The #1 Tenor Album

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Friedrich von Flotow (Composer), Amilcare Ponchielli (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Jacques Offenbach (Composer), Jules Massenet (Composer), Umberto Giordano (Composer), Giacomo Meyerbeer (Composer), Francesco Cilea (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Eduardo di Capua (Composer), Cesare Andrea Bixio (Composer), Ernesto de Curtis (Composer), Enrico Cannio (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, Friedrich von Flotow, et al.
• Audio CD (July 10, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00005M0NB
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,596 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Rigoletto, opera: La donna è mobile

2. Manon Lescaut, opera: Donna non vidi mai

3. Carmen, opera: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée

4. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Una furtiva lagrima

5. La bohème, opera: Che gelida manina

6. Aida, opera: Celeste Aida

7. Martha, opera: M'appari

8. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Cielo e mar

9. Pagliacci, opera: Veste la giubba

10. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön

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Disc: 2

1. La Traviata, opera: Libiamo ne'lieti calici

2. Tosca, opera: Recondita armonia

3. Il Trovatore, opera: Ah si ben mio

4. La favorita, opera: Spirto gentil

5. Faust, opera: Salut! Demeure chaste et pure

6. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond

7. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96: Morgenlich leuchtend

8. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: La dolcissima effgie

9. Turandot, opera: Nessun dorma!

10. O sole mio, for voice & piano (or orchestra)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece compilation of Bel Canto, November 26, 2003

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Fernando Navarrete (Mexico, D.F. Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The #1 Tenor Album (Audio CD)

The #1 Tenor album is basically, a compilation of the most popular opera arias. But it's a must buy for two simple reasons:
For anyone who enjoys listening to classical music (specifically opera), this albums contains probably, many of the greatest male voices in opera history (we miss Enrico Caruso), such as:
Mario Del Monaco
Giusseppe Di Stefano
Jon Vickers
Plácido Domingo
Jussi Björling
José Carreras and
Luciano Pavarotti
singing arias from Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Pagliacci, Carmen, Die Walküre, Aida, among others, plus many traditional napolitean songs as O sole mio, Torna a Sorrento and Santa Lucia.

Highlights:
La donna é mobile/ Pavarotti
Le fleur que tu m'avais jetée/ Domingo
Recitar...Vesti la giuba/ Del Monaco
Winterstürme wichem dem Wonnemond/ Vickers
'O sole mio/ Pavarotti
Das Lands des Lächelns/ Domingo
Non piangere Liú/ Di Stefano
Coren'grato/ Carreras
plus many others.

For all the people than is not familiarized with opera, this is a great oportunity to get to know bel canto with the greatest voices in history. For all the others, simply a must-buy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for Opera lovers, July 2, 2008

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J. R. Massague "J.R.M." (Barcelona, Catalonia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The #1 Tenor Album (Audio CD)

This CD shows the highest performances made ever by number one artists.Obliged to have home

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Newbie to opera, started with Josh Groban - this album rocks!, September 28, 2007

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Patricia A. Almlie - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The #1 Tenor Album (Audio CD)

The first review for this cd was why I bought it, and I like Josh Groban's voice.
Okay I am a very new newbie to opera; I have not stopped playing this
album since it arrived. So many beautiful voices of opera star tenors
I have had a smile on my face and in my heart all day. Ladies the sound of these wonderful male voices filled with emotion gives me the chills. If you even, "think maybe" I might like opera - BUY THIS! I now want the full opera and story behind them.
And wow, I do love the Italian opera's the best. Italian language quickie course is in my future. Gosh - who knew - Try it you will like it.