Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

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Audio Samples

Album Summary

Performers

• Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
• Ezio Pinza (Bass)
• Angelo Bada (Tenor)
• Louise Homer (Alto)
• Amelita Galli-Curci (Soprano)
• Elisabeth Rethberg (Soprano)

Conductors

• Barbirolli, John
• Bourdon, Rosario
• Collingwood, Lawrance
• Ghione, Franco
• Goehr, Walter
• Olivieri, Dino
• Reibold, Bruno
• Ricci, Ruggiero
• Sabajno, Carlo
• Seidler-Winkler, Bruno
• Setti, Giulio
• Shilkret, Nathaniel

Ensemble

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Composers

• Ardo
• Teodoro Cottrau (1827 - 1879)
• Vincenzo di Chiara
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Vincenzo De Crescenzo
• Ernesto de Curtis (Composer) (1875 - 1937)
• Ermenegildo del Cinque
• Eduardo di Capua (1865 - 1917)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812 - 1883)
• Cesare Andrea Bixio (1898 - 1973)
• Arturo Buzzi-Peccia (1854 - 1943)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
• Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896)
• Giuseppe Curci
• E.A. Mario (Writer) (1810 - 1883)

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Works Details

Ponchielli, Amilcare : La Gioconda :: Cielo e mar!

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1876

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Bella figlia dell'amore

• Performers: Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Giulio Setti
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Bella figlia dell'amore

• Performers: Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Giulio Setti
• Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Die Afrikanerin

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
• Notes: Composition written: 1864.
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1864

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Giusto cielo, rispondete

• Performers: Ezio Pinza (Bass); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Giulio Setti
• Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Giusto cielo, rispondete

• Performers: Ezio Pinza (Bass); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Giulio Setti
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali

• Performers: Ezio Pinza (Bass); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Giulio Setti
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Chi mi frena in tal memento

• Performers: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor); Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone); Ezio Pinza (Bass); Angelo Bada (Tenor); Louise Homer (Alto); Amelita Galli-Curci (Soprano)
• Conductor: Giulio Setti
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Mi par d'udire ancora

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Mi par d'udire ancora

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Verdi, Giuseppe : I lombardi :: Qual voluttà trascorrere

• Performers: Ezio Pinza (Bass); Elisabeth Rethberg (Soprano); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843

Verdi, Giuseppe : I lombardi :: Qual voluttà trascorrere

• Performers: Ezio Pinza (Bass); Elisabeth Rethberg (Soprano); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843

Thomas, Ambroise : Mignon :: Addio, Mignon, fa'core

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1866

Thomas, Ambroise : Mignon :: Ah, non credevi tu

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1866

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Intanto amici, qua...Viva il vino spumeggiante

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Giulio Setti
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Verdi, Giuseppe : Attila :: Te sol quest'anima

• Performers: Ezio Pinza (Bass); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1846

Flotow, Friedrich von : Martha :: M'appari

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Bruno Reibold
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Una furtiva lagrima

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1832

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: De' miei bollenti spiriti

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Curci, Giuseppe : Notte a Venezia for voice & orchestra

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Bruno Seidler-Winkler
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.

Crescenzo, Vincenzo di : Triste Maggio for voice & orchestra

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Nathaniel Shilkret
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Bixio, Cesare Andrea : Mamma

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Dino Olivieri
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 19th Century

Mario, E.A. : Santa Lucia luntana, for voice & orchestra

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Nathaniel Shilkret
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1919

Curtis, Ernesto De : Ti voglio tanto bene

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Dino Olivieri
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1937

Bixio, Cesare Andrea : La Canzone dell'amore, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib)

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Dino Olivieri
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 19th Century

Curtis, Ernesto De : Torna a Surriento

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Dino Olivieri
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1902

Buzzi-Peccia, Arturo : Lolita "Spanish Serenade"

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Dino Olivieri
• Notes: Composition written: United States of America.
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bixio, Cesare Andrea : Se vuoi goder la vita

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Dino Olivieri
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Ardo : La Paloma

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Ruggiero Ricci
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.

Cinque, Ermenegildo del : Mattinata Veneziana for voice & orchestra

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Dino Olivieri
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Curtis, Ernesto De : A Canzone 'e Napule for voice & orchestra

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1912

Curtis, Ernesto De : Non ti scordar di me

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1935

Curtis, Ernesto De : Voce'e notte

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1904

Rossini, Gioachino : La Danza

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Walter Goehr
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1830-1835

Curtis, Ernesto De : Maria (Tu sei per me la vita)

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Dino Olivieri
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Cottrau, Teodoro : Santa Lucia

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1860

Crescenzo, Vincenzo di : Rondine al nido, romance for voice & piano (or orchestra)

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Nathaniel Shilkret
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1920

Capua, Eduardo di : O sole mio

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Dino Olivieri
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1900

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Mattinata

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Franco Ghione
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1904

Chiara, Vincenzo di : La Spagnola for voice & orchestra

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Lawrance Collingwood
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1880-1937