Beniamino Gigli - The Gigli Edition Vol. 15: the 1955 Carnegie Hall Recitals [CD]

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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 was singing. 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 of lungs, 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.'

Mi Batte Il Cor ... O Paradiso! - Giacomo Meyerbeer

Amarilli - Giulio Caccini

O Del Mio Amato Ben - Stefano Donaudy

Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fu - George Frideric Handel

O Dolce Incanto... Chiudo Gli Occhi - Jules Massenet

Merce, merce, Cigno gentil - Richard Wagner

Un Reve [En drom] - Edvard Grieg

Reviens, mon amour (from Etude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3) [Tristesse] - Frederic Chopin

Ah! Non Mi Ridestar - Jules Massenet

All'istante Partir ... Quando Nascesti Tu - Antonio Carlos Gomes

E lucevan le stelle ... O dolei baci - Giacomo Puccini

Bergere Legere - Giovacchino Giovacchini

Dalla Sua Pace - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Notte a Venezia - Giovanni M. Curci

Come, love with me - Vito Carnevali

Life - Alvin Curran

Rondine Al Nido - Vincenzo Di Crescenzo

Addio Bel Sogno - Michael Curtis

Ritorna Amore - Manlio Di Veroli

Mamma - Cesare Bixio

'O some mio - Eduardo Di Capua

Ch'ella Mi Creda Libero E Lontano - Giacomo Puccini