Prima Voce - Caruso - The Early Recordings

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Album Summary

Performers

• Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (Piano)
• Salvatore Cottone (Piano)

Composers

• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
• Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922)
• Alberto Franchetti (1860 - 1942)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Notes & Reviews:

To mark the 100th release in the critically acclaimed Prima Voce series, Nimbus presents a selection of rare Caruso recordings focusing on the early recordings. Gramophone magazine states of the transfer process: "The method still brings me face to face, far more consistently than other transfers have done, with Caruso as I like to hear him and as I believe he sounded."

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Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Mattinata

• Performers: Enrico Caruso (Tenor); Ruggero Leoncavallo (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1904

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Je crois entendre encore

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Recitar, mentre preso dal delirio... Vesti la giubba

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Celeste Aida

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Recondita armonia

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: O Lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Ponchielli, Amilcare : La Gioconda :: Cielo e mar

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1876

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Die Hugenoten :: Ah, quel spectacle enchanteur... Plus blanche que la blanche h

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1836

Boito, Arrigo : Mefistofele :: Dai campi, dai'prati

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1868-75.
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1868-1875

Giordano, Umberto : Fedora :: Amor ti vieta

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1898.
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1898

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Celeste Aida

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Ponchielli, Amilcare : La Gioconda :: Cielo e mar

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1876

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Recitar, mentre preso dal delirio... Vesti la giubba

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: O Lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 5 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Denza, Luigi : Non t'amo più

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: ?18th Century

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Questa o quella

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: En fermant les yeux (Il sogno)

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882-1883

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

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1832

Boito, Arrigo : Mefistofele :: Giunto sul passo estremo

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1868-75.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1868-1875

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Mascagni, Pietro : Iris :: Apri la tua finestra

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: Japan.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Franchetti, Alberto : Germania :: Studenti! Udite

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1902

Franchetti, Alberto : Germania :: Ah, vieni qui... No, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi

• Performers: Salvatore Cottone (Piano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1902

Franchetti, Alberto : Germania :: Studenti! Udite

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1902

Franchetti, Alberto : Germania :: Ah, vieni qui... No, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1902

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900