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Romantica: The Very Best of Luciano Pavarotti

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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.

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!

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.

I'm so glad I didn't pay for this disc, instead checking it out from the my public library. The first track, "Caruso", had me thinking I was playing the wrong CD. It's not so much that it's electronic accompaniment. It's really bad synthesizer music. Horribly bad. Inexcusably bad. Cheap-lounge-singer-who-can't-afford-a-piano bad. That train wreck of track sets exactly the worst tone, destroying the mood for the rest of the album. If it weren't for some of the later selections from La Bohème and L'Elisir d'Amore, this CD would be a total loss. Even then, these gems are completely drowned in a gushing flow of treacly Italian "classics" apparently aimed at a certain demographic of blue-haired, tittering Pavarotti fans. I don't mean to sound like a snob. It's just the bad vibe from that first track rattling me. My advice: get it from the library and listen to your favorites. Avoid everything else on pain of intense aural assault.

EASY LISTENING AND GREAT SINGER LOVE HIS MUSIC. CAN RELAX AND ENJOY SOCIAL GATHERING WITH HIS MUSIC IN BACK GROUND. PERFECT

The subject says it all... I need to save up to purchase more of his work.

When I heard of Pavarotti's death I was filled with a sense of loss like nothing I have felt in a very long time. I decided to buy Romantica: The Very Best of Luciano Pavarotti so I could sit and listen and remember the voice that will never be again. The CD is wonderful, selection of music excellent and Pavarotti, as always, was perfection.

This weekend I purchased "The Very Best of Luciano Pavarotti", Romantica. The first track, Caruso is terrible. Classical music, opera, etc, should never be played with synthesized anything! This is especially true with voices like Pavarotti's. This first track was CHEAP and tinny sounding.

Pavarotti is good, but I think that the title is misleading.

Classical music should be with real musical instruments. Lesson #1, if it takes electricity, it's NOT a musical instrument.

My $.02

This weekend I purchased "The Very Best of Luciano Pavarotti", Romantica. The first track, Caruso is terrible. Classical music, opera, etc, should never be played with synthesized anything! This is especially true with voices like Pavarotti's. This first track was CHEAP and tinny sounding.

Pavarotti is good, but I think that the title is misleading.

Classical music should be with real musical instruments. Lesson #1, if it takes electricity, it's NOT a musical instrument.

Pavarotti has a short but excellent repertoire that belongs in "Classical Music" (e.g. Fille du Regiment), however 99% of his recordings belong in Popular Music. Amazon folks, please get your act straight on this guy and his other two tenor friends!