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Enrico Caruso - Opera Arias and Melodies. Milano 1902-1904 (2021)

Enrico Caruso - Opera Arias and Melodies. Milano 1902-1904 (2021)
  • Title: Opera Arias and Melodies. Milano 1902-1904
  • Year Of Release: 2021
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 59:34
  • Total Size: 211 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Germania, Prologo: "Studenti! Udite"
02. Germania, Act I: "Non, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi"
03. Rigoletto, Act I: "Questa o quella"
04. Aida, Act I: "Celeste Aida"
05. Manon, Act II: "O dolce incanto"
06. L'elisir d'amore, Act II: "Una furtiva lagrima"
07. Mefistofele, Act I: "Dai campi, dai prati"
08. Mefistofele, Epilogo: "Giunto sul passo estremo"
09. Tosca, Act III: "E lucevan le stelle"
10. Iris, Act I: "Apri la tua finestra!"
11. Fedora, Act II: "Amor ti vieta"
12. La Gioconda, Op. 9, Act II: "Cielo e mar!"
13. Pagliacci, Act I: "Recitar!" - "Vesti la giubba"
14. Cavalleria rusticana: Siciliana. "O Lola"
15. Non t'amo più
16. La mia canzone
17. Adriana Lecouvreur, Act IV: "No, più nobile"
18. Luna fedel
19. Un bacio ancora
20. I pescatori di perle, Act I: "Mi par d'udir ancor"
21. Leoncavallo: Mattinata
22. Gli ugonotti, Act I: "Qui sotto il ciel"
23. Tu non mi vuoi più ben

The ten sides the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso cut at the Grand Hotel, Milan, on 11 April 1902 are among the most historic of historical recordings.

As John Steane notes in a wide-ranging essay that ideally complements this collection, these are legendary recordings by a legendary tenor. Indeed, Caruso’s fame, according to the old HMV catalogue, was perhaps the greatest ever attained by a singer.

Steane sifts fact from fiction in the story of the producer Fred Gaisberg, wowed by Caruso at La Scala and determined to secure him for his company, agreeing the then huge fee of £100 for the ten arias and then receiving a cable from London that said ‘Fee exorbitant, forbid you to record’.

Whatever the truth of that, the recording went ahead. Caruso came to the Grand Hotel that Friday afternoon ‘dressed like a dandy, twirling a cane’ with his accompanist Salvatore Cottone, and all was completed within two hours in the improvised studio Gaisberg had rigged up.

Again, the new remastering by Abbey Road 78 expert Andrew Walter improves greatly on the recordings’ previous appearance on Références.

Awards: Diapason d’Or, Timbre de Platine d’Opéra International, FFFF de Télérama


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  • mufty77
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Many thanks.