Best Of Pavarotti

~ Release by Luciano Pavarotti (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Nessun Dorma
choir vocals:
The John Alldis Choir (from 1972-08-10 until 1972-08-25) and Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir (from 1972-08-10 until 1972-08-25)
tenor vocals [Calaf]:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (from 1972-08-10 until 1972-08-25)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1972-08-10 until 1972-08-25)
conductor:
Zubin Mehta (conductor) (from 1972-08-10 until 1972-08-25)
chorus master:
John Alldis (chorusmaster and conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-08-10 until 1972-08-25)
recording of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf) (from 1972-08-10 until 1972-08-25)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA (Italian publisher)
part of:
Turandot: Atto III (Turandot: Act III)
Luciano Pavarotti53:00
2Questa o quella
Luciano Pavarotti1:41
3Celeste Aida
Luciano Pavarotti4:08
4Che gelida manina
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer), Colin Moorfoot (engineer) and Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
James Mallinson (producer) and Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals [Rodolfo]:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1972-10)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 1972-10)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1972-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Jesus‐Christus‐Kirche (Dahlem) in Berlin, Germany (in 1972-10)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo) (in 1972-10)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (La bohème: Act I, Puccini)
Luciano Pavarotti4:40
5La donna è mobile
Luciano Pavarotti2:24
6E lucevan le stelle
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Luciano Pavarotti3:14
7Una furtiva lagrima
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1970-01 until 1970-06)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer) (in 1832)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Luciano Pavarotti4:49
8Di quella pira
Luciano Pavarotti3:21
9Ave Maria
recording engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1976-01)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
choir vocals:
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir (in 1976-01)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1976-01)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera) (in 1976-01)
conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor) (in 1976-01)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1976)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (Petersham) in Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-01)
live recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’) (in 1976-01)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Luciano Pavarotti4:51
10Donna non vidi mai
Luciano Pavarotti2:05
11Notte 'e piscatore
Luciano Pavarotti & Andrea Bocelli5:07
12Caruso
Luciano Pavarotti & Frank Sinatra5:22
13My Way
recorded in:
Italy (on 1994-08-19)
bass:
Chuck Berghofer (Jazz bassist) (on 1993-07-06)
bass trombone:
George Roberts (american bass trombone) (on 1993-07-06)
cello:
Anne Goodman (on 1993-07-06), Michael Mathews (on 1993-07-06) and Gloria Strassner (on 1993-07-06)
drums (drum set):
Gregg Field (drums) (on 1993-07-06)
guitar:
Ron Anthony (on 1993-07-06)
harp:
Gayle Levant (American studio musician, harpist) (on 1993-07-06)
percussion:
Emil Richards (on 1993-07-06) and Jerry Williams (US percussionist) (on 1993-07-06)
piano:
Bill Miller (pianist) (on 1993-07-06)
saxophone and woodwind:
Gene Cipriano (on 1993-07-06), Bob Cooper (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1993-07-06), Dick Mitchell (woodwind) (on 1993-07-06), Jack Nimitz (American saxophonist and clarinet player) (on 1993-07-06) and Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch) (on 1993-07-06)
trombone:
George Bohanon (on 1993-07-06), Dick Hyde (on 1993-07-06) and Dick Nash (on 1993-07-06)
trumpet:
Oscar Brashear (on 1993-07-06), Conte Candoli (on 1993-07-06), Robert O’Donnell (on 1993-07-06) and Frank Szabo (on 1993-07-06)
viola:
Denyse Buffum (on 1993-07-06), Kenneth Burward‐Hoy (on 1993-07-06) and Carole Mukogawa (on 1993-07-06)
violin:
Patricia Aiken (on 1993-07-06), Michael Ferril (on 1993-07-06), Harris Goldman (on 1993-07-06), Joseph Goodman (violin) (on 1993-07-06), Diana Halprin (on 1993-07-06), Patricia Johnson (violinist) (on 1993-07-06), Karen Jones (violinist) (on 1993-07-06), Ann Koons (on 1993-07-06), Ralph Morrison (on 1993-07-06), Donald Palmer (US violinist and concertmaster) (on 1993-07-06), Mari Tsumura (aka Mari Tsumura‐Botnick) (on 1993-07-06) and Gerald Vinci (American violinist and strings conductor) (on 1993-07-06)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1993-07-06) and Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (on 1994-08-19)
conductor:
Patrick Williams (composer, arranger) (on 1993-07-06)
recorded at:
Capitol Tower in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1993-07-06)
recording of:
My Way (Frank Sinatra song) (from 1993-07-06 until 1994-08-19)
lyricist:
Paul Anka
composer:
Claude François and Jacques Revaux
previously attributed to:
Gilles Thibaut
translator:
Bobby Cruz
publisher:
Babel Music S.A., Chrysalis Standards Inc., Don C. Publications Inc., Eddie Barclay, Jeune Musique Éditions, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Spanka Music, Spanka Music Corp., Thibout Music, Warner Chappell Music France, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
translated version of:
Comme d’habitude
Luciano Pavarotti3:34
14Mattinata
Luciano Pavarotti2:00
15Funiculì Funiculà
Luciano Pavarotti2:42
16O Sole Mio
producer:
James Mallinson (producer) and Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1979-03)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera) (in 1979-03)
conductor:
Giancarlo Chiaramello (in 1979-03)
arranger:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1979-03)
recording of:
’O sole mio (in 1979-03)
lyricist:
Giovanni Capurro (in 1898)
composer:
Eduardo Di Capua (in 1898) and Alfredo Mazzucchi (in 1898)
publisher:
Bideri CEVEL, Domaine public (refers to works that are in the public domain) and Gennarelli Casa Editrice
Luciano Pavarotti3:24
17Torna a Surriento
Luciano Pavarotti4:25
18Santa Lucia
Luciano Pavarotti1:31
19Suzel, buon dì
Luciano Pavarotti & Cecilia Bartoli7:50
20Tu che m'hai preso il cuor (Je t'ai donné mon coeur)
recording of:
Il paese del sorriso: “Tu che m'hai preso il cuor”
lyricist:
Mario Panzeri (Italian lyricist and composer) and Giuseppe Rastelli (Italian lyricist)
composer:
Franz Lehár (composer)
translated version of:
Das Land des Lächelns: Akt II. Nr. 11 „Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” (Sou-Chong)
Luciano Pavarotti3:38
21Granada
Luciano Pavarotti3:08