THREE TENORS
The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 in Los Angeles (complete on CD & DVD) Luciano Pavarotti / Jose Carreras / Placido Domingo / Zubin Mehta [ Warner Classics / 2 CD/DVD - released 30/Jan/2015 ] This is the fantastic Los Angeles concert by the world famous three tenors. Complete on CD & DVD. |
RSO Frankfurt / Berio, Luciano / Vis, Lucas
Berio, Luciano - Ekphrasis / Coro [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
VERDI
La Traviata (Complete Opera recorded in 1992) Cheryl Studer, Luciano Pavarotti, Juan Pons / Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra, James Levine [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "Here is Cheryl Studer...The voice is full-blooded and warm, yet flexible enough to encompass the difficulties of Act 1...beautifully focused in the succeeding aria, with a nicely differentiated treatment of the second verse (happily included)."... |
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Romilda e Constanza (Complete Opera) Chiara Brunello, César Cortés, Luiza Fatyol, Emmanuel Franco / Górecki Chamber Choir, Passionart Orchestra Krakow, Luciano Acocella [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Nov/2020 ] Meyerbeer had already won renown in Italy before conquering Paris with a sequence of much-acclaimed grand operas. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (complete opera recorded in 1972) Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD - released 24/Oct/2011 ] "Though some of the girlish freshness of voice which marked the 1961 recording had disappeared by the 1971 set, Sutherland's detailed understanding was intensified. Power is there as well as delicacy, and the rest of the cast is first-rate." Penguin |
LUCIANO BERIO
Berio: Coro Cologne Radio Choir & Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Berio [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] 'A highly personal, yet urgently communicative statement, persuasively performed.' Gramophone reviewing the original release in 1980 |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Mosè in Egitto (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Duomo di Milano / Ruggero Raimondi, Isabelle Kabatu, Bogdan Mihai, Filippo Polinelli, Luciano Ganci / Francesco Quattrocchi (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2016 ] For the first time the opera "Mosè" by Gioachino Rossini is on stage inside a Cathedral in a semi-scenic performance at the Duomo di Milano. The Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano, in the wake of a centuries-old tradition of dialogue with the... |
CORELLI
Violin Sonatas Chiara Banchini (violin), Jesper Christensen (harpschord), Luciano Contini (lute), Käthi Gohl (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 17/Jul/2000 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Pavarotti Story [4 CD set] Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) with various guests [ Decca Records / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2014 ] 2 CDs of his greatest performances plus his debut recording, bonus tracks from his live with friends concerts and a special interview 'Pavarotti in his own words'. |
MASCAGNI
Mascagni in Concert Filarmonica '900 del Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda / Luciano Ganci (tenor) [ Chandos Musica Italiana / CD - released 8/Oct/2013 ] On this disc, which is part of our ongoing series of Italian music, a selection of his works for the concert hall receives idiomatic performances by Gianandrea Noseda and the Filarmonica '900 del Teatro Regio Torino, with the tenor Luciano Ganci. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Opera Arias Renée Fleming, José Carreras, Domenico Trimarchi, Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, Carlo Bergonzi, etc [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 23/Apr/2012 ] Spend a lovely time revelling in the wealth of magnificent Puccini recordings. |
THREE TENORS
The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 Luciano Pavarotti / Jose Carreras / Placido Domingo / Zubin Mehta [ Warner Music Vision / DVD - released 24/Sep/2007 ] Carreras... Domingo... Pavarotti... These three great opera stars - possibly the most famous in the world - reunited for this this glorious concert at Dodger Stadium on July 16, 1994 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete Opera directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and recorded in 1981) Ingvar Wixell / Edita Gruberova / Luciano Pavarotti / Vienna Philharmonic / Riccardo Chailly [ Deutsche Grammophon / DVD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] G - "Not to be missed." (The New York Times) |
PUCCINI / LEONCAVALLO
Il Tabarro / Pagliacci James Levine / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Teresa Stratas / Placido Domingo / Juan Pons / Luciano Pavarotti [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 15/Sep/2005 ] G :- Here the two pieces have been combined to celebrate the Metropolitan Opera's 1994/95 season opening - an operatic tour-de-force with Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo in the starring roles |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Puritani (complete opera) Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Royal Opera House Covent Garden / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonyng [ Decca / 3 CD - released 10/Aug/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) -- Building a Library First Choice - January 2005 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem / Quattro pezzi sacri Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, Martti Talvela / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "Horne is the formidable mezzo, although her singing isn't always lit with inner feeling. The beauty of the youthful Pavarotti's tone is admirable, but he is sometimes restrained by four-square support. Talvela is sonorous but lacks legato.... |
DONIZETTI
l'Elisir d'Amore (Complete opera) Joan Sutherland (soprano) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) / English Chamber Orchestra. Richard Bonynge [ Decca Originals / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "Joan Sutherland makes Adina a more sunbstantial figure than usual, full-throatedly serious at times, at others jolly like the rumbustious marie; in the key role of Nemorino, Luciano... |
Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti
The Best of the Three Tenors [ Decca Records / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] 28 tracks taken from the three concerts of 1990/1994/1998 |
TRADITIONAL
The Three Tenors Christmas Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti / Vienna Symphony, Steven Mercurio [ Bank Austria / Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] Resplendent in voice and manner, José Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti deliver 21 songs of traditional sacred music and secular numbers in a remarkable 1999 live recording. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 1991) Metropolitan Opera / Kathleen Battle, Luciano Pavarotti, Juan Pons, Enzo Dara / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 8/Jun/2005 ] "Kathleen Battle sings Adina with perfect, pearl-like tone, absolute fluency and commitment, and a trill to die for." (9/8 Classics Today) |