Romantic Period > Gigli, Beniamino

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I lombardi; Attila; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Geo...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Reibold, Bruno; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Olivieri, Dino; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sabajno, Carlo; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Ghione, Franco; Colling...

Archive of Romances of Italian Salon Music / Beniamino Gigli

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-08-01

Works: Enrico Toselli: Serenade, Op. 6 no 1; Giuseppi Curci: Notte a Venezia
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

Time Traveller: La Belle Epoque

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaité Parisienne; La Périchole; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Prinz Methusalem; Emile Waldteufel: Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"),...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Baldwin, Dalton; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Cziffra, György; de los Angeles, Victoria; Gigli, Beniamino; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Pennario, Leonard; Royal, Kate
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Boskovsky, Willi; Rosenthal, Manuel; Gardner, Edward; Goehr, Walter; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

As the 19th century faded and the 20th century began; something special was in the air: the scent of decadence mingled with the thrill of...continue...

Le Voci Di Lecce / Camassa, Emitry, Elmo, Gallo, Perulli, Rizzo, Tafuro

1 CD / Nireo / 2012-04-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La Traviata; Rigoletto; I Lombardi alla prima criciata; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Strauss: Serenata; Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix; Lucia di Lamm...
Performers: Camassa, Vanna; Demitry, Luigi; Elmo, Cloe; Gallo, Gustavo; Gigli, Beniamino; Pagliughi, Lina; Perulli, Franco; Rizzo, Niceta; Salerno, Mario; Tafuro, Franco; Vocals], Gina Cigna [Soprano
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Berretoni, U.; Morel, Jean Paul; Capuana, Franco; Mignone, E.; Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno

Godfathers Of Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Edua...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Kraus, Alfredo [T...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Mingardo, Raffaele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Kohn, Eugene; Levine, James; Goehr, Walter; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.; Schippers, Thomas; Ferraris, Franc...

Everyone needs a Godfather to look up to and today's crop of young singers need only review the pantheon of greats that came before them....continue...

Icon: Beniamino Gigli (7 CDs)

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; L'amico Fritz; Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Isab...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bada, Angelo; Baldosseri, Nerina; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; de Luca, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Fedri, Dino; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Joseph; Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Sabajno, Carlo; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goehr, Walter; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pie...
Ensemble: ; Neapolitan Novelty Band

Beniamino Gigli was the most popular and successful Italian tenor in the first half of the 20th century. Acclaimed as the second Caruso, he was...continue...

Torna a Surriento: Canzoni, Vol. 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-12-08

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Tu ca nun chiagne; Evemero Nardella: Ammore e' femmena; Paolo Tosti: La serenata; Vorrei (Could I); Mattinata for voice & piano/orchestra; Venetian Song, duet fo...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Anselmi, Giuseppe; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Constantino, Florencio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino...

A compilation of the most famous singers of their day performing the popular Neapolitan canzone. These canzone were often performed as encores at recitals given...continue...

O Sole Mio, Canzoni, Vol. 1

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-11-10

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Paolo Tosti: Il pescatore pensa, for voice & piano/orchestra; Canzoni-stornelli (3); Pour un baiser; L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra; Romanze (3); T'amo ancora; Mauro C...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Cazette, Louis; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Giacomo, Salvatore di; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Lucia, Fernando de; Muratore, Lucien [Vocals]; Pertile, A...

Rooted in popular culture, the Neapolitan canzoni's lyrics and music are inspired by everyday themes. They are plain and simple miniatures that attain a higher...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Beniamino Gigli, Maria Caniglia, Ebe Stignani, Lia Serafini, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-11-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Pasero, Tancredi; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tajo, Italo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"My first reaction on hearing this recording again was that to sing RadamEs, Gigli denies the sweetness of his voice and belts, making him sound...continue...

Georges Bizet: Carmen

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-10-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Cadoni, Fernanda; Gigli, Beniamino; Gigli, Rina; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Marcangeli, Anna; Mazzini, Guido; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tomei, Giulio; Tommaso, S. De
Conductors: Bellezza, Vincenzo

Gigli In Concert

1 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Stanislao Gastaldon: Musica proibita,...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino; Sivieri, Enrico
Conductors: Fekete, Zoltán; Shilkret, Nathaniel

This concert reveals how no tenor on record had as many colors in his palette as Gigli. At this point in his career, his interpretations...continue...

Gigli - Caruso - Schipa: The Legendary Three Tenors

1 CD / Yoyo USA, Inc. / 2008-10-14

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Vieni sul mar (A song from Naples); Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amor...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Gigli; Gigli, Beniamino; Schipa; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]

18 "Celeste Aida" da Aida di Giuseppe Verdi / Caruso, Bergonzi, Paoli, Björling, Corelli, Gigli, et al

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2008-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Labò, Flaviano; Lagares, Rafael; Martinelli, Gio...

