The Three Tenors in Paris 1998 (25th Anniversary Edition CD + DVD)

Their first concert in Rome produced the biggest-selling classical album of all time. Their second concert in Los Angeles was immortalised as the most watched musical event in television history, as well as creating another hugely successful album.

But '3' is certainly the magic number, as the world's most celebrated trio re-united for their third World Cup celebration concert. Producer Tibor Rudas presented this concert as a gift to the city of Paris. The enthusiastic audience of hundreds of thousands of Parisians and international visitors settled across the magnificent green expanse of Paris's Champ de Mars, enjoying a spectacular evening of sight and sound.

The view was extraordinary – maestros Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti, conductor Levine and the Orchestre de Paris performed on a specially constructed, flower-bedecked stage, under a graceful arch of French art nouveau design, with the specially illuminated Eiffel Tower as the scenic backdrop. Paris, the 'City of Light', was at its most visually charming on this night of musical nights.

Paris is also the 'City of Romance' – which no doubt inspired the artists to choose repertoire filled with powerful passions, and to rise to the occasion with individual and medley performances which have been described as "far and away the best yet,"

This live recording captures forever the excitement of the ultimate Three Tenors World Cup celebration, performed before a live audience one hundred times the size of their Rome concert audience, and with a television audience estimated at nearly two billion viewers looking in.

TRACK LIST

CD

Io conosco un giardino José Carreras (Maristella - Pietri; Pietri)

Amor ti vieta Plácido Domingo (Fedora - Giordano; Colautti)

Granada Luciano Pavarotti (Lara, arr. Chiaramello; Lara)

T'estimo José Carreras (Ich liebe dich, op.5 no. 3 - Grieg, arr. Logi; Andersen)

Mémoires de Danton Plácido Domingo (Plácido Domingo Jr.; Plácido Domingo Jr.)

Caruso Luciano Pavarotti (Dalla, arr. Bohets; Dalla)

Medley of Romance The 3 Tenors (Orch and arr. Lalo Schifrin)

Voce 'e notte! José Carreras (De Curtis, arr. Logi; Nicolardi)

Quiero desterrar de tu pecho el temor Plácido Domingo (La del soto del Parral
Soutullo – Otero)

Nessun dorma Luciano Pavarotti (Turandot – Puccini)

Because The 3 Tenors (D'Hardelot, arr. Schifrin; Teschemacher)

'O sole mio The 3 Tenors (Di Capua, arr. Schifrin; Capurro)

Medley of the World The 3 Tenors (Orch. and arr. Lalo Schifrin)

DVD

Le Carnaval romain Levine with the Orchestre de Paris (Berlioz)

Quando le sere al placido Luciano Pavarotti (Luisa Miller - Verdi; Cammarano)

T'estimo José Carreras (Ich liebe dich, op.5 no. 3 - Grieg, arr. Logi; Andersen)

Mémoires de Danton Plácido Domingo (Plácido Domingo Jr.; Plácido Domingo Jr.)

Granada Luciano Pavarotti (Lara, arr. Chiaramello; Lara)

Medley of Romance The 3 Tenors (Orch and arr. Lalo Schifrin)

Voce 'e notte! José Carreras (De Curtis, arr. Logi; Nicolardi)

Quiero desterrar de tu pecho el temor Plácido Domingo (La del soto del Parral
Soutullo – Otero) Caruso Luciano Pavarotti (Dalla, arr. Bohets; Dalla)

Bacchanale
Levine with the Orchestre de Paris (Samson et Dalila - Saint-Saëns)

Intenditi con Dio José Carreras (Fosca – Gomes)

Rachel quand du Seigneur Plácido Domingo (La Juive - Halévy; Scribe)

Nessun dorma Luciano Pavarotti (Turandot – Puccini)

Medley of the World The 3 Tenors (Orch. and arr. Lalo Schifrin)

Encores The 3 Tenors

Because (D'Hardelot, arr. Schifrin; Teschemacher)

Marechiare (Tosti, arr. Schifrin; Di Giacomo)

Amapola (Lacalle, arr. Schifrin; Lac