Benjamino Gigli- Edition Vol.15 (CD)

With works by: Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) , Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925) , Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) , Jules Massenet (1842-1912) , Richard Wagner (1813-1883) , Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) , Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) , Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) , Vito Carnevali (1888-1960) , Alvin Curran (geb. 1938) , Vincenzo de Crescenzo (1915-1987) , Ernesto de Curtis (1875-1937) , Cesare Andrea Bixio (1896-1978) , Eduardo di Capua (1865-1917) und weitere

Contributors: Benjamino Gigli

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(The 1955 Carnegie Hall Farewell Recitals) Lieder & Arien von Meyerbeer, Caccini, Donaudy, Händel, Massenet, Wagner, Grieg, Chopin, Gomes, Puccini, Weckerlin, Mozart, Curci, Carnevali, Curran, Crescenzo, Curtis, Veroli, Bixio, Capua

Artists:: Benjamino Gigli
Label:: Naxos
Year of recording ca.:: 1955
UPC/EAN:: 0747313310425
Release date:: 19.2.2007

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This final volume of the Naxos Gigli Edition, released to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the great tenor's death, is taken from his Carnegie Hall farewell concerts in April, 1955. Making their first appearance on CD here, these recordings demonstrate that Gigli remained to the end his old, communicative self, still able to pour an immense tranche of emotion into whatever he wassinging. For a man his age the overall sound is still remarkable and the honeyed mezza-voce remains a delight, untouched by the passing years. As ever in a Gigli programme, operatic titles are intertwined with more popular material. By and large Gigli kept faith with those pieces he most enjoyed singing and that his public adored. "It was only through my audiences that this exercise oflungs, diaphragm and vocal cords became transmuted for me into a profound spiritual experience. Like a squirrel counting his hoard of nuts in the winter, I treasure their applause in my memory."

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1 L' Africaine (The African Maid) (Sung in Italian): L'Africana (L'Africaine), Act IV: Mi batte il cor # O paradiso
2 Amarilli, mia bella
3 O del mio amato ben (O my beloved)
4 Serse (Xerxes), Hwv 40, Act I: Frondi Tenere E Belle # Ombra Mai Fu, "largo"
5 Manon: Manon, Act II: Chiudo gli occhi (En fermant les yeux), "Le Reve"
6 Richard Wagner: Lohengrin, Act I: Merce, merce, cigno gentil (Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan!)
7 6 Songs, Op. 48: Un reve (En drom), Op. 48, No. 6
8 Reviens mon amour, "Tristesse" (arr. of Chopin's Etude No. 3 in E major, Op. 10, No. 3)
9 Werther, Act Iii: Ah! Non Mi Ridestar (Pourquoi Me Reveiller?)
10 Lo schiavo: Lo Schiavo, Act II: All'istante partir # Quando nascesti tu
11 Tosca: Tosca, Act Iii: E Lucevan Le Stelle # O Dolci Baci
12 Bergere legere
13 Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Dalla sua pace
14 Giuseppe Curci: Notte a Venezia
15 Vito Carnevali: Come, love with me
16 Pearl Gildersleeve Curran: Life
17 Vincenzo de Crescenzo: Rondine al nido
18 Ernesto de Curtis: Addio, bel sogno
19 Manlio di Veroli: Ritorna amore
20 Mamma
21 O sole mio
22 La Fanciulla Del West: La Fanciulla Del West, Act Iii: Ch'ella Mi Creda Libero E Lontano