Description: The trouble with big events is that there is almost no way they can live up to the hype that surrounds them. One happy exception was the concert Luciano Pavarotti gave before several hundred thousand fans in New York's Central Park on th...
Track Listing 1. I vespri siciliani: Overture 2. Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido 3. Lucia di Lammermoor: Fra poco a me ricovero 4. L'Arlesiana: E la solita storia...Anch'io vorrei "Lamento" 5. Mattinata 6. Serenata 7. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 8. I can go to God in prayer 9. Chitarra Romana 10. La girometta 11. Occhi di fata 12. Fantasia brilliante on themes from Bizet's 'Carmen' 13. Rondine al nido 14. Non ti scordar di me 15. Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller? 16. Tosca: Recondita armonia 17. Tosca: E lucevan le stelle 18. 'O sole mio 19. Turandot: Nessun dorma! 20. La mia canzone al vento
Details
Playing Time:
77 min.
Distributor:
Universal Distribution
Recording Type:
Live, Studio
Recording Mode:
Stereo
SPAR Code:
DDD
Album Notes The trouble with big events is that there is almost no way they can live up to the hype that surrounds them. One happy exception was the concert Luciano Pavarotti gave before several hundred thousand fans in New York's Central Park on the evening of June 26, 1993. The program is intelligently chosen and well-paced. Pavarotti's voice emerges gradually in the opening "Quando le sere al placido" from Verdi's 'Luisa Miller' before really stretching out, then shifting effortlessly into a group of popular songs before going back to opera for the big closing sequence, concluding with "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's 'Turandot.' Most importantly, the voice itself was in great form that night, sounding wonderfully powerful, accurate, and fresh at the age of 58. The engineers for this recording even managed to get a nice rich sound out of the New York Philharmonic, no mean feat for an outdoor concert.