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  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Audio CD (12 Oct 1993)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Decca
  • ASIN: B00000418G
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 38,134 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Manon Lescaut / Act 1 - Ave, sera gentileRamón Vargas 4:24£0.79
Listen  2. Manon Lescaut / Act 1 - L'amor?! L'amor?!Luciano Pavarotti0:58£0.29
Listen  3. Manon Lescaut / Act 1 - Tra voi belle, brune e biondeLuciano Pavarotti 1:10£0.79
Listen  4. Manon Lescaut / Act 1 - Ma bravo!Ramón Vargas 1:48£0.79
Listen  5. Manon Lescaut / Act 1 - Discendono, vediam!Ramón Vargas 2:01£0.79
Listen  6. Manon Lescaut / Act 1 - Cortese damigellaLuciano Pavarotti 3:46£0.79
Listen  7. Manon Lescaut / Act 1 - Donna non vidi maiLuciano Pavarotti 2:11£0.79
Listen  8. Manon Lescaut / Act 1 - La tua ventura ci rassicuraRamón Vargas 5:45£0.79
Listen  9. Manon Lescaut / Act 1 - La tua ProserpinaRamón Vargas 2:00£0.79
Listen10. Manon Lescaut / Act 1 - Vedete? Io son fedeleMirella Freni 3:56£0.79
Listen11. Manon Lescaut / Act 1 - Non c'è più vino?Dwayne Croft 1:42£0.79
Listen12. Manon Lescaut / Act 1 - Di sedur la sorellina è il momentoGiuseppe Taddei 4:17£0.79
Listen13. Manon Lescaut / Act 2 - Dispettosetto questo riccio!Mirella Freni 5:32£0.79
Listen14. Manon Lescaut / Act 2 - In quelle trine morbideMirella Freni 2:31£0.79
Listen15. Manon Lescaut / Act 2 - Poichè tu vuoi saper?Dwayne Croft 3:08£0.79
Listen16. Manon Lescaut / Act 2 - Che ceffi son costor? ... Sulla vetta tu del monteJames Levine 2:12£0.79
Listen17. Manon Lescaut / Act 2 - Paga costor!Mirella Freni 1:14£0.79
Listen18. Manon Lescaut / Act 2 - MinuettoAnthony Laciura 8:22Album Only
Listen19. Manon Lescaut / Act 2 - Oh, sarò la più bella!...Tu, tu, amore tuMirella Freni 8:04Album Only
Listen20. Manon Lescaut / Act 2 - Ah! Affé, madamigellaMirella Freni 2:15£0.79
Listen21. Manon Lescaut / Act 2 - Senti, di qui partiamo ... Ah, Manon mi tradisceLuciano Pavarotti 3:31£0.79
Listen22. Manon Lescaut / Act 2 - Lescaut? Tu qui?Luciano Pavarotti 3:32£0.79


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Manon Lescaut / Act 2 - IntermezzoMetropolitan Opera Orchestra 5:15£0.79
Listen  2. Manon Lescaut / Act 3 - Ansia eterna, crudelLuciano Pavarotti 4:37£0.79
Listen  3. Manon Lescaut / Act 3 - ... e Kate ripose al RePaul Groves 2:59£0.79
Listen  4. Manon Lescaut / Act 3 - All'armi! All'armi!Dwayne Croft 1:46£0.79
Listen  5. Manon Lescaut / Act 3 - Rosetta!James Courtney 3:50£0.79
Listen  6. Manon Lescaut / Act 3 - Presto! In fila!James Courtney 3:28£0.79
Listen  7. Manon Lescaut / Act 4 - Tutta su me ti posaLuciano Pavarotti 3:05£0.79
Listen  8. Manon Lescaut / Act 4 - Manon, senti, amor mioLuciano Pavarotti 1:58£0.79
Listen  9. Manon Lescaut / Act 4 - Sei tu che piangi?Mirella Freni 5:35£0.79
Listen10. Manon Lescaut / Act 4 - Sola, perduta, abbandonataMirella Freni 4:46£0.79
Listen11. Manon Lescaut / Act 4 - Fra le tue braccie, amoreMirella Freni 7:39Album Only

On this CD:
  1. Manon Lescaut
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    Performed by New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
    with Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Dwayne Croft, Giuseppe Taddei, Ramón Vargas, Cecilia Bartoli, Federico Davià, Anthony Laciura, Paul Groves, James Courtney
    Conducted by James Levine

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5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificently Powerful, 8 Mar 2004
By Mr JB (Karlskrona, Sweden) - See all my reviews
Here we have one of those (rather rare) recordings with a whole cast of stars managing to make a performance just as magnificent as one would expect.

James Levine conducts a white hot and blood red performance that still is warm in the more quite and poetic parts, caught in exceptionally clear and vivid sound by the engineers. And his singers definately has the skill to follow him. Both main caracters are far too old to be able to make a believable stageperformance, but you hear little of that fact on this record. Freni's voice is still as great as in many of her much older recordings: both warm, tender and powerful when so called for. Her last aria sola, perduta... shows no signs of wear in the voice. Her des Grieux in Pavarotti is, if possible, even better. I've not always been very fond of him, but this is truely great - he has a almost vulgar power combined with passionate and very thought through singing that perfectly matches des Grieux's caracter. And the mix of Freni and Pavarotti, under the support of Levine, is stunning. I havn't ever heard such a magnificently heartbreaking last act (the desert scene).

All the other singers catch up with them - Dwayne Croft superbly so as Lescaut, with a firm and full tone. Having Taddei, Bartoli and Vargas in minor roles is pure luxury. The choir and orchestra of the Met also are splendidly good.

This version also is believable, though recorded in a studio, probably because both conductor and lead singers have done it many times before on stage. This recording is a pure puccinian drama caught at its best. There really are no weak part in the whole production, which definately is the case in almost all rivalling versions. Although I love Jussi Björling's des Grieux (on RCA), possibly even more than Pavarotti's, this recording has both better sound and better over all qualities.

Don't hesitate - Highly recommended!

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