Luciano Pavarotti - BBC Philharmonic, Leone Magiera ‘The Lost Concert’ Live at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, 1995 *Pre-Order

Release Date Friday 14th November 2025
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In July 1955, aged 19, Luciano Pavarotti journeyed to Wales, joining his father in a choir from Modena, the Societá Chorale G. Rossini, to compete in the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.  They won the male voice competition by a distance.  Later in life he would attribute this as a pivotal moment, one that would inspire him to consider the possibility of becoming a professional singer — it was ultimately an experience that would shape his destiny.  Forty years later, in 1995, fulfilling a promise made to himself and many others throughout an extraordinary career, he returned to give a special concert in the Pavilion during Eisteddfod week.  This is the recording of that previously unreleased historic concert.

His return to the small town in North Wales, at the peak of his fame, took place five years after the phenomenon of The Three Tenors concert in Rome (1990), four years after the televised concert, attended by 150,000 in London’s Hyde Park (1991), and two years after he took to the stage in Central Park, New York (1993) performing for a crowd estimated at 500,000, and again for millions on television.  Addressing a packed Pavilion crowd, Pavarotti said: “Forty years ago, my God – it seems to be just yesterday for me.  I have done so many things.  I always say that to the journalists when they ask me, what is a day more memorable in my life, and I always say that it is when I won this competition, because it was with all my friends.”

Tracklist:

SACD1

01_Verdi Gli Arredi Festivi (Nabucco)

02_Mascagni Addio alla madre (Cavalleria Rusticana)

03_Verdi Di Quella Pira (Il Trovatore)

04_Mascagni Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)

05_Verdi Ah! La paterna mano (Macbeth)

06_Lara Granada

07_Verdi Va', pensiero (Nabucco)

08_Speech

09_Puccini Tra Voi Belle (Manon Lescaut)

10_Puccini Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)

11_Rossini Overture (Semiramide)

12_Leoncavallo Mattinata

13_Handel In Nomine Jesu

14_Sibella La Girometta

15_De Curtis Non Ti Scordar Di Me

16_Bixio La Mia Canzone al Vento

17_Speech 2

18_Benvenuti_Pavarotti Ave Maria, Dolce Maria

19_di Capuo O Sole Mio

20_Speech 3

21_Verdi Brindisi (La traviata)

22_Luciano says Thank you

23_ Bonus Track Interview

24_Orlando di Lasso: Bonjour Mon Coeur

25_Jacobus Handl: In Nomine Jesu

SACD2

Audio Documentary
In this exclusive Decca Classics documentary, Pavarotti recounts highlights from his life and career and speaks about some of his most acclaimed opera roles, in conversation with the feature’s producer and narrator Jon Tolansky. His recollections are illustrated by selected extracts from his catalogue of Decca recordings

Vinyl

SIDE A

1. Verdi Gli Arredi Festivi (Nabucco)

2. Mascagni Addio alla madre (Cavalleria Rusticana)

3. Verdi Di Quella Pira (Il Trovatore)

4. Mascagni Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)

5. Verdi Ah! La paterna mano (Macbeth)

SIDE B

1. Lara Granada

2. Verdi Va', pensiero (Nabucco)

3. Speech

4. Puccini Tra Voi Belle (Manon Lescaut)

5. Puccini Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)

6. Rossini Overture (Semiramide)

SIDE C

1. Leoncavallo Mattinata

2. Handel In Nomine Jesu

3. Sibella La Girometta

4. De Curtis Non Ti Scordar Di Me

5. Bixio La Mia Canzone al Vento

6. Speech 2

7. Benvenuti_Pavarotti Ave Maria, Dolce Maria

8. di Capuo O Sole Mio

SIDE D

1. Speech 3

2. Verdi Brindisi (La traviata)

3. Luciano says Thank you

4. Bonus Track Interview

5. Orlando di Lasso: Bonjour Mon Coeur

6. Jacobus Handl: In Nomine Jesu

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