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The Essential - José Carreras / Sony BMG Music Entertainment 2x Audio CD 2008 / 88697214412
UPC 886972144122
Josep Maria Carreras Coll (Catalan: [ʒuˈzɛb məˈɾi.ə kəˈreɾəs ˈkɔʎ]; born 5 December 1946), better known as José Carreras (/kəˈrɛərəs/, Spanish: [xoˈse kaˈreɾas]), is a Spanish operatic tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini.
Born in Barcelona, he made his debut on the operatic stage at 11 as Trujamán in Manuel de Falla's El retablo de Maese Pedro, and went on to a career that encompassed over 60 roles, performing in the world's leading opera houses and on numerous recordings. He gained fame with a wider audience as one of the Three Tenors, with Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, in a series of large concerts from 1990 to 2003. He is also known for his humanitarian work as president of the José Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation (La Fundació Internacional Josep Carreras per a la Lluita contra la Leucèmia), which he established following his own recovery from the disease in 1988.
| Label: | Sony BMG Music Entertainment – 88697214412 |
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| Series: | The Essential |
| Format: |
2 x CD, Compilation
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| Country: | Germany |
| Released: |
2008 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: |
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | Libiamo, Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici (From Traviata) | 2:57 | |
| 1-2 | Ma Dunque É Amore? ... Amor Ti Vieta (From Fedora) | 2:44 | |
| 1-3 | Dammi I Colori ... Recondita Armonia (From Tosca) | 4:12 | |
| 1-4 | E Lucevan Le Stelle (From Tosca) | 3:18 | |
| 1-5 | O Dolci Mani Mansuete E Pure (From Tosca) | 1:44 | |
| 1-6 | Non Piangere, Liú (From Turandot) | 2:24 | |
| 1-7 | Nessun Dorma! (From Turandot) | 3:15 | |
| 1-8 | Tu Sei Commosso! (From Poliuto) | 3:31 | |
| 1-9 | D' Un' Alma Troppo Fervida (From Poliuto) | 1:59 | |
| 1-10 | Ah! Fuggi Da Morte (From Poliuto) | 3:31 | |
| 1-11 | Fia Vero! ... Di! (From Poliuto) | 1:37 | |
| 1-12 | Senza Musa. Colpito Qui M' Avete Ov' Io ... Un Dí All' Azzurro Spazio (From Andrea Chénier) |
4:22 | |
| 1-13 | Come Un Bel Dí Maggio (From Andrea Chénier) | 7:00 | |
| 1-14 | Orchestral Introduction (From Werther) | 2:28 | |
| 1-15 | Il Faut Nous Séparer ... (From Werther) | 1:59 | |
| 1-16 | Mais Vous Ne Savez Rien De Moi ... (From Werther) | 3:36 | |
| 1-17 | Réve! Extase! (From Werther) | 3:31 | |
| 1-18 | Tu Qui, Santuzza? (From Cavallaria Rusticana) | 9:41 | |
| 1-19 | La Tua Santuzza (From Cavallaria Rusticana) | 2:19 | |
| 1-20 | C'Est Toi! C'Est Moi... (From Carmen) | 4:22 | |
| 1-21 | Mais Moi, Carmen, Je T'Aime Encore (From Carmen) | 4:53 | |
| 2-1 | Some Enchanted Evening (From South Pacific) | 3:15 | |
| 2-2 | Twin Soliloquies: This Is How It Feels (From South Pacific) | 1:47 | |
| 2-3 | This Nearly Was Mine (From South Pacific) | 3:45 | |
| 2-4 | Finale Ultimo: Dites-Moi / Some Enchanted Evening (From South Pacific) | 4:15 | |
| 2-5 | T'Estimo (I LOve Thee) | 2:38 | |
| 2-6 | Damunt De Tu, Només Les Flors (About You, Nothing But Flowers) | 4:02 | |
| 2-7 | Els Contrabandites (The Smugglers) | 2:18 | |
| 2-8 | Festeig (Courtship) | 2:57 | |
| 2-9 | A L'Ombra Dell Lledoner (In The Shadow Of The Nettle Tree) | 4:19 | |
| 2-10 | Canco De Passer Cantant (Pass By Singing) | 2:45 | |
| 2-11 | La Ricordanza (Recollection) | 5:45 | |
| 2-12 | Malinconia, Ninfa Gentile (Melnacholy, Gentle Nymph) | 1:58 | |
| 2-13 | Vaga Luna, Che Inargenti (Lovely Moon) | 3:19 | |
| 2-14 | Per Pietá, Bell'Idol Mio (In Pity, My Fair Idol) | 2:36 | |
| 2-15 | Il Fervido Desiderio (Ardent Desire) | 2:42 | |
| 2-16 | Dolente Immagine Di Fille Mia (Sad Image Of My Phyllis) | 3:30 | |
