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1▶CD: Opera Arias
2▼CD: Italian Songs & Sacred Arias
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1O 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 (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1979-03)
recording of:
’O sole mio (arr. Chiaramello for tenor and orchestra) (in 1979-03)
lyricist:
Giovanni Capurro
composer:
Eduardo Di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi (Italian composer, known for “’O sole mio”)
arranger:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
arrangement of:
’O sole mio
Eduardo di Capua, Alfredo Mazzucchi3:24
2Caruso
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
conductor:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
performer:
Lucio Dalla (Italian singer‐songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Dala Luma (in 1988)
recording of:
Caruso
lyricist and composer:
Lucio Dalla (Italian singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Ricordi Music Publishing Spain, BMG Songs, Inc., Edizioni BMG Ariola Music, EMI Music Publishing Italia Srl (Italian branch of EMI Music Publishing), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ricordi srl
Lucio Dalla5:20
3La danza
recording engineer:
Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1973-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (in 1973-07)
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist) (in 1973-07)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
recorded at:
Teatro Comunale di Bologna in Bologna, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (in 1973-07)
live recording of:
Soirées musicales: No. 8. La danza “Già la luna è in mezzo al mare” (in 1973-07)
lyricist:
Carlo Pepoli (Italian librettist, 19th c.)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
part of:
Soirées musicales
recording of:
Soirées musicales: No. 8. La danza “Già la luna è in mezzo al mare”
lyricist:
Carlo Pepoli (Italian librettist, 19th c.)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
part of:
Soirées musicales
Gioachino Rossini3:07
4Volare
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
conductor:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
recording of:
Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)
lyricist:
Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno
composer:
Domenico Modugno
publisher:
Curci and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
part of:
Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1959 winner)
Domenico Modugno3:27
5Torna a Surriento
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
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1979-03)
recording of:
Torna a Surriento (Giancarlo Chiaramello arrangement) (in 1979-03)
lyricist:
Giambattista De Curtis
composer:
Ernesto De Curtis (composer)
arranger:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
arrangement of:
Torna a Surriento
recording of:
Torna a Surriento
lyricist:
Giambattista De Curtis
composer:
Ernesto De Curtis (composer) (in 1902)
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
Ernesto De Curtis4:24
6Ti adoro
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Stefano Nanni (Italian piano and accordion player)
recording of:
Ti adoro
lyricist:
Robin Smith (songwriter/pianist/conductor/producer)
composer:
Michele Centonze
Michele Centonze3:13
7’A vucchella
recorded in:
Bologna, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (in 1979-07)
recording engineer:
Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1979-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (in 1979-07)
conductor:
Anton Guadagno (conductor) (in 1979-07)
arranger:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
recording of:
’A vucchella (in 1979-07)
lyricist:
Gabriele D'Annunzio (in 1892)
composer:
Francesco Paolo Tosti (Paolo Tosti, composer) (in 1904)
Francesco Paolo Tosti3:10
8Vivere
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1984-01)
orchestra:
The Henry Mancini Orchestra (in 1984-01)
conductor:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger) (in 1984-01)
arranger:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1984)
recorded at:
Grand Casino Noga Hilton in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1984-01)
recording of:
Vivere (in 1984-01)
lyricist and composer:
Cesare Andrea Bixio
Cesare Andrea Bixio3:26
9La mia canzone al vento
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
conductor:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
recording of:
La mia canzone al vento (arr. Mancini)
lyricist:
Bixio Cherubini
composer:
Cesare Andrea Bixio
arranger:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
Cesare Andrea Bixio3:03
10Non ti scordar di me
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
conductor:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
recording of:
Non ti scordar di me (arr. Mancini)
lyricist:
Domenico Furnò
composer:
Ernesto De Curtis (composer)
arranger:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
arrangement of:
Non ti scordar di me
Ernesto De Curtis2:55
11Ave 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 and orchestrator:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; 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 (catch-all for arrangements) (in 1976-01)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
arrangement 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”’)
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”’)
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)
recording of:
Ave Maria, D. 839 (Schubert; catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
arrangement 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)
recording 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)
lyricist:
Jairo (Argentinean singer) and Sir Walter Scott (19th-century Scottish author)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
translator:
Adam Storck
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 839)
