Cossotto, Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Donizetti: La Favorita (1990/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 167:59 minutes | 2,9 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet
Gaetano Donizetti opera's La Favorita originally had a French libretto and the title La Favorite. One of Donizetti’s finest music dramas, it was written at his peak as an orchestrator. The Italian, and better-known version, evolved two years after the French premiere and has become the more-performed version, exemplified by this famous 1974 recording starring Luciano Pavarotti, Fiorenza Cossotto, Gabriel Bacquier and Nicolai Ghiaurov. Pavarotti's voice has been called "youthful and fresh" on this album. Pavarotti's frequent collaborator Richard Bonynge conducts the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale, Bologna.