The Essential Collection - Great Tenors / McCormack, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Joseph Schmidt (Tenor)
• Mafalda Vocals] (Soprano)
• Nellie Melba (Soprano)
• Giovanni Martinelli (Tenor)
• Rosario Bourdon (Cello)
• Mario Ancona (Baritone)
• Titta Ruffo (Baritone)
• Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• John McCormack
• Tito Schipa
• Lauritz Melchior (Tenor)
• Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Tom Burke (Tenor)
• Richard Tauber (Tenor)
• Antonio Cortis (Tenor)
• Richard Crooks (Tenor)
• Max Saal (Harp)
• Ferruccio Tagliavini
• Jussi Björling (Tenor)

Conductors

• Antonicelli, Giuseppe
• Barbirolli, John
• Berrettoni, Umberto
• Bourdon, Rosario
• Dorati, Antal
• Goehr, Walter
• Goossens, Eugene, Sir
• Grevillius, Nils
• Harty, Hamilton, Sir
• Hauke, Ernst
• Hye-Knudsen, Johan
• Lehar, Franz
• Olivieri, Dino
• Ormandy, Eugene
• Pasternack, Josef A.
• Rogers, Walter B.
• Sabajno, Carlo
• Schmalstich, Clemens
• Weissmann, Frieder

Ensemble

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Composers

• Salvatore Fucito
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Johan Emil Horneman (1809 - 1870)
• Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916)
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812 - 1883)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini (aka J.P. Schwarzendorf) (1741 - 1816)
• Riccardo Drigo (1846 - 1930)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Teodoro Cottrau (1827 - 1879)
• José Padilla (1889 - 1960)
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Robert Stolz (1880 - 1975)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Eduardo di Capua (1865 - 1917)
• Ernesto de Curtis (Composer) (1875 - 1937)
• Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Carl Millöcker (Composer) (1842 - 1899)

Notes & Reviews:

The Essential Collection takes its first foray into classical music in this set, which features some of the greatest tenor voices of the first half of the twentieth century. Boasting of the legendary Enrico Caruso, his "Prodigy" Beniamino Gigli known as the "Peoples Tenor," Jussi Bjorling, Richard Tauber, Antonio Cortis and Joseph Schmidt, known as the "pocket Caruso" due to his diminutive stature. Some tracks, particularly Caruso 's whose last records actually date from the early twenties, were electronically overdubbed in the thirties. Though this practice was frowned upon by purists, it provides us with an idea of what he would have sounded like with modern day recording equipment. So sit back, listen and enjoy the music of the golden age of the great tenors.

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Ponchielli, Amilcare : La Gioconda :: Act 2. Cielo E Mar!

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1876

Fucito, Salvatore : Sultanto a Te for voice & orchestra

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Conductor: Josef Pasternack
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1915

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Act 2. Il Mio Tesoro

• Performer: John McCormack
• Conductor: Walter Rogers
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Handel, George Frideric : Semele :: Act 2. Where'Er You Walk

• Performer: John McCormack
• Conductor: Walter Goehr
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1743

Verdi, Giuseppe : Luisa Miller :: Act 2. Quando Le Sere Al Placido

• Performer: Tito Schipa
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1849

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

• Performer: Tito Schipa
• Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1775

Wagner, Richard : Siegfried :: Act 1. Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert!

• Performer: Lauritz Melchior (Tenor)
• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1871

Horneman, Johan Emil : Kongernes Konge, for voice & orchestra

• Performer: Lauritz Melchior (Tenor)
• Conductor: Johan Hye-Knudsen
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1848

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 1. Se Quel Guerrier lo Fossi

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Walter Goehr
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Drigo, Riccardo : Harlequin's Millions

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Josef Pasternack
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Act 3. Nessun Dorma

• Performer: Tom Burke (Tenor)
• Conductor: Hamilton Harty
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Tosti, Francesco Paolo : My Dreams, for voice & piano or orchestra, C.S. 143

• Performer: Tom Burke (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Act 2. Ha Wie In Meiner Seele

