[Multi] Luciano Pavarotti - The Best (2005)

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Audio CD
Orig Year: 9/13/2005
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Decca
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Anyone discovering this album who had never heard or heard of Luciano Pavarotti would immediately recognize greatness, a one-of-a-kind, one-per-generation ( maybe ) talent and personality that commands attention, respect, and yes, even love. These 35 selections are an astonishing achievement: Taken, for the most part from the tenor's prime--the 1970s and '80s ( although there are four earlier and three from 2003 )--what we hear is golden tone, impeccable diction, an innate sense of style and line and where the music should be going, absolutely natural phrasing, an evenness of production from C to ( shining ) C, and an ability to communicate warmth, passion, and the sheer love of music-making.

The first CD is devoted to opera, with a dazzling "La donna e mobile," a smooth-as-silk "Una furtive lagrima," the famous aria from "La fille du regiment" with nine high Cs, "Nessun dorma" and many more.

The second CD is mostly songs ( "Torna a Surriento," "La danza," "O sole mio," etc. ) sung with elan and flawless style, plus a couple of ghastly pop tunes ( from 2003 ); to make up for them, we get a bonus--the three arias from Pavarotti's first EP from Decca, recorded in 1964--"E lucevan le stelle" and two arias from Rigoletto.
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CD 1
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1. La donna e mobile
2. Una Furtiva Lagrima
3. Libiamo ne' lieti calici
4. Recondita armonia
5. Donna non vidi mai
6. Che gelida manina
7. O soave fanciulla
8. Mi batte il cuor O Paradiso
9. M appari
10.Quando le sere al placido chiaror
11.Celeste Aida
12.Forse la soglia attinse
13.Vesti la giubba
14.Come un bel di maggio
15.Ah mes amies Pour mon ame
16.Di quella pira
17.Nessun dorma
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CD 2
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1. Torna a Surriento
2. Santa Lucia luntana
3. La danza
4. L'ultima canzone
5. Non t'amo piu!
6. Mattinata
7. 'O sole mio
8. 'A vucchella
9. Core 'ngrato
10.Nel blu, dipinto di blu
11.Vivere
12.II canto
13.Caruso
14.Buongiorno a te
15.Ti adoro
16.E lucevan le stelle [ Bonus track ]
17.Questa o quella [ Bonus track ]
18.Parmi veder le lagrime [ Bonus track ]