Luciano Pavarotti - The Best (2005)
EAC Rip | 2CDs | FLAC (image) - Cue - Log | Scans Complete | Release: 2005 | 607 MB
Genre: Clasical, Opera | Label: Decca | Catalog#: 000518302

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. Bravo, Pavarotti--we miss you already.

Tracklist:
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CD1
01. La donna e mobile [2:28]
02. Una Furtiva Lagrima [4:56]
03. Libiamo ne' lieti calici [2:55]
04. Recondita armonia [3:03]
05. Donna non vidi mai [2:46]
06. Che gelida manina [4:42]
07. O soave fanciulla [4:19]
08. Mi batte il cuor O Paradiso [3:37]
09. M appari [3:35]
10. Quando le sere al placido chiaror [3:54]
11. Celeste Aida [4:12]
12. Forse la soglia attinse [2:46]
13. Vesti la giubba [4:11]
14. Come un bel di maggio [3:00]
15. Ah mes amies Pour mon ame [6:58]
16. Di quella pira [3:27]
17. Nessun dorma [3:00]

CD2
01. Torna a Surriento [4:30]
02. Santa Lucia luntana [5:47]
03. La danza [3:11]
04. L'ultima canzone [4:22]
05. Non t'amo piu! [5:30]
06. Mattinata [2:03]
07. 'O sole mio [3:26]
08. 'A vucchella [3:17]
09. Core 'ngrato [4:58]
10. Nel blu, dipinto di blu [3:18]
11. Vivere [3:30]
12. II canto [3:47]
13. Caruso [5:26]
14. Buongiorno a te [4:16]
15. Ti adoro [3:24]
16. E lucevan le stelle [Bonus track] [2:58]
17. Questa o quella [Bonus track] [2:04]
18. Parmi veder le lagrime[Bonus track] [2:36]

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