The Best of Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa & Pavarotti
Kurt Herbert Adler · Plácido Domingo · Barry Rose · Helmuth Froschauer · Jerold Ottley · John Alldis · Julius Rudel · Zubin Mehta · National Philharmonic Orchestra · English Chamber Orchestra
The Best of Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa & Pavarotti, CD, on Reader’s Digest. Music by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Felix Mendelssohn, George Frideric Handel, performed by Kurt Herbert Adler, Plácido Domingo, Barry Rose, Helmuth Froschauer; 22 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Nessun dorma (None Shall Sleep) from ‘Turandot’
Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen from ‘La Bohème’
Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
On With the Motley from ‘I Pagliacci’
Ruggero Leoncavallo - Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” … “Vesti la giubba” (Canio)
Musetta’s Waltz Song from ‘La Bohème’
Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto II. no. 13. “Quando me’n vo soletta” (Musetta, Marcello, Alcindoro, Mimi, Schaunard, Colline)
One Fine Day from ‘Madame Butterfly’
Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)
Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès)
Symphony Orchestra of the Volksoper Vienna, Leone Magiera, Luciano Pavarotti
The Stars Were Brightly Shining from ‘Tosca’
Giacomo Puccini - Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)
Questa o quella from ‘Rigoletto’
Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Atto I, scena 1. N°2 Ballata “Questa o quella” (Duca)
Una furtiva lagrima from ‘L’elisir d’amore’
Gaetano Donizetti - L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino)
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song)
Felix Mendelssohn - Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, op. 34 Nr. 2
English Chamber Orchestra, St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Kiri Te Kanawa
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth from ‘Messiah’
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Soprano)
César Franck - Panis Angelicus
Kurt Herbert Adler, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti