Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert

Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert (re-released as The Three Tenors in Concert) is a live album by José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti with conductor Zubin Mehta. The album was recorded on 7 July 1990 in Rome as the first Three Tenors concert with the orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the orchestra of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on the evening before the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final. It was produced by Gian Carlo Bertelli and Herbert Chappell.

Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert
(Left to right) Domingo, Carreras, Mehta, and Pavarotti
Live album by
The Three Tenors
Released1990
Recorded7 July 1990,
Rome
GenreOpera, operatic pop
Length67:55
LabelDecca / London
ProducerChristopher Raeburn
The Three Tenors chronology
Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert The Three Tenors in Concert 1994

Track listing

The concert is particularly known for the two recordings of "Nessun dorma". The first is sung by Pavarotti alone. The second, the concert encore, includes all three tenors singing individually and then, for the final 'Vincerò!' singing together - conductor Zubin Mehta appeared completely delighted with the effect this had.[1]

No.TitleSong InformationLength
1."È la solita storia (Lamento Di Federico)" (sung by José Carreras)Act II of L'arlesiana by Francesco Cilea4:21
2."O paradis" (sung by Plácido Domingo)Act IV of L'Africaine by Giacomo Meyerbeer3:12
3."Recondita armonia" (sung by Luciano Pavarotti)Act I of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini2:37
4."Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" (sung by Plácido Domingo)from Das Land des Lächelns by Franz Lehár3:36
5."Rondine al nido" (sung by Luciano Pavarotti)written by Vincenzo De Crescenzo3:35
6."Core 'ngrato (Catari)" (sung by José Carreras)written by Salvatore Cardillo3:28
7."Torna a Surriento" (sung by Luciano Pavarotti)written by Ernesto de Curtis2:52
8."Granada" (sung by José Carreras)written by Agustín Lara3:41
9."No puede ser" (sung by Plácido Domingo)from La tabernera del puerto by Pablo Sorozábal2:43
10."Improvviso" (sung by José Carreras)Act I of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano5:11
11."E lucevan le stelle" (sung by Plácido Domingo)Act III of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini2:40
12."Nessun dorma" (sung by Luciano Pavarotti)Act III of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini3:05
13."Maria / Tonight / 'O Paese d' 'o sole / Cielito lindo" (sung by The Three Tenors)arranged by Lalo Schifrin5:31
14."Memory / Ochi tchorniye / Caminito / La Vie en rose" (sung by The Three Tenors)arranged by Lalo Schifrin6:54
15."Mattinata / Wien, Wien, nur du allein / Amapola / 'O sole mio" (sung by The Three Tenors)arranged by Lalo Schifrin8:06
16."'O sole mio" (sung by The Three Tenors)written by Eduardo di Capua2:53
17."Nessun dorma" (sung by The Three Tenors)Act III of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini3:30

Note

  • Tracks 13–15 are part of a song medley. Tracks 16 and 17 are encores.

Personnel

Reception

The recording, released on the Decca Classics label, won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance in 1991 at the 33rd Grammy Awards.[2] It is the best-selling classical album of all time[3] and led to a shift in the way the music industry marketed classical recordings.

Impact

This first Three Tenors performance and recording led to thirty-three additional concerts with Carreras, Domingo, and Pavarotti, as well as three more live audio and video albums. All were best-sellers.

The unexpected success of the album among general audiences led to a restructuring of the classical music industry into separate "core classical" and "strategic classical" areas. With the latter category, the industry now geared its focus toward reaching new audiences via intense performer-centric marketing strategies.[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end chart
Chart
(1994 re-release)		 Peak
position
US Classical Albums[13] 3

Sales and certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[14] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[15] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[16] Gold 50,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[17] Platinum 50,000*
Germany (BVMI)[18] Platinum 500,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[19] Gold 100,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[20] 2× Platinum 200,000*
Sweden (GLF)[21] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[22] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] 5× Platinum 1,500,000^
United States (RIAA)[24] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

References
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  2. Associated Press. "A List of the Honored". The New York Times. February 21, 1991
  3. Classical music magazine – Volume 17 – Page 39 1994 "And then there's the three tenors phenomenon: The London recording from the 1990 concert became the biggest-selling classical album of all time, having now topped 10-million units throughout the world, and the new Teldec release of last "
  4. Rutter, Paul (2011). The Music Industry Handbook. Routledge. p. 201. ISBN 9780203816851.
  5. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  6. "LISTAS DE AFYVE: 1990 Albumes". August 29, 2007.
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  11. "Carreras/Domingo/Pavarotti/Mehta – In Concert (Album))". Italiancharts.com (with additional world wide chart information). Archived from the original on 2015-03-24.
  12. "Carreras/Domingo/Pvaarotti/Mehta –In Concert (Album)". Spanishcharts.com (with additional world wide chart information). Archived from the original on 2015-10-10.
  13. "Billboard's year-end ranking of the top jazz and classical albums, based on a survey of retail sales and broadcast play from Dec. 4, 1993 through Nov. 26, 1994". UPI. December 16, 1994. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  14. "ARIA End Of Year Albums 1990". Australian Recording Industry Association. 1991. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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  17. "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
  18. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti; 'In Concert')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  19. "Certificaciones 1999". AMPROFON (in Spanish). Facebook. 1999. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  20. "Polish album certifications – Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti – The Three Tenors In Concert" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
  21. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  22. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (José Carreras, Plácido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti; 'Three Tenors In Concert')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
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