Intimate Pavarotti / Beethoven, Bellini, Liszt, Mascagni, Donizetti, Verdi, Schubert, et al.

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Album Summary

Performer

• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Cesare Andrea Bixio (1898 - 1973)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Notes & Reviews:

With one exception, all the numbers on this recording are from the non-operatic repertoire for which Pavarotti was famous on the recital stage, a venue far more intimate than the opera house. The earliest selection is Beethoven's moving "In questa tomba oscura," the lament of a forsaken lover. Sorrow also pervades a song by Bellini, and "Pace non trovo" by Franz Liszt. The mood then lightens with Mascagni's "Serenata" and the rollicking "Il barcajuolo" of Donizetti.

The Neapolitan style is further exemplified in selections by Tosti and Bixio. More songs by Bellini are followed by three of Ottorino Respighi, one of the few Italian composers more famous for his orchestral pieces than his vocal works. A famous aria from Verdi's opera Il trovatore is surprisingly transformed into a recital song with piano accompaniment, and the program concludes with Schubert's universally beloved "Ave Maria."

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Beethoven, Ludwig van : In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1807

Bellini, Vincenzo : Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1821

Liszt, Franz : Pace non trovo (Sonnetto no 104), song for voice & piano (I & II), S. 270/1 (LW N14/1-2/1)

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1846-83.
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1883

Mascagni, Pietro : Serenata, song for voice & piano (or orchestra)

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1894

Donizetti, Gaetano : Il barcajuolo

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Tosti, Francesco Paolo : Canzoni-stornelli (3)

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1870-1915

Bellini, Vincenzo : Ariette da Camera :: 1. Malinconia, ninfa gentile

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 1 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1829

Bellini, Vincenzo : Ariette da Camera :: 2. Vanne, o rosa fortunata

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1829

Bellini, Vincenzo : Ariette da Camera :: 3. Bella Nice che d'amore

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1829

Bellini, Vincenzo : Ariette da Camera :: 6. Ma rendi pur contento

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1829

Bixio, Cesare Andrea : La mia canzone al vento

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 19th Century

Respighi, Ottorino : Nevicata

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1906

Respighi, Ottorino : Nebbie

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1906

Respighi, Ottorino : Liriche (6), Set 1

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1909

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Ah, sì ben mio

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825