Tagliaferri, Ernesto

Neapolitan Songs / Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor [Limited Ed.]

2 Super Audio CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Lolita "Spanish Serenade"; Paolo Tosti: Ideale, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Canzoni-stornelli (3); Romanze (3); La serenata; Non t'amo più; Addio; 'A vucchella; A Ma...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Guarino, Gian Maria; Oliveri, Dino

Gramophone Magazine
Di Stefano is here in very good form indeed ... He can still thrill with his power and can also be irresistibly tender in...continue...
Recording information: Milan (1953-04-??&1953-06-??&1961-)....continue...

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Complete Opera Plus Bonus Gala Scene / Gueden, Kmentt, Koth, Berry, Waechter

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-09-13

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Land of Smiles; Benedetto Ferrari: Domino; Frederick Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night, song (for the musical My Fair Lady); E...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Sutherland, ...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Legendary recording of Strauss II's opera, featuring some of the greatest opera stars of the mid-twentieth century. In addition to the opera itself - which...continue...
Recording information: 1960....continue...

Giuseppe di Stefano: Decca Recordings / Recitals; L'Elisir d'Amore

5 CD / Decca / 2011-08-30

Works: Alberto Favara: A la Barcillunisa, Sicilian folk song; Sicilian Traditional: Nota di li lavannàri; A la vallelunghisa; Muttetti di lu paliu; Chiovu "Abballati"; Cantu a Timuni; Cesare Cesarini: ...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Olivieri, Dino; Pattacini, Iller; Patanè, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France

24 July 2011 marks what would have been the 90th birthday of Giuseppe di Stefano (died 3 March 2008). Di Stefano's long career began with...continue...

O Felici Orecchi Miei

1 CD / Phaedra / 2011-01-11

Works: Nicola Valente: Passione (Passion), song; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Gaetano Donizetti: Amor marinaro ("Me voglio fà na casa"), canzonetta napoletana for voice & piano (or orchestra); E...
Performers: Balzani, Domenico; Marien, Ludo; Simone, Macri

Domenico Balzani began his career in 1999 under the guidance of Angelo Capobianco, with whom he still specializes. He has won many competitions dedicated to...continue...

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...

Omaggio A Tito Schipa: Five Italian Tenors In Concert

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2010-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; J...
Performers: Caputo, Aldo; Care, Andrea; Colaianni, Annarita; Liberatore, Alessandro; Marsiglia, Francisco; Talamo, Giuseppe
Conductors: Panni, Marcello

Recording information: Cortile del Palazzo dei Celestini, Lecce (06/11/2009)....continue...

Icon: Tito Gobbi / The Complete Solo Recordings

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Pagliacci; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Otello...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Caselli, Dario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Robertson, James; Green, Philip; Susskind, Walter; Braithwaite, Warwick; Olivieri, Dino; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Bizzelli, Annibale; Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Ga...

This 5-CD set, devoted to the outstanding Italian baritone Tito Gobbi, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. The bulk of this...continue...

Licia Albanese III

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-02-09

Works: Paolo Tosti: Vorrei morir for voice & piano/orchestra; Ave Maria; Stefano Donaudy: Madonna renzuola; O del mio amato ben; Quand' il tuo diavol nacque; Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Mal d'amore; Ernesto Taglia...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Marzollo, Dick; Trucco, Victor
Conductors: Savina, Carlo; Stokowski, Leopold

There was nothing greatly distinctive about Licia Albanese's career, but it took her in a straightforward manner to her highest goals. Her first Met role...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...

Icon - Franco Corelli - Schubert, Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Rossini, etc

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; ...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bumbry, Grace; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzarini, Adriana; Mazzini, Guido; Mercuriali, Angelo; Modesti, Giuseppe...
Conductors: Ferraris, Franco; Serafin, Tullio; Schippers, Thomas; Pedrazzoli, Eduardo; Mehta, Zubin; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Lombard, Alain; Mingardo, Raffaele

With his powerful voice, charismatic stage presence, and film-star good looks, tenor Franco Corelli was one of the 20th century's outstanding operatic superstars. These 4...continue...

