Luciano Pavarotti has been immmer polarized in the course of his now 40-year career that has a love and admire him as the greatest tenor of all time, others call him a traitor u. Seller of noble art, dedicated themselves to commerce, forgetting his arts innovative development " "has. I try to admire him critically, but, believe that something must relativize the criticism of Michael Wersin. It is always surprising that just music critic today hear him in concerts and make comparisons to the Pavarotti, the 60s, 70s u. 80 years and then write that the quality of voice has deteriorated. Of course, his voice after 40 years of defects which they had not before - he is indeed themselves. But that this recording would have tortured my ears, I really can not say now, and I have actually heard in detail and compared to previous recordings. He has, especially in the opera arias, and often have to sing trouble with great effort, for example, a slur as in "E lucevan le stelle" or "E` La Solita Storia" to sing out. He can these arcs no longer stretch as far as it used to. He also uses the falsetto desöferten a to compensate for weaknesses - but this by no means ugly sounds. But opera is set in this recital also only a minor role with 5 of 23 shots. Where "Recondita Armonia" is sung beautifully and powerfully in the rest of this example, and one observes him almost his age. And everyone who hears the songs of Scarlatti, Bellini and Tosti, who can still have a lot of fun on this recording because it shows something that Pavarotti has still preserved at all weaknesses, namely the ability to "a song (melody) to sing so that a note the other feeds "- so just this sentence is written, so hard he is in reality, so vocally to implement. I know hardly a singer who manages the love and heartbreak, heart, pain and melancholy and above all, the "Italian" to convey these songs as stylish as Pavarotti. I especially like "il sole dal Già underway", "La Serenata", "Luna D`ESTATE", "L`ultima Canzone", "A vuccella" and the rousing "Marechiare". Pavarotti today can better deal with its weaknesses, as his critics. Anyone who knows his relationship with Decca, know this has not been published this CD without his consent. I find this publication in any case better than the "X" th repetition before "tenor hits" from the past that there are already on sale on countless CDs. He once said, "when I realize that I sing like a frog, I hear now on". Like a frog he does not sing in this recording truly what also shows the enthusiasm of the audience. Incidentally, usually located at a more specialized audience recitals, as in large open-air concerts. His great career leans certainly soon coming to an end - his wonderful voice will be remembered, thanks to today's technological possibilities, get far. Who knows when we'll get back to hear such a gifted singer ?? !!
