The Essential Jose Carreras

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Sony Masterworks
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January 15, 2008
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      JOSE CARRERAS
    • PERFORMER
      Jose Carreras
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 15, 2008
    • UPC
      886972135823
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      88697213582
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. La traviata, Act I: Libiamo ne' lieti calici

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Tallis Chamber Choir, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Carreras, Agnes Baltsa

      Conductor: Plácido Domingo

    2. Fedora, Act II: Ma dunque, e amore? … Amor ti vieta

      Composer: Umberto Giordano

      Ensemble: Hungarian State Radio and Television Orchestra

      Performer: José Carreras, Eva Marton

      Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè

    3. Act I: Dammi i colori … Recondita armonia

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Hungarian State Orchestra

      Performer: José Carreras, Italo Tajo

      Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas

    4. Act III: E lucevan le stelle

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Hungarian State Orchestra

      Performer: José Carreras

      Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas

    5. Act III: O dolci mani mansuete e pure

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Hungarian State Orchestra

      Performer: José Carreras, Eva Marton

      Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas

    6. Act I: Non piangere, Liu!

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: José Carreras

      Conductor: Lorin Maazel

    7. Act III: Nessun dorma!

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Wiener Sängerknaben, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: José Carreras

      Conductor: Lorin Maazel

    8. Act I: Tu sei commosso!

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Wiener Akademiechor, Wiener Symphoniker

      Performer: José Carreras, Paolo Gavanelli, Juan Pons, Katia Ricciarelli, László Polgár, Harry Peeters, Jorge Pita

      Conductor: Oleg Caetani

    9. Act I: D'un alma troppo fervida

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Wiener Akademiechor, Wiener Symphoniker

      Performer: José Carreras, Paolo Gavanelli, Juan Pons, Katia Ricciarelli, László Polgár, Harry Peeters, Jorge Pita

      Conductor: Oleg Caetani

    10. Act III: Ah! Fuggi da morte

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Wiener Akademiechor, Wiener Symphoniker

      Performer: José Carreras, Paolo Gavanelli, Juan Pons, Katia Ricciarelli, László Polgár, Harry Peeters, Jorge Pita

      Conductor: Oleg Caetani

    11. Act III: Fia vero! … di!

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Wiener Akademiechor, Wiener Symphoniker

      Performer: José Carreras, Paolo Gavanelli, Juan Pons, Katia Ricciarelli, László Polgár, Harry Peeters, Jorge Pita

      Conductor: Oleg Caetani

    12. Act I: Colpito qui m'avete … Un di all'azzurro spazio

      Composer: Umberto Giordano

      Ensemble: Hungarian State Radio and Television Orchestra

      Performer: José Carreras

      Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè

    13. Act IV: Come un bel di di maggio

      Composer: Umberto Giordano

      Ensemble: Hungarian State Radio and Television Orchestra

      Performer: José Carreras, Eva Marton

      Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè

    14. Orchestral Introduction

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Plácido Domingo

    15. Act I: Il faut nour separer

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras

      Conductor: Plácido Domingo

    16. Act I: Mais, vous ne savez rien de moi

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras

      Conductor: Plácido Domingo

    17. Act I: Reve! Extase!

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras

      Conductor: Plácido Domingo

    18. Tu qui, Santuzza?

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras

      Conductor: Plácido Domingo

    19. La tua Santuzza

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras

      Conductor: Plácido Domingo

    20. Act IV: C'est toi? C'est moi!

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras

      Conductor: Plácido Domingo

    21. Act IV: Mais moi, Carmen, je t'aime encore

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Tallis Chamber Choir, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras

      Conductor: Plácido Domingo

    22. Act I: Some Enchanted Evening (Emile)

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Carreras

      Conductor: Jonathan Tunick

    23. Act I: This Is How It Feels (Emile)

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Carreras

      Conductor: Jonathan Tunick

    24. Act II: This Nearly Was Mine (Emile)

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: José Carreras

      Conductor: Jonathan Tunick

    25. Act II: Dites-Moi - Some Enchanted Evening (Nellie, Ngana, Jerome, Emile) (reprise)

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa, Juliet Midgley, Sarah King, José Carreras

      Conductor: Jonathan Tunick

    26. Hjertets melodier (Melodies of the Heart), Op. 5: No. 3. Jeg elsker dig (I Love but Thee) (arr. J. Carreras and J. Casas)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: José Carreras, Josep Alpiste

      Conductor: Joan Casas

    27. Combat del Somni: No. 1. Damunt de tu nomes les flors (Above You, Nothing But Flowers) (arr. J. Carreras and J. Casas)

      Composer: Federico Mompou

      Performer: José Carreras, Josep Alpiste

      Conductor: Joan Casas

    28. Els contrabandistes (The Smugglers) (arr. J. Carreras and J. Casas)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Polifònica de Puig-Reig

      Performer: José Carreras, Josep Alpiste

      Conductor: Joan Casas

    29. Festeig (Courtship) (arr. J. Carreras and J. Casas)

      Composer: Eduard Toldrà

      Performer: José Carreras, Josep Alpiste

      Conductor: Joan Casas

    30. L'ombra del lledoner: No. 1. A l'ombra del lledoner (In the Shadow of the Nettle Tree) (arr. J. Carreras and J. Casas)

      Composer: Eduard Toldrà

      Performer: José Carreras, Josep Alpiste

      Conductor: Joan Casas

    31. Canco de passer cantant (Pass By Singing) (arr. J. Carreras and J. Casas)

      Composer: Eduard Toldrà

      Performer: José Carreras, Josep Alpiste

      Conductor: Joan Casas

    32. La ricordanza

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: José Carreras, Martin Katz

    33. Malinconia, ninfa gentile

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: José Carreras, Martin Katz

    34. Vaga luna che inargenti

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: José Carreras, Martin Katz

    35. Per pieta, bell'idol mio

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: José Carreras, Martin Katz

    36. Il fervido desiderio

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: José Carreras, Martin Katz

    37. Dolente immagine di Fille mia

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: José Carreras, Martin Katz

    38. Pregaria (arr. L. Logi for tenor, choir and orchestra)

      Composer: Fermín María Álvarez

      Ensemble: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir, Wiener Symphoniker

      Performer: José Carreras

      Conductor: Steven Mercurio

    39. 5 Lieder, Op. 41, TrV 195: No. 1. Wiegenlied (arr. C. Kolonovits for 3 tenors, choir and orchestra)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir, Wiener Symphoniker

      Performer: José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti

      Conductor: Steven Mercurio

    40. Feliz Navidad (with Italian translation) (arr. C. Kolonovits for 3 tenors and orchestra)

      Composer: José Feliciano

      Ensemble: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir, Wiener Symphoniker

      Performer: Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo

      Conductor: Steven Mercurio


From the hero of Werther to the villain of Carmen, Carreras has shined in a wide range of operatic roles. His membership in the Three Tenors increased his fame yet more; now, he's the star of his own 2-CD anthology: Nussun Dorma from Turandot; E Lucevan Le Stelle from Tosca; C'est Toi! Ce'st Moi from Carmen plus everything from Grieg and Strauss to Rodgers & Hammerstein!