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LUCIANO PAVAROTTI: THE COMPLETE OPERAS (101 CDS)

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI: THE COMPLETE OPERAS (101 CDS)

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Decca marks this occasion to marvel once again at the sheer quality of the voice of ‘The People’s Tenor’ with a 101-disc collection presenting every role he ever recorded and performed. Every role since his debut recording of La Bohème in 1961 is included, allowing critics, collectors and opera lovers once more to appreciate his truly exceptional gifts. Every single opera is presented in the best possible audio quality, remastered at Abbey Road under the supervision of former Decca engineers.

• 95 CDs + 6 Blu-ray Audio discs in original jackets

• Presenting EVERY role ever performed, brought together for the first time

• Complete opera recordings from Decca, DG and Philips

• Includes two opera recordings from EMI/Warner Classics: L’amico Fritz and Don Carlo

• 34 complete operas PLUS a number of operas he recorded more than once

• Also included are the stellar recordings of Verdi’s Requiem and Rossini’s Stabat Mater

• Recordings remastered at Abbey Road and presented in the best possible quality. 21 analogue recordings now in definitive 24-bit transfers

• Includes his debut performance of La Bohème, Modena, 1961

• PLUS Six iconic performances in true 24-bit (Blu-ray Audio)

• Hardback book with new essay by James Jolly, numerous photographs from his career, press clippings and reminiscences from collaborators such as Zubin Mehta and Mirella Freni

• Hi-gloss lamination on outer box

• Wallets with spines

• Original Jackets

“It was always a pure joy to make music with Luciano Pavarotti as he was not only perfectly prepared - which inspired everybody involved - but our close contact no matter if on stage or during a recording was simply ideal. His humility always helped in every project to solve any problem that might have occurred.” Zubin Mehta

“Pavarotti’s story is also the Decca story as – and unusually – artist and record company worked hand-in-hand for 45 years until the singer's death in 2007” James Jolly (from the accompanying book)

Decca, the Opera Company, has always invested infinite energy and enormous care on its productions, marrying the greatest casts, experienced opera orchestras and great conductors with its unrivalled technical skill and superb sound. Now remastered at 24-bit and presented in definitive transfers, these 101 discs are sure testimony to the artistic achievements of the label’s artists, producers and engineers: including, John Culshaw, Christopher Raeburn, Ray Minshull, Kenneth Wilkinson, Gordon Parry, Jack Law and James Lock.

• This collection features inspired collaborations with the great opera conductors of our time, including: Karajan, Solti, Mehta, Bonynge, Levine, Chailly

• With rarely surpassed casts featuring artists including Sutherland, Horne, Crespin, Minton, Fischer-Dieskau, Ghiaurov, Milnes, Freni, Scotto, Te Kanawa, Nucci, Caballé and many more

• Critically acclaimed performances of La Bohème and Madama Butterfly with Karajan. Other highlights include Tosca, Andrea Chenier, Norma, and the unbeatable Verdi Requiem with Sir Georg Solti

• Multiple recordings of Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata; Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore; and Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci

Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Josephine Veasey, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge

Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Monica Sinclair; Jules Bruyere, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Richard Bonynge

Verdi: Requiem

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Marilyn Horne; Martti Talvela, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Sir Georg Solti

Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz

  • Mirella Freni; Laura Didier, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Chorus & Orchetra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
  • Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier

  • Régine Crespin; Yvonne Minton; Manfred Jungwirth, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Sir Georg Solti

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Dominic Cossa; Spiro Malas, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

  • Renata Tebaldi; Helen Donath; Regina Resnik; Sherrill Milnes, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Orchestra e coro dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
  • Bruno Bartoletti

Verdi: Macbeth

  • Elena Suliotis; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Lamberto Gardelli

Rossini: Stabat Mater

  • Pilar Lorengar; Yvonne Minton; Hans Sotin, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • London Symphony Chorus
  • Istvan Kertesz

Verdi: Rigoletto

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Sherrill Milnes; Martti Talvela; Clifford Grant, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Sherrill Milnes; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Ryland Davies, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Richard Bonynge

Puccini: Turandot

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Montserrat Caballé; Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • The John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Zubin Mehta

Puccini: La Bohème

  • Mirella Freni; Elizabeth Harwood; Rolando Panerai; Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Herbert von Karajan

Bellini: I Puritani

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Gian Carlo Luccardi; Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Richard Bonynge

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

  • Mirella Freni; Christa Ludwig; Robert Kerns, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Herbert von Karajan

Donizetti: La Favorita

  • Fiorenza Cossotto; Gabriel Bacquier; Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Coro & Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
  • Richard Bonynge

Donizetti: Maria Stuarda

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Huguette Tourangeau, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Coro & Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
  • Richard Bonynge