Passione Mediterranea / Vincenzo La Scola

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2008-09-09

Works: Massimo Bizzarri: Passione Mediterranea, for voice & orchestra; Per Silvia, for voice & orchestra; Natale Napoletano, for voice & orchestra; Ma' c' Aggio a' fa', for voice & orchestra; E.A. Mario: Sa...
Performers: La Scola, Vincenzo
Conductors: Martucci, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Universal Orchestra of Rome

A fabulous tenor presents some of the loveliest Italian songs with arrangements by Giuseppe Martucci....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]

'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...

The Great Masters of the Opera

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-05-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Otello; La traviata; Aida, opera; Aroldo; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gi...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gigli, Beniamino; Jasper, Bella; Knoll, Rudolf; Kraus, Alfredo...

'O Sole Mio - Favourite Neapolitan Songs / Luciano Pavarotti

1 CD / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Ah! Maria, Marì, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Paolo Tosti: 'A vucchella; A Marechiare; Enrico Cannio: O surdato 'nnammurato; Salvatore Gambardella: O ma...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded in 1977 and 1979, this fabulous recital of Favourite Neapolitan songs is one of Luciano Pavarotti’s twelve original studio albums made during the course...continue...

Pavarotti - The Studio Albums

12 CD / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; I due Foscari; Un ballo in maschera; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Il Duca d'Alba; La Favorita; Dom Sébas...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baillie, Peter; Bartoli, Alberto; Beck, Jeff; Bonaviri, Daniele; Brown, Kameron; Bunger, Reid; Centonze, Michele; Cortesi, Manuela "Manu"; Fabbri, Giorgio "Cartolo"; Flossman, Gilels; ...
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Rescigno, Nicola; Magiera, Leone; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Mehta, Zubin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Chailly, ...

'The Studio Albums' comprise the twelve original studio albums Luciano Pavarotti recorded during the course of his unparalleled career spanning four decades from the earliest...continue...

Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...

Amore - Essential Romantic Collection

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-09-25

Works: Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Torna a Surriento; Voce'e notte; Ti voglio tanto bene; Ernesto Tagliaferri: Passione; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Vincenzo De Cresc...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Luigi Infantino

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-06-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Requiem Mass; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestr...
Performers: Cockerill, John; Guerrini, Adriana; Infantino, Luigi; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Rankl, Karl; Olivieri, Dino; Patanè, Franco; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Martin, Ray

Luigi Infantino possessed a wonderfully dignified voice, described by the critics as "expressive, flexible, round and lyrical." Another example of the tenor di grazia, he...continue...

The Millennium Collection - The Best of The Three Tenors

1 CD / Hip-O / 2007-04-03

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Ernesto Tagliaferri: Passione; Paolo Tosti: Canzoni-stornelli (3); Giacomo Puccini: La bohème...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Müller, Eduardo; Mancini, Henry; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Karajan, Herbert von; Magiera, Leone; Garcia-Asensio, Enrique; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Downes, Edward
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Opera Orchestra; Vienna Philharmon...

Neapolitan Songs

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2006-05-16

Works: Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie; Francesco Paolo Tosti: Romanze (3); Romanze (2); L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra; Canzoni-stornelli (3); La serenata; Canzoni napoletane (3); Marechiare; Addio; Gia...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Bastianini, Ettore; Björling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Capecchi, Renato; Carreras, José; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; de Lucia, Fernando; Del...

Italia, ti amo / Placido Domingo

1 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2006-05-01

Works: Rendine: Vurria for voice & orchestra; Stanislao Gastaldon: Musica proibita, for voice & orchestra, Op. 5; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; Ernesto Tagliaferri: Nun me scetà, for voice & piano (or or...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Pobel, Reinhard
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene
Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

Italia, ti amo / Placido Domingo

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-04-04

Works: Rendine: Vurria for voice & orchestra; Stanislao Gastaldon: Musica proibita, for voice & orchestra, Op. 5; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; Ernesto Tagliaferri: Nun me scetà, for voice & piano (or or...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Pobel, Reinhard
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene
Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

Award-winner Plcido Domingo offers up a selection of rare and seldom-recorded Neapolitan and Italian songs, together with a few favorites, including Gastaldon's "Musica Prohibita" and...continue...

