Notes and Editorial Reviews
This set is available at a special rate: two CDs for the price of one.
Much more than a greatest hits collection, BRAVO DOMINGO is truly a portrait of a unique artist, one in possession of a golden, honeyed voice and a manner at once noble and warmly emotive. The track listings alone reveal his singularity. Once past the obligatory "Nessun dorma" and "Vesti la giubba," you will find him in some of the many French speaking roles for which he is famous, and then, most exceptionally, in extended excerpts from 'Meistersinger' and 'Tannhäuser.' No other tenor covers so much ground with such command.
Indeed, one of the virtues which has made Placido Domingo so special is that he has taken on new roles while further developing the
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interpretation of his core repertoire. While some of these arias are taken from complete opera recordings, others are from recitals such as the 1980 San Francisco Opera Gala concert with Giulini, where Domingo, as always, seems to be rethinking details rather than rehashing. There are many Domingo collections available in a variety of sizes, but in the two-disk category, this is a winner. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.
Language: Italian
2.
Les pêcheurs de perles: Je crois entendre encore by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863; France
Length: 3 Minutes 47 Secs.
Language: French
3.
L'Africaine: O paradis sorti de l'onde by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 38 Secs.
Language: French
Notes: This selection begins with "Pays merveilleux..."
4.
La juive: Rachel, quand du Seigneur by Jacques Halévy
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Paris, France
Length: 5 Minutes 41 Secs.
Language: French
5.
Les contes d'Hoffmann: Il était une fois "Kleinzach Legend" by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor),
Robin Leggate (Tenor)
Conductor:
Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra,
ORTF Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Paris, France
Length: 4 Minutes 58 Secs.
Language: French
6.
Otello: Niun mi tema (Death of Otello) by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Ramón Vargas (Tenor),
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Bass),
Giacomo Prestia (Baritone),
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Myung-Whun Chung
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bastille Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 42 Secs.
Language: Italian
7.
Macbeth: Ah, la paterna mano by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847/1865; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "O figlio..."
8.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Morgenlich leuchtend by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Catarina Ligendza (Soprano),
Peter Lagger (Bass),
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone),
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Eugen Jochum
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus,
Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; Germany
Length: 7 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: German
9.
Tannhäuser: Inbrunst im Herzen "Rome Narrative" by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845/1861; Germany
Length: 8 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: German
10.
Un ballo in maschera: Ma se m' è forza perderti by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 16 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "Forse la soglia attinse..."
11.
Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Lorin Maazel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 24 Secs.
Language: Italian
12.
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 38 Secs.
Language: Italian
13.
Granada by Agustín Lara
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Marcel Peeters
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; Mexico
Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: Arranged: Peeters
14.
Non ti scordar di me by Ernesto De Curtis
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Karl-Heinz Loges
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: Arranged: Engelen
15.
Muñequita Linda by María Grever
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Karl-Heinz Loges
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Mexico
Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: Arranged: Loges
16.
Nostalgias by Juan Carlos Cobian
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Roberto Pansera
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rado Pansera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Argentina
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: Arranged: Pansera
17.
Rigoletto: Parmi veder le lagrime...Possente amor mi chiama by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Written: 1851
Length: 5 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "Elle mi fu rapita..."
18.
Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: Italian
19.
Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée "Flower song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Length: 4 Minutes 16 Secs.
Language: French
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
20.
Don Carlos: Fountainebleu! Foresta immensa by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867/1884; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 12 Secs.
Language: French
21.
Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: Italian
22.
Aida: Celeste Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "Se quel guerrier io fossi!..."
23.
La Fanciulla del West: Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Sherrill Milnes (Baritone),
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra,
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1910; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 16 Secs.
Language: Italian
24.
Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola, ch'ai di latti la cammisa by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: Italian
25.
La traviata: De' miei bollenti spiriti by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlos Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bavarian State Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "Lunge da lei..."
26.
Lucia di Lammermoor: Fra poco a me ricovero by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "Tombe degl'avi miei..."
27.
Il trovatore: Di quella pira by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Rosalind Plowright (Soprano),
Placido Domingo (Tenor),
Walter Gullino (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus,
Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs.
Language: Italian
28.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: Italian
29.
The Toast of New Orleans: Be My Love by Nicholas Brodszky
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Karl-Heinz Loges
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1949; USA
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Ebbinghouse
30.
El día que me quieras by Carlos Gardel
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Roberto Pansera
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rado Pansera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; Argentina
Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: Arranged: Roberto Pansera
31.
I Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 41 Secs.
Language: Italian
32.
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 50 Secs.
Language: Italian
33.
Oberon, J 306: Von Jugend auf schon in Kampfgefild by Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Rafael Kubelik
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825-1826; Dresden, Germany
Length: 7 Minutes 14 Secs.
Language: German
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