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Luciano Pavarotti

Adolphe Adam, Fermin Maria Alvarez, ...

Sony, 2000

First Christmas Album I bought for myself
Album is great. For any other holiday music, just listen to your local radio station that plays it during December.

Puccini - Turandot / Sutherland · Pavarotti · Caballé · Ghiaurov · Krause · Pears · LPO · Mehta

Giacomo Puccini, Zubin Mehta, ...

Decca, 1990

I Wish There Is a DVD for This Cast!!!
I bought the recording in the tape form years ago. I could not listen to it any more because of the wear after I played it too many times. Fortunately, technology came to the resue, CD!!! The tenderness, emotion, range, and capacity, from a delicate note to a full ...

O Holy Night / Luciano Pavarotti / Special Deluxe Edition (Decca)

Vittoriano Benvenuti, Hector Berlioz, ...

Decca, 2005

A very special Christmas album
My wife and I love Christmas music, but this album is in a class by itself. It is opera, classical music, Christmas carols, and the most heartfelt and expressive personal expression of religious feeling. It is exalted and joyous, and to my wife and me, inexpressively ...

Luciano Pavarotti: The Best (Farewell Tour)

Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, ...

Decca, 2005

Wonderful, of course!
I don't know of too many that would give fewer than five stars to Luciano Pavarotti. What an amazing voice...we are fortunate to have been part of one man's unbelievable talent!

Carreras · Domingo · Pavarotti: The Three Tenors in Concert / Mehta

Giacomo Puccini, Salvatore Cardillo, ...

Decca, 1990

Better than the best.....
I sit here at my computer and try to think of superlatives adequate to accurately describe this album....and there just aren't any. It is worthy to be the best selling classical album of all time....but it's more than that. It's just a must have, a collection to soothe ...

Puccini - La Bohème / Freni, Pavarotti, Harwood, Ghiaurov, Karajan

Giacomo Puccini, Mirella Freni, ...

Decca, 1990

A Definitive Production of La Bohème.
Puccini's iconic La Bohème (1896) is among the most popular operas in history (second only to Puccini's Madama Butterfly), and "Che gelida manina" is one of the most familiar arias in opera. Based on Scènes de la vie de Bohème by Henri Murger, La Bohème is a romantic ...

No Reservations

Philip Glass, Giacomo Puccini, ...

Decca, 2007

Perfect soundtrack
If you've seen this movie, you know the music is great! I had my elementary students listen to the opera and they really enjoyed it. (So did my own kids.) If you're not an avid opera person, but enjoy melodic passion now and then, this is a nice choice.

The Best of the Three Tenors

Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, ...

Decca, 2002

The best from the three greatest...
The first thing we must establish here is that this is not meant to be opera. This is three exceptionally talented tenors enjoying themselves and giving tremendous joy to those listening by singing mostly popular "evergreens" and also some operatic arias. The beauty in ...

The #1 Opera Album

Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, ...

Decca, 2001

great collection
If one was wanting to introduce a friend to the wonderful world of opera, this would be a great cd to buy them. Also at this time when many of us are worrying about Luciano and his health , it is great to hear him featured on many of the selections. A great buy and ...

The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas

Adolphe Adam, Robert Allen, ...

Time Life Records, 2001

a worthwhile collection
I enjoy Méhdi"Christmas Treasures",Charlie Brown Christmas ,Mannheim Steamroller etc.and this a magnificent production that I also enjoy just as much. The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas combines both volumes of the series into a two-CD set. Christmas Spirit features ...

Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Freni, Pavarotti, Ludwig, Wiener Phil., Karajan

Giacomo Puccini, Herbert von Karajan, ...

Decca, 1990

The Best recorded Butterfly
Although Renata Scotto is definitive in this role, this would apply to the stage only. On disc Scotto never came across as well as she should have. Scotto recorded Butterfly twice and they are excellent registrations, esp. the Barbirolli for EMI. But somehow it doesn't ...

Romantica: The Very Best of Luciano Pavarotti

Cesare Andrea Bixio, Eduardo di Capua, ...

Decca, 2002

Okay so track #1 aside...
I got this as a gift last Christmas and just got around to writing a review. To start off with, let me say that I think Pavarotti is the greatest tenor ever. Period. His command of his voice (breath control, relaxation, etc.) were absolutely flawless, and no he ...

Essential Beethoven

Hans Sotin, Martti Talvela, ...

Decca, 2001

Wonderful selections
My kids and I have really enjoyed this CD. This is a great collection of music with high quality performances.

Verdi - Rigoletto / Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, LSO, Bonynge

Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Bonynge, ...

Decca, 1990

The Definitive Rigoletto
I have owned this recording for years, and now I can't listen to any other recording. I've even performed in this opera. While Sutherland is indeed too old for Gilda, these are still the glory days for her (early 70s). However, Pavarotti and Milnes are simply ...

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

Ernest Blanc, Robert Massard, ...

Angel Records, 1999

Great for the amateur Opera listener
As a long time armchair Opera listener I'm shocked that I hadn't come across this album until recently. I'm not really an Opera connoisseur so my review is based on just the fact that I love Opera, but mostly by listening to arias or occasionally going to the Opera. ...