disc 1. La Traviata. Libiamo, Libiamo ne'lieti calici (2:57) / Giuseppe Verdi (Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano ; Tallis Chamber Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Plácido Domingo, conductor) -- Fedora. Ma dunque è amore?-- amor ti vieta (2:44) / Umberto Giordano (Eva Marton, soprano ; Pál Kovács, baritone ; Hungarian Radio & Television Orchestra ; Giuseppe Patané, conductor) -- Tosca. Dammi i colori-- recondita armonia (4:12) ; E lucevan le stelle (3:18) ; O colci mani mansuete epure (1:44) / Giacomo Puccini (Italo Tajo, bass ; Hungarian State Orchestra ; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor) -- Turandot. Non piangere Liù (2:24) ; Nessun dorma! (3:15) / Giacomo Puccini (Katia Ricciarelli, soprano ; Helmut Wildhaber, Heinz Zednik, tenors ; Robert Kerns, baritone ; John-Paul Bogart, bass ; Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus ; Lorin Maazel, conductor) -- Poliuto. Tu sei commosso! (3:31) ; D'un' alma troppo fervida (1:59) / Gaetano Donizetti (Paolo Gavanelli, bass ; Vienna Symphony Orchestra ; Oleg Caetani, conductor) -- Poliuto. Ah! fuggi da morte (3:31) ; Fia vero!-- Di! (1:37) / Gaetano Donizetti (Katia Ricciarelli, soprano ; Vienna Symphony Orchestra ; Oleg Caetani, conductor) -- Andrea Chénier. Senza musa, colpito qui m'avete ov'io-- un dì all'azzurro spazio (4:22) / Umberto Giordano (Eva Marton, soprano ; Hungarian State Orchestra ; Giuseppe Patané, conductor) -- Andrea Chénier. Come un bel dì di maggio (7:00) / Umberto Giordano (Hungarian State Orchestra ; Giuseppe Patané, conductor) -- Werther. Orchestralintroduction (2:28) ; Il faut nous séparer (1:59) ; Mais vous ne savez rien de moi (3:36) ; Rêve! extase! (3:31) / Jules Massenet (Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Plácido Domingo, conductor) -- Cavalleria Rusticana. Tu qui, santuzza? (9:41) ; La tua santuzza (2:19) / Pietro Mascagni (Agnes Baltsa, Margearetha Hintermeier, mezzo-sopranos ; The Tallis Chamber Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Plácido Domingo, conductor) -- Carmen. C'est toi! c'est moi (4:22) ; Mais moi, Carmen, Je t'aime encore (4:53) / Georges Bizet (Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano ; The Tallis Chamber Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Plácido Domingo, conductor).
disc 2. South Pacific. Some enchanted evening (3:15) ; Twin soliloquies: this is how it feels (1:47) ; This nearly was mine (3:45) ; Finale ultimo: dites-moi, some enchanted evening (4:15) / Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Juliet Midgley, Sarah King, vocalists ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Jonathan Tunick, conductor) -- T'estimo (I love thee) (2:38) / Edvard Grieg, H.C. Anderson, arr. José Carreras ; Damunt de tu, només les flors (Above you, nothing but flowers) (4:02) / Federico Mompou, Josep Janés ; Els contrabandistes (Thesmugglers) (2:18) / traditional, arr. Joan Casas ; Festeig (Courtship) (2:57) / Eduard Toldra, Joan Maragall ; A l'ombra dell lledoner (In the shadow of the nettle tree) (4:19) Eduard Toldra, Tomàs Garcés ; Cancó de passer cantant (Pass by singing) (2:45) / Eduard Tolda, Josep M. Sagarra (Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona ; Joan Casas, conductor) -- La ricordanza (Recollection) (5:45) / Vincenzo Bellini, Carlo Pepoli ; Malinconia, ninfa gentile (Melancholy, gentle nymph) (1:58) / Vincenzo Bellini, Carlo Pepoli ; Vaga luna che inargenti (Lovely moon) (3:19) / Vincenzo Bellini ; Per pieta, bell'idol mio (In pity, my fair idol) (2:36) / Vincenzo Bellini, Pietro Metastasio ; Il fervido desiderio (Ardent desire) (2:42) / Vincenzo Bellini ; Dolente imagine di fille mia (Sad image of my phyllis) (3:30) / Vincenzo Bellini, Giulio Genoino (Martin Katz, piano) -- Pregarìa (el cant de l'anima a la verge) (4:24) / Fermìn Maria Alvarez ; arr. Luca Logi (Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Childrens Choir ; Vienna Symphony Orchestra ; Steven Mercurio, conductor) -- Wiegenlied (Cradle song) (4:10) / Richard Strauss, Richard Dehmel, arr. Christian Kolonovits ; Feliz navidad (2:58) / José Feliciano, arr. Christian Kolonovits (Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, tenors ; Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Childrens Choir ; Vienna Symphony Orchestra ; Steven Mercurio, conductor).
Note
Consists of previously released material.
Event (note)
Recorded 1983-1999.
Language (note)
Sung in Italian, French, English, Spanish, Catalan, and German.
Author
Carreras, José. Singer
Title
The essential José Carreras.
Copyright date
℗2008
Publisher
New York, NY : Sony Classical, [2008]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
José Carreras, tenor ; with various accompanying soloists, orchestras, and conductors.
Event
Recorded 1983-1999.
Language
Sung in Italian, French, English, Spanish, Catalan, and German.