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The career of José Carreras will surely go down in opera history as one of the greats. This Philips retrospective, covering the years 1976-1992, includes some of the brightest performances he has recorded.
The Spanish singer is best known for his work as a lyric tenor, but as his voice continued to develop, Carreras successfully made the shift to more substantial roles. Rather than presenting this development chronologically, the producers have organized Carreras' work by composer. The first CD is dedicated to his work with the great operas while the second primarily features his lyric performances.
It is in his work with the English Chamber Orchestra that Carreras shines brightest. Virtually all of the second CD has been taken from their work together between 1978 and 1984.
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La Bohème / Act 1 (Giacomo Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 1979 Universal International Music B.V.
Tosca / Act 1 (Giacomo Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Victorien Sardou, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 1976 Universal International Music B.V.
Tosca / Act 3 (Giacomo Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Victorien Sardou, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 1976 Universal International Music B.V.
Manon Lescaut / Act 1 (Giacomo Puccini)
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Author - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Oliva, Author - Giulio Ricordi, Author - Marco Praga, Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Jesús López Cobos, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Antoine-François Prevost, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 1980 Universal International Music B.V.
Turandot / Act 3 (Giacomo Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Adami, Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Renato Simoni, Author - Franco Alfano, Contributor, Work Editor - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Jesús López Cobos, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlo Gozzi, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 1980 Universal International Music B.V.
L'elisir d'amore / Act 2 (Gaetano Donizetti)
Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felice Romani, Author - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Eugene Scribe, Author, Original Text Author - Claudio Scimone, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai di Torino, Orchestra, MainArtist - Enrico Dindo, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1985 Universal International Music B.V.
Un ballo in maschera / Act 3 (Giuseppe Verdi)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eugene Scribe, Author, Original Text Author - Antonio Somma, Author - Roberto Benzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Willem van Leeuwen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
Rigoletto / Act 2 (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Vittorio Negri, Producer, Recording Producer - Jesús López Cobos, Conductor, MainArtist - Victor Marie Hugo, Author, Original Text Author - Tony Buczynski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.
Ernani / Part 1 (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Vittorio Negri, Producer, Recording Producer - Jesús López Cobos, Conductor, MainArtist - Victor Marie Hugo, Author, Original Text Author - Tony Buczynski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.
Il Trovatore / Act 3 (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Salvatore Cammarano, Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Robin Leggate, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Katia Ricciarelli, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antonio García Gutiérrez, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.
La battaglia di Legnano / Act 1 (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Salvatore Cammarano, Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lamberto Gardelli, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - ORF Chorus, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Francois Joseph Méry, Author, Original Text Author - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Universal International Music B.V.
Pagliacci / Act 1 (Ruggero Leoncavallo)
Ruggero Leoncavallo, ComposerLyricist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Jesús López Cobos, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 Universal International Music B.V.
Carmen / Act 2 (Georges Bizet)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Herbert Von Karajan, Conductor, MainArtist - Michel Glotz, Producer, Recording Producer - Georges Bizet, Composer - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henri Meilhac, Author - Ludovic Halevy, Author - Prosper Mérimée, Author, Original Text Author - Günter Hermanns, Editor, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Reinhild Schmidt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Martin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guenther Breest, Producer - Rainer Hoepfner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joerg Iwaschuta, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1983 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Werther / Act 1 (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author
℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.
Das Land des Lächelns / Act II (Franz Lehár)
Franz Lehár, Composer - English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ludwig Herzer, Author - Fritz Löhner-Beda, Author - Brian Culverhouse, Producer, Recording Producer - Roberto Benzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Universal International Music B.V.
Vjekoslav Sutej, Conductor, MainArtist - English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erdo Groot, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Smith, Producer - Jean-Paul-Egide Martini, ComposerLyricist - Jean Pierre Claris de Florian, Author - Federico Agostinelli, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1993 Universal International Music B.V.
Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Vjekoslav Sutej, Conductor, MainArtist - English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Minato, Author, Original Text Author - Erdo Groot, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Smith, Producer - Silvio Stampiglia, Author, Original Text Author - Federico Agostinelli, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1993 Universal International Music B.V.
Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Vjekoslav Sutej, Conductor, MainArtist - English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erdo Groot, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giacomo Rossi, Author - Torquato Tasso, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer - Aaron Hill, Author, Original Text Author - Federico Agostinelli, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1993 Universal International Music B.V.
Vjekoslav Sutej, Conductor, MainArtist - Unknown, Author - English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tommaso Giordani, Composer - Erdo Groot, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Smith, Producer - Federico Agostinelli, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1993 Universal International Music B.V.
