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In four consecutive World Cup tournaments from 1990 to 2002, the Three Tenors sang to packed stadiums of fans and helped revive interest in live opera, particularly in America. By 2006, though, with José Carreras assuming a lower profile and Luciano Pavarotti battling cancer, the still-sturdy, hard-working Plácido Domingo was the only tenor of the three available for the World Cup in Berlin. That was the raison d'être for this compilation of operatic hits and popular songs from the tenor's huge discography, the only new selection of which is a song written for the World Cup finals by his son, Plácido Domingo, Jr. It's called "Willkommen bei Uns" (Welcome) -- and cynics might say that this hymn-like multilingual "popera"-style tune with over-the-top orchestral/choral backing is more of a tribute to the power of nepotism than universal brotherhood. Nevertheless, Plácido Sr. gives it all he's got -- and at 65, his voice still has plenty of power left. There are two versions, the longer take of which is less overblown, better paced, and more intelligible. With nothing else in the cupboard, Sony BMG takes listeners through a cross section of recordings that literally span Domingo's long career, many of which were excerpted from complete opera sets. The selections are usually predictable -- the two hit arias from Tosca; the two big ones from Rigoletto; Celeste Aida; Libiamo; Vesti la Giubba; the inevitable Nessun Dorma!; two popular Domingo specialties, "Granada" and "Andalucia"; and his curiously mismatched hit with John Denver, "Perhaps Love." Yet there is the occasional surprise choice like Domingo's magnificently sustained take on Svegliatevi Nel Core from Handel's Julius Caesar. As useful as this compact overview of Domingo's consistency over the decades is, it shouldn't have been offered at full price.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Chor des Saarländischen Staatstheaters, Performer - Leonid Grin, Conductor - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Placido Domingo, Jr., Composer - Placido Domingo, Jr., Lyricist - RSO Saarbrücken, Performer - Ralf Schnellbach, Engineer - Thomas Raisig, Producer
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (GERMANY) GmbH
Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Performer - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Adami, Librettist - Luis Cobos, Arranger - Luis Cobos, Conductor - Placido Domingo, Performer - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Producer not documented on available sources, Producer - Renato Simoni, Librettist - Robin Stapleton, Chorus Master - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer
(P) 1989 Sony Music Entertainment
Agustín Lara, Composer - Agustín Lara, Lyricist - Bebu Silvetti, Arranger - Bebu Silvetti, Composer - Bebu Silvetti, Conductor - Bebu Silvetti, Lyricist - Bebu Silvetti, Producer - Placido Domingo, Performer - Placido Domingo, Tenor - VVC Symphony, Performer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment
Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Giacosa, Lyricist - Luigi Illica, Lyricist - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Performer - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Richard Mohr, Producer - Zubin Mehta, Conductor
(P) 1973 Sony Music Entertainment
Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi)
André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Re-Issue Producer - London Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Michael Spellmann, Recording Engineer - Nello Santi, Conductor - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Richard Mohr, Producer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment
John Denver, Composer - John Denver, Guitar - John Denver, Lyricist - John Denver, Vocal - John Denver with Placido Domingo, Performer - Lee Holdridge, Conductor - Milton Okun, Producer - Placido Domingo, Tenor
(P) 1981 Sony Music Entertainment
Antonio Ghislanzoni, Librettist - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - James Levine, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Performer - Michel Glotz, Producer - Placido Domingo, Performer - Placido Domingo, Tenor
(P) 1991 Sony Classical, a division of Sony BMG Entertainment
Giulio Cesare (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Edward Downes, Conductor - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Nicola Francesco Haym, Librettist - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer
Originally Recorded 1968. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi)
Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Nello Santi, Conductor - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Performer - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Richard Mohr, Producer
(P) 1973 BMG Music
Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettist - Luigi Illica, Librettist - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Performer - Paul Plishka, Bass (Vocal) - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Zubin Mehta, Conductor