'Aida' is the most widely-performed opera ever and the aria 'Celeste Aida' is what might be termed its calling card. After all, it is sung...continue...

'O Sole Mio - The Very Best of Neapolitan Songs / Gigli

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-08-05

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Ah! Maria, Marì, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ernesto de Curtis: Voce'e notte; Lucia, Lucì for voice & orchestra; Torna a Surriento; Canta pe' me...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

'O Sole Mio The Very Best Of Neapolitan Songs Includes 16 Beautifully Sung By Beniamino Gigli. These Are The Original Recordings Made Between 1925-1946....continue...

Famous Neapolitan Songs (Box Set)

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-08-05

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Ah! Maria, Marì, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Emanuele Nutile: Mamma mia, che vo' sapè, for voice & orchestra; Ernesto de Curtis: Tu ca nun chiag...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]

Benjamino Gigli - Recital

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-03-04

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Cloe Elmo

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-12-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Francesco Cilèa: A...
Performers: Elmo, Cloe; Gigli, Beniamino; Salerno, Mario; Vocals], Gina Cigna [Soprano
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Tansini, Ugo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Voorhees, Donald; Morel, Jean Paul

After some tentative years (alternating between mezzo and soprano parts), Cloe Elmo was to become one of the busiest performers on Italian Radio and took...continue...

10 Great Tenors

10 CD / Membran / 2007-08-14

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Il Duca d'Alba; Lucia di Lammermoor; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Un ballo in mas...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Jurinac, Sena; Lanza, Mario ...
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Zamboni, Rainaldo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Rother, Artur; Marszalek, Franz; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leo...

Opera Masters

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Agnus Dei, for voice & ...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Caniglia, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Micheletti, Gaston; Pinza, Ezio; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Supervia, Conchita

Canzoni Napoletane e Popolari

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 2007-05-22

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Teodoro Cottrau: Santa Lucia; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Voce'e notte; A Canzone 'e Napule for voice & orchestra; Lucia, Luc...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

The Essential Collection - Great Tenors / McCormack, et al

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-02-20

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Salvatore Fucito: Sultanto a Te for voice & orchestra; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; George Frederick Handel: Semele; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Aida, op...
Performers: Ancona, Mario; Bjorling, Jussi; Bourdon, Rosario; Burke, Tom; Caruso, Enrico; Cortis, Antonio; Crooks, Richard; Gigli, Beniamino; Martinelli, Giovanni; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Melba, Nellie; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Rogers, Walter B.; Goehr, Walter; Sabajno, Carlo; Ormandy, Eugene; Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Harty, Hamilton, Sir; Hauke, Ernst; Weissmann, Frieder; Bourdon, Rosario; Grevillius, Nils...

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...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria Caniglia Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Ave Maria; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca...
Performers: Caniglia, Maria; Castagnone, M.; Gigli, Beniamino; Giuranna, Barbara; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo
Conductors: Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Collingwood, Lawrance; Armani, G.; Berrettoni, Umberto; Marinuzzi, Gino; Goehr, Walter

For LP collectors, the soprano Maria Caniglia is known mainly as the partner of Beniamino Gigli. Together with him she not only made a number...continue...

Ten Top Tenors / Caruso, Roswaenge, Gigli, Tauber, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2006-11-14

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Adolphe Adam: Le postillon de Lonjumeau; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Fra Diavolo; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccin...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino; Kreisler, Fritz; Martinelli, Giovanni; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Melchior, Lauritz; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Schneider, Ed...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Szell, George; Paulik, Anton; Gaubert, Philippe; Heurteur, Fernand; Grevillius, Nils; Ormandy, Eugene; Collingwood, L...

The Stars Were Shining Vol 2 / Ponselle, Gigli, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 2005-07-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Luigi Luzzi: Ave Maria; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tos...
Performers: Carnevali, Vito; Fettes, Peter; Gigli, Beniamino; Grandi, Margherita; Newton, Ivor; Ponselle, Rosa
Conductors: Rapée, Erno; Boult, Adrian; Robinson, Stanford

Beniamino Gigli "Ave Maria" with Erna Berger / selections from La Boheme, La traviata; songs [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Canto Society / 2005-02-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino
Conductors: Ricci, Luigi
Ensemble: Studio Orchestra

Run Time: 85 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Italy
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Canciones Napolitanas