Verdi: Luisa Miller

  • Montserrat Caballé; Anna Reynolds; Sherrill Milnes; Richard van Allan, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Peter Maag

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

  • Julia Varady; Ida Bormida; Piero Cappuccilli, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

  • Mirella Freni; Ingvar Wixell; Vincenzo Bello, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • The London Opera Chorus, The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Giuseppe Patanè

Verdi: Il Trovatore

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Marilyn Horne; Ingvar Wixell; Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge

Puccini: Tosca

  • Mirella Freni; Sherrill Milnes; Michel Sénéchal, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Nicola Rescigno

Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle

  • Mirella Freni; Lucia Valentini-Terrani; Ruggero Raimondi; Leone Magiera; Vittoria Rosetta, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle

  • Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Donizetti: Messa da Requiem

  • Renato Bruson; Viorica Cortez; Paolo Washington, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra & Chorus
  • Gerhard Fackler

Rossini: Guglielmo Tell

  • Mirella Freni; Sherill Milnes; Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Ambrosian Singers
  • Riccardo Chailly

Verdi: La Traviata

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Matteo Manuguerra, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge

Bellini: La Sonnambula

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Della Jones; Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge

Ponchielli: La Gioconda

  • Montserrat Caballé; Agnes Baltsa; Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • ; The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Bruno Bartoletti

Boito: Mefistofele

  • Nicolai Ghiaurov; Mirella Freni; Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Oliviero de Fabritiis

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

  • Margaret Price; Kathleen Battle; Renato Bruson; Christa Ludwig, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Georg Solti

Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier

  • Montserrat Caballé; Leo Nucci; Astrid Varnay, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Chorus of the Welsh National Opera; National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Riccardo Chailly

Mozart: Idomeneo, K366

  • Frederica von Stade; Ileana Cotrubas, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Metropolitan Opera
  • James Levine

Bellini: Norma

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Samuel Ramey; Kim Begley, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Orchestra & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera
  • Richard Bonynge

Verdi: Aida

  • Maria Chiara; Ghena Dimitrova; Leo Nucci; Paata Burchuladze, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
  • Lorin Maazel

Verdi: Ernani

  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Leo Nucci; Paata Burchuladze, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Chorus of the Welsh National Opera; Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
  • Richard Bonynge

Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)

  • Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Berliner Philharmoniker, Ernst Senff Chor
  • James Levine

Verdi: Rigoletto

  • June Anderson; Leo Nucci; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Orchestra & Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
  • Riccardo Chailly

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore

  • Kathleen Battle; Leo Nucci; Dawn Upshaw, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
  • James Levine

Verdi: Il Trovatore

  • Barbara Frittoli; Antonella Banaudi; Leo Nucci, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
  • Zubin Mehta

Verdi: Otello

  • Kiri Te Kanawa; Leo Nucci; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
  • Sir Georg Solti

Verdi: La Traviata

  • Cheryl Studer; Juan Pons; Wendy White; Anthony Laciura, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Metropolitan Opera
  • James Levine

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

  • Daniela Dessi; Juan Pons; Paolo Coni; Ernesto Gavazzi, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Westminster Symphonic Choir; Philadelphia Boys Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Riccardo Muti

Puccini: Manon Lescaut

  • Mirella Freni; Dwayne Croft; Cecilia Bartoli; Giuseppe Taddei; Ramón Vargas, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Metropolitan Opera
  • James Levine

Verdi: Don Carlo

  • Daniela Dessì; Luciana d’Intino; Samuel Ramey, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Teatro alla Scala
  • Riccardo Muti

Verdi: Rigoletto

  • Vladimir Chernov; Cheryl Studer; Roberto Scandiuzzi, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Metropolitan Opera
  • James Levine

Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata

  • June Anderson; Richard Leech; Samuel Ramey; Patricia Racette, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Metropolitan Opera
  • James Levine

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore

  • blu-ray
  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Dominic Cossa; Spiro Malas, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

  • blu-ray
  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Sherrill Milnes; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Ryland Davies, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Richard Bonynge

Verdi: Rigoletto

  • blu-ray
  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Sherrill Milnes; Martti Talvela; Clifford Grant, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge

Puccini: Turandot

  • blu-ray
  • Dame Joan Sutherland; Montserrat Caballé; Nicolai Ghiaurov;, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • The John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Zubin Mehta

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

  • blu-ray
  • Mirella Freni; Christa Ludwig; Robert Kerns, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Herbert von Karajan

Puccini: La Bohème

  • Pavarotti’s debut recording (Modena, 1961)
  • Vito Mattioli; Alberta Pellegrini, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Municipale di Reggio Emilia
  • Stelio Maroli
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