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Pavarotti Forever | 
| Creators: David Romano, Adolphe Adam, Cesare Andrea Bixio, Georges Bizet, Eduardo Di Capua, Salvatore Cardillo, Ernesto De Curtis, Lucio Dalla, Luigi Denza, Gaetano Donizetti, Friedrich Von Flotow, Cesar Franck, Claude / Revaux, Jacques Francois, Giuseppe Giordani, Umberto Giordano, Agustin Lara, Franz Lehar, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet
Label: Decca
List Price: $17.98
Buy New: $9.77
You Save: $8.21 (46%)
New (47) Used (14) from $8.36
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 1420
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 001017002
UPC: 028947593492
EAN: 0028947593492
ASIN: B000UNXZHM
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Disc 1
| • | Nessun Dorma | | • | Che gelida manina | | • | Brindisi | | • | Se quel guerrier io fossi!.. Celeste Aida | | • | Una furtiva lagrima | | • | Questa o quella | | • | M'appari | | • | E lucevan le stelle | | • | Amor ti vieta | | • | Recitar! ... Vesti la giubba | | • | Donna non vidi mai | | • | La donna e mobile | | • | Mi batte il cor...O Paradiso | | • | Pourquoi me reveiller | | • | La fleur que tu m'avais jetee | | • | Ma se vi talenta...Tra voi, belle | | • | Cielo e mar! | | • | Recondita armonia | | • | Spirto gentil | | • | Di quella pira | | • | Suzel, buon di |
Disc 2
| • | 'O Sole Mio - Luciano Pavarotti, Capua, Eduardo di [ | | • | Torna a Surriento - Luciano Pavarotti, Curtis, Ernesto de | | • | Core 'ngrato - Luciano Pavarotti, Cardillo, Salvatore | | • | Funiculi, Funicula - Luciano Pavarotti, Denza, Luigi [1846- | | • | Notte 'e Piscatore - Luciano Pavarotti, Morante, Maurizio | | • | O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel) - Luciano Pavarotti, Adam, Adolphe Charl | | • | Panis Angelicus - Luciano Pavarotti, Franck, Cesar [1822 | | • | Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti, Schubert, Franz [18 | | • | Mattinata - Luciano Pavarotti, Leoncavallo, Ruggie | | • | La Danza - Luciano Pavarotti, Rossini, Gioacchino | | • | Caro Mio Ben - Luciano Pavarotti, Giordani, Giuseppe | | • | Caruso - Luciano Pavarotti, Dalla, Lucio [1943- | | • | My Way - Luciano Pavarotti, Francois, Claude | | • | Santa Lucia - Luciano Pavarotti, Traditional, Italia | | • | Tu che m'hai preso il cor (Dein ist mein ganzes Herz) | | • | Mamma - Luciano Pavarotti, Bixio, Cesare Andre | | • | La Mia Canzone al Vento - Luciano Pavarotti, Bixio, Cesare Andre | | • | Volare - Luciano Pavarotti, Modugno, Domenico [ | | • | Passione - Luciano Pavarotti, Valente, Vincenzo | | • | Granada - Luciano Pavarotti, Lara, Agustin [1900 |
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Album Description
For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally IS classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs, and Neapolitan favourites is drawn from the finest recordings Luciano Pavarotti has made during an unparalleled career, and presents the definitive profile of one of the most important voices of all time. From "La Donna e mobile", "O sole mio" and "Torna a Sorriento" to Christmas classics "O Holy Night" and "Panis Angelicus", including, of course, his celebrated "Nessun Dorma". Bonus duets with Andrea Bocelli ("Notte e piscatore"), Cecilia Bartoli ("Cherry Duet") and Frank Sinatra ("My Way") included. Universal. 2007.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
Forever, indeed October 9, 2007
Santa Fe listener
26 out of 28 found this review helpful
This double CD at budget price in honor of the great Pavarotti must have been prepared in advance of his death, since it arrives within weeks of his demise from pancreatic cancer. CD 1 is devoted to his greatest hits from opera, CD 2 mainly to the greatest hits on the crossovver-pop side of his career. Toward the end of his long public life, Pavarotti was dismissed by critics as musically irrelevant, a once-great voice pushed far beyond its viable life span. At worst he was seen as a defector from the sacred temple of classical music to the muddy arena of popular kitsch.
Yet I loved him -- the world loved him -- beyond any other tenor in modern memory. He was immense and lovable in all his incarnations, whether at Wembley Stadium, Central Park, the Met, or his native Modena. Painted by the media as a creature of excess, I have no doubt he was, but what a glorious excess! Intimates described him as a child in a man's huge body, and he was often as lazy as he was self-indulgent. Does any of that matter? As the opera selections in this set testify, Pavarotti's dedicaiton to the highest artistic standards was a hallmark of his musicianship for twenty years. He was extravagantly gifted but also extravagantly giving. What he had to give was all of himself. That's a hugely egotistical way to go thorugh life, and yet for the rare few who can bring it off, it's also hugely rewrding, for both giver and receiver. I will never forget the one and only time I heard the great man in recital, and despite the hype of "Pavarotti Forever," his name will endure for a very, very long time.
Excellent compilation, but... November 24, 2007
monoblocks (Seattle, WA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
...be forewarned. Anyone who already purchased 'Pavarotti Greatest Hits' released a decade ago in 1997 (also often referred to as 'The Ultimate Collection'), will already have this material released in this form, even if the artwork is quite a bit different.
This is a quick and (I unfortunately have to say a bit) dirty repackaging of the earlier set, without benefit of remastering or any other such tweaks. You can make your own judgments about the merits of Pavarotti's recording label for their actions in timing and makeover, but for the uninitiated it IS nonetheless a great introduction to a fabulous voice and persona that has now gone on to another realm for other souls to enjoy. For us remaining here, what we have left is his recorded legacy and memories of past concert performances. Even for longtime fans with extensive Pavarotti music already in your library, if you missed out on the earlier release version this is still worthy of purchase, if only because it contains many of Pavarotti's best recorded performances in a single collection.
Maestro Remembered October 23, 2007
Italo Americano (New York City, United States)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Fantastic CD with popular classical opera & Italian folk songs. This is a great tribute CD to Pavarotti. I truly enjoyed listening to this. Any Pavarotti fan will agree....Pavarotti Forever
This could turn me into an opera fan November 21, 2007
J. Lykins (Coeur d'Alene, ID United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don't listen to opera very often, don't know much about it; and I don't understand much Italian. But I do enjoy listening to an artist who is at the top of his class, and this album is a great representation of such an artist. Perhaps opera is an acquired taste; but this album has certainly made it easier for me to acquire one. I used to see people get enthralled by listening to old recordings of Caruso, and wonder what they're so excited about. Thirty years from now, someone will wonder that about me as I pull out this CD and listen to it with a smile on my face.
Great download - Pavarotti in fine form December 30, 2007
W. Repak (Spring Hill, FL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was my first album download from Amazon - all the songs were from the time when Pavarotti's voice was at its finest, and the price is outstanding for this high quailty.
I far prefer Amazon's download methodolgy to iTunes. I expect to be playing the album over the next 2 - 30 years, so I'm glad it's in mp3 format, not a "protected" format restricting me to 5 PCs, like iTunes uses. I change PCs every 4 - 5 years, so, with iTunes, I'd probably have had to pay again for the album in another 15 - 20 years or so. With Amazon's mp3 format, I'll keep transferring the song to my latest PC.
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