Released 1990 Length 67:55 Artist The Three Tenors Producer Christopher Raeburn | Recorded July 7, 1990,
Rome Label Decca / London Release date 1992 Genres Opera, Operatic pop | |
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Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert
(1990) The Three Tenors in Concert 1994
(1994) Awards Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album, Brit Award for Best Classical Recording Similar The Three Tenors albums, Opera albums, Other albums | ||
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 July 7, 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. The recording, released on the Decca Classics label, won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance in 1991 at the 33rd Grammy Awards. It is the best-selling classical album of all time and led to a shift in the way the music industry marketed classical recordings.
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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.
Track listing
Note
Personnel
Songs
1Il lamento di Federico4:22
2Ô paradis3:12
3Recondita Armonia2:37