Moments of Passion

Sherrill Milnes (Performer), Placido Jr. [son] Domingo (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Agustin Lara (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), John Denver (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Friedrich von Flotow (Composer), Ernesto Lecuona (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Lee Holdridge (Composer), Leonid Grin (Conductor), Luis Cobos (Conductor), Bebu Silvetti (Conductor), Zubin Mehta (Conductor), Nello Santi (Conductor), Lee Holdridge (Conductor), James Levine (Conductor), Edward Downes (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Sherrill Milnes
• Conductor: Leonid Grin, Luis Cobos, Bebu Silvetti, Zubin Mehta, Nello Santi, et al.
• Composer: Placido Jr. [son] Domingo, Giacomo Puccini, Agustin Lara, Giuseppe Verdi, John Denver, et al.
• Audio CD (October 3, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Classics
• ASIN: B000HEZF6S
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #489,152 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Willkommen Bei Uns (Welcome), for voice & orchestra

2. Turandot, opera: Nessun Dorma!

3. Granada, for voice & orchestra (with chorus ad lib)

4. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle

5. Rigoletto, opera: La Donna è mobile

6. Perhaps love

7. Aida, opera: Se quel guerrier io fossi!

8. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17: Svegliatevi nel core

9. Rigoletto, opera: Questa o quella

10. Tosca, opera: Dammi i colori... Recondita armonia

11. Martha, opera: M'apparì

12. Andalucía, song

13. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Il mio tesoro

14. Gianni Schicchi, opera: Firenze è come un albero fiorito

15. Pagliacci, opera: Recitar! Mentre preso... Vesti la giubba

16. La bohème, opera: O soave fanciulla

17. Love Until the End of Time

18. La Traviata, opera: Libiamo ne' lietia

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Plácido Domingo has two passions: music and soccer. He has attended every World Cup final since 1990; this CD features several of the songs and arias he has performed at these events, including the premier recording of a song composed for him by his son, Plácido Domingo Jr., especially for the 2006 games in Germany. Entitled "Willkommen bei Uns," it opens the program in a short version and closes it in a long, multilingual one. (The booklet credits Samantha Domingo as lyricist without specifying her status in the family.) The rest of Moments of Passion is a compilation of Domingo's greatest hits, drawn from his enormous discography and bearing witness to his incredible vocal, stylistic, and emotional range. The disc presents arias from his signature roles in operas by Puccini, Leoncavallo, Flotow, and Verdi, including a scene from La Traviata where he is joined by several winners of his competition Operalia. There are also arias by Mozart and Handel and songs with Hollywood-style orchestral arrangements by Lee Holdridge: Lara's "Granada," Lecuona's "Andalucía," and two by John Denver, who contributes vocals in one, while Maureen McGovern acts as partner in the other. Baritone Sherrill Milnes, bass Paul Plishka, and the radiant-voiced soprano Montserrat Caballé take small roles in the operatic excerpts. The result is a linguistic and stylistic smorgasbord, but Domingo's vocal grandeur and powerful personality make it work. Though the dates of the original recordings are not mentioned, they obviously cover many years: Domingo's voice changes perceptibly from bright to dark, light to heavy, but its intensity, variability, and expressiveness never falter. Whether in moments of passion or repose, Domingo can do no wrong. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Moments of Passion, January 15, 2007

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Judy Shepard (USA) - See all my reviews
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I really enjoyed so much myself and, also, friends and family members that they had the opportunity to listen. His voice and bakground are outstanding

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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect...., August 3, 2009

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Stephen Cramer "stevecramer2" (Salem, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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The reviewer from Houston, Texas gave this a one star based on nothing except stupidity and not reading or listening to the CD.

There are more than a dozen guest performers and not have a picture of such a minor player like Sherrill Milnes on the cover is nonsense.

Of course this a Domingo album, the label is correct with many guest performers including John Denver and is perfect.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Picture is not Milnes, January 11, 2007

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Luther C. Campbell (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
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I have not heard this CD yet. However, I must tell you that the picture on the album is NOT Sherrill Milnes but is Placido Domingo. The label is wrong and drew me to the CD. I have been a Milnes fan for 30 years and am sure of my warning.