Four Famous Italian Baritones

On this CD:

1. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Largo al factotum
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Mario Jr. Basiola

2. La favorita, opera A tanto amor
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Mario Jr. Basiola

3. Il Figliuol Prodigo, opera Raccogli e calma
Composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
Performed by Mario Jr. Basiola

4. Hérodiade, opera Vision fuggitiva
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Mario Jr. Basiola

5. Rigoletto, opera Pari siamo
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Carlo Tagliabue

6. Il Trovatore, opera Il balen del suo sorriso
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Carlo Tagliabue

7. Un ballo in maschera, opera Eri tu che macchiavi
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Carlo Tagliabue

8. Pagliacci, opera Si può?
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Performed by Carlo Tagliabue

9. Ernani, opera Oh! de' verd'anni miei
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Gino Bechi

10. Rigoletto, opera Cortigiani vil razza dannata
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Gino Bechi

11. Otello, opera Credo in un Dio crudel
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Gino Bechi

12. Andrea Chénier, opera nemico della patria
Composed by Umberto Giordano
Performed by Gino Bechi

13. La Wally, opera T'amo ben io
Composed by Alfredo Catalani
Performed by Gino Bechi

14. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Deh vieni alla finestra
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Tito Gobbi

15. L'Arlesiana, opera Come due tizzi accesi
Composed by Francesco Cilea
Performed by Tito Gobbi

16. Zazà, opera Buona Zazà del mio buon tempo
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Performed by Tito Gobbi

17. Zazà, opera Zazà piccola zingara
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Performed by Tito Gobbi

18. La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), opera Minnie dalla mia casa son partito
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Tito Gobbi

Tracks:

Falstaff: L'onore, Ladri - Mariano Stabile
Falstaff: Signore, V'assista Il Cielo! - Mariano Stabile/Afro Poli/Giuseppe Nessi/Luciano Donaggio
Falstaff: Ehi, Taverniere... Mondo Ladro! - Mariano Stabile
La Gioconda: Enzo Grimaldo - Antenore Reali/Giacinto Prandelli
I Pagliacci: Si Puo? - Antenore Reali
Andrea Chenier: Nemico Della Patria - Antenore Reali
L'Arlesiana: Come Due Tizzi Accesi - Antenore Reali
Zaza: Zaza Piccola Zingara - Antenore Reali
I Puritani: Or Dove Fuggo Io Mai - Carlo Tagliabue
Ernani: Oh De' Verd'anni Miei - Carlo Tagliabue
Otello: Credo In Un Dio Crudel - Carlo Tagliabue
La Gioconda: Pescator, Affonda L'esca - Carlo Tagliabue
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Largo Al Factotum - Paolo Silveri
Rigoletto: Cortigiani, Vil Razza Dannata - Paolo Silveri
La Traviata: Di Provenza Il Mar - Paolo Silveri
Faust: Dio Possente, Dio D'amor - Paolo Silveri

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Four Famous Italian Baritones

Manufacturer: Preiser Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000023QS
Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Largo Al Factotum - Mario Basiola
La Favorita: A Tanto Amor - Mario Basiola
Il Figliol Prodigo: Raccogli E Calma - Mario Basiola
Erodiade: Vision Fuggitiva - Mario Basiola
Rigoletto: Pari Siamo - Carlo Tagliabue
Il Trovatore: Il Balen Del Suo Sorriso - Carlo Tagliabue
Un Ballo In Maschera: Eri Tu Che Macchiavi - Carlo Tagliabue
I Pagliacci: Si Puo? - Carlo Tagliabue
Ernani: Oh! De' Verd'anni Miei - Gino Bechi
Rigoletto: Cortigiani Vil Razza Dannata - Gino Bechi
Otello: Credo In Un Dio Crudel - Gino Bechi
Andrea Chenier: Nemico Della Patria - Gino Bechi
La Wally: T'amo Ben Io - Gino Bechi
Don Giovanni: Deh Vieni Alla Finestra - Tito Gobbi
L'arlesiana: Come Due Tizzi Accesi - Tito Gobbi
Zaza: Buona Zaza Del Mio Buon Tempo - Tito Gobbi
Zaza: Zaza, Piccola Zingara - Tito Gobbi
La Fanciulla Del West: Minnie Dalla Mia Casa Son Partito - Tito Gobbi

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Sorry guys, wrong CD...
Viva Montagnana!!
ONE GOLD, TWO SILVERS AND ONE BRONZE

Four Famous Baritones of The Past

Manufacturer: Preiser Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000009UCM
Release Date: 1998-07-04

Tracks:

Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Largo Al Factotum - Umberto Urbano
Il Trovatore: Il Balen Del Suo Sorriso - Umberto Urbano
Don Carlo: Per Me Giunto E Il Di Supremo - Umberto Urbano
Otello: Era La Notte - Umberto Urbano
L'ultima Canzone - Umberto Urbano
La Traviata: Di Provenza Il Mar - Celestino Sarobe
Otello: Credo In Un Dio Crudel - Celestino Sarobe
L' Africana: Figlia Di Regi - Celestino Sarobe
I Pagliacci: Si Puo? - Celestino Sarobe
Ernani: Ihr Holden Junglingstraume - Carlo Drago Hrzic
Hamlet: O Wein, Zerstreu' Uns're Sorgen - Carlo Drago Hrzic
Lakme: Lakme, Es Schweift Dein Blick - Carlo Drago Hrzic
Pique Dame: Als Du Zum Gatten Mich Erkoren - Carlo Drago Hrzic
Die Tote Stadt: Mein Sehnen, Mein Wahnen - Carlo Drago Hrzic
Rigoletto: Pari Siamo - Alexander Sved
Rigoletto: Cortigiani, Vil Razza Dannata - Alexander Sved
Der Troubadour: Sieh Meiner Hellan Tranen Flut - Alexander Sved
Ein Maskenball: Fur Dein Gluck - Alexander Sved
Ein Maskenball: Du Allein Hast Dies Herz Mir Entwendet - Alexander Sved

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Sorry guys, wrong CD..........2006-09-26

The previous reviews for this item were, somehow, meant for another item! This item is "Four German Sopranos", not tenors! Pay attention! :)

Viva Montagnana!!.......2004-05-17

Four tenors, Four styles. So much has been said about Gigli, that I can`t really add anything new, other than that I find his singing, the more I hear it, mannered and selfconcious. His famous silvery mezza-voce to me sounds disconnected almost child-like. BUT! If he were to sing today, the world would proclaim him "the umpteenth Tenor!!" Lauri Volpi: Focussed, explosive, virile and almost always thrilling. Now the Montagnana-boys: Martinelli, "The big Bugle" as he was known in New York, is an acquired taste. He has a vibrato very typical of that time, fast and a little tight, and can sound a little bleaty. But listen again, and you`ll be rewarded. He can really spin a line, make the text tell and hits you right in the gut with his timbre. As further listening, I`d recommend the live Otello from the Met with Tibbett and Rethberg. Wonderful!! Now, to the most neglected of all great singers of all time. The most thrilling, visceral, even-voiced. He can carry the lightest pianissimo in any range and make it spin and spin and... He can sing so loudly he`ll pin you to your seat. The voice has presence and ring, what the italians call "squillo" that you can reach out and touch. The voice is focussed like a laser, yet never sounds tight. Even in full flight there`s always some in reserve. Pertile, of course. This is not a dozen-instrument. You`ll never mistake him (or any of the others, for that matter) with any other singer. From the first note I ever heard from him, I have been spellbound. Everything I ever wished I could do and be, he does with consumate ease. You owe it to yourself to hear his "quando le sere al placido" from Luisa Miller. He sings lines that never end, goes from piano to forte in the same phrase without altering the timbre or colour.... I could go on for days, but I think you get the message: Buy this, or any other CD with Pertile and prepare to fall for a singer who would sweep the decks anywhere in the world today. It`s your loss if you don`t!

ONE GOLD, TWO SILVERS AND ONE BRONZE.......2001-05-16

Here we have four Italian tenors of the golden age, who captured world attention in that glorious past for their vocal and interpretative capacity. Other names that come to mind are Caruso, Zenatello, Grassi, Anselmi, Schipa, Paoli, De Muro, Merli and Bonci.

The four tenors on this superb CD have a lot in common. Born within seven years apart, between 1885 and 1892, they (except Pertile) sang at the Met, the temple of operatic singing. All of them displayed mezza voce and heroic top notes on the stage.

This CD has collected and handed to posterity their prowess, when the tenors were in their late thirties and at their prime. Interestingly, one may draw vocal attributes from their performances and make comparisons.

Martinelli displayed a heroic and massive, Pertile, a sage but hard-driven, Gigli, an elegiac or turgid and Lauri-Volpi a robust, limpid and easily extended voice. The gold medal goes to Lauri-Volpi, the silver to Martinelli and Gigli, the bronze to Pertile.

I liked Martinelli in "Come un bel di di maggio"(Chenier) full of pathos, Pertile "Vesti la giubba" (Pagliacci) for great artistry, Gigli "Dai campi, dai prati" (Mefistofele) for inspired mysticism and Lauri-Volpi "Bianca al par di neve"(Les Huguenots) for unique mezza voce.