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Product Description Christmas Magic Viva Luciano A forever Christmas recording One of the best sacred song albums
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Media Type: CD
Artist: PAVAROTTI,LUCIANO
Title: O HOLY NIGHT
Street Release Date: 10/11/2005
Genre: CLASSICAL ARTISTS
This CD is a compilation of (mainly) devotional music sung by Pavarotti when he was in or near his prime, most going back, gloriously, to 1976. Precisely what Orfeo's lament (from the Gluck opera) is doing in a recital called "O Holy Night" is beyond me, but the rest of the selections are well chosen. The title song is gorgeously enough performed to be worth the album's asking price, the tenor's voice ringing out with great clarity and beauty, and the selection from Rossini's Stabat Mater is even more thrilling, with its ascent to high D flat near its close. Verdi's "Ingemisco," from his Requiem, is handsomely and sensitively delivered, and the others elections, with or without choir, are simply stunning. A CD for Christmas and the rest of the year as well. --Robert Levine
Tracklisting:
Disc 1:
1. O holy night (Minuit chrétien)
2. Pietà, Signore
3. Panis Angelicus
4. Qual Giglio Candido
5. Ave Maria
6. Gesù Bambino
7. Che farò senza Euridice
8. Cujus animam gementem
9. Ingemisco
10. Ave Maria: arr. from Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846
11. Mille cherubini in coro (arr. after Schubert)
12. Agnus Dei
13. Sanctus
14. Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful)
15. O Jesu mi ducissime
16. Ave verum corpus (attrib.)
17. Ave Maria, Dolce Maria
Customer Reviews:
Pavarotti Noel's - outstanding music no matter the time of year
A friend gave me a gift of this album several years ago and while I am not a big fan of Christmas music albums generally, this one is special. I listen to it all the time--when I am feeling good, feeling sad, or need relaxation. Pavarotti's voice plus the Italian lyrics in the opera arias provide a wonderful listening experience. Highly recommended.
Some of the most beautiful Christmas songs are performed by one of the world's greatest tenors. This recording puts others to shame.
Outstanding selections. I bought CD to replace old vinyl of same music that warped over the years. Especially enjoyed Vienna Boys Choir in the mix. Nobody sings or will ever sing this kind of music like Luciano. RIP.
My favorite cut is "Gesu Bambino." It's a very difficult song to sing, and breathtaking on this recording.
Amongst the plethora of hokum that the recording companies pass on to us in the name of sacred/Xmas music using big name artists who barely seem to know why they are recording this music, Pavarotti's album shines out as a good example of the genre. Using various recordings throughout his career, the album features big Lucy working with various orchestras and conductors and the arrangements are well done.
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