Essential Pavarotti II
Essential Pavarotti II is an album by tenor Luciano Pavarotti. It was released in 1991 by Decca Records and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart.[1] In doing so it duplicated its predecessor and became the second classical album to achieve this.[2]
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Released | 1991 |
Genre | Opera |
Label | Decca Records |
Track listing
A side
- "Questa o quella" (from Verdi's Rigoletto)
- "Recondita armonia" (from Puccini's Tosca)
- Brindisi: "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (from verdi's La traviata)
- "Amor ti vieta" (from Giordano's Fedora)
- "Mi batte il cor ... O paradiso" from Meyerbeer's L'Africaine)
- "Se quel guerrier io fossi! ... Celeste Aida" from Verdi's Aida
- "Ch'ella mi creda" (from Puccini's La fanciulla del West)
- "Donna non vidi mai" (from Puccini's Manon Lescaut)
- "Pourquoi me réveiller?" (from Massenet's Werther
- "O soave fanciulla" (from Puccini's La bohème)
B side
- "Marechiare" (Neapolitan song by Paolo Tosti)
- "Ave Maria" (lied by Schubert)
- "La serenata" (song by Paolo Tosti)
- "Panis angelicus" (by César Franck)
- "In un palco della scala (With Apologies to Pink Panther)" (song by Henry Mancini)
- "Caro mio ben" (arietta by Tommaso Giordani)
- "Mamma" (song by Cesare Andrea Bixio and Bixio Cherubini)
- "Nessun dorma" – live (from Puccini's Turandot)
Chart performance
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart[1] | 1 |
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References
- "Luciano Pavarotti – Essential Pavarotti II (click "Albums" tab)". Official Charts (UK). Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- Jones, Millicent (1995). The World's Greatest Tenors. JG Press. p. 21. ISBN 9781572150560.
His recordings have continued to outsell those of any other classical artist, and he was the first ever classical artist to reach the number one position in the UK pop album charts with his Essential Pavarotti. Essential Pavarotti II duplicated this ...
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