Michele Pertusi Live Recital

1 CD / Dynamic / 2005-10-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Don Carlos; I vespri siciliani; Attila; Paolo Tosti: L'Ultima Bacio for voic...
Performers: Pertusi, Michele
Conductors:
Ensemble: Parma Opera Ensemble

Best-Loved Neapolitan Songs / Praticò, Berdondini, et al

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2004-10-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Amore e morte; Francesco Paolo Tosti: Canzoni napoletane (3); Ernesto Tagliaferri: Piscatore 'e Pusilleco; Gaetano Lama: Silenzio cantatore; Vincenzo D'Annibale: 'O paese d' 'o sol...
Performers: Pratico, Bruno
Conductors: Berdondini, Marco
Ensemble: Marche Pro Arte Orchestra

Joseph Schmidt singt Canzonen und Unterhaltungslieder

2 CD / Preiser / 2003-05-01

Works: Ernesto Tagliaferri: Piscatore 'e Pusilleco; Nun me scetà, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Mandulinata a Napule (Mandolins from Naples), song; Mischa Spoliansky: Heute Nacht oder nie; Karl W...
Performers: Schmidt, Joseph
Conductors: Dobrindt, Otto; Weissmann, Frieder; Günther, Felix; Goehr, Walter; Tauber, Richard; Brunner, Fritz; Kaiser, Emil

O Sole Mio / Ronald Naldi

1 CD / Romeo Records / 2003-03-01

Works: Eduardo Di Capua: Maria, Marì; 'O sole mio; Luigi Denza: Occhi turchini; Vieni a me; Ernesto Tagliaferri: Piscatore 'e Pusilleco; Enrico Toselli: Serenade, Op. 6 no 1; Enrico Cannio: O surdato...
Performers: Naldi, Ronald

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Tito Schipa Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-12-01

Works: Osmán Pérez Freire: Ay-ay-ay; Pedro Palacios y Sojo: A Granada; Gonzalo Roig: Quiéreme mucho (Yours), song; Manuel Ponce: A la orilla de un palmar; José Padilla: Princesita, for v...
Performers: Gogorza, Emilio de; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]

Romantica - The Very Best of Luciano Pavarotti

1 CD / UTV Records / 2002-02-05

Works: Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Torna a Surriento; Ti voglio tanto bene; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; La strada nel bosco; Ruggero Leonc...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Mancini, Henry; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Gamba, Piero; Guadagno, Anton; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Mancini Chorus; Mancini Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philha...

Luciano Pavarotti has captivated music lovers ever since scoring his first major triumph at Covent Garden in 1966 in the role of Tonio in 'La Fille du regiment,' a performance that earned him the titl...continue...

Joseph Schmidt - 1904-1942

1 CD / Bel Age / 2001-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bitten, song for voice & piano, Op. 48/1; Louis Lewandowski: Preist den Herrn, er gab seine Lehre; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La La Forza Del Destino; Jacques Offenbach: Les ...
Performers: Brongeest, Cornelius [Baritone Vocal]; Bronsgeest, Cornelis; Krenn, Fritz; Mania, Paul; Schmidt, Joseph
Conductors: Hindemith, Rudolf; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Scherchen, Hermann; Stiedry, Fritz; Schillings, Max von; Groot, Hugo de; Tiggers, Piet

Passione di Napoli / Hvorostovsky, Orbelian, et al

1 CD / Delos / 2001-01-01

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Non ti scordar di me; Voce'e notte; Canta pe' me; Ernesto Tagliaferri: Passione; Eduardo di Capua: Ah! Maria, Marì, song for voice & piano (or orchestra);...
Performers: Hvorostovsky, Dmitri
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine
Ensemble: Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

"...Hvorostovsky has never been afraid to flirt with crossover... While Hvorostovsky himself is on top form, his miraculously burnished voice seamlessly modulated, his phrasing unselfconsciously...continue...

Prima Voce - Tito Schipa in Opera and Song

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; L'Amico Fritz; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amore, op...
Performers: Echantz, Jose; Gogorza, Emilio de; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Olivieri, Dino; Sabajno, Carlo; Bourdon, Rosario; Riccardo, Alberto Fernanco; Pasternack, Josef A.

A comprehensive survey of the Italian tenor's art, this set includes all three previous Prima Voca releases of Schipa. Included are arias and songs by...continue...

