More By Artist: Beniamino Gigli
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Beniamino Gigli
Beniamino Gigli: Popular Songs [ Past Perfect / CD - released 30/Apr/2012 ] A classic album featuring 22 popular 'Neapolitan' songs, recorded in Gigli's prime, when the tone was at its most golden. This is a delightful collection of vintage music from one of the world's greatest ever tenors. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera [The Masked Ball] (complete opera recorded in 1943) Gino Bechi, Maria Caniglia, Beniamino Gigli / Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin |
JUSSI BJORLING / ENRICO CARUSO / BENIAMINO GIGLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Voices of the Century - Three Tenors Jussi Bjorling, Enrico Caruso & Beniamino Gigli (tenors) [ Memoir Classics / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] Three of the great Tenor voices from the early 20th Century |
PRIMA VOCE PARTY
Prima Voce Party (rec 1912-1940) Hugues Cuenod, Rosa Ponselle, Richard Tauber, Miliza Korjus, Beniamino Gigli, Elisabeth Schumann, Tito Schipa, Amelita Galli-Curci, Joseph Schmidt, et [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "This year's eccentricity ... the great sing the unexpected on Prima Voce Party." Records of the Year 1992, The Times |
ITALIAN POPULAR SONGS
Italian Popular Songs 1 Mario Del Monaco / Giuseppe Di Stefano / Beniamino Gigli / Jussi Bjorling / Tito Schipa [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/May/2008 ] The selections in the present CD programme are all survivors of bygone eras. They are good tunes and, having been variously recorded since the advent of the gramophone by famous singers (and by mainly tenors), all have acquired a certain permanence. |
BENIAMINO GIGLI
Songs (1954-1955) Beniamino Gigli (tenor) with orchestra conducted by Enrico Sivieri [ Testament / CD - released 30/Dec/2007 ] Few other tenors have enjoyed a success equal to that of Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli, considered the only, true successor of legendary Enrico Caruso. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Camden and New York Recordings (1926-1927) Beniamino Gigli (baritone) with Titta Ruffo and various orchestras and conductors [ Naxos Historical Gigli Edition, Vol. 4 / CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] With Victor's introduction of the electric process in 1925, the reproduction of voices and, particularly, of orchestral accompaniments improved markedly. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Gigli Edition, Vol. 15: Carnegie Hall Farewell Recitals (1955) Beniamino Gigli (tenor) / Dino Fedri (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] 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... |
MASCAGNI
Cavalleria Rusticana (complete opera recorded in 1940, conducted by the composer) + opera overtures Beniamino Gigli / Lina Bruna-Rasa / Gino Bechi / Giulietta Simionato / La Scala Orchestra and Chorus / Pietro Mascagni [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] The fiftieth anniversary of the first staging of Cavalleria rusticana was the occasion of particular celebration, represented by the present recording under the composer’s direction. |
DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / VERDI / MASCAGNI / BIZET
Gigli: London, Milan and Rio de Janeiro Recordings (1949, 1951) Beniamino Gigli / Dusolina Giannini / Rina Gigli / Milan Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Stanford Robinson (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Gigli Edition Vol 14 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] By the time the tracks on this penultimate volume of The Naxos Gigli Edition were cut, Gigli had been singing professionally for thirty-five years. |
MASCAGNI / TOSTI / EDUARDO DI CAPUA
Italian Popular Songs, Vol. 2 Beniamino Gigli / Stefano di Giuseppe / Tito Schipa / Mario del Monaco [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] Italian popular songs from 1926 - 1953 |
MOZART / MONTEVERDI / SCARLATTI / MASCAGNI
London Recordings (1947-1949) Beniamino Gigli (Tenor) / Studio orchestra / Rainaldo Zamboni (Conductor) / Vito Carnevali (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Gigli Edition Vol 13 / CD - released 27/Jun/2006 ] "With good sound, excellent transfers, insightful notes, as usual, from Alan Blyth and discographical details a model of their kind this is another worthy addition to the series. Gigli completists will need it but so will anyone interested in good... |
HALEVY / LALO / TOSTI / CARDILLO / MASSENET / TRADITIONAL / etc
London Recordings (rec 1946-1947) Beniamino Gigli (tenor) with various accompaniments [ Naxos Historical The Gigli Edition Vol. 12 / CD - released 13/Mar/2006 ] By the time the war was over Gigli was in his midfifties, and realised that his career could not go on for ever, yet he proved to be as much in demand after the war as he had been before it. |
VERDI / DONIZETTI / HALEVEY / BELLINI / GOUNOD / PUCCINI / etc
Ezio Pinza in Opera Ezio Pinza (bass) with Grace Anthony, Giovanni Martinelli, Elisabeth Rethberg, Beniamino Gigli, etc [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 8/Mar/2006 ] "... a splendid disc" Alan Jefferson, Classical Express |
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Beniamino Gigli
Milan/Berlin/Rome Recs 1941-43 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |
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Beniamino Gigli
Gigli Edition Volume 10 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] |
BENJAMIN GIGLI
Beniamino Gigli: Milan, London and Berlin Recordings (1936-1938) Beniamino Gigli, tenor, with Maria Caniglia, soprano, and various accompaniments [ Naxos Gigli Edition Vol 9 / CD - released 23/Jun/2005 ] By 1936 Gigli was in his mid-forties and what may be termed his third period, vocally speaking. The tone was as golden as ever, and had, if anything, gained in strength while remaining as flexible as ever. |
Beniamino Gigli, tenor, with Iva Pacetti, soprano. Various orchestras
Beniamino Gigli: Milan, London and Berlin Recordings (Rec 1933-1935) [ Naxos Gigli Edition Vol 8 / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "You should add this one to the collection ... the only risk being that you will probably have to buy the preceding seven volumes as well" - MusicWeb Jan 2007 |
Beniamino Gigli, tenor, with various orchestras and conductors
Beniamino Gigli: London, New York and Milan Recordings (1931-1932) [ Naxos Gigli Edition Vol 7 / CD - released 28/Dec/2004 ] When the present recordings were made, Gigli had more or less decided to leave the Metropolitan in New York after eleven years. The Depression and a loss of enthusiasm for the house decided him to return to Europe in 1932. |