1 CD / Yoyo USA, Inc. / 2004-09-13

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Italian Traditional: Santa Lucia; Anonymous, Italian: Canta per mi, song; Luigi Denza: Occhi Turchini! for voice & orchestra; Funiculì funiculà; Marcello d...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

Sacred Songs / Beniamino Gigli

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2004-09-01

Works: Vito Carnevali: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Percy Kahn: Ave Ma...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

Keith Hardwick - In Memoriam

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir...
Performers: Chaliapin, Feodor; Crabbe, Armand; Dawson, Peter; Franci, Benvenuto; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Koshetz, Nina; Melchior, Lauritz; Monte, Toti Dal; Nemeth, Maria; Pinza, Ezio; Schiotz, Ak...
Conductors: Alwin, Carl; Santini, Gabriele; Bourdon, Rosario; Byng, George W.; Setti, Giulio; Nastrucci, Gino; Albergoni, Angelo; Steinmann, Max; Tango, Egisto; Blech, Leo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Weissmann, Frie...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

The Unpublished Treasury

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-06-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Ernani; Requiem Mass; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Spanish Traditional: No quiero casarme; Mar...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Crooks, Richard; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; Gorin, Igor; Koshetz...
Conductors: Büsser, Henri

This CD contains 20 tracks with nearly 77 minutes of unpublished works. Metal masters of these recordings have survived with time and now can be...continue...

Beniamino Gigli - A Life in Words and Music

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Graeme Kay: Beniamino Gigli; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bori, Lucrezia; Caniglia, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Monte, Toti Dal; Tomei, Giulio; Zamboni, Maria

Gigli was born to sing, and he used records, broadcasts and film to promote his music and career way beyond the confines of the opera...continue...

A Little Bit of Heaven / Butt, Gigli, Robeson, Lough, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2003-11-11

Works: Stephen Adams: The Holy City; Arthur Sullivan: The Lost Chord; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Traditional: My Lord, what a morning; Swing low, sweet chariot; Amazing Grace; Oh, what a beautifu...
Performers: Allin, Norman; Anderson, Marian; Bettendorf, Emmy; Brown, Lawrence [Classical]; Butt, Clara, Dame; Crooks, Richard [Tenor]; Francis, James; Gigli, Beniamino; Harris, Phil; Jackson, Mahalia; Lough, Er...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John, Sir; ; Thalben-Ball, George, Sir; Greenwood, Clifford; Wilbur, Jay; Robinson, Stanford
Ensemble: ; BBC Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Chorus; Chorus; Orchestra; Temple Church Choir; Vienna Boys' Choir

Beniamino Gigli - I Concerti del 1953 a Napoli, Roma, Milano

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2003-09-30

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Pietro Mascagni: Lodoletta; Georges Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles; Jacques Halévy: La juive; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Friedrich von Flotow...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

The Very Best of Beniamino Gigli

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; G...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Dawson, Herbert; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Noto, Giuseppe; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Goehr, Walter; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pietro; Sabajno, Carlo; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Serafin, Tullio; Zamboni...
Ensemble: ; Solisten-Vereinigung der Bachworche Ansbach; Strings & Harp

Great Voices of the Past - The Sopranos

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-07-02

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; L...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Anzellotti, Alba; Beckmann, Friedel; Bellinzona, E.; Boninsegna, Celestina; Boue, Geori; Caniglia, Maria; Cherkasskaya, Marianne; Collard, Andre; Danco, Suzanne; Destinn, Emmy; Eames...
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Stiedry, Fritz; Panizza, Héctor; Kraus, Richard; Gui, Vittorio; Sabajno, Carlo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Briez, Georges; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Lehár, Franz; Pitt, Percy; Dobroven,...

Assemble three dozen operatic sopranos on one album and MAMA MIA! You have a combination that practically screams 'bada bing'! These are the original, one-and-only,...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Verdi's Masterworks Vol 2

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-07-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Ernani; Macbeth; Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Andreva, Stella; Bampton, Rose; Battistini, Mattia; Bjorling, Jussi; Burzio, Eugenia; Caniglia, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Castagna, Bruna; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cordon, Norman; de Luca, Gi...
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Gui, Vittorio; Sabajno, Carlo; Sandberg, Herbert; Tansini, Ugo; Pitt, Percy; Panizza, Héctor

The Great Voices survey of Verdi operas continues with this second of three volumes, including extensive excerpts from 'La Traviata' and 'Un Ballo in Maschera'...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Favorite French Excerpts

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-07-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jules Massenet: Il re di...
Performers: Aumonier, Paul; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Civil, Pablo; Clement, Edmond; Destinn, Emmy; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Journet,...
Conductors: Rapée, Erno; Sabajno, Carlo; Bourdon, Rosario; Erede, Alberto; Molajoli, Lorenzo

