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| |  | Healthy Foods | Home » » » » Pavarotti: Greatest Hits | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| September 30, 1997 | | Studio:
| Decca | | Composer:
| Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti, Friedrich von Flotow, Umberto Giordano, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jules Massenet, Amilcare Ponchielli, Pietro Mascagni, Eduardo di Capua, Ernesto de Curtis, Salvatore Cardillo, Luigi Denza, Manuel Garcia Morante, Adolphe Adam, Cesar Franck, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Gioachino Rossini, Lucio Dalla | | Number Of Discs:
| 2 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 22 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | Disc: 1 | | | 1. | Turandot: Nessun dorma | | 2. | La Boheme: Che gelida manina | | 3. | La Traviata: Brindisi | | 4. | Aida: Se quel guerrier io foss ... Celeste Aida | | 5. | L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima | | 6. | Rigoletto: Questa o quella | | 7. | Martha: M'appari | | 8. | TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle | | 9. | Fedora: Amor ti vieta | | 10. | Pagliaccci: Recitar!... Vesti la guibba | | 11. | Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai | | 12. | Rigoletto: La donna e mobile | | 13. | L'africana: Mi batte il cuor ... O paradiso | | 14. | Werther: Pourquoi me reveiller | | 15. | Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee | | 16. | Manon Lescaut: Ma se vi talenta ... Tra voi, belle | | 17. | La Gioconda: Cielo e mar! | | 18. | TOSCA: Recondita armonia | | 19. | La Favorita: Spirito gentil | | 20. | II torvatore: Di quella pira | | 21. | L'amico Fritz: Suzel, buon di | | | Disc: 2 | | | 1. | O sole mio | | 2. | Torna a Surriento | | 3. | Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna: Core 'ngrato | | 4. | Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna: Funiculi Funiculâ | | 5. | Notte 'e piscatore | | 6. | O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel) | | 7. | Panis angelicus | | 8. | Ave Marie: Ave Maria | | 9. | Mattinata | | 10. | La danza | | 11. | Caro mio ben | | 12. | Caruso | | 13. | My Way | | 14. | Santa Lucia | | 15. | Tu che m'hai preso il cuor | | 16. | Mamma | | 17. | La mai canzone al vento: La mia canzone al vento | | 18. | Volare | | 19. | Passione | | 20. | Granda: Granada | |
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41 of 41 found the following review helpful:
 Pavarotti's best CDNov 21, 2003
By green_bamboo
If you could have only one or two CDs of Luciano Pavarotti, this 2-CD set probably would be an excellent choice. The first CD contains a great selection of 21 arias (such as Nessun dorma, Brindisi, Di quella pira, M'appari, Una furtiva lagrima, Amor ti vieta, La donna e mobile, etc.) recorded over a period of three decades (from 1968 to 1997), and the second CD comprises 20 beautiful songs (mostly Italian lyric songs, such as O sole mio, Torna a Surriento, Core 'ngrato, Ave maria, Caro mio ben, Santa Lucia, etc.) recorded from 1974 to 1995. Two songs in CD #2 appear to be ill-chosen among the otherwise excellent selections: "My Way", where Pavarotti sings along with Frank Sinatra, is not the sort of song one would expect in this CD set. In "Notte 'e piscatore", where Andrea Bocelli joins Pavarotti, Bocelli's voice is rather disappointing in comparison to Pavarotti's. But overall this CD set is, in my opinion, the best of Pavarotti's CDs. If this set is too pricey for you, you may want to consider Pavarotti's "Romantic Italian Love Songs", which has a good selection of arias and Italian lyric songs (a total of 17 selections) in just one CD.
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 The best compilation available.Feb 05, 2002
By insoc
Yes, the price is a little high but amongst the many official and unofficial Pavarotti compilations out there, this is the most comprensive compilation available. Disc 1 is a Pavarotti classical compilation, gathering his most notorious arias performances, Disc 2 is Pavarotti "popular" compilation, having songs like My Way and Caruso. So you get both sides of Pavarotti, classical and popular. The selection as you can see is great. Why did I give it 4 and not 5 stars? Because the quality of the sound recording is not that great (im not saying is awful but is like 6.5 out of 10) and the booklet is very omise and lack a lot of information, actually, I wouldnt call it a booklet. Anyway, you just cant get a compilation like this. Thats why I bought it. It could have been 5 stars, but it is 4.
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
Great Tenor - Poor CD QualityOct 11, 2004
By James A. Holland
I have never been a huge fan of Maestro Pavarotti but I must admit that this compilation is a masterful collection of his operatic highlights.
I particularily enjoy the first disc which contains just about all the major tenor arias. The singing is superb and listening to this CD it becomes obvious what the fuss over the pre-3 Tenors Pavarotti was all about - the man really did have one of the greatest tenor voices of all time.
His diction was flawless, his line perfect and his interpretation in keeping with the greatest of the Italian tenors of days gone by.
The second disc is interesting in that it is a bit uneven. It contains a few neapolitan standards, a x-mas song, a duet with Frank Sinatra and some other random selections.
Overall this is a 5 star CD but due to the extremely low volume, particularily on the first and most important disc I can only give it a 4 star rating.
On a final note, anyone puzzeled by the current hype over the now againg and commercially over-blown Pavarotti should purchase this CD. This is the great tenor in his prime and as such a CD well worth having...even if you're not a Pavarotti fan.
I'm still not, but I recognize greatness when I hear it.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Cornucopia of Pavarotti's worksMar 01, 2007
By Steven A. Peterson
This is a "Super hits" CD, with over forty different cuts (quite a few of which have appeared elsewhere, of course). For those who are aficionados of Pavarotti, this is what might be called "hog heaven."
Disc 1 features estimable works such as "Nessun dorma" (well done, with his voice showing to good effect), "Che gelida manina" (excellently done, with good characterization), ""Celeste Aida" (elegantly sung), "Di quella pira" (a much better than average version), "E lucevan le stelle" (Pavarotti does a nice job in the Puccini-Verdi repertoire), "La donna e mobile" (sung with aplomb), "Recondita armonia" (the other aria from Tosca, which also shows Pavarotti's voice off to good effect), and so on.
Disc 2 is especially interesting, because it features a more popular set of works, from the redoubtable "O sole mio" (richly orchestrated and nicely sung, not overpowered by Pavarotti's operatic voice), "Core n'grato" (compare with Caruso's version), "Oh, holy night," "La danza" (spritely sung with excellent breath control in a treacherous song), "Santa Lucia" (again, smoothly sung), "Ave Maria" (seemingly sung with respect and affection).
A cornucopia of Pavarottiana. For those fans of Pavarotti, this "greatest hits" collection will be welcome. For those who may not be aware of this tenor when his voice was still fresh, this is a fine entrée to his work.
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Great Music......Horrible MasteringJul 23, 2004
By Paul K. Ross
Pavarotti has a voice that can take hold of you and change your entire mood...even if you don't know Italian. The problem with this set is the mastering (mastering evens out the volumes and signal to noise ratio on an album). The first CD in this collection is so quiet that you literally have to crank your player to get any kind of volume. For a professional CD this is absolutely unacceptable.
The song choices are good with the exception of "My Way" with Frank Sinatra. Both singers sound ....ummm...let's just say less than their best on the recording. It sits out like a boil on a pretty girl's face.
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