VA - Ten Top Tenors (2015)

This 2CD album brings together ten of the most famous tenors, performing nearly 50 of the greatest arias of all time. It also features a 16-page booklet with everything you need to know about each tenor nationality, short biography, best recording, trivia and more in an appealing and witty design. Disc One contains 24 operatic arias, opening with the all-time tenor of tenors, Luciano Pavarotti, singing Nessun Dorma. Juan Diego Flórez delivers the astonishing Ah mes amis (with its 9 top Cs) in supreme style, Villazón sings Verdi and Handel, while Jonas Kaufmann can be heard in Puccini, Bizet (Carmen) and even Wagner.Disc Two contains film themes, Neopolitan songs, Sicilian songs, sacred music and others. Highlights include Andrea Bocelli s Ave Maria (from his best-selling Sacred Arias album); Joseph Calleja singing the love theme from Cinema Paradiso, Plácido Domingo with No Puedo Ser and José Carreras singing Granada.

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Luciano Pavarotti - Puccini - Nessun Dorma
02. Jose Carreras - Puccini - Che Gelida Manina
03. Rolando Villazon - Verdi - Questa O Quella
04. Joseph Calleja - Puccini - Addio fiorita asil
05. Fritz Wunderlich - Kalman - Wenn es Abend wird…Grus mir mein Wein
06. Juan Diego Florez - Donizetti - Una furtiva lagrima
07. Andrea Bocelli - Giordano - Amor ti vieta
08. Placido Domingo - Puccini - Recondita armonia
09. Juan Diego Florez - Donizetti - Ah! mes amis
10. Jonas Kaufmann - Puccini - E lucevan le stelle
11. Rolando Villazon - Handel - Ciel a terra armi di sdegno
12. Andrea Bocelli - Bizet - Au fond du temple saint
13. Luciano Pavarotti - Verdi - La donna e mobile
14. Jonas Kaufmann - Bizet - La fleur que tu m'avais jetee
15. Rolando Villazon - Cilea - L'anima ho stanca
16. Jose Carreras - Bellini - Ecco, signor, la sposa
17. Fritz Wunderlich - Mozart - Wenn der Freude Tranen fliesen
18. Jonas Kaufmann - Cilea - La dolcissima effigie
19. Juan Diego Florez - Donizetti - Com'e gentil…tomami a dir
20. Rolando Villazon - Handel - Ombra mai fu
21. Jonas Kaufmann - Wagner - Mein lieber Schwan!
22. Placido Domingo - Penella - Seno, q'e no me farte er valo
23. Luciano Pavarotti - Puccini - O soave fanciulla
24. Luciano Pavarotti - Verdi - Libiamo ne lieti calici

CD2:

01. Luciano Pavarotti - Traditional - 'O sole mio
02. Roberto Alagna - The Godfather - Parla piu piano
03. Jose Carreras - Lara - Granada
04. Joseph Calleja - Brodszky - Be My Love
05. Andrea Bocelli - Franck - Panis angelicus
06. Rolando Villazon - Tosti - L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra
07. Jonas Kaufmann - Refice - Ombra di nube
08. Fritz Wunderlich - Strauss - Standchen
09. Andrea Bocelli - Caccini - Ave Maria
10. Juan Diego Florez - Granda - Bello durmient
11. Placido Domingo - Sorozabal - No puede ser
12. Jose Carreras - Ramirez - Kyrie
13. Luciano Pavarotti - Curtis - Toma a Surriento
14. Roberto Alagna - Traitional - Abballati
15. Jose Carreras - West Side Story - Maria
16. Joseph Calleja - Leoncavallo - Mattinata
17. Placido Domingo - Lehar - Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
18. Roberto Alagna - Traditional - Mi votu e mi rivotu
19. Luciano Pavarotti - Rossini - La danza
20. Andrea Bocelli - Bach & Gournod - Ave Maria
21. Placido Domingo - D'Hardelot - Because
22. Joseph Calleja - Cinama Paradiso - Love theme
23. Jose Carreras - Cardillo - Core 'ngrato
24. Luciano Pavarotti - Denza - Funiculi, funicula