The Essential Pavarotti

The Essential Pavarotti
Greatest hits album by Luciano Pavarotti
Released 1990
Label Decca Records

The Essential Pavarotti is an album by tenor Luciano Pavarotti. It was released in 1990 by Decca Records and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart,[1] the first ever classical album to do so.[2]

Track listing

  1. Rigoletto / Act 3 - "La donna è mobile"
  2. La Bohème / Act 1 - "Che gelida manina"
  3. Tosca / Act 3 - "E lucevan le stelle"
  4. Turandot / Act 3 - Nessun dorma!
  5. L'elisir d'amore / Act 2 - "Una furtiva lagrima"
  6. Martha / Act 3 - "M'appari"
  7. Carmen / Act 2 - "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"
  8. Pagliacci / Act 1 - "Vesti la giubba"
  9. Il Trovatore / Act 3 - "Di quella pira"
  10. Caruso
  11. Mattinata
  12. Aprile
  13. Core 'ngrato
  14. Soirées musicales - La Danza
  15. Volare
  16. Funiculì, funiculà
  17. Torna a Surriento
  18. 'O sole mio

Chart performance

Chart (1990) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[1] 1

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Luciano Pavarotti - The Essential Pavarotti". Chart Stats. 1990-03-17. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  2. ↑ The World's Greatest Tenors - Page 21 Millicent Jones - 1995 "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."