| 2-17 | Pregaría (El Cant De L'Anima A La Verge) | 4:24 | |
| 2-18 | Wiegenlied (Cradle Song) | 4:10 | |
| 2-19 | Feliz Navidad | 2:58 |
- Arranged By – Christian Kolonovits (tracks: 2-18), Joan Casas (tracks: 2-7), José Carreras (tracks: 2-5), Luca Logi (tracks: 2-17)
- Art Direction – Roxanne Slimak
- Baritone Vocals – Pál Kovács (tracks: 1-2), Robert Kerns (tracks: 1-6, 1-7)
- Bass Vocals – Italo Tajo (tracks: 1-3, 1-4, 1-5), John Paul Bogart (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Paolo Gavanelli (tracks: 1-8, 1-9)
- Choir – Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir* (tracks: 2-17, 2-19), Tallis Chamber Choir (tracks: 1-1, 1-18, 1-19, 1-.20, 1-21), Vienna State Opera Chorus (tracks: 1-6, 1-7)
- Composed By – Gaetano Donizetti (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11), Georges Bizet (tracks: 1-20, 1-21), Giacomo Puccini (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Giuseppe Verdi (tracks: 1-1), Jules Massenet (tracks: 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17), Pietro Mascagni (tracks: 1-18, 1-19), Umberto Giordano (tracks: 1-2, 1-12, 1-13)
- Conductor – Giuseppe Patanè (tracks: 1-2, 1-12, 1-13), Joan Casas* (tracks: 2-10), Jonathan Tunick (tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4), Lorin Maazel (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Michael Tilson Thomas (tracks: 1-3, 1-4, 1-5), Oleg Caetani (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11), Plácido Domingo* (tracks: 1-1, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21), Steven Mercurio (tracks: 2-17, 2-19)
- Graphics – Elisabeth Ladwig
- Libretto By – Adami (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Simoni* (tracks: 1-6, 1-7)
- Liner Notes – Christiane Frobenius
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Agnes Baltsa (tracks: 1-1, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21)
- Orchestra – Hungarian State Orchestra (tracks: 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-12, 1-13), Hungarian Radio & Television Orchestra (tracks: 1-2), Vienna State Opera Orchestra (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu De Barcelona (tracks: 2-10), London Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 1-1, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4,), Vienna Symphony Orchestra* (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 2-17)
- Photography By – Christian Steiner (6)
- Piano – Martin Katz (tracks: 2-16)
- Product Manager – Leslie Collman-Smith
- Songwriter – Carlo Pepoli (tracks: 2-11), Eduard Toldra (tracks: 2-8, 2-9, 2-10), Edvard Grieg, Fermín Maria Álvarez (tracks: 2-17), Frederic Mompou (tracks: 2-6), Gíulio Genoino (tracks: 2-16), H. C. Anderson, Ippolito Pindemonte (tracks: 2-12), Joan Maragall (tracks: 2-8), Josep Janés (tracks: 2-6), Josep M. Sagarra (tracks: 2-10), José Feliciano (tracks: 2-19), Pietro Metastasio (tracks: 2-14), Richard Dehmel (tracks: 2-18), Richard Strauss (tracks: 2-18), Rodgers & Hammerstein (tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4), Tomàs Garcés (tracks: 2-9), Traditional (tracks: 2-7), Vincenzo Bellini (tracks: 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16)
- Soprano Vocals – Katia Ricciarelli (tracks: 1-6, 1-7, 1-10, 1-11), Kiri Te Kanawa (tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4), Eva Marton (tracks: 1-2, 1-12)
- Tenor Vocals – Heinz Zednik (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Helmut Wildhaber (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), José Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti (tracks: 2-19), Plácido Domingo (tracks: 2-19)
- Vocals – Juliet Midgley (tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4), Sarah King (3) (tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4)