• Performer: Richard Tauber (Tenor)
• Conductor: Ernst Hauke
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Stolz, Robert : Im weissen Rössl :: Adieu, Mein Kleiner Gardeoffizer "Goodbye"

• Performer: Richard Tauber (Tenor)
• Conductor: Frieder Weissmann
• Notes: Composition written: 1930.
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1930

Giordano, Umberto : La cena delle beffe :: Ah! Che Tormento

• Performer: Antonio Cortis (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1924

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Act 1. Non Piangere Líú

• Performer: Antonio Cortis (Tenor)
• Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Wagner, Richard : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg :: Act 3. Morgenlich Leuchtend Im Rosigen Schein "Walthe

• Performer: Richard Crooks (Tenor)
• Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862-1867

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: O Lola, Rosengleich Blühn Deine Wangen (Siciliana

• Performers: Max Saal (Harp); Richard Crooks (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Rossini, Gioachino : Stabat mater :: Cujus Animam

• Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
• Conductor: Nils Grevillius
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1841

Carl Millöcker (Composer) (1842 - 1899) : Der Bettelstudent, operetta :: Act 3. Nu Är Jag Pank Och Fågelfri "Ich Hab' Kein Geld"

• Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
• Conductor: Nils Grevillius
• Notes: Composition written: 1882.
• Running Time: 1 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882

Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Act 2. Una Furtiva Lagrima

• Performer: Ferruccio Tagliavini
• Conductor: Antal Dorati
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1832

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 2. Ella Mi Fu Rapita!...Parmi Veder Le Lagrime

• Performer: Ferruccio Tagliavini
• Conductor: Antal Dorati
• Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Capua, Eduardo di : O sole mio

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Notes: 02/05/1916/08/15/1932
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1900

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Act 1. Recitar!...Vesti La Giubba

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Notes: 03/17/1907/03/15/1932
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Act 1. Mi Par D'Udir Ancora "Je Crois Entendre Encore"

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Eugene Goossens
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Curtis, Ernesto De : Torna a Surriento

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Dino Olivieri
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1902

Flotow, Friedrich von : Martha :: Act 3. Ach So Fromm "M'Appari"

• Performer: Joseph Schmidt (Tenor)
• Conductor: Clemens Schmalstich
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Mascagni, Pietro : L'Amico Fritz :: Act 2. Suzel, Buon Di...Tutto Tace "Cherry Duet"

• Performers: Mafalda Vocals] (Soprano); Tito Schipa
• Conductor: Giuseppe Antonicelli
• Running Time: 9 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 3. La Donna E Mobile

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Notes: 03/16/1908/03/12/1932
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Cottrau, Teodoro : Santa Lucia

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Notes: 03/20/1916/??/??/1934
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1860

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : The Land of Smiles :: Act

• Performer: Richard Tauber (Tenor)
• Conductor: Franz Lehár
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: Act 2. O Dolce Incanto "En Fermant Les Yeux"

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882-1883

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Act 1. Che Gelida Manina

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Act 1. O Soave Fanciulla

• Performers: Enrico Caruso (Tenor); Nellie Melba (Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Act 3. La Vita E Inferno...O Tu, Che In Seno Agli Angeli

• Performer: Giovanni Martinelli (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

José Padilla (1889 - 1960) : Valencia

• Performers: Rosario Bourdon (Cello); Tito Schipa
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1910-1950

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Act 1. Recondita Armonia

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Act 3. E Lucevan Le Stelle

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Act 3. Salut! Demeure Chaste Et Pure

• Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
• Conductor: Nils Grevillius
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Act 1. Del Tempio Al Limitar "Au Fond Du Temple Saint"

• Performers: Enrico Caruso (Tenor); Mario Ancona (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Giordano, Umberto : Fedora :: Act 2. Amor Ti Vieta

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Umberto Berrettoni
• Notes: Composition written: 1898.
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1898

Boito, Arrigo : Mefistofele :: Act 1. Dai Campi, Dai Prati

• Performer: John McCormack
• Notes: Composition written: 1868-75.
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1868-1875

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Act 2. Oh! Mostruosa Colpa!...Si, Pel Ciel

• Performers: Titta Ruffo (Baritone); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887