The Pavarotti Story

This commemorative set documents Pavarotti's life story in both words and music. Presented in superb, high quality packaging including a 70 page illustrated booklet of Pavarotti's life story, a complete 82 page full color illustrated Pavarotti discography and two principal CDs as well as two bonus CDs. James Jolly's essay 'A Tenor for our Times' is presented alongside notes on each of the songs and arias, all in three languages (English, French, German). Of the CDs, containing many of his outstanding and most-loved recordings, the first is entitled 'The Operas', the second 'Sacred Arias and Neapolitan Songs', while the two bonus CDs contain "Pavarotti in conversation": The Great Tenor in his own words.

Definitive four CD set by the greatest tenor in recorded history. This is the ultimate tribute to a legendary singer released only two months after the great tenor sadly passed away in his home town of Modena. This commemorative set documents Pavarotti's life story in both words and music and is presented in superb, high quality packaging including a 70 page illustrated booklet of Pavarotti's life story, a complete 82 page full-colour illustrated Pavarotti discography and two principal CDs as well as two bonus CDs. James Jolly's essay A Tenor For Our Times is presented alongside notes on each of the songs and arias, all in three languages (English, French, German).Of the CDs, containing many of his outstanding and most-loved recordings, Disc One is entitled The Operas, Disc Two is Sacred Arias and Neapolitan Songs, while the two bonus CDs contain Pavarotti In Conversation: The Great Tenor In His Own Words and his original Debut EP recording from 1964 alongside six bonus tracks. Universal.

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Dr. David Evans , Elton John, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Joan Sutherland (soprano); Christa Ludwig, Elke Schary, Jane Shaulis (mezzo soprano); Plácido Domingo, José Carreras (tenor); Richard Kerns, Alan Opie (baritone); Italo Tajo, Manfred Jungwirth , Eric Garrett , Nicolai Ghiaurov, Dimitri Kavrakos, Giancarlo Luccardi (bass voice); Brian Eno (electronics).

Recording information: Abanella Studio, Milan, Italy; All Saints Church, Petersham, Surrey, England; Capitol studios, Los Angeles, CA; Colosseum, Watford, Hertfordshire, England; Gran Casino, Noga Hilton, Geneva, Switzerland; Jesus Christ Church, Berlin, Germany; Kingsway Hall, London, England; Manhattan Center Studios, New York, NY; Opera House, Bologna, Italy; Parco Novi Sad, Modena, Italy; Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria; St. Giorgio Church, Poggiale, Italy; Symphony Hall, Chicago; Carnegie Hall, NY; Terme Di Caracalla, Rome, Italy; Walthamstow Town Hall, London, England.

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Donizetti, Gaetano : La figlia del reggimento :: Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête! ... Que dire? Que faire? ... Pour mon

Performers: Eric Garrett (Voice); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 6 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1840

Strauss, Richard : Der Rosenkavalier :: Di rigori armato il seno

Performers: Manfred Jungwirth (Bass); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1909-1910

Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Una furtiva lagrima

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1832

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun dorma!

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Notes: Composition written: 1926.
Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1926

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Che gelida manina

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Bellini, Vincenzo : I Puritani, opera :: A te, o cara

Performers: Giancarlo Luccardi (Bass); Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass); Joan Sutherland (Soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 5 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1835

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Addio fiorita asil

Performers: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano); Elke Schary (Mezzo Soprano); Richard Kerns; Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Notes: Composition written: 1904.
Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1904

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Di quella pira

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Recitar! ... Vesti la giubba

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: George Patanè
Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1892

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Recondita armonia

Performers: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Italo Tajo (Bass)
Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Rossini, Gioachino : Guglielmo Tell :: O muto asil

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1829

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Forse la soglia attinse ... Ma se m'è forza perderti

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 5 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1859

Giordano, Umberto : Andrea Chénier :: Come un bel dì di maggio

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Notes: Composition written: 1896.
Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Idomeneo :: Fuor del mar

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: John Pritchard
Notes: Composition written: 1781.
Running Time: 5 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1781

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Se quel guerrier io fossi! ... Celeste Aida

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Niun mi tema

Performers: Dimitri Kavrakos (Bass); Anthony Rolfe Johnson; Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Alan Opie
Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Puccini, Giacomo : Manon Lescaut :: Donna non vidi mai

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: James Levine
Notes: Composition written: 1893.
Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1893

Verdi, Giuseppe : I lombardi :: La mia letizia infondere

Performers: Jane Shaulis (Soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1843

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Ingemisco

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874

Rossini, Gioachino : Stabat mater :: Cujus animam

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: István Kertész
Running Time: 5 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1841

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Kurt Adler
Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: circa 1852

Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Kurt Adler
Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1851

Tosti, Francesco Paolo : Non t'amo più

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: circa 1870-1915

Rossini, Gioachino : La Danza

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1830-1835

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

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Piero Gamba
Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1807

Bellini, Vincenzo : Vaga luna, che inargenti, song for voice & piano

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Piero Gamba
Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1827-1835

Capua, Eduardo di : O sole mio

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello
Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: circa 1900

Curtis, Ernesto de : Torna a Surriento

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello
Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1902

Curtis, Ernesto de : Non ti scordar di me

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Henry Mancini
Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1935

Bixio, Cesare Andrea : Vivere

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Henry Mancini
Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal

Mario, E.A. : Santa Lucia luntana, for voice & orchestra

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello
Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1919

Cardillo, Salvatore : Core' ngrato

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello
Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1911

Mascheroni, Edoardo : Fiorin Fiorello, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib)

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Henry Mancini
Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Modugno, Domenico : Volare

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Henry Mancini
Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1958

Nanni, Stefano : Buongiorno a te

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Stefano Nanni
Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Veris Giannetti, Michele Centonze.
Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Word, Spoken : Luciano Pavarotti interviewed by Jon Tolansky

Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Che gelida manina

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Edward Downes
Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Edward Downes
Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Questa o quella

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Edward Downes
Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Edward Downes
Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Parmi veder le lagrime

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Edward Downes
Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Au fond du temple saint

Performers: Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Robin Stapleton
Running Time: 6 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1863

Verdi, Giuseppe : Inno delle nazioni, for voice, chorus & orchestra

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 13 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1862

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun dorma!

Performers: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); José Carreras (Tenor); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Notes: Composition written: 1926.
Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1926

Eno, Brian : Miss Sarajevo

Performers: David Evans (Voice); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Bono (Voice); Brian Eno (Electronics)
Conductor: Michael Kamen
Running Time: 6 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

John, Elton : Live like horses

Performers: Elton John (Voice); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Claude François (1939 - 1978) : My Way, song

Performers: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Frank Sinatra (Voice)
Conductor: Bill Miller
Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Jacques Revaux.
Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Written: circa 1967

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