Very Best Of Beniamino Gigli CD

Very Best Of Beniamino Gigli Music

List Price	$16.98 (You save $4.23)
Label	EMI Music Distribution
Orig Year	9/2/2003
All Time Sales Rank	3848
CD Universe Part number	6240963
Catalog number	85093
Discs	2
Release Date	Sep 02, 2003
Recording Time	2 31

Very Best Of Beniamino Gigli Classical Review

Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

5 stars fantastic voice
the most wonderful sound on record,gigli had it all.
Submitted by lols1946 (manchester,england)
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5 stars Quality of recording
Bearing in mind the years of Gigli's carrier as a singer, this recording is quite outstanding.
Submitted by ralph.smorczewski (Petworth, West Sussex, UK)
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4 stars The incredible Gigli
Beniamino Gigli is one of the best tenors of all time.His voice is fantastic,brilliant,rich of emotions.Unfortunately,on CD,the remasterization makes too cool the interpretation of some popular songs or arias.We can feel more emotion listening some Gigli´s analogic recordings.Despite of that,the CD brings us a great pleasure and I recomend it,of course.
Submitted by civerani (Piracicaba-S.Paulo-Brasil)
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1. Aida, opera: Act 1. Se quel guerrieri io fossi...Celeste Aida (4:33) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Aida Opera
Composer	Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor	Walter Goehr
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1871
Period	Romantic
Recording Date	1937
Notes	Composition written: 1871. Composition revised: Italy.
2. Rigoletto, opera: Act 3. La donna è mobile (2:18) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Act 3. La Donna E Mobile, Rigoletto Opera
Composer	Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor	Franco Ghione
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1851
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1934
3. L' elisir d'amore, opera: Act 2. Una furtiva lagrima (4:25) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	L' Elisir D'amore Opera
Composer	Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Conductor	John Barbirolli
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Comic Opera / Opera / Opera Buffa / Romantic Period
Date Written	1832
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1933
4. Faust, opera: Act 3. Qual turbamento...Salve dimora (4:44) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Faust Opera
Composer	Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
Conductor	Eugene Goossens
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1856-1859
Period	Romantic
Country	France
Recording Date	1931
5. Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 2. O dolce incanto...Chiuder gli occhi (3:33) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Manon Opera In 5 Acts
Composer	Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Conductor	John Barbirolli
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera
Date Written	1882-1883
Period	Post-Romantic
Country	France
Recording Date	1931
6. La bohème, opera: Act 1. Che gelida manina (4:34) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Act 1. Che Gelida Manina, La Boheme Opera
Composer	Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor	Umberto Berrettoni
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1896
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1938
7. Tosca, opera: Act 1. Recondita armonia (2:47) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Tosca Opera
Composer	Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor	Oliviero de Fabritiis
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1900
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1938
8. Tosca, opera: Act 3. E lucevan le stelle (2:45) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Act 3. E Lucevan Le Stelle, Tosca Opera
Composer	Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor	Oliviero de Fabritiis
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1900
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1938
9. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1. Dovunque al mondo (3:04) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Madama Butterfly Madame Butterfly
Composer	Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor	Oliviero de Fabritiis
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1904
Period	Romantic
Recording Date	1939
Notes	Composition written: 1904. Composition revised: United States of America.
10. Pagliacci, opera: Act 1. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (3:33) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Act 1. Recitar Vesti La Giubba, Pagliacci Opera
Composer	Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
Conductor	Franco Ghione
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Verismo Opera
Date Written	1892
Period	Post-Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1934
11. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intanto amici, qua...Viva il vino spumeggiante (3:29) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Intanto Amici Qua Viva Il Vino Spumeggiante, Cavalleria Rusticana Opera Melodramma In 1 Act
Composer	Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Conductor	Pietro Mascagni
Performer	Beniamino Gigli Maria Marcucci
Genre	Opera / Verismo Opera
Period	Post-Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1940
12. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Mamma, quel vino è generoso (4:46) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Mamma Quel Vino E Generoso, Cavalleria Rusticana Opera Melodramma In 1 Act
Composer	Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Conductor	Pietro Mascagni
Performer	Giulietta Simionato Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Verismo Opera
Period	Post-Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1940
13. Isabeau, opera (leggenda drammatica) in 3 acts: Act 2. Non colombelle!...Ah! Tu ch'odi lo mio grido (3:58) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Isabeau Opera Leggenda Drammatica In 3 Acts
Composer	Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Conductor	Umberto Berrettoni
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera
Date Written	1911
Period	Post-Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1941
14. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 3. Che avvien?...Ah! non v'avvicinate...No! Pazzo son! (3:17) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Manon Lescaut Opera
Composer	Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor	Umberto Berrettoni
Performer	Giuseppe Noto Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1893
Period	Romantic
Recording Date	1940
Notes	Composition written: 1893. Composition revised: Italy.
15. Stabat mater for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra: Cujus animam (4:19) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Cujus Animam, Stabat Mater For 2 Sopranos Tenor Bass Chorus & Orchestra
Composer	Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Conductor	Carlo Sabajno
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Oratorio / Romantic Period / Sacred Music
Date Written	1841
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1932
16. Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass (3:57) Windows Media Real Audio
Composer	César Franck (1822 - 1890)
Conductor	Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Aria / Communion / Romantic Period
Date Written	1872
Ensemble	Solisten-Vereinigung der Bachworche Ansbach
Period	Romantic
Recording Date	1936
17. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Ingemisco (3:47) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Ingemisco, Requiem Mass For For Chorus & Orchestra
Composer	Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor	Tullio Serafin
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Mass / Requiem / Romantic Period / Sacred Music
Date Written	1874
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1939
18. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6) (4:33) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Ave