Rossini, Flotow, Massenet, et al: Songs, Arias / J. Schmidt

1 CD / Bel Age / 1999-03-03

Works: Salvatore Gambardella: O marenariello; Willy Schootemeyer: Ik hou van Holland!; Hans May: Ein Lied geht um die Welt (used in the film) (a.k.a. " My Song Goes Round the World"); One Life, One Love (as...
Performers: Schmidt, Joseph

Notte d'Amore / Luciano Pavarotti

1 CD / Decca / 1998-05-12

Works: Domenico Modugno: Volare; Ernesto De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Stanislas Gastaldon: Musica proibita, Op. 5; Giovanni B. Califano: Vieni sul Mar; Francesco Paolo Tosti: Canzoni-stornelli (3); Erne...
Performers: Griminelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Mancini, Henry; Gamba, Piero; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Williams, John [Composer]; Benini, Maurizio
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Chorus; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This disc contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Notte D'Amore is a successful collection of romantic songs that showcases Pavarotti near the top of his form. ~ Rodney Batdorf...continue...

Torna A Surriento

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-02-02

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Tu ca nun chiagne; Sona Chitarra! for voice & orchestra; Canta pe' me; A Canzone 'e Napule for voice & orchestra; Ti voglio tanto bene; Francesco Bongiovanni: La...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Pattacini, Iller; Olivieri, Dino

Viaggio Italiano

1 CD / / 1997-11-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Franz Schubert: Av...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea
Conductors: Fedoseyev, Vladimir

Andrea Bocelli's is a strikingly individual voice, a plangent tenor given to shaded crooning yet capable of exhilarating, effortless lifts to high C. The individual behind the voice is equally remark...continue...

The Young Giuseppe Di Stefano - Opera Arias & Songs

1 CD / Testament / 1997-11-01

Works: Cesare Andrea Bixio: Vola, vola, vola; Canto, ma sotto voce; Se vuoi goder la vita; Mamma; Traditional: A la barcillunisa; Cantu a timùni; Abballati; Mutteti di lu paliu; Gaetano Donizetti: L'...
Performers: Dawson, Herbert; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moser, Edoardo
Conductors: Consiglio, Mario; Erede, Alberto; Cellini, Renato; Votto, Antonino; Olivieri, Dino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New London Light Opera Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

"...Fortunately, all of these recordings were made in De Stefano's prime, for it was not until 1955 that he began the disastrous venture in the...continue...

Giuseppe di Stefano - Neapolitan Songs Vol 1

1 CD / Testament / 1997-04-01

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; I'te vurria vasà for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ah! Maria, Marì, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Paolo Tosti: A Marechiare; Rodolfo Falvo: Dicite...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Olivieri, Dino
Ensemble: Orchestra

Giuseppe di Stefano - Neapolitan Songs Vol 2

1 CD / Testament / 1997-04-01

Works: Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; Pasquale Mario Costa: Luna nova; Emanuele Nutile: Mamma mia, che vo' sapè; Nicola Valente: Torna!; Ernesto de Curtis: Carmela; Rodolfo Falvo: Guap...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Guarino, G.M.

Mario! Lanza at his Best

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-05-09

Works: Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie; Eduardo Di Capua: Maria, Marì; Ernesto De Curtis: Voce'e notte; Canta pe' me; Tu ca nun chiagne; Enrico Cannio: ...
Performers: Lanza, Mario; Raskin, Judith
Conductors: Ferrara, Franco; Callinicos, Constantin
Ensemble: Chorus; Orchestra

Giuseppe Taddei - Arias

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; I vespri siciliani; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Francesco Cilèa:...
Performers: Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Rapalo, Ugo
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

Gigli in Song

1 CD / Pearl / 1991-09-01

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Tu sola; Sentinella; Sto Penzanno 'a Maria for voice & orchestra; Goodbye Mari; Canta pe' me; E.A. Mario: Santa Lucia luntana, for voice & orchestra; Riccardo Drigo: Arlekinada (Ha...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Bourdon, Rosario; Shilkret, Nathaniel

Tutto Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca Import / 1989-04-28

Works: Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Paolo Tosti: 'A vucchella; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Ernesto Tagliaferri: Passione; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de No...
Performers: Baillie, Peter; Battle, Kathleen; Bormida, Ida; Flossman, Gilels; King, Malcolm; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Varády, Julia [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton; Mancini, Henry; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Kertész, István; Magiera, Leone; Bonynge, Richard; Downes, Edward; Rescigno, Nicola; Solti, Sir Georg; Bone...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orc...