Romantica: The Very Best of Luciano Pavarotti

Lucio Dalla (Composer), Ernesto de Curtis (Composer), Salvatore Cardillo (Composer), Cesare Andrea Bixio (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Eldo di Lazzaro (Composer), Eduardo di Capua (Composer), Ernesto Tagliaferri (Composer), Luigi Denza (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Umberto Giordano (Composer), Friedrich von Flotow (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Henry Mancini (Conductor), Giancarlo Chiaramello (Conductor), Piero Gamba (Conductor), Anton Guadagno (Conductor), Herbert von Karajan (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Henry Mancini, Giancarlo Chiaramello, Piero Gamba, Anton Guadagno, Herbert von Karajan
• Composer: Lucio Dalla, Ernesto de Curtis, Salvatore Cardillo, Cesare Andrea Bixio, Ruggero Leoncavallo, et al.
• Audio CD (February 5, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00005Y204
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,761 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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47 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent-a wonderful compilation CD., May 19, 2002

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Richard D. Cappetto "RickDC" (Moodus, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Romantica: The Very Best of Luciano Pavarotti (Audio CD)

This is a wonderful sounding CD, much better then some of the other CD compilations I have of Luciano. The remastering is excellent. Also the song selection is wonderful, a fine collection of Opera and Italian classics. Highlights are Caruso, Torna a Surriento, Mattinata, O Sole Mio (does anyone do it better?), Una Furtiva Lagrima, Dalla Sua Pace and Nessun Dorma (almost rattles the speakers, but is mastered just right to understand the power of Luciano's voice without distortion). Heck, every song on hear is a highlight, its a great collection and sounds wonderful; Fantastic. It's a must have for any Pavarotti fan.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Okay so track #1 aside..., December 13, 2005

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J. Hitchcock "An Opera Singer" (Athens, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Romantica: The Very Best of Luciano Pavarotti (Audio CD)

I got this as a gift last Christmas and just got around to writing a review. To start off with, let me say that I think Pavarotti is the greatest tenor ever. Period. His command of his voice (breath control, relaxation, etc.) were absolutely flawless, and no he never shouted (except when he was getting old and losing his voice...maybe), cause I have never heard anyone shout with vibrato. Anyways, yes I have heard better accompanyments than Caruso's (track #1) on a certain children's show that will remain unnamed but it features a large purple dinosaur, but that doesn't ruin the entire CD for me like it did for the other reviewers. Let's face it the rest of the CD is Pavarotti classics. You won't find a better Nessun Dorma anywhere. His La Danza is wonderful, his L'elisir is legendary and La Boheme's Rodolfo is one of, if not his truly signature role. As for the Neapolitan songs, you can't criticize him for those. It's no different than Kathleen Battle throwing in a few spirituals on her CDs. Yes, I wish there were more arias on the CD (Ah! Mes amis for instance) but still was not dissappointed by this CD at all. Buy it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars lacking in the qualilty I expected, October 22, 2007

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Armand W. Micheline III (Seattle, WA.) - See all my reviews
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While I love the voice of Pavorotti, I was disappointed in this CD. It's clearly copies of recordings, and doesn't have the quality I have heard on earlier cd's.

I would recommend getting his cd's of his actual recordings, not a compilation cd like this.