José Carreras - A Life In Music (2016)

José Carreras is a Catalan tenor from Barcelona who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Puccini. Born in Barcelona, he made his debut on the operatic stage at 11 as Trujamán in Manuel de Falla's El retablo de Maese Pedro and went on to a career that encompassed over 60 roles, performed in the world's leading opera houses and in numerous recordings. The first CD presents the programm of the world tour. With "Je te veux" by Erik Satie, "The impossible Dream" from the musical "The Man of La Mancha", "Libiamo, libiamo ne´lieti calici" from Verdi's "La Traviata", "Some enchanted Evening" from the musical "South Pacific", the famous "Nessun Dorma" and "Non piangere Liù" from Puccini's "Turandot". The second CD shows a "Best of" of José Carreras's best known opera roles: Tosca, Turandot, Werther, Carmen and others. Sony. 2016.

TRACKLIST

Disc 01
01. Era de maggio (Costa) 02:52
02. T'estimo (Grieg) 02:39
03. Ave Maria (Schubert) 04:25
04. Je te veux (Satie) 03:11
05. The impossible Dream (Leigh) 03:49
06. Chitarra romana (di Lazzaro) 02:15
07. Vierno (Acampora) 03:07
08. La Traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Verdi) 02:56
09. Mattinata (Leoncavallo) 02:15
10. In the Dawn (Elgar) 03:00
11. Che t'aggia di (Nardella) 03:27
12. Fenesta che lucive (Bellini) 03:27
13. Sérénade napolitaine (Leoncavallo) 02:13
14. Firenze sogna (Cesarini) 03:38
15. Some enchanted Evening (Rodgers) 03:16
16. Torna! (Denza) 03:19
17. Guten Abend, gut' Nacht (Brahms) 02:58

Disc 02
01. Turandot: Nessun dorma (Puccini) 03:13
02. Ave Verum (Mozart) 02:41
03. Tosca: Dammi i colori … Recondita armonia (Puccini) 04:12
04. Tosca: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) 03:17
05. Turandot: Non piangere, Li▪ (Puccini) 02:23
06. Andrea Chénier: Un dì all'azzurro spazio (Giordano) 04:26
07. Andrea Chénier: Come un bel dì di maggio (Giordano) 06:59
08. Mille cherubini in coro (Schubert) 03:12
09. Werther: Mais vous ne savez rien de moi (Massenet) 03:37
10. Werther: Rêve! Extase! Bonheur! (Massenet) 03:31
11. Cavalleria Rusticana: Tu qui, Santuzza? (Mascagni) 09:41
12. Cavalleria Rusticana: La tua Santuzza (Mascagni) 02:13
13. Carmen: C'est toi? C'est moi! (Bizet) 04:22
14. Carmen: Mais moi, Carmen, je t'aime encore (Bizet) 04:54