DISC 2
Misa Criolla (Ariel Ramirez)
Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - ARIEL RAMIREZ, Composer - Domingo Cura, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sociedad Coral De Bilbao, Choir, MainArtist - Jorge Padin, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Coral Salvé de Laredo, Choir, MainArtist - José Luis Ocejo, Conductor, MainArtist - Alejandro Mayol, Author - Osvaldo Armando Catena, Author - Jesús Gabriel Segade, Author
℗ 1988 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Tosti, Composer - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Author - Edoardo Muller, Conductor, MainArtist - Peter Hope, Arranger, Work Arranger - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giovanni Alfredo Cesareo, Author - Paolo Tosti, Composer - Edoardo Muller, Conductor, MainArtist - Peter Hope, Arranger, Work Arranger - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Tosti, Composer - Salvatore Di Giacomo, Author - Edoardo Muller, Conductor, MainArtist - Peter Hope, Arranger, Work Arranger - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Tosti, Composer - Edoardo Muller, Conductor, MainArtist - Peter Hope, Arranger, Work Arranger - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Rocco Emanuele Pagliara, Author - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Tosti, Composer - Edoardo Muller, Conductor, MainArtist - Peter Hope, Arranger, Work Arranger - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Frances Cimmino, Author - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Tosti, Composer - Edoardo Muller, Conductor, MainArtist - Peter Hope, Arranger, Work Arranger - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Carmelo Errico, Author - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Tosti, Composer - Edoardo Muller, Conductor, MainArtist - Peter Hope, Arranger, Work Arranger - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Carmelo Errico, Author - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Tosti, Composer - Edoardo Muller, Conductor, MainArtist - Peter Hope, Arranger, Work Arranger - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - G. J. Wgyte-Melville, Author - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, ComposerLyricist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Enrique García Asensio, Conductor, MainArtist - Juan Alfonso, Arranger, Work Arranger - Robert Auger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Armet, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1984 Discos Ensayo, Barcelona
Alfredo Mazzucchi, Composer - English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eduardo Di Capua, Composer - Edoardo Muller, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Capurro, Author - Peter Hope, Arranger, Work Arranger - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Salvatore Cardillo, Composer - Edoardo Muller, Conductor, MainArtist - Riccardo Cordiferro, Author - Peter Hope, Arranger, Work Arranger - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luigi Denza, Composer - Edoardo Muller, Conductor, MainArtist - Giuseppe Turco, Author - Peter Hope, Arranger, Work Arranger - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ernesto De Curtis, Composer - Edoardo Muller, Conductor, MainArtist - Peter Hope, Arranger, Work Arranger - Giambattista de Curtis, Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - AGUSTIN LARA, ComposerLyricist - Brian Culverhouse, Producer, Recording Producer - Roberto Benzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Ettore Ballotta, Arranger, Work Arranger - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Enrique García Asensio, Conductor, MainArtist - Juan Alfonso, Arranger, Work Arranger - Robert Auger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Armet, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1984 Discos Ensayo, Barcelona
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - AGUSTIN LARA, Composer - RAY GILBERT, Author - Enrique García Asensio, Conductor, MainArtist - Juan Alfonso, Arranger, Work Arranger - Robert Auger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Armet, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1984 Discos Ensayo, Barcelona
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guy d' Hardelot, Composer - Edward Teschemacher, Author - Enrique García Asensio, Conductor, MainArtist - Juan Alfonso, Arranger, Work Arranger - Robert Auger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Armet, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1984 Discos Ensayo, Barcelona
West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein)
Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Stephen Sondheim, Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Farnon, Arranger, Work Arranger - Robert Farnon And His Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Walter Ridley, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1984 Universal International Music B.V.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Cahn, Composer - Brian Culverhouse, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicholas Brodszky, Composer - Roberto Benzi, Conductor, MainArtist - Hans Lauterslager, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Universal International Music B.V.
Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Cahn, Author - Nikolaus Brodszky, Composer - Robert Farnon And His Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Walter Ridley, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1984 Universal International Music B.V.
Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer - T.S. Eliot, Author - Robert Farnon, Arranger, Work Arranger - Robert Farnon And His Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Trevor Robert Nunn, Author - Walter Ridley, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1984 Universal International Music B.V.
Album review
The career of José Carreras will surely go down in opera history as one of the greats. This Philips retrospective, covering the years 1976-1992, includes some of the brightest performances he has recorded.
The Spanish singer is best known for his work as a lyric tenor, but as his voice continued to develop, Carreras successfully made the shift to more substantial roles. Rather than presenting this development chronologically, the producers have organized Carreras' work by composer. The first CD is dedicated to his work with the great operas while the second primarily features his lyric performances.
It is in his work with the English Chamber Orchestra that Carreras shines brightest. Virtually all of the second CD has been taken from their work together between 1978 and 1984.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 41 track(s)
- Total length: 02:26:57
- Main artists: José Carreras
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 1999 Universal International Music B.V. This Compilation ℗ 1999 Universal International Music B.V.
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