(P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment
Martha (Friedrich von Flotow)
André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Friedrich von Flotow, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Re-Issue Producer - London Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Nello Santi, Conductor - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Richard Mohr, Producer - Wilhelm Friedrich, Librettist
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment
Emilio De Torre, Lyricist - Ernesto Lecuona, Composer - Lee Holdridge, Arranger - Lee Holdridge, Conductor - Milton Okun, Producer - Placido Domingo, Performer - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment
Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Edward Downes, Conductor - Lorenzo da Ponte, Librettist - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(P) 1968 Sony Music Entertainment
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giovacchino Forzano, Librettist - London Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Paul Myers, Producer - Placido Domingo, Performer - Placido Domingo, Tenor
(P) 1977 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
I Pagliacci (Ruggero Leoncavallo)
André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - John Pfeiffer, Re-Issue Producer - London Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Michael Spellmann, Engineer - Nello Santi, Conductor - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Richard Mohr, Producer - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Librettist
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment
La bohème (Giacomo Puccini)
Georg Solti, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettist - Luigi Illica, Librettist - Montserrat Caballé, Soprano - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Sherrill Milnes, Baritone - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment
Carol Connors, Lyricist - Lee Holdridge, Arranger - Lee Holdridge, Composer - Maureen McGovern, Performer - Milton Okun, Producer - Placido Domingo, Performer - Placido Domingo, Tenor
(P) 1985 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Aïnhoa Arteta, Soprano - Eugene Kohn, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Inva Mula-Tchako, Soprano - Kwangchul Youn, Bass (Vocal) - Les Musiciens de l'Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris-Bastille, Performer - Michel Glotz, Producer - Nina Stemme, Soprano - Placido Domingo, Performer - Placido Domingo, Tenor
(P) 1994 Sony Classical, a division of Sony Entertainment Holdings GmbH
Chor des Saarländischen Staatstheaters, Performer - Leonid Grin, Conductor - Placido Domingo, Tenor - Placido Domingo, Jr., Composer - Placido Domingo, Jr., Lyricist - RSO Saarbrücken, Performer - Ralf Schnellbach, Engineer - Thomas Raisig, Producer
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (GERMANY) GmbH
Albumbeschreibung
In four consecutive World Cup tournaments from 1990 to 2002, the Three Tenors sang to packed stadiums of fans and helped revive interest in live opera, particularly in America. By 2006, though, with José Carreras assuming a lower profile and Luciano Pavarotti battling cancer, the still-sturdy, hard-working Plácido Domingo was the only tenor of the three available for the World Cup in Berlin. That was the raison d'être for this compilation of operatic hits and popular songs from the tenor's huge discography, the only new selection of which is a song written for the World Cup finals by his son, Plácido Domingo, Jr. It's called "Willkommen bei Uns" (Welcome) -- and cynics might say that this hymn-like multilingual "popera"-style tune with over-the-top orchestral/choral backing is more of a tribute to the power of nepotism than universal brotherhood. Nevertheless, Plácido Sr. gives it all he's got -- and at 65, his voice still has plenty of power left. There are two versions, the longer take of which is less overblown, better paced, and more intelligible. With nothing else in the cupboard, Sony BMG takes listeners through a cross section of recordings that literally span Domingo's long career, many of which were excerpted from complete opera sets. The selections are usually predictable -- the two hit arias from Tosca; the two big ones from Rigoletto; Celeste Aida; Libiamo; Vesti la Giubba; the inevitable Nessun Dorma!; two popular Domingo specialties, "Granada" and "Andalucia"; and his curiously mismatched hit with John Denver, "Perhaps Love." Yet there is the occasional surprise choice like Domingo's magnificently sustained take on Svegliatevi Nel Core from Handel's Julius Caesar. As useful as this compact overview of Domingo's consistency over the decades is, it shouldn't have been offered at full price.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:09
- Main artists: Plácido Domingo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Klassiek
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (GERMANY) GmbH
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