Pavarotti: The Lost Concert - Live at Llangollen 1995: Blu-Ray

Pavarotti: The Lost Concert - Live at Llangollen 1995: Blu-RayMarking the 40th anniversary of winning a singing competition as part of a choir from his hometown of Modena in 1955, Luciano Pavarotti keeps a long held promise and returns to the small town in North Wales to give a very special gala concert at the 1995 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. Joining Pavarotti that evening is the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leone Magiera, the modern day Corale Gioachino Rossini, Modena, directed by

Marking the 40th anniversary of winning a singing competition as part of a choir from his hometown of Modena in 1955, Luciano Pavarotti keeps a long-held promise and returns to the small town in North Wales to give a very special gala concert at the 1995 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.

Joining Pavarotti that evening is the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leone Magiera, the modern day Corale Gioachino Rossini, Modena, directed by Paolo Rossini, and, for the finale, Japanese soprano Atzuko Kawahara. The program combines popular operatic arias and choruses, Neapolitan songs, one of Pavarotti’s own compositions, orchestral overtures and interludes, and a very special duet for the finale.

The final moments of an unforgettable event are made all the more emotional by the singer’s deeply moving departing words. “You don’t know what this is for me, what it is for me to try to concentrate for myself tonight, in what I am doing, with my music - while a million of memories come to my mind. For forty years, I was looking for this day… thank you for the beautiful night that you gave to me.”

This release is presented on SD Blu-ray, in which the picture has been upscaled to the best quality possible, and audio remastered to present this historic event with LPCM stereo audio.

TRACK LISTING

1. Introduction
2. Gli arredi festivi (Verdi: Nabucco)
3. Addio alla madre (Mascagani: Cavalleria Rusticana)
4. Di quella pira (Verdi: Il Trovatore)
5. Mascagni: Intermezzo (Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana)
6. Ah! La paterna mano (Verdi: Macbeth)
7. Granada (Lara)
8. Va', pensiero (Verdi: Nabucco)
9. Tra voi belle (Puccini: Manon Lescaut)
10. Donna non vidi mai (Puccini: Manon Lescaut)
11. Overture (Rossini: Semiramide)
12. Mattinata (Leoncavallo)
13. In Nomine Jesu (Handel)
14. La Girometta (Sibella)
15. Non Ti Scordar Di Me (De Curtis)
16. La Mia Canzone al Vento (Bixio)
17. Ave Maria, Dolce Maria (Benvenuti/Pavarotti)
18. O Sole Mio (di Capuo)
    
19. Brindisi (Verdi: La Traviata) feat. Atsuko Kawahara, Soprano

Bonus Feature: 53-minute documentary showcasing Pavarotti’s return to Llangollen.