The Best of Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa & Pavarotti

~ Release by Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Pavarotti (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Favourite Melodies That Will Live Forever / Reflective Favourites (Part 1)
2▶CD: Reflective Favourites (Concluded) / The Placido Domingo Showcase
3▶CD: Unforgettable Moments / Pavarotti Sings Magical Melodies (Part 1)
4▶CD: Pavarotti Sings Magical Melodies (Concluded) / The Luciano Pavarotti Showcase (Part 1)
5▼CD: The Luciano Pavarotti Showcase (Concluded) / The Kiri Te Kanawa Showcase (Part 1)
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1Parigi, o cara
soprano vocals [Violetta]:
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
tenor vocals [Alfredo]:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
La traviata: Atto III. Duetto “Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo” (Alfredo, Violetta)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto III (La traviata: Act III)
Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland with the National Philharmonic Orchestra5:06
2Non piangere, Liù!
recording of:
Turandot: Atto I. “Non piangere, Liù” (Calaf, Liù, Timur)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
part of:
Turandot: Atto I (Turandot: Act I)
Luciano Pavarotti with Montserrat Caballé, Nicolaï Ghiaurov and London Philharmonic Orchestra2:22
3Cielo e mar
recording of:
La Gioconda: Atto II. “Cielo e mar!” (Enzo)
composer:
Amilcare Ponchielli (composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
La Gioconda: Atto II. Il rosario
Luciano Pavarotti with the New Philharmonia Orchestra London5:08
4Mamma, quel vino è generoso
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Mamma, quel vino è generoso, è certo” (Turiddu, Lucia, Donne) (Addio alla madre)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1890)
librettist:
Guido Menasci (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.) and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Luciano Pavarotti with Ida Bormida, Julia Varady, the London Opera Chorus and the National Philharmonic Orchestra5:13
5Let the Bright Seraphim
trumpet:
Crispian Steele‐Perkins (classical trumpeter and composer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
Samson, HWV 57: Act III. Air: Let the bright seraphim (Israelite woman)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
librettist:
Newburgh Hamilton
part of:
Samson, HWV 57: Act III
Kiri Te Kanawa with Crispian Steele‐Perkins and the English Chamber Orchestra5:55
6Dove sono
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto III, Scena VI. (no. 20) Aria “Dove sono i bei momenti” (La Contessa)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto III (The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Act III)
Kiri Te Kanawa with London Philharmonic Orchestra4:56
7The Little Sandman
Kiri Te Kanawa with the Gürzenich Orchestra2:42
8Baïlèro from ‘Songs of the Auvergne’
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série: No. 2. Baïlèro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série
Kiri Te Kanawa with the English Chamber Orchestra6:43
9The Dream of Doretta
Kiri Te Kanawa with London Philharmonic Orchestra3:22
10È strano…Ah, fors’ è lui
recording of:
La traviata: Atto I. “Ah, fors’è lui” (Violetta)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto I (La traviata: Act I)
recording of:
La traviata: Atto I. Recitativo “È strano! è strano!” (Violetta)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto I (La traviata: Act I)
Kiri Te Kanawa with Laurence Dale and London Philharmonic Orchestra9:28
11Après un rêve
piano:
Richard Amner (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
recording of:
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (original; for voice and piano)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (in 1877)
translator:
Romain Bussine
publisher:
Choudens (in 1878)
premiered at:
Société nationale de musique in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1879-01-11)
part of:
Trois mélodies, op. 7
Kiri Te Kanawa with Richard Amner3:04
6▶CD: The Kiri Te Kanawa Showcase (Concluded) / Kiri Sings Golden Favourites