Pavarotti 60th Birthday Release
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Composer or Director: (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Charles-François Gounod, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Gaetano Donizetti, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Label: Decca
Magazine Review Date: 2/1996
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 131
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 448 701-2DH2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Inno delle Nazioni |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer James Levine, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Philharmonia Chorus Philharmonia Orchestra |
Tosca, Movement: Recondita armonia |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Pagliacci, 'Players', Movement: ~ |
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer
Dwayne Croft, Baritone Kallen Esperian, Soprano Leone Magiera, Conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer |
Faust, Movement: ~ |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
Charles-François Gounod, Composer Francesco Ellero d' Artegna, Bass Giuseppe Sabbatini, Tenor Leone Magiera, Conductor Nuccia Focile, Soprano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(Il) trovatore, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Dolora Zajick, Mezzo soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Addio dolce svegliare |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Dwayne Croft, Baritone Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giuseppe Sabbatini, Tenor Kallen Esperian, Soprano Leone Magiera, Conductor Nuccia Focile, Soprano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Hamlet, Movement: ~ |
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer Dwayne Croft, Baritone Leone Magiera, Conductor Natalie Dessay, Soprano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(La) traviata, Movement: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (Brindisi) |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Dolora Zajick, Mezzo soprano Dwayne Croft, Baritone Francesco Ellero d' Artegna, Bass Giuseppe Sabbatini, Tenor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Kallen Esperian, Soprano Leah-Marian Jones, Mezzo soprano Leo Nucci, Baritone Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Natalie Dessay, Soprano Nuccia Focile, Soprano Piero Cappuccilli, Baritone Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(La) traviata, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Dolora Zajick, Mezzo soprano Dwayne Croft, Baritone Francesco Ellero d' Artegna, Bass Giuseppe Sabbatini, Tenor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Kallen Esperian, Soprano Leah-Marian Jones, Mezzo soprano Leo Nucci, Baritone Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Natalie Dessay, Soprano Nuccia Focile, Soprano Piero Cappuccilli, Baritone Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Aida, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Dolora Zajick, Mezzo soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Kallen Esperian, Soprano Leone Magiera, Conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(La) forza del destino, '(The) force of destiny', Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leo Nucci, Baritone Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Macbeth, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Eugene Onegin, Movement: Onegin! I was younger then (Onegin! Ya togda m |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Dwayne Croft, Baritone Leone Magiera, Conductor Nuccia Focile, Soprano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Otello, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Kallen Esperian, Soprano Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Rigoletto, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Sabbatini, Tenor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leah-Marian Jones, Mezzo soprano Leone Magiera, Conductor Natalie Dessay, Soprano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: ~ |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Dwayne Croft, Baritone Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(L')Elisir d'amore, 'Elixir of Love', Movement: ~ |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Giuseppe Sabbatini, Tenor Leo Nucci, Baritone Leone Magiera, Conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(I) Lombardi alla prima crociata, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Francesco Ellero d' Artegna, Bass Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Kallen Esperian, Soprano Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Manon Lescaut, Movement: ~ |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Composer or Director: Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi
Label: Decca
Magazine Review Date: 2/1996
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 71
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 448 700-2DH
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Inno delle Nazioni |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer James Levine, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Philharmonia Chorus Philharmonia Orchestra |
Tosca, Movement: Recondita armonia |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(Il) trovatore, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Dolora Zajick, Mezzo soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(La) traviata, Movement: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (Brindisi) |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Dolora Zajick, Mezzo soprano Dwayne Croft, Baritone Francesco Ellero d' Artegna, Bass Giuseppe Sabbatini, Tenor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Kallen Esperian, Soprano Leah-Marian Jones, Mezzo soprano Leo Nucci, Baritone Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Natalie Dessay, Soprano Nuccia Focile, Soprano Piero Cappuccilli, Baritone Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(La) traviata, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Dolora Zajick, Mezzo soprano Dwayne Croft, Baritone Francesco Ellero d' Artegna, Bass Giuseppe Sabbatini, Tenor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Kallen Esperian, Soprano Leah-Marian Jones, Mezzo soprano Leo Nucci, Baritone Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Natalie Dessay, Soprano Nuccia Focile, Soprano Piero Cappuccilli, Baritone Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Macbeth, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Otello, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Kallen Esperian, Soprano Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Piero Cappuccilli, Baritone Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: ~ |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Dwayne Croft, Baritone Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
(I) Lombardi alla prima crociata, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Francesco Ellero d' Artegna, Bass Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Kallen Esperian, Soprano Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Manon Lescaut, Movement: ~ |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leone Magiera, Conductor Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Author:
With him are singers, mostly from the younger generation, each of whom is given a generous share of the evening’s opportunities. Most interest centres on Giuseppe Sabbatini as the only other tenor and a possible ‘successor’. His voice rings out well, with a full-bodied timbre and an ample fund of high notes; stylishness, however, is not an element notable in his performances, nor indeed in those of the others. Not often, in all of these high-dramatic encounters, does anything seize the imagination: in Aida the springing of Amneris’s trap (“Io t’ingannai! Radames vive!”) is the one instance, in Dolora Zajick’s skilfully restrained playing of the moment, when the drama takes hold. The most satisfying performance all round is that of the final scene from Eugene Onegin, well sung by the now quite mature-sounding Nuccia Focile and Dwayne Croft, a gifted young baritone who elsewhere sounds too formal and elderly in manner. The soprano with the largest share in the proceedings is Kallen Esperian, but the voice as recorded shows signs of wear, and the ample volume and grand manner impress as conventional rather than individual.
But, though the title is “Pavarotti Plus”, the real ‘plus’ is still Pavarotti. In his sixtieth year (the birthday itself was October 12th) he preserves, pre-eminently in this company, the two qualities that contribute most to the pleasure which lies in the sound of a singing voice: purity of timbre (no surface-scratch or breathiness) and evenness of emission. In essentials it is still a young voice. As he confronts the heroic demands of Verdi’s Hymn to the Nations, we can only marvel at the stamina, and be grateful that in such a performance this most popular, and so most influential, of living opera singers sets so wholesome an example..'
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