Christmas with Pavarotti

Adolphe Adam (Composer), Louis Niedermeyer (Composer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer), Pietro Yon (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Cesar Franck (Composer), John Francis Wade (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Luciano Pavarotti (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti
• Composer: Adolphe Adam, Louis Niedermeyer, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Pietro Yon, Georges Bizet, et al.
• Audio CD (October 11, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B000BJ7DHS
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,967 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #74 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Featured Performers, A-Z > M to P

Track Listings

1. Work(s): O Holy Night / The Christmas Song / Cantique de Noël

2. Pietà, Signore! for voice & piano (or orchestra)

3. Ellens Gesang III ('Ave Maria'), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)

4. Work(s): Mille Cherubini in Coro / Tausend Englein im Chor

5. Gésu Bambino

6. Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Intermezzo from L'arlésienne Suite No. 2/6, arranged by Ernest Guirard)

7. Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass

8. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)

9. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Tu Che A Dio Spargesti Le Ali

10. Luisa Miller, opera: Oh! Fede Negar Potessi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It is No Fault of Pavarotti, December 23, 2007

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Andrew W. Saul (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas with Pavarotti (Audio CD)

The first eight songs on this CD appear to be either studio outtakes, or very badly recorded concert material. The ends of several songs are faded off too soon; Pavarotti is still on the note and you do not get to hear him finish. These bad edits, plus a lot, and I mean a lot, of distracting, unpleasant, and surprisingly loud background noise, mar what could have been a bargain. But it is not. And although I think 10 songs is a bit stingy, may I emphasize that the real problem is the abysmal noise and amateurish edits. The last two songs are fine. I recommend that you spend a bit more and buy another Pavarotti CD. He was great. This CD is terrible.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "MILLE CHERUBINI IN CORO" music by Schubert, September 6, 2007

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Scamp Lumm "Littlesorrel/christian zionist" (Perseus-Pisces cluster, ~100Mpc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas with Pavarotti (Audio CD)

A thousand little angels in chorus smile at you from heaven.

This christmas album is a real tresor (treasure). My family has had this for years and I couldn't keep this little song out of my head this morning as I thought of Luciano's passing last night. 'Chiudi gli ochi, ascolta gli angioletti'. Close your eyes, listen to the little angels. 'Una man ti guida lieve tra le nuvole d'oro'. A hand guides you gently through the clouds of gold.

He sings this song in Italian, so I was singing it in my mind in Italian this morning. It's really a lullaby for little children, but it is such a sweet song. It's one of my favorites on this CD. I also love "Oh, Holy Night" which he sings, I believe, in English and French. His is my favorite version of this Christmas carol. I learned this morning that this carol was adapted from a French poem in the 1800's and the English is not a direct translation of the French. No wonder the impact is greater in French, even though I didn't fully understand the French. 'Minuit chretien, c'est l'heure solennelle'. Midnight, christians, it is the solemn hour. 'Peuple a genoux, attends ta delivrance. Noel, Noel, voici le Redempteur'. People, bow, on your knees; Christmas, Christmas, here is your Redeemer, here is your Redemption.

'Attends ta delivrance'. 'Sogna piccolo amor'. Dream my little love.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Christmas with Pavarotti -- Not the Best, January 17, 2008

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Ann G. Laurence "Good Listener" (Lubbock, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas with Pavarotti (Audio CD)

Christmas with Pavarotti has some flaws, mainly that of the 10 songs on the CD, two are arias not particularly associated with Christmas (at least by me). Also, the sound quality is compromised on some of the recordings. It sounds like the songs were recorded before a live audience which is OK, but the quality suffers accordingly. I hope that somewhere, out there, there is a better recording of Pavarotti singing "O Holy Night" as his voice sounds strained and the recording ends abrubtly. If you like Pavarotti, this is an OK CD, but I don't consider it his best.