The Very Best Of Placido Domingo

EMI Classics celebrates Plácido Domingo’s illustrious 50 years on stage with this exciting 2-CD set of his greatest hits. A worldrenowned, multifaceted artist, Domingo, now in his late sixties, is recognized as one of the finest and most influential singing actors in the history of opera. His repertoire encompasses 130 stage roles – a number unmatched by any other celebrated tenor in history. His more than 100 recordings of complete operas, compilations of arias and duets, and crossover discs include EMI’s albums of Wagnerian roles that he has not sung on stage: Siegfried in both Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, and Tristan in a complete recording of Tristan und Isolde.

BBC Music Magazine
Mozart to zarzuela, Handel to Wagner - this generous collection confirms that our greatest tenor is also our most versatile and musically rewarding whatever style.

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Il mio tesoro intanto

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Eugene Kohn
Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Un'aura amorosa

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Eugene Kohn
Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1790

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Eugene Kohn
Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Là ci darem la mano

Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Asher Fisch
Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787
Studio/Live: Live

Handel, George Frideric : Giulio Cesare :: Vani sono i lamenti... Svegliatevi nel core

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Eugene Kohn
Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1724

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : L'Africaine :: Pays merveilleux... O paradis sorti de l'onde

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: John Barker
Notes: Composition written: 1864.
Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1864
Studio/Live: Live

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre!... Salut! demeure chaste et pure

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 5 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1859

Massenet, Jules : Le Cid :: Ah! tout est bien fini... O souverain, ô juge, ô père

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Asher Fisch
Notes: Composition written: Spain.
Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Studio/Live: Live

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Randall Behr
Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1869

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugene Onegin :: Lensky's aria

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Randall Behr
Running Time: 6 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1877-1878

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

Performers: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Notes: Composition written: 1893.
Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1893

Puccini, Giacomo : Manon Lescaut :: Ah! Manon mi tradisce

Performers: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Notes: Composition written: 1893.
Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1893

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Dammi i colori... Recondita armonia

Performers: Renato Capecchi (Baritone); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Puccini, Giacomo : La fanciulla del West :: Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: John Barker
Notes: Composition written: 1910.
Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1910
Studio/Live: Live

Boito, Arrigo : Mefistofele :: Dai campi, dai prati

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Julius Rudel
Notes: Composition written: 1868-75.
Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1868-1875

Mascagni, Pietro : Nerone :: Vergini Muse... Quando al soave anelito

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Eugene Kohn
Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1935

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde :: O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe

Performers: Violeta Urmana (Soprano); Deborah Voigt (Soprano); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Running Time: 5 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1857-1859

Wagner, Richard : Siegfried :: Was am besten er kann (Forging Song)

Performers: Placido Domingo (Tenor); David Cangelosi (Tenor)
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1871

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

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Su, profetessa... Di' tu se fedele

Performers: Reri Grist (Soprano); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1859

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

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: O, tu che in seno agli angeli

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Su, cacciator... Fountainebleau!... Io la vidi

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Notes: Composition written: 1884.
Running Time: 5 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Niun mi tema (Death of )

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: John Barker
Running Time: 5 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887
Studio/Live: Live

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Eine Nacht in Venedig :: Ach, wie so herrlich zu schau'n

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Placido Domingo
Notes: Composition written: 10/03/1883.
Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 10/03/1883

Zeller, Carl : Der Vogelhändler :: Schenkt man sich Rosen

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Julius Rudel
Notes: Composition written: 1891.
Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1891

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : Paganini :: Gern Hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Julius Rudel
Notes: Composition written: 1924-25.
Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1924-1925

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : The Merry Widow :: O Vaterland... Da geh' ich zu Maxim

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Julius Rudel
Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1905

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : Das Land des Lächelns :: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz!

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Julius Rudel
Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Guerrero, Jacinto : Los gavilanes :: Mi aldea

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Manuel Moreno-Buendia
Ensemble: Rondalla Lirica de Madrid
Notes: Composition written: Spain.
Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta

Guerrero, Jacinto : La rosa del azafrán :: Canción del sembrador

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Manuel Moreno-Buendia
Ensemble: Rondalla Lirica de Madrid
Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1930

Pablo Sorozábal (1897 - 1988) : La tabernera del puerto :: No puede ser

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Manuel Moreno-Buendia
Ensemble: Rondalla Lirica de Madrid
Notes: Composition written: 1936.
Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1936

Alonso, Francisco : Coplas de Ronda :: Serenata

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Manuel Moreno-Buendia
Ensemble: Rondalla Lirica de Madrid
Notes: Composition written: 1929.
Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1929

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : Three Villancicos :: Coplillas de Belén

Performers: Placido Domingo (Tenor); Manuel Barrueco (Guitar)
Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1952

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : Coplas del pastor enamorado, for voice & piano (or guitar)

Performers: Manuel Barrueco (Guitar); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1935

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : En Aranjuez con tu amor

Performers: Peter Horton (Guitar); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Eugene Kohn
Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1968

Gade, Jacob : Jalousie (Jealousy), tango for orchestra

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Eugene Kohn
Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1925

Traditional, Spanish : La Golondrina, cançion for voice & piano

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Eugene Kohn
Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
Written: 1862

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