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Artist: Beniamino Gigli
Album: The Very Best
Label: EMI Classics
Playtime: 151:20min
Genre: Opera
URL: http://www.emiclassics.com/
Rip date: 2008-06-23
Street date: 2003-09-02
Size: 118.34 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 103 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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1. Aida, opera: Act 1. Se quel guerrieri io fossi...Celeste Aida 4:33
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Walter Goehr
2. Rigoletto, opera: Act 3. La donna Φ mobile 2:18
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by Franco Ghione
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
3. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Act 2. Una furtiva lagrima 4:25
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
4. Faust, opera: Act 3. Qual turbamento...Salve dimora 4:44
Composed by Charles Gounod
Conducted by Eugene Goossens
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
5. Manon, comic opera in 5 acts: Act 2. O dolce incanto...Chiuder gli occhi
3:33
Composed by Jules Massenet
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
6. La bohΦme, opera: Act 1. Che gelida manina 4:34
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by Umberto Berrettoni
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
7. Tosca, opera: Act 1. Recondita armonia 2:47
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Chorus & Orchestra and Beniamino
Gigli
Conducted by Oliviero de Fabritiis
8. Tosca, opera: Act 3. E lucevan le stelle 2:45
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Chorus & Orchestra and Beniamino
Gigli
Conducted by Oliviero de Fabritiis
9. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1. Dovunque al mondo 3:04
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Chorus & Orchestra and Beniamino
Gigli
Conducted by Oliviero de Fabritiis
10. Pagliacci, opera: Act 1. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba 3:33
Composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Conducted by Franco Ghione
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
11. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intanto amici,
qua...Viva il vino spumeggiante 3:29
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Conducted by Pietro Mascagni
Performed by La Scala Theater Chorus, Beniamino Gigli, Maria Marcucci and
Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
12. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Mamma, quel vino Φ
generoso 4:46
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Conducted by Pietro Mascagni
Performed by La Scala Theater Chorus, Beniamino Gigli, Giulietta Simionato
and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
13. Isabeau, opera (leggenda drammatica) in 3 acts: Act 2. Non
colombelle!...Ah! Tu ch'odi lo mio grid 3:58
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Conducted by Umberto Berrettoni
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
14. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 3. Che avvien?...Ah! non v'avvicinate...No! Pa
3:17
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by Umberto Berrettoni
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Giuseppe Noto
15. Stabat mater for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, chorus, & orchestra: Cujus
animam 4:19
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
Conducted by Carlo Sabajno
16. Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass 3:57
Composed by CΘsar Franck
Performed by Beniamino Gigli, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper and
Solisten-Vereinigung der Bachworche Ansbach
Conducted by Bruno Seidler-Winkler
17. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem):
Ingemisco 3:47
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro Reale dell'Opera di
Roma
Conducted by Tulio Serafin
18. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op.
52/6) 4:33
Composed by Franz Shubert
Performed by Herbert Dawson and Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Rainaldo Zamboni
19. Core 'ngrato (Catari), for voice & orchestra 3:55
Composed by Salvatore Cardillo
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
Covent Garden
Conducted by Rainaldo Zamboni
20. Funicul∞ Funiculα for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib) 2:45
Composed by Luigi Denza
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Walter Goehr
21. O Sole Mio for voice & piano (or orchestra) 3:04
Composed by Eduardo di Capua
Conducted by Dino Olivieri
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
22. La Serenata for voice & piano/orchestra 3:37
Composed by Paolo Tosti
Conducted by Dino Olivieri
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
23. La danza. Tarantella Napolitana ("Giα la luna Φ in mezzo al mare"), for
voice & piano (SoirΘes musicales) 3:04
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Walter Goehr
24. Aprile for voice & piano (or orchestra) 4:04
Composed by Paolo Tosti
Conducted by Lawrance Collingwood
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
25. Mattinata, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) 2:15
Composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Conducted by Franco Ghione
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
26. Torna a Surriento for voice & piano (or orchestra) 3:18
Composed by Ernesto de Curtis
Conducted by Dino Olivieri
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
27. L'Ultima Canzone for voice & piano/orchestra 4:29
Composed by Paolo Tosti
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Walter Goehr
28. La forza del destino, opera: Act 3. La vita Φ inferno...O tu che in seno
6:29
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by Umberto Berrettoni
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
29. L'Arlesiana, opera: Act 2. ╚ la solita storia del pastor 4:34
Composed by Francesco Cilea
Conducted by Umberto Berrettoni
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
30. Andrea ChΘnier, opera: Act 1. Un d∞ all'azzurro spazio 4:27
Composed by Giordano
Conducted by Oliviero de Fabritiis
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
31. Andrea ChΘnier, opera: Act 3. Andrea ChΘnier...Corragio!...S∞, fui
soldat 3:10
Composed by Giordano
Performed by Gino Bechi, Maria Caniglia, Gino Conti, Beniamino Gigli,
Giuseppe Taddei and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
Conducted by Oliviero de Fabritiis
32. Andrea ChΘnier, opera: Act 4. Come un bel d∞ di maggio 3:04
Composed by Giordano
Conducted by Oliviero de Fabritiis
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano
33. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 1. Di' tu se fedele 3:12
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Chorus & Orchestra, Beniamino Gigli
and Rome Opera Chorus
Conducted by Tulio Serafin
34. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 3. Forse la soglia attinse...Ma se m' Φ
forza 4:38
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Chorus & Orchestra, Beniamino Gigli
and Rome Opera Chorus
Conducted by Tulio Serafin
35. La Juive, opera: Act 4. Rachel, quand du Seigneur 4:50
Composed by Jacques-Franτois Fromental HalΘvy
Performed by Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Chorus & Orchestra, Beniamino Gigli
and Rome Opera Chorus
Conducted by Rainaldo Zamboni
36. Le Roi d'Ys, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Puisqu'on ne peut
flΘchir...Vainement, ma b 3:27
Composed by Edouard Lalo
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
Covent Garden
Conducted by Rainaldo Zamboni
37. Manon, comic opera in 5 acts: Act 3. Io son sol...Ah! dispar, vision
4:46
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
Covent Garden
Conducted by Rainaldo Zamboni
38. Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Act 3. Ah! non mi ridestar 3:07
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Beniamino Gigli and Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
Covent Garden
Conducted by Rainaldo Zamboni
39. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Act 1. Quanto Φ bella 3:06
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
40. Turandot, opera: Act 3. Nessun dorma 3:33
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Celeste Aida (Aida, Act 1, Verdi) ( 4:33)
02. La donna e mobile (Rigoletto, Act 3, Verdi) ( 2:18)
03. Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore, Act 2, Donizetti) ( 4:25)
04. Salve dimora (Faust, Act 3, Gounod) ( 4:44)
05. Chiuder gli occhi (Manon, Act 2, Massenet) ( 3:33)
06. Che gelida manina (La Boheme, Act 1, Puccini) ( 4:34)
07. Recondita armonia (Tosca, Act 1, Puccini) ( 2:47)
08. E lucevan le stelle (Tosca, Act 3, Puccini) ( 2:45)
09. Dovunque al mondo (Madama Butterfly, Act 1, Puccini) ( 3:04)
10. Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci, Act 1, Leoncavallo) ( 3:33)
11. Viva il vino spumeggiante (Cavalleria rusticana, Mascagni) ( 3:29)
12. Mamma, quel vino e generoso (Cavalleria rusticana, Mascagni) ( 4:47)
13. Ah! Tu ch'odi lo mio grido (Isabeau, Act 2, Mascagni) ( 3:58)
14. No! Pazzo son! (Manon lescaut, Act 3, Puccini) ( 3:18)
15. Cujus animam (Stabat mater, Rossini) ( 4:19)
16. Panis angelicus (Franck) ( 3:57)
17. Ingemisco (Messa da Requiem, Verdi) ( 3:47)
18. Ave Maria (Schubert) ( 4:33)
19. Core 'ngrato (Cardillo) ( 3:55)
20. Funiculi, Funicula (Denza) ( 2:45)
01. O sole mio (Di Capua) ( 3:04)
02. La serenata (Tosti) ( 3:37)
03. La danza (Rossini) ( 3:04)
04. Aprile (Tosti) ( 4:04)
05. Matinata (Leoncavallo) ( 2:15)
06. Torna a Surriento (De Curtis) ( 3:18)
07. L'Ultima canzone (Tosti) ( 4:30)
08. O tu che in seno (LA forza del Destino, Act 3, Verdi) ( 6:29)
09. E la solita storia del pastor (L'arlesiana, Act 2, Cilea) ( 4:34)
10. Un di all'azzurro spazio (Andrea Chenier, Act 1, Giordano) ( 4:27)
11. Si, fui soldato (Andrea Chenier, Act 3, Giordano) ( 3:10)
12. Come un bel di di maggio (Andrea Chenier, Act 4, Giordano) ( 3:04)
13. Di tu se fedele (Un ballo in maschera, Act 1, Verdi) ( 3:12)
14. Ma se m'e forza perderti (Un ballo in maschera, Act 3, Verdi) ( 4:38)
15. Rachel, quand du Seigneur (La Juive, Act 4, Halevy) ( 4:50)
16. Vainement, ma bien-aimee (Le Roi d'Ys, Act 3, Lalo) ( 3:27)
17. Ah! dispar, vision (Manon, Act 3, Massenet) ( 4:46)
18. Ah! non mi ridestar (Werther, Act 3, Massenet) ( 3:08)
19. Quanto e bella (L'elisir d'amore, Act 1, Donizetti) ( 3:06)
20. Nessun dorma (Turandot, Act 3, Puccini) ( 3:33)
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