| Description |
2 audio discs (approximately 83 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
012232 012250 |
| Note |
Title from sell sheet and container. |
| Performer |
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; with various musicians and conductors. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Contents |
CD 1. (82:32) Turandot. Nessun dorma! (John Alldis Choir ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Zubin Mehta, conductor) (3:00) ; La Bohème. Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) (Berliner Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (4:41) / Puccini -- Rigoletto. Questa o quella (London Symphony Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (1:46) ; Rigoletto. Parmi veder le lagrime (Pavarotti's first Decca recording, 1964) (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Edward Downes, conductor) (2:34) ; Rigoletto. La donna è mobile (London Symphony Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (2:21) / Verdi -- L'elisir d'amore. Una furtiva lagrima (English Chamber Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) / Donizetti (4:46) -- Carmen. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (Wiener Volksopernorchester ; Leone Magiera, conductor) (4:27) ; Les pêcheurs de perles. Au fond du temple saint (Pearl fishers' duet) (Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass-baritone ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Robin Stapleton, conductor) (5:22) / Bizet -- Pagliacci. Vesti la giubba (Wiener Volksopernorchester ; Leone Magiera, conductor) / Leoncavallo (2:48) -- Tosca. Recondita armonia (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Nicola Rescigno, conductor) (2:58) ; Tosca. E lucevan le stelle (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Nicola Rescigno, conductor) (2:58) / Puccini -- Il trovatore. Di quella pira (Wiener Opernorchester ; Nicola Rescigno, conductor) (2:10) ; Aida. Celeste Aida Wiener Volksopernorchester ; Leone Magiera, conductor) (3:29) / Verdi -- Werther. Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps? (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Oliviero de Fabritiis, conductor) / Massenet (3:05) -- Un ballo in maschera. La rivedrà nell'estasi. (Kathleen Battle, soprano ; Renato Bruson, baritone ; Robert Lloyd, bass ; Malcolm King, bass ; London Opera Chorus ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor) (2:01) ; La traviata. Lunge da lei...de' miei bollenti spiriti (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (3:53) / Verdi -- Madama Butterfly. Addio, fiorito asil (Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano ; Elke Schary, mezzo-soprano ; Robert Kerns, baritone ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (2:06) ; La Bohème. O soave fanciulla (Mirella Freni, soprano ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (4:12) ; Manon Lescaut. Tra voi, belle (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor) (1:11) ; Manon Lescaut. Donna non vidi mai (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Oliviero de Fabritiis, conductor) (2:37) / Puccini -- Fedora. Amor ti vieta (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Oliviero de Fabritiis, conductor) / Giordano (1:44) -- L'Africaine. Mi batte il cor...O paradiso (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Oliviero de Fabritiis, conductor) / Meyerbeer (3:29) -- Martha. M'apparì (New Philhormonia Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) / Flotow (3:27) -- La traviata. Brindisi (Joan Sutherland, soprano ; London Opera Chorus ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) / Verdi (2:50) -- Nessun Dorma (Original three tenors version) (José Carreras, tenor ; Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma ; Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ; Zubin Mehta, conductor) (3:06) -- Bonus track. Che gelida manina (First known Pavarotti recording, 1961, mono.) Orchestra del Teatro Municipale di Reggio Emilia ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor) (4:26). |
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CD 2. 'O sole mio (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Giancarlo Chiaramello, conductor) / Di Capua ; arr. Chiaramello (3:22) -- Funiculì, funiculà (Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna ; Anton Guadagno, conductor) / Denza ; arr. Chiaramello (2:41) -- Mattinata (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Piero Gamba, conductor) / Leoncavallo ; arr. Faris (1:58) -- Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare) (Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologan ; Henry Mancini, conductor) / Modugno ; arr. Mancini (3:25) -- Santa Lucia (David Romano, baritone ; Emerson Buckley, conductor) (1:29) -- Caro mio ben (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Piero Gamba, conductor) / Giordani ; orch. Faris (3:03) -- Ave Maria (Wandsworth Boys' Choir ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor) / Bach, Gounod ; arr. Gamley (2:55) -- O holy night (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor) / Adam ; arr. Gamley (4:12) -- Requiem. Ingemisco (Wiener Philharmoniker ;Sir Georg Solti, conductor) / Verdi (3:34) -- La danza (Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) / Rossini ; arr. Gamley (3:06) -- Malinconia (Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (1:43) ; Ma rendi pur contento (Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (2:23) / Bellini ; arr. Gamley -- Don Pasquale. Com'è gentil (Ambrosian Singers ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Leone Magiera, conductor) (3:37) ; La Fille du régiment. Ah, mes amis...pour mon âme quel destin (Eric Garret, baritone ; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (6:52) / Donizetti -- Macbeth. O figli, o figli miei...ah, la paterna mano (Winer Opernorchester ; Edward Downes, conductor) (3:41) -- Un ballo in maschera. Forse la soglia attinse (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor) (2:40) / Verdi -- La serenata (Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) / Tosti ; arr. Gamley (3:17) -- Caruso / Dalla (3:54) -- Buongiorno a te (Antonella Pepe, soprano ; Stefano "Tellus" Nanni, piano ; Fabio Sartoni, drums ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Rob Mathes, conductor) / Centonze, Giannetti, Nanni ; orch. Mathes (4:14) -- Panis angelicus (Sting ; Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli ; Aldo Sisilli, conductor) / Franck (3:45) -- Holy mother (Eric Clapton ; East London Gospel Choir ; Orchestra Filarmonica de Torino ; Marco Armiliato, conductor) / Clapton, Biship ; arr. Mathes (5:25) -- Miss Sarajevo (from the film Miss Sarajevo, 1994) (Passengers, Brian Eno, Bono, The Edge) / Passengers (4:32) -- My way (Frank Sinatra ; Bill Miller, conductor) / François, Revaux ; transl. Anka (3:30). |
| Language |
Sung in Italian, English, French, and Latin. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Songs (High voice) with orchestra.
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| Added Title |
Fifty greatest tracks |
| Standard No. |
00028947862086 gtin-14 |
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028947862086 |
| Music No. |
B001922802 Decca |
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