Pavarotti's Greatest Hits
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Here's a feast of great tenor singing. It's also a feast of thrills--one selection after another offers Pavarotti's remarkable, full-throated excitement in the music, whether the infectious spirit of his renditions of Neapolitan songs or the trumpet-like High C's he effortlessly tears off in the extended scene from Donizetti's La fille du regiment. Apparent throughout is Pavarotti's big-hearted emotional generosity that infuses this superb collection with an immediacy and communicative power that's impossible to resist. Of course, "Nessun dorma!" is here to lead off the set with the tenor's biggest hit, but his other Puccini arias are, if anything, even more compelling. Verdi is represented by such well-loved Pavarotti favorites as "La donna è mobile" and "Questa o quella" from Rigoletto. He's as compelling in the "Ingemisco" from Verdi's Requiem, the voice blooming in the "Inter oves" section and then fined down to a gorgeous pianissimo. But there's not a single weak track on these discs, whose attractions are enhanced by full texts and translations. --Dan Davis
Tracks
| 1 | Nessun dorma! Turandot - Puccini |
| 2 | Ah! mes amis ... Pour mon áme La Fille du régiment - Donizetti |
| 3 | Recondita armonia Tosca - Puccini |
| 4 | Che gelida manina La Bohème - Puccini |
| 5 | Di rigori armato Der Rosenkavalier - Strauss |
| 6 | Mattinata - Leoncavallo |
| 7 | La Danza - Rossini |
| 8 | Torna a Surriento - De Curtis |
| 9 | Favorita del re!...Spirito gentil La favorita -Donizetti |
| 10 | Flower Song Carmen - Bizet |
| 11 | A te, o cara I puritani - Bellini |
| 12 | Di qual tetra luce ... Ah si, ben mio Il trovatore - Verdi |
| 13 | Di quella pira Il trovatore - Verdi |
| 14 | La donna è mobile Rigoletto - Verdi |
| 15 | Panis angelicus - Franck |
| 16 | Vanne, o rosa fortunata - Bellini |
| 17 | Quel trouble inconnu ... Salut! Demeure chaste et pure Faust - Gounod |
| 18 | Ingemisco Requiem - Verdi |
| 19 | Questa o quella Rigoletto - Verdi |
| 20 | Se quel guerrier io fossi ... Celeste Aida Aida - Verdi |
| 21 | Ave Maria - Schubert |
| 22 | Recitar!.... Vesti la giubba I pagliacci - Leoncavallo |
| 23 | Cielo e mar! La Gioconda - Ponchielli |
| 24 | Un furitva lagrima L?elisir d?amor - Donizetti |
| 25 | E lucevan le stelle Tosca - Puccini |
| 26 | Funiculi Funiculà - Denza |