The first-ever budget priced album of great singers in French opera features selections from all the most famous titles, as well as a few rarities...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Verdi's Masterworks Vol 1

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; Il Trovatore; I lombardi; I due Foscari; Attila
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Badini, Ernesto; Bechi, Gino; Bernelli, Gina; Bjorling, Jussi; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caruso, Enrico; Crimi, Giulio; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Granforte, Apollo; Hempel...
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Ghione, Franco; Bourdon, Rosario
Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra

This is the first release in a 4 volume series (8 CDs altogeher) surveying the greatest Verdi recordings made by the past century's most legendary...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - The 30 Tenors

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem Mass; Eduardo...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Jadlowker, Hermann; Kozlovsky, Ivan; ...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Rother, Artur; Bourdon, Rosario; Sabajno, Carlo; Elmendorff, Karl; Orlov, Alexander; Gurlitt, Manfred; Rapée, Erno; Erede, Alberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Quadri, Argeo; Barbiro...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchester der Staatsoper Dresden; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano; Radio City Music Hall Orchestra

Opera d'Oro has gathered together 30 of the greatest male voices of the last century to each belt out an aria on "The 30 Tenors"....continue...

Verdi: Falstaff, etc / De Sabata, Serafin,Stabile, et al

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-08-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Aida, opera; Otello
Performers: Biasini, Piero; Canali, Anna Maria; Caniglia, Maria; Carteri, Rosanna; Caruso, Mariano; Elmo, Cloe; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Merli, Francesco; Nessi, Giuseppe; Oltrabella, Augusta; Silveri, Pao...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

Beniamino Gigli - The Complete HMV Recordings (1938-1940)

1 CD / Romeo Records / 2002-05-28

Works: Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Desiderio; Cuore diglielo anche tu; Mamma; Se vuoi goder la vita; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Giulio Caccini: Ama...
Performers: Elmo, Cloe; Gigli, Beniamino; Noto, Giuseppe
Conductors: Olivieri, Dino; Collingwood, Lawrance; Ricci, Luigi; Berrettoni, Umberto
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - The Age of Bel Canto

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alessandro; MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro),...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bada, Angelo; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Granforte, Apollo; Ivogun, Maria; La...

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Greatest Heroes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis, LWV 63; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von W...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Bampton, Rose; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Lehmann, Lotte; Lore...

Beniamino Gigli Rarities - Live Performances 1934-1940

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2001-10-23

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Performers: Baracchi, Aristide; Gigli, Beniamino; Vocals], Mafalda Favero [Soprano
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 4 - 1930-1950

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-10-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; R...
Performers: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Borgonovo, Luigi; Cebotari, Maria; Gay, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Ivogün, Maria; Kipnis, Alexander; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Lehmann, Lotte; Lemnitz, Tiana; Lorenz, Max; Melchi...
Conductors: Schmalstich, Clemens; Barbirolli, John; Melichar, Alois; Orthmann, Erich; Zweig, Fritz; Heger, Robert

This special 2 CD collection is the final volume in a mini-series presenting fifty years of great voices on record. All the material contained here...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Legendary Opera Duets

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Simon Boccanegra; Otello; Henry Pur...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Baillie, Isobel; Bampton, Rose; Beuf, Augusto; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Eames, Emma; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Fr...

This is a unique collection of some operatic rarities, some sung by famous singers, some by names now forgotten, but belonging to artists of surprising...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Great Opera Ensembles

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; La traviata; I lombardi; Ernani; Attila; Otello; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: La bo...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Amato, Pasquale; Anthony, Grace; Bada, Angelo; Bjorling, Jussi; Carena, Maria; Carmassi, Bruno; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; Civil, Pablo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Debicka, Hedwig von;...

Trios, quartets and quintets from the great operas, featuring familiar stars of yesteryear, mixed in with some of the great voices whose memories have faded...continue...

Beniamino Gigli in Buenos Aires & Rio de Janeiro

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2001-07-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; La traviata; La forza del destino; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Mattinata; Georges Biz...
Performers: Barbato, Elisabetta; Gigli, Beniamino; Neri, Giulio; Sivieri, Enrico
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Opera Arias / Beniamino Gigli

1 CD / Fono / 2001-06-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; I lombardi; Attila; Il trovatore; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth; Ribetti, Elda; Stignani, Ebe
Conductors: ; Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Beniamino Gigli made his first recording in 1918, two years before the death of Caruso, whose successor he was considered. Gigli skilfully sailed through the...continue...

Beniamino Gigli - Historical Recordings 1927-1951

1 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; ...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino