LUCIANO PAVAROTTI - Puccini – La Bohème (Reissue w/ Hardback Book & Poster) - 2LP - Deluxe Vinyl Box Set [NOV 22]

2LP - Deluxe Black Vinyl Box Set:  

• Meticulously researched and lavishly presented hardback book in multiple languages, housed in a deluxe rigid slipcase, with sticker and insert, presenting: A new feature-length essay from internationally renowned writer on opera, Roger Pines

• Special article from Decca’s rising tenor Freddie de Tommaso on Puccini, Pavarotti and La boheme.

• Original session photographs and recently unearthed shots

• Exclusive 1920s-style La boheme collectible poster

First LP re-release since the 1970s.

The appeal of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème is eternal, a masterwork of the operatic repertoire where both the ecstasy and the agony of those in love speak to audiences across the generations. In communicating those emotions through music of incomparable beauty and sensitivity, Puccini created a work that gives endless joy while also leaving the listener profoundly moved at its tragic conclusion. 

Throughout its history, few artists have been as closely associated with Bohème as Luciano Pavarotti. The incomparable Italian tenor, who made his operatic debut as Rodolfo, subsequently made the role his own worldwide. It suited him ideally, allowing him to express everything he had to give as an artist. Decca’s 1973 Bohème recording presents him in his glorious vocal prime, collaborating with his most cherished partner, Mirella Freni, under the baton of Herbert von Karajan, one of the most celebrated conductors of the twentieth century. The result is a performance that reveals the romantic spirit of this opera as no other recording has done. 

Tracklist: 

Side A
1    Puccini: ""Questo Mar Rosso"" [La Bohème / Act 1] - Remastered 2024
2    Puccini: ""Abasso, abbasso l'autor!"" [La Bohème / Act 1] - Remastered 2024
3    Puccini: ""Pensier profondo"" [La Bohème / Act 1] - Remastered 2024
4    Puccini: ""Io resto"" [La Bohème / Act 1] - Remastered 2024
5    Puccini: ""Si può...Chi è là?"" [La Bohème / Act 1] - Remastered 2024
6    Puccini: ""Si sente meglio?"" [La bohème, SC 67 / Act 1] - Remastered 2024
7    Puccini: ""Chi è là?"" [La Bohème / Act 1] - Remastered 2024
8    Puccini: ""Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì"" [La Bohème / Act 1] - Remastered 2024
9    Puccini: ""Che gelida manina"" [La Bohème / Act 1] - Remastered 2024

Side B
1    Puccini: ""Mimì è una civetta"" [La Bohème / Act 3] - Remastered 2024
2    Puccini: ""Marcello. Finalmente!"" [La Bohème / Act 3] - Remastered 2024
3    Puccini: ""Dunque: è proprio finita!...Addio, dolce svegliare"" [La Bohème / Act 3] - Remastered 2024
4    Puccini: ""Mimì! - Speravo di trovarvi qui"" [La Bohème / Act 3] - Remastered 2024
5    Puccini: ""Sa dirmi, scusi"" [La Bohème / Act 3] - Remastered 2024
6    Puccini: ""Donde lieta uscì"" [La Bohème / Act 3] - Remastered 2024
7    Puccini: ""Mimì è tanto malata!"" [La Bohème / Act 3] - Remastered 2024
8    Puccini: ""Ohè, là, le guardie!...Aprite!"" [La Bohème / Act 3] - Remastered 2024

Side C
1    Puccini: ""C'è Mimì..."" [La bohème, SC 67 / Act 4] - Remastered 2024
2    Puccini: ""In un coupé?"" [La Bohème / Act 4] - Remastered 2024
3    Puccini: ""Gavotta"" [La Bohème / Act 4] - Remastered 2024
4    Puccini: ""O Mimì, tu più non torni...Che ora sia"" [La Bohème / Act 4] - Remastered 2024
5    Puccini: ""Vecchia zimarra, senti"" [La Bohème / Act 4] - Remastered 2024
6    Puccini: ""Oh Dio! Mimi! ...Che avvien?"" [La Bohème / Act 4] - Remastered 2024"
7    Puccini: ""Sono andati"" [La Bohème / Act 4] - Remastered 2024

Side D
1    Puccini: ""O soave fanciulla"" [La Bohème / Act 1] - Remastered 2024
2    Puccini: ""Viva Parpignol...Una cuffietta a pizzi"" [La Bohème / Act 2] - Remastered 2024
3    Puccini: ""Chi guardi?... Ecco i giocattoli di Parpignol"" [La Bohème / Act 2] - Remastered 2024
4    Puccini: ""Oh!...Essa!...Musetta!"" [La Bohème / Act 2] - Remastered 2024
5    Puccini: ""Chi l'ha richiesto?"" [La Bohème / Act 2] - Remastered 2024
6    Puccini: ""Arranci, datteri!"" [La Bohème / Act 2] - Remastered 2024
7    Puccini: ""Quando m'en vo'"" [La Bohème / Act 2] - Remastered 2024
8    Puccini: ""Ehi! Rodolfo!"" [La bohème, SC 67 / Act 1] - Remastered 2024