Beniamino Gigli Operatic Arias
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Composer or Director: Charles-François Gounod, Giacomo Puccini, (Antonio) Carlos Gomes, Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, Amilcare Ponchielli, Umberto Giordano, Edouard(-Victoire-Antoine) Lalo
Label: Gold Seal
Magazine Review Date: 10/1990
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 73
Mastering:
Mono
Acoustic
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Catalogue Number: GD87811
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Andrea Chénier, Movement: ~ |
Umberto Giordano, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Josef Pasternack, Conductor Umberto Giordano, Composer |
(La) Favorita, Movement: ~ |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Josef Pasternack, Conductor |
(L')Elisir d'amore, 'Elixir of Love', Movement: Una furtiva lagrima |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
(L')Elisir d'amore, 'Elixir of Love', Movement: Quanto è bella |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
Lucia di Lammermoor, '(The) Bride of Lammermoor', Movement: ~ |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Ezio Pinza, Bass Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Giulio Setti, Conductor New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
Faust, Movement: ~ |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Charles-François Gounod, Composer Josef Pasternack, Conductor |
Roméo et Juliette, 'Romeo and Juliet', Movement: ~ |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Charles-François Gounod, Composer Lucrezia Bori, Soprano Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
(Le) Roi d'Ys, Movement: ~ |
Edouard(-Victoire-Antoine) Lalo, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Edouard(-Victoire-Antoine) Lalo, Composer Josef Pasternack, Conductor |
Tosca, Movement: ~ |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Josef Pasternack, Conductor |
(La) Gioconda, Movement: ~ |
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Rosario Bourdon, Conductor Titta Ruffo, Baritone |
(La) Gioconda, Movement: Cielo e mar! |
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
(Les) Pêcheurs de Perles, '(The) Pearl Fishers', Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Georges Bizet, Composer Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
Attila, Movement: Te sol, te sol quest'anima |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Elisabeth Rethberg, Soprano Ezio Pinza, Bass Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
(I) Lombardi alla prima crociata, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Elisabeth Rethberg, Soprano Ezio Pinza, Bass Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
(Lo) Schiavo, Movement: ~ |
(Antonio) Carlos Gomes, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra (Antonio) Carlos Gomes, Composer Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Enrico Sivieri, Conductor |
(Il) Guarany, Movement: Il torvo sguardo |
(Antonio) Carlos Gomes, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra (Antonio) Carlos Gomes, Composer Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Enrico Sivieri, Conductor |
Composer or Director: Charles-François Gounod, Giacomo Puccini, (Antonio) Carlos Gomes, Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, Amilcare Ponchielli, Umberto Giordano, Edouard(-Victoire-Antoine) Lalo
Label: Gold Seal
Magazine Review Date: 10/1990
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Mono
Acoustic
ADD
Catalogue Number: GK87811
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Andrea Chénier, Movement: ~ |
Umberto Giordano, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Josef Pasternack, Conductor Umberto Giordano, Composer |
(La) Favorita, Movement: ~ |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Josef Pasternack, Conductor |
(L')Elisir d'amore, 'Elixir of Love', Movement: Una furtiva lagrima |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
(L')Elisir d'amore, 'Elixir of Love', Movement: Quanto è bella |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
Lucia di Lammermoor, '(The) Bride of Lammermoor', Movement: ~ |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Ezio Pinza, Bass Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Giulio Setti, Conductor New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
Faust, Movement: ~ |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Charles-François Gounod, Composer Josef Pasternack, Conductor |
Roméo et Juliette, 'Romeo and Juliet', Movement: ~ |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Charles-François Gounod, Composer Lucrezia Bori, Soprano Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
(Le) Roi d'Ys, Movement: ~ |
Edouard(-Victoire-Antoine) Lalo, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Edouard(-Victoire-Antoine) Lalo, Composer Josef Pasternack, Conductor |
Tosca, Movement: ~ |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Josef Pasternack, Conductor |
(La) Gioconda, Movement: ~ |
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Rosario Bourdon, Conductor Titta Ruffo, Baritone |
(La) Gioconda, Movement: Cielo e mar! |
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
(Les) Pêcheurs de Perles, '(The) Pearl Fishers', Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Georges Bizet, Composer Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
Attila, Movement: Te sol, te sol quest'anima |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Elisabeth Rethberg, Soprano Ezio Pinza, Bass Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
(I) Lombardi alla prima crociata, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Elisabeth Rethberg, Soprano Ezio Pinza, Bass Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Rosario Bourdon, Conductor |
(Lo) Schiavo, Movement: ~ |
(Antonio) Carlos Gomes, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra (Antonio) Carlos Gomes, Composer Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Enrico Sivieri, Conductor |
(Il) Guarany, Movement: Il torvo sguardo |
(Antonio) Carlos Gomes, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra (Antonio) Carlos Gomes, Composer Beniamino Gigli, Tenor Enrico Sivieri, Conductor |
Author:
But of course it contains much else, including several highly desirable items also found in recently published issues on the Pearl and Nimbus labels. Alas, for readers who have already bought either or both of those; it has to be said that on the whole this new issue is better. One transfer, of which the Nimbus version ((CD) NI7807, 5/90) is decidedly preferable, is the Faust aria: RCA have what sounds like an inferior copy, the kind of thing which on a 78 or LP makes one get up to clean the stylus, whereas the Nimbus transfer is splendidly free and clear throughout.
In other instances, such as the Andrea Chenier and La favorita arias, the RCA versions are brighter and more distinctively Gigli—the Nimbus resonance lends a slightly generalizing effect, I find, and Gigli acquires a more Caruso-like weight and thickness. With Pearl ((CD) CDGEMM9367, 5/90) there is none of that, and generally the voice comes out remarkably well; but comparing the
Among the rarities on RCA (''first release'' they announce, though many collectors have known them for years) the duets with Lucrezia Bori are particularly fine. Hearing them again made me wonder what had happened in the studio to make the second so much more lively and affectionate in feeling than the first. It is also interesting to note that the Chenier and Tosca solos were recorded in the same session, the Tosca having exactly the mobility and responsiveness lacking in the Chenier. Both, of course, are marvellous examples of the great voice and the unforced production that served him so well that he could still sing as he did in Rio at the age of 60 years.'
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