Audio CD review:
Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, Cesare Andrea Bixio, Eduardo di Capua, Salvatore Cardillo, Robin Centonze Michele Smith, Ernesto de Curtis, Lucio Dalla, Gaetano Donizetti, Luciano Pavarotti - Luciano Pavarotti: The Best (Farewell Tour)

Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, Cesare Andrea Bixio, Eduardo di Capua, Salvatore Cardillo, Robin Centonze Michele Smith, Ernesto de Curtis, Lucio Dalla, Gaetano Donizetti, Luciano Pavarotti - Luciano Pavarotti: The Best (Farewell Tour)

Band: Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, Cesare Andrea Bixio, Eduardo di Capua, Salvatore Cardillo, Robin Centonze Michele Smith, Ernesto de Curtis, Lucio Dalla, Gaetano Donizetti, Luciano Pavarotti Title: Luciano Pavarotti: The Best (Farewell Tour) Rating: Release Date: 13 September, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: La donna è mobile 2: Una furtiva lagrima 3: "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) 4: Donna non vidi mai 5: Che gelida manina 6: O soave fanciulla 7: Mi batte il cor...O Paradiso! 8: M'appari 9: Quando le sere al placido chiaror d'un ciel stellato 10: Se quel guerrier io fossi!..Celeste Aida 11: Forse la soglia attinse 12: Recitar! - "Vesti la giubba" 13: Come un bel dì di maggio 14: Ah mes amis - Pour mon âme 15: Di quella pira 16: Nessun dorma! 17: Torna a Surriento 18: Santa Lucia luntana 19: La Danza 20: L'ultima canzone 21: Non t'amo più 22: Mattinata 23: 'O sole mio 24: 'A vucchella 25: Core 'ngrato 26: Nel blu, dipinto di blu 27: Vivere 28: Il Canto 29: Caruso 30: Buongiorno a te 31: Ti adoro 32: E lucevan le stelle 33: Questa o quella (Ballata) 34: Parmi veder le lagrime

Editoral Review These 35 selections are an astonishing achievement: Taken, for the most part from the tenor's prime--the 1970s and '80s (although there are four earlier and three from 2003)--what we hear is golden tone, impeccable diction, an innate sense of style and line and where the music should be going, absolutely natural phrasing, an evenness of production from C to (shining) C, and an ability to communicate warmth, passion, and the sheer love of music-making. Anyone discovering this album who had never heard or heard of Luciano Pavarotti would immediately recognize greatness, a one-of-a-kind, one-per-generation (maybe) talent and personality that commands attention, respect, and yes, even love. The first CD is devoted to opera, with a dazzling "La donna e mobile," a smooth-as-silk "Una furtive lagrima," the famous aria from "La fille du regiment" with nine high Cs, "Nessun dorma" and many more. The second CD is mostly songs ("Torna a Surriento," "La danza," "O sole mio," etc. ) sung with élan and flawless style, plus a couple of ghastly pop tunes (from 2003); to make up for them, we get a bonus--the three arias from Pavarotti's first EP from Decca, recorded in 1964--"E lucevan le stelle" and two arias from Rigoletto. Bravo, Pavarotti--we miss you already. --Robert Levine .. You can see a complete list of all Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, Cesare Andrea Bixio, Eduardo di Capua, Salvatore Cardillo, Robin Centonze Michele Smith, Ernesto de Curtis, Lucio Dalla, Gaetano Donizetti, Luciano Pavarotti discography, or go back to the Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, Cesare Andrea Bixio, Eduardo di Capua, Salvatore Cardillo, Robin Centonze Michele Smith, Ernesto de Curtis, Lucio Dalla, Gaetano Donizetti, Luciano Pavarotti tabs