Cesare Valletti sings Mozart, Scarlatti

The leading operatic 'tenore di grazia' of the 1950s and '60s, Cesare Valletti (1922-2000) was also an incomparable interpreter of songs. A few years after his 1953 Metropolitan Opera debut, Valletti crowned his successes on the operatic stage with a series of recitals at New York's Town Hall and the critics were astonished by his patrician musicianship, impeccable taste and fabulous diction. Recorded by RCA and issued on a pair of LPs, the Town Hall recitals of 1959 and 1960 were immediately seized upon as collectors' items. Now at last, every facet of Valletti's song repertoire is recaptured on these two CDs, which also include his 1958 studio album, 'The Art of Song'.

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Sarti, Giuseppe : Giulio Sabino :: Lungi dal caro bene

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta

Stradella, Alessandro : Le gare dell'amor eroico :: A Porfiria vecchiarella

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1679

Scarlatti, Alessandro : Work(s) :: Cara e dolce

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Handel, George Frideric : MEDLEY :: Ne men con l'ombre

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1738

Scarlatti, Alessandro : Il Pirro e Demetrio :: Le violette

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta

Scarlatti, Alessandro : Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme :: Caldo sangue

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Cantata/Oratorio

Scarlatti, Alessandro : Il Flavio :: Chi vuole innamorarsi

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta

Pasquini, Bernardo : Al tramontar del giorno :: Al tramontar del giorno

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Misero! o sogno...Aura che intorni spiri, K 431 (425b)

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 8 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Vocal
Written: 1783

Berlioz, Hector : Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle :: 1. Villanelle

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 09/1841

Berlioz, Hector : Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle :: 2. Sur les lagunes

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 09/1841

Berlioz, Hector : Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle :: 3. L'île inconnue

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 09/1841

Wolf, Hugo : Eichendorff Lieder

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 09/22/1888

Wolf, Hugo : Eichendorff Lieder

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 08/31/1888

Wolf, Hugo : Der Gärtner

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 03/07/1888

Wolf, Hugo : Italienisches Liederbuch I

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 12/04/1891

Wolf, Hugo : Mörike Lieder

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 04/01/1888

Obradors, Fernando J. : Canciones Clásicas Españolas :: Book 3. Tres Morillas

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Notes: Composition written: 1920.
Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1920

Obradors, Fernando J. : Canciones Clásicas Españolas

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 1 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: circa 1920-1945

Calleja, Rafael : Granadinas

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Boito, Arrigo : Mefistofele :: Giunto sul passo estremo

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Notes: Composition written: 1868-75.
Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1868-1875

Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950) : L'Arlesiana :: Lamento di Federico

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1897

Schubert, Franz : Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: ?10/12/1815

Schubert, Franz : Nacht und Träume, D 827

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: ?1825

Schubert, Franz : Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1822

Schumann, Robert : Lieder und Gesänge (5), Op. 127

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1840

Schumann, Robert : Gedichte (6), Op. 36

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 1 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1840

Schumann, Robert : Myrthen, Op. 25

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1840

Pizzetti, Ildebrando : I pastori

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Notes: RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1958-11/06/1958)
Running Time: 6 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1908

Paisiello, Giovanni : La molinara

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Classical

Pergolesi, Giovanni : Tre giorni son che nina, song for voice & piano (spurious; may be by V.L. Ciampi)

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: circa 1725-1735

Giordani, Tommaso : Caro mio ben

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: circa 1790

Caccini, Giulio : Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche)

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance
Written: 1601

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : O del mio dolce ardor :: O del mio dolce ardor

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Notes: Composition written: Italy.
Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta

Martini, Jean-Paul-Gilles : Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra)

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Vocal
Written: 1775

Donaudy, Stefano : Vaghissima sembianza

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1892

Donaudy, Stefano : O del mio amato ben

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: circa 1895-1925

Quilter, Roger : Drink to me only with thine eyes

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Quilter, Roger : Believe me, if all those endearing young charms...

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Dello Joio, Norman : There is a lady sweet and kind

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Quilter, Roger : Shakespeare Songs (3), Op. 6

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Songs (12), Op. 14

Performers: Cesare Valletti; Leo Taubman (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1896

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Songs (6), Op. 4

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1890-1893

Grieg, Edvard : Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1864

Grieg, Edvard : Songs (6), Op. 48

Performers: Leo Taubman (Piano); Cesare Valletti
Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884-1888

Cesare Valletti sings Mozart, Scarlatti, Schubert, Berlioz, etc

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