Franz Schubert4:49
12Requiem: Ingemisco
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Ingemisco (tenore)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1873 until 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
Giuseppe Verdi3:35
13Panis angelicus
recording engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
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)
chorus master:
Russell Burgess (in 1976-01)
arranger and orchestrator:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; 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)
recording of:
Panis Angelicus (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
César Franck (Belgian‐born French composer)
arrangement of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
César Franck4:01
14O Holy Night
recording engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1976-01)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
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 and orchestrator:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Records Company (The Decca Record Company Limited, not a release label; 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)
recording of:
O Holy Night (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer)
arrangement of:
O Holy Night
Adolphe Adam4:13
15Mamma
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1984-01)
orchestra:
The Henry Mancini Orchestra (in 1984-01)
conductor:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger) (in 1984-01)
arranger:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1984)
recorded at:
Grand Casino Noga Hilton in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1984-01)
recording of:
Mamma (arr. Mancini) (in 1984-01)
lyricist:
Bixio Cherubini
composer:
Cesare Andrea Bixio
arranger:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
arrangement of:
Mamma
Cesare Andrea Bixio3:34
16L’ultima canzone
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Piero Gamba (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
L’ultima canzone
lyricist:
Francesco Cimmino
composer:
Francesco Paolo Tosti (Paolo Tosti, composer)
dedicated to:
Rina Giacchetti
recording of:
L’ultima canzone (arr. for tenor and orchestra, Faris)
arranger:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
arrangement of:
L’ultima canzone
Francesco Paolo Tosti4:17
17Buongiorno a te
soprano vocals:
Antonella Pepe
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Rob Mathes
orchestrator:
Rob Mathes
recording of:
Buongiorno a te
composer:
Michele Centonze, Veris Giannetti and Stefano Nanni (Italian piano and accordion player)
Michele Centonze4:15
18Mattinata
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Mallinson (producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1977-04)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1977-04)
conductor:
Piero Gamba (conductor and pianist) (in 1977-04)
arranger and orchestrator:
Alexander Faris (conductor)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1977-04)
recording of:
Mattinata (in 1977-04)
lyricist and composer:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
recording of:
Mattinata (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
is based on:
Mattinata
Ruggero Leoncavallo1:59
19Core ’ngrato
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1985-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (in 1985-07)
conductor:
Giancarlo Chiaramello (in 1985-07)
arranger:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Dala Luma
recorded at:
Chiesa di San Giorgio (Palazzo in Bologna) (in 1985-07)
recording of:
Core ’ngrato (Catarì, Catarì) (Original for voice & orchestra) (in 1985-07)
lyricist:
Riccardo Cordiferro (in 1911)
composer:
Salvatore Cardillo (Italian-American composer) (in 1911)
publisher:
Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA (Italian publisher)
Salvatore Cardillo4:54
20Passione
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1985-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (in 1985-07)
conductor:
Giancarlo Chiaramello (in 1985-07)
arranger:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
recorded at:
Chiesa di San Giorgio (Palazzo in Bologna) (in 1985-07)
recording of:
Passione (in 1985-07)
lyricist:
Libero Bovio (in 1934)
composer:
Ernesto Tagliaferri (composer) (in 1934) and Nicola Valente (in 1934)
Ernesto Tagliaferri, Nicola Valente3:44
21Santa Lucia
baritone vocals:
David Romano (baritone vocalist)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
conductor:
Emerson Buckley (conductor)
recording of:
Santa Lucia (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Teodoro Cottrau (composer)
arrangement of:
Santa Lucia (Italian version)
[traditional]1:30
22Granada
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Maurizio Benini (conductor)
recording of:
Granada (original Spanish version)
lyricist and composer:
Agustín Lara (in 1932)
publisher:
Latin-American Music, Southern Music Co. and Peer International Corporation (BMI) (from 1932 to present)
live recording of:
Granada (original Spanish version)
lyricist and composer:
Agustín Lara (in 1932)
publisher:
Latin-American Music, Southern Music Co. and Peer International Corporation (BMI) (from 1932 to present)
Agustín Lara3:06
23Funiculì, funiculà
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
conductor:
Giancarlo Chiaramello and Anton Guadagno (conductor)
orchestrator:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
recording of:
Funiculì, funiculà
composed in:
Castellammare di Stabia, Napoli, Campania, Italy (in 1880)
lyricist:
Peppino Turco
composer:
Luigi Denza (composer) (in 1880)
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. and Robbins Music Corp.
Luigi Denza2:40
3▶CD: Great Duets

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copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Decca Music Group Limited (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 2019)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/14426020 [info]