Giuseppe Di Stefano Opera Arias and Songs
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Composer or Director: Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini, Cesare Andrea Bixio, Traditional, Giuseppe Verdi, (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Francesco Cilea, Ernesto Tagliaferri, Gaetano Donizetti
Label: Testament
Magazine Review Date: 1/1998
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 79
Mastering:
Mono
ADD
Catalogue Number: SBT1096
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Vola, vola, vola |
Cesare Andrea Bixio, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Cesare Andrea Bixio, Composer Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Mario Consiglio, Conductor |
Canto, ma sotto voce |
Cesare Andrea Bixio, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Cesare Andrea Bixio, Composer Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Mario Consiglio, Conductor |
A la barcillunisa |
Traditional, Composer
Alberto Erede, Conductor Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor New London Opera Orchestra Traditional, Composer |
Cantu a timùni |
Traditional, Composer
Alberto Erede, Conductor Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor New London Opera Orchestra Traditional, Composer |
Abballati |
Traditional, Composer
Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor RCA Victor Orchestra Renato Cellini, Conductor Traditional, Composer |
Muttètti di la pàliu |
Traditional, Composer
Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor RCA Victor Orchestra Renato Cellini, Conductor Traditional, Composer |
Se vuoi goder la vita |
Cesare Andrea Bixio, Composer
Cesare Andrea Bixio, Composer Edoardo Moser, Piano Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor |
Mamma |
Cesare Andrea Bixio, Composer
Cesare Andrea Bixio, Composer Edoardo Moser, Piano Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor |
(L')Elisir d'amore, 'Elixir of Love', Movement: Una furtiva lagrima |
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
Edoardo Moser, Piano Gaetano Donizetti, Composer Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor |
(L')amico Fritz, Movement: ~ |
Pietro Mascagni, Composer
Edoardo Moser, Piano Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Pietro Mascagni, Composer |
Manon, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
Edoardo Moser, Piano Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer |
Mignon, Movement: Adieu, Mignon! Courage! |
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer Alberto Erede, Conductor Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor New London Opera Orchestra |
Mignon, Movement: ~ |
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas, Composer Alberto Erede, Conductor Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Philharmonia Orchestra |
(L')Arlesiana, '(The) Girl from Arles', Movement: E la solita storia (Lamento) |
Francesco Cilea, Composer
Alberto Erede, Conductor Francesco Cilea, Composer Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Philharmonia Orchestra |
Tosca, Movement: E lucevan le stelle |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Alberto Erede, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Philharmonia Orchestra |
(La) forza del destino, '(The) force of destiny', Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Antonino Votto, Conductor Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Milan La Scala Orchestra |
(La) Fanciulla del West, '(The) Girl of the Golden, Movement: ~ |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Antonino Votto, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Milan La Scala Orchestra |
(La) Fanciulla del West, '(The) Girl of the Golden, Movement: Ch'ella mi creda libero |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Antonino Votto, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Gianni Schicchi, Movement: Firenze è come un albero fiorito |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Antonino Votto, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Turandot, Movement: Non piangere, Liù! |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Antonino Votto, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Turandot, Movement: Nessun dorma! |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Antonino Votto, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Passione |
Ernesto Tagliaferri, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Dino Oliveri, Conductor Ernesto Tagliaferri, Composer Giuseppe di Stefano, Tenor |
Author:
Still, what we have here fulfils exactly the promise of the label’s name: it is a testament, and a testament of youth. The later operatic recordings, from 1955, find the tenor with some signs of wear and with a recklessly open way of taking his high As and B flats, but there is real passion, and imagination with it. In the latest recording, a commonplace song called Passione from 1956, one almost looks up at the speakers to see the face there: it seems so very clear and lifelike. Some of the sound (recording or transfer) strikes me as over-bright – the second Manon solo is a prime example – but it is always vivid and compelling. In the booklet-listing a translation of the song-titles would have been welcome (Cantu a timuni has been familiar to me since its issue on a 10” 78 and I still don’t know what it means). It would also have been useful if Peter Hutchinson’s notes had related the excerpts to Di Stefano’s career (did he for instance ever sing Dick Johnson, Rinuccio and Calaf on stage?). Mr Hutchinson is quite right, though, in the simple, irrefutable advice given towards the end: “Just try him”.'
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