popular music: Luciano Pavarotti

popular music: Luciano Pavarotti

popular music:

Luciano Pavarotti

Nessun Dorma: Puccini Greatest Arias

Giacomo Puccini

Decca, 2008

Great for entertaining!!!
I like my dinner parties to have a little music in the background. Traditionally its jazz or trance, but I decided to change it up and I swear it made the dinner taste better. Pavarotti will always be a great in my heart, and being able to share the ups and downs of ...

Verdi - Rigoletto / Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, LSO, Bonynge

Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Bonynge, ...

Decca, 1990

The Definitive Rigoletto
I have owned this recording for years, and now I can't listen to any other recording. I've even performed in this opera. While Sutherland is indeed too old for Gilda, these are still the glory days for her (early 70s). However, Pavarotti and Milnes are simply ...

Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor / Sutherland · Pavarotti · Milnes · Ghiaurov · ROH Covent Garden · Bonynge

Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland, ...

Decca, 1985

A splendid version of Lucia
This is probably one of the top versions of Lucia di Lammermoor, one of Donizetti's greatest works. The cast displays such stalwarts as Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Ghiarov, Luciano Pavarotti, and--of course--Joan Sutherland. Richard Bonynge did much background research ...

The Three Tenors Christmas

Adolphe Adam, Fermin Maria Alvarez, ...

Sony, 2000

First Christmas Album I bought for myself
Album is great. For any other holiday music, just listen to your local radio station that plays it during December.

Essential Beethoven

Hans Sotin, Martti Talvela, ...

Decca, 2001

Great intro to Beethoven
Great intro to beethoven. There are many great performances by Ashkenazy, Academy of Saint Martin in the fields, Concertgetbouw Orchestra and many other exceptional artists. I would recommend this disc as it contains the masterpieces of beethoven, even though not all ...

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

Ernest Blanc, Robert Massard, ...

Angel Records, 1999

Great for the amateur Opera listener
As a long time armchair Opera listener I'm shocked that I hadn't come across this album until recently. I'm not really an Opera connoisseur so my review is based on just the fact that I love Opera, but mostly by listening to arias or occasionally going to the Opera. ...

Puccini Gold
Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, ...

Decca, 2008

In 2008, the world of classical music will celebrate the life of Giacomo Puccini, born 150 years ago! Here is the definitive greatest hits package from the world's greatest vocalists. Includes tracks by Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo and more. Includes a track from new tenor sensation Jonas ...

Essential Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi, Alberto Erede, ...

Decca, 2001

Just Stunning!
In my opinion this recording is stunning. I am not usually a fan of compilations in classical music, as they're usually watered down representations made under the presumption that the listener would find the full-blown version intimidating or boring. This one, ...

The Ultimate Puccini Collection

Giacomo Puccini, Herbert von Karajan, ...

Decca, 1998

Fantastic!
This is one of the first opera CDs I ever got. It's wonderful for just about any body;from the newbies like me or the opera fanatics. I especially like 'In Questa Reggia'. Buy it now!!

Donizetti: L'Elisir D'Amore

Gaetano Donizetti, James Levine, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990

The Muse of Genuine Comedy
I am incapable of recognizing the case against Nucci and Dara's singing and not highly motivated to find out. I listen to operas, not to nuances distingishing one professional from another. In a review of the Ferro Don Pasquale, I state a preference for L'Elisir ...

Carreras · Domingo · Pavarotti: The Three Tenors in Concert / Mehta

Giacomo Puccini, Salvatore Cardillo, ...

Decca, 1990

Greatness from the 3 Titans!
I respectfully agree yet disagree with Ms Barbara Eisner who wrote the review of the 3 Tenors 1990 concert. She is right that Carreras was not on par with the other 2 but that is only because at this late stage in his (Carreras) career he was not in the very fine ...

Luciano Pavarotti: The Best (Farewell Tour)

Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, ...

Decca, 2005

A gift for my dad
The CD wasn't originally for me but my dad loves it. He plays it all the time and claims its a very complete collection of the artist.

The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994

Joaquim Antonio Barroso Neto, Leonard Bernstein, ...

Atlantic / Wea, 1994

"But I Always Knew . . . I Will Live Life Through . . . With A Song In My Heart For You"
Before I go on with this review . . . I join the music world in mourning the passing away of a world-class operatic tenor, Luciano Pavarrotti early morning of September 6, 2007 at his home in Italy. He was 71 and had been battling pancreatic cancer, a killer ...

The #1 Opera Album

Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, ...

Decca, 2001

great collection
If one was wanting to introduce a friend to the wonderful world of opera, this would be a great cd to buy them. Also at this time when many of us are worrying about Luciano and his health , it is great to hear him featured on many of the selections. A great buy and ...

Nessun Dorma ~ 20 Great Tenor Arias / Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo, Bergonzi, Aragall, Björling, Di Stefano, ...

Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, ...

Decca, 1998

Driving and Singing
This is a wonderful CD to sing along with in "rotten" traffic. All of a sudden, it just dosen't matter that much. If it can do this for me, it will help even the most "miserable" (in thought, word and deed), driver. Worth having in the car.