Prima Voce: Gigli, Volume 1: 1918 – 1924 (Centenary issue)

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1La Gioconda: Act 2: Cielo e mar
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1918-11)
recording of:
La Gioconda: Atto II. “Cielo e mar!” (Enzo)
composer:
Amilcare Ponchielli (composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
La Gioconda: Atto II. Il rosario
Ponchielli4:36
2O Surdato ’nnamurato
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1918-11)
recording of:
’O surdato ’nnammurato
lyricist:
Aniello Califano (in 1915)
composer:
Enrico Cannio (in 1915)
Cannio2:37
3Mefistofele: Act 1: Dai campi, dai prati
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1921-01)
recording of:
Mefistofele: Atto I, Scena IIa. “Dai campi, dai prati” (Faust)
composer and librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Mefistofele: Atto I
Boïto2:47
4Mefistofele: Act 3: Giunto sul passo estremo
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1921-02)
recording of:
Mefistofele: Epilogo. "Giunto sul passo estremo" (Faust, Mefistofele)
composer and librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Mefistofele: Epilogo
Boïto3:35
5Tosca: Act 1: Recondita armonia
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1921-01)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Recondita armonia” (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano) (“Dammi i colori”)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Puccini3:06
6Tosca: Act 3: E lucevan le stelle
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1921-02)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Puccini3:09
7Tosca: Act 3: O dolci mani
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1922-10)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “O dolci mani” (Cavaradossi, Tosca)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Puccini2:17
8La Favorita: Act 4: Spirto gentil
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1921, in 1921-03)
recording of:
La favorita: Atto IV, Scena 3. “Spirto gentil” (Fernando) (in 1921)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
translated version of:
La Favorite: Acte IV, Scène 3. « La maîtresse du roi ? « ... « Ange si pur “ (Balthazar, Fernand)
part of:
La favorita: Atto IV
Donizetti4:02
9Faust: Act 3: Salve, dimora
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1921-03)
recording of:
Faust: Atto III. “Qual turbamento” … “Salve, dimora casta e pura”
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1859)
translated version of:
Faust : Acte III. « Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre ! » … No. 12 Cavatine « Salut ! demeure chaste et pure » (Faust)
part of:
Faust (Italian translation)
Gounod4:44
10Iris: Act 1: Apri la tua finestra
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1921, in 1921-03)
recording of:
Iris: Atto I. “Apri la tua finestra“ (Osaka, Kyoto, Dhia, Iris) (in 1921)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
librettist:
Luigi Illica
part of:
Iris: Atto I
Mascagni2:34
11Tu Sola
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1921-04)
recording of:
Tu sola
lyricist:
Adolfo Genise
composer:
Ernesto De Curtis (composer)
De Curtis3:12
12I Million d’Arlecchino: Notturno d’Amor
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1922-03)
recording of:
Notturno d’amore
lyricist:
S. Focacci (in 1922)
composer:
Riccardo Drigo (composer)
is based on:
Arlekinada: Serenade
Drigo4:50
13Le roi d’Ys: Act 3: Vainement ma bien aimée
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1922, in 1922-03)
recording of:
Le Roi d'Ys: Acte III. Aubade « Vainement, ma bien-aimée » (Mylio) (in 1922)
composer:
Édouard Lalo (French composer)
part of:
Le Roi d'Ys: Acte III
Lalo3:37
14Pagliacci: Act 1: Vesti la giubba
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1922-03)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” … “Vesti la giubba” (Canio)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer) (in 1892)
part of:
For the First Time (1959 film)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto I (Pagliacci: Act I)
Leoncavallo2:50
15Andrea Chénier: Act 1: Un dì all’ azzurro spazio
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1922-10)
recording of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto I. “Colpito qui m’avete” … “Un dì all’azzurro spazio” (Improvviso) (Chénier)
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer) (until 1896)
librettist:
Luigi Illica
publisher:
Casa Musicale Sonzogno di Piero Ostali, Milano
part of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto I
Giordano4:29
16Andrea Chénier: Act 4: Come un bel dì di Maggio
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1922, in 1922-10)
recording of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto IV. “Come un bel dì di maggio” (Chénier) (in 1922)
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Luigi Illica (in 1896)
part of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto IV
Giordano3:11
17L’Africana: Act 4: O paradiso
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1923-02)
recording of:
L’africana: Atto IV. “Mi batte il cor” … “O Paradiso”
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer)
librettist:
Eugène Scribe
translated version of:
L'Africaine: Acte IV. "Pays merveilleux" ... "Ô Paradis"
Meyerbeer3:47
18Loreley: Act 1: Nel verde Maggio
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1923-02)
recording of:
Loreley: Atto I: "Nel verde Maggio, un dì dal bosco"
composer:
Alfredo Catalani (composer)
part of:
Loreley: Atto I
Catalani2:30
19Il Canto del Cigno
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1923, in 1923-05)
conductor:
Nathaniel Shilkret (in 1923)
recording of:
Il canto del cigno (The Song of the Swan, with Italian lyrics) (in 1923)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer)
is based on:
Le Carnaval des animaux : XIII. Le Cygne (The Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan, two pianos and cello)
Saint-Saëns2:39
20Martha: Act 3: M’appari tutto amor
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1923-06)
recording of:
Martha: Atto III. “M’apparì tutt’amor” (Lionel)
composer:
Friedrich von Flotow (composer) (in 1849)
librettist:
Friedrich Wilhelm Riese
translated version of:
Martha: Akt III. „Ach! so fromm, ach! so traut“ (Lyonel)
Flotow3:49
21Povero Pulcinella
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1924-11)
recording of:
Povera Pulcinella
composer:
Arturo Buzzi‐Peccia
Buzzi‐Peccia2:59
22Funiculì Funiculà
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (in 1924-11)
recording of:
Funiculì, funiculà
composed in:
Castellammare di Stabia, Napoli, Campania, Italy (in 1880)
lyricist:
Peppino Turco
composer:
Luigi Denza (composer) (in 1880)
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. and Robbins Music Corp.
Denza2:43

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Release

manufactured in:England, United Kingdom
liner notes:Roland Vernon (liner notes)
Norman White (liner note writer)
liner notes translator:Bernd Müller (liner notes, German translation)
Elisabeth Rhodes (translator)
Anne Steeb (liner notes, German translation)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Nimbus Records Limited (in 1990)
part of:Prima Voce (Nimbus) (order: 4)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/8470067 [info]