Bel canto

~ Release by Beniamino Gigli (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Se vuoi goder la vità
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Se vuoi goder la vita e Mamma
lyricist:
Bixio Cherubini
composer:
Cesare Andrea Bixio
Bixio Cherubini & Cesare Andrea Bixio3:02
2La bohême: “O soave fanciulla”
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 9. “O soave fanciulla” (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa (in 1896)
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (La bohème: Act I, Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini3:06
3Il trovatore: “Se m'ami ancor' - ai nostri monti”
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto IV, scena 2. “Ai nostri monti ritorneremo” (Azucena, Manrico)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto IV. Il supplicio
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto IV, scena 2. “Se m'ami ancor” … “Si, la stanchezza m'opprime” (Manrico, Azucena)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto IV. Il supplicio
Giuseppe Verdi4:22
4Adeste fideles
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
John Francis Wade2:43
5Cachés dans cet asile (Berceuse)
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Jocelyn, op. 100: Acte II. Berceuse “Cachés dans cet asile” (Jocelyn, Op. 100: Act II. Lullaby “Angels Guard Thee”)
composer:
Benjamin Godard (French violinist and composer, 1849-1895) (on 1888-02-25)
librettist:
Victor Capoul and Paul-Armand Silvestre
part of:
Jocelyn, op. 100: Acte II
Benjamin Godard4:44
6Dimmi tu primavera
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Dimmi tu Primavera
lyricist:
Alvaro Ferrante de Torres
composer:
Cesare Andrea Bixio
Cesare Andrea Bixio & Álvaro Torres3:01
7La paloma
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
La paloma (Spanish original)
lyricist and composer:
Sebastián Iradier (Best know for “La paloma”)
Sebastián Yradier3:30
8La bohême: “Che gelida manina”
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (La bohème: Act I, Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini4:14
9Il trovatore: “Di quella pira”
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto III, scena 2. “Di quella pira l’orrendo foco” (Manrico, Leonora, Ruiz, armed men)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1853)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist) (in 1853)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto III. Il figlio della zingara
Giuseppe Verdi2:06
10Serse: “Ombra mai fu” (Largo)
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1737-12-26 until 1738-01-09)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
George Frideric Handel4:03
11Agnus Dei
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Agnus Dei
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
arranger:
Ernest Guiraud (French composer)
is based on:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2: II. Intermezzo (for piano, Bizet)
Georges Bizet3:28
12Mefistotele: “Lontano, lontano”
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Mefistofele: Atto III. “Lontano sui flutti d’un ampio oceano” (Margherita, Faust)
composer and librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Mefistofele: Atto III
part of:
Mefistofele: Atto III
Arrigo Boito3:25
13La forza del destino: “La vità è inferno all'infinito o tu che in seno agli angeli”
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
La forza del destino: Atto III, scena 1. “O tu che in seno agli angeli” (Alvaro)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La forza del destino: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi6:21
14Don Giovanni: “Il mio tesoro intanto”
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II. No. 21 Aria “Il mio tesoro intanto” (Don Ottavio)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:08
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