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Recording Details

Beniamino Gigli – The Gigli Edition Vol 1: The Milan Recordings

Recording Details

Checked:
Label: Naxos Historical
Catalog Number: 8.110262
Number of Media(s): 1
Media Type: CD
Digital Process: ADD
Channels: Mono
Release Date: 2003
 

Recording Notes

Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-ThornCover image: Beniamino Gigli as Faust in Boito's Mefistofele, 1920 (from the Mark Ricaldone photograph collection of Beniamino Gigli)www.naxos.comMilan Recordings 1918-1919Notes in English by Alan BlythNotes by Mark Obert-Thorn
1. Dai campi, dai prati
Boito - Mefistofele
2: 32
2. Recondita armonia
Puccini - Tosca
2: 53
3. E lucevan le stelle
Puccini - Tosca
2: 58
4. Se tu mi doni
Boito - Mefistofele
2: 22
5. Lonotano, lontano
Boito - Mefistofele
3: 24
6. Addio, fuggir mi lascia
Donizetti - La Favorita
4: 02
7. Deh, non tremar... Laggiù nelle nebbie remote
Ponchielli - La Gioconda
4: 14
8. O surdato 'nnamurato
Cannio
2: 28
9. Ah! ritrovarla nella sua capanna
Mascagni - Lodoletta
Se Franz dicesse il vero... Ah ! Ritrovarla
(Lodoletta)
3: 43
10. Apri la tua finestra
Mascagni - Iris
Apri la tua finestra (Serenata)
(Iris)
2: 29
11. Giunto sul passo estremo
Boito - Mefistofele
3: 54
12. La Gioconda - Cielo e mar
Ponchielli
4: 29
13. La Favorita - Spirto gentil
Donizetti
4: 04
14. La Gioconda - Enzo Grimaldo, Principe di Santafior
Ponchielli
4: 19
15. Salve, dimora casta e pura
Gounod - Faust
4: 41
16. Tardi si fa! addio!
Gounod - Faust
3: 45
17. Sempre amar
Gounod - Faust
3: 44
18. O soave fanciulla
Puccini - La Boheme
3: 38
19. Mamma, quel vino è generoso
Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana
Mamma, quel vino è generoso (Addio alla madre)
(Cavalleria rusticana)
3: 54
67: 34

Performances on this Recording

Se Franz dicesse il vero... Ah ! Ritrovarla (9)
Tenor: Beniamino Gigli
Orchestra:
Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
Place: Milan
Date: November 5, 1918
Studio: Studio
Notes: HMV Mat. 3323c, 7-052143

Apri la tua finestra (Serenata) (10)
Tenor: Beniamino Gigli
Orchestra:
Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
Place: Milan
Date: November 6, 1918
Studio: Studio
Notes: HMV Mat. 20270b, 7-52109

Mamma, quel vino è generoso (Addio alla madre) (19)
Tenor: Beniamino Gigli
Soprano: Maria Zamboni
Orchestra:
Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
Place: Milan
Date: Week ending December 5, 1919
Studio: Studio
Notes: HMV Mat. 1049aj, 2-052175