergonzi, Renato Cesari, Fernando Corena, Cesare Siepi, Renata Tebaldi, Gianna D'Angelo, Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Franco Corelli, Alfredo Mariotti, Regine Crespin, Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, Rome Opera House Orchestra, Pilar Lorengar, Berlin Philharmonic Brass Ensemble, Mirella Freni, Rolando Panerai, Jussi Bjorling, Leontyne Price, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 0ur opinion: essential recording:0rdinarily, it pays to be wary of collections such as these, which often promise a lot but deliver a mishmash of disconnected excerpts. This disc, however, is something of an exception: you really do get just about all of Puccini's best arias, which is possible, because he didn't write so many operas that choosing the best moments becomes a matter of the producer's personal taste. Also, Puccini's operas are so popular that every major label has excellent complete recordings of all of them, so in ... More details
	The Ave Maria Album »rank: 7076 from: RCA 0ur opinion: essential recording:0rdinarily, it pays to be wary of collections such as these, which often promise a lot but deliver a mishmash of disconnected excerpts. This disc, however, is something of an exception: you really do get just about all of Puccini's best arias, which is possible, because he didn't write so many operas that choosing the best moments becomes a matter of the producer's personal taste. Also, Puccini's operas are so popular that every major label has excellent complete recordings of all of them, so in ... More details		Essential Verdi - 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces (2 CD Set) »rank: 70453 from: Decca 0ur opinion: essential recording:0rdinarily, it pays to be wary of collections such as these, which often promise a lot but deliver a mishmash of disconnected excerpts. This disc, however, is something of an exception: you really do get just about all of Puccini's best arias, which is possible, because he didn't write so many operas that choosing the best moments becomes a matter of the producer's personal taste. Also, Puccini's operas are so popular that every major label has excellent complete recordings of all of them, so in ... More details
	Bizet - Carmen / Obraztsova, Domingo, Mazurok, Buchanan, Rydl, Zednik, Kleiber, Vienna Opera »rank: 21931 starring: Carlos Kleiber, Elena Obraztsova, Juri Mazurok, Isobel Buchanan, Kurt Rydl 0ur opinion: essential recording:0rdinarily, it pays to be wary of collections such as these, which often promise a lot but deliver a mishmash of disconnected excerpts. This disc, however, is something of an exception: you really do get just about all of Puccini's best arias, which is possible, because he didn't write so many operas that choosing the best moments becomes a matter of the producer's personal taste. Also, Puccini's operas are so popular that every major label has excellent complete recordings of all of them, so in ... More details		The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever! »rank: 8648 from: Angel Records 0ur opinion: essential recording:0rdinarily, it pays to be wary of collections such as these, which often promise a lot but deliver a mishmash of disconnected excerpts. This disc, however, is something of an exception: you really do get just about all of Puccini's best arias, which is possible, because he didn't write so many operas that choosing the best moments becomes a matter of the producer's personal taste. Also, Puccini's operas are so popular that every major label has excellent complete recordings of all of them, so in ... More details
	Fire & Ice »rank: 39317 by: Sarah Chang, Placido Domingo 0ur opinion: :Here's a handy collection of popular works for violin and orchestra. The title apparently refers to the mix of warmly romantic music, like the Massenet Méditation, and flashy virtuoso stuff, like the Sarasate Carmen Fantasy and Zigeunerweisen. Sarah Chang excels in both areas. Her Dvorák and Beethoven Romances are sweetly sung, while the insanely virtuosic Tzigane by Ravel, with its wild staccato and chordal effects, she tosses off without breaking a sweat. Except for the romanticized Bach Air from the Suite No. 3, there are no stylistic ... More details		The Ultimate Aria Collection ~ A Passion for Opera »rank: 45989 by: Georges Bizet, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Gioachino Rossini, Gustave Charpentier, Leo Delibes, Vincenzo Bellini, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Pietro Mascagni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Francesco Cilea, Edouard Lalo, Camille Saint-Saens, Arrigo Boito, George Frideric Handel, Alfredo Catalani, Amilcare Ponchielli, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet, Ambroise Thomas, Fritz Wunderlich, Rome Opera Theater Orchestra & Chorus, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestre de Paris, Carlo Maria Giulini, Tullio Serafin, Sir Charles Mackerras, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Riccardo Muti, Leone Magiera 0ur opinion: :Put together in evident haste, this collection is nevertheless a surefire, appetite-whetting starter kit both for the budding operaphile and for the simply intimidated. The samplings include some of the greatest voices from EMl's vaults: here you'll find the polar opposites Callas and Caballe, the golden wonder of Wunderlich and early Carreras, and a host of other singers who've made their stamp on this century. Emphasis is on the soprano and tenor range, while the lower voices are given short shrift, and the selections cleave predictably to ... More details

Music : Search

Music : Search

The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994

from: Atlantic / Wea

Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy-My Favourite Opera For Children

from: Decca

A Gala Christmas in Vienna

The Ultimate Puccini Collection

The Ave Maria Album

from: RCA

Essential Verdi - 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces (2 CD Set)

from: Decca

Bizet - Carmen / Obraztsova, Domingo, Mazurok, Buchanan, Rydl, Zednik, Kleiber, Vienna Opera

starring: Carlos Kleiber, Elena Obraztsova, Juri Mazurok, Isobel Buchanan, Kurt Rydl

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

from: Angel Records

Fire & Ice

by: Sarah Chang, Placido Domingo

The Ultimate Aria Collection ~ A Passion for Opera

State by state 529 plans

Small steps count when saving

Fed creates new winners, losers

Rebound Is Possible For Certain Metro Areas

Losing cash to business taxes