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Description:
Operatic arias and Neapolitan songs performed by the famed tenor at a gala concert in May 1990, at the Palatrussardi in Milan. The concert was ecstatically received by the audience of 10,000, with Pavarotti returning to sing no less than six encores. Tracks: Ouverture dal Don Pasquale, Quanto e bella quanto e cara, Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti), Andante in do magg. (Mozart), Tombe degli avi miei... Fra poco a me ricovero (Donizetti), Le mia letizia infondere (Verdi), Pourquoi me reveiller (Massenet), Recondita armonia, E lucevan le stelle (Puccini), Carmen Fantasy (Bizet-borne), Vesti la guibba (Leoncavallo), Ouverture da Semiramide (Rossini), La serenata (Mascagni), Girometta (Sibella), Occhi di Fata (Denza), Addio fiorito asil (Puccini), O sole Mio (Capua), La mia canzone al vento (Bixio), Torna A Surrentio (De Curtis), Nessun dorma (Puccini). Amazon.com:
This is an excellent supplement to the 1988 Munich video, which has more of Luciano Pavarotti's best repertoire (notably arias from Rigoletto and L'Arlesiana). It was taped only two years later, and apparently an effort was made to keep duplication to a minimum, although "Vesti la giubba," "O sole mio," and "Torna a Sorrento" are on both. For collectors, it is no great hardship to have two recordings of Pavarotti singing these items. His voice is still in good condition; it has lost some of the freshness of his earliest years but compensates with greater weight and depth. Outstanding selections include "Nessun dorma," "E lucevan le stells," "Recondita armonia," and "Una furtiva lagrima," filling some of the gaps left on the previous disc. Flutist Andrea Griminelli plays some excellent solos between vocal numbers, though that may not be a prime consideration for Pavarotti fans. --Joe McLellan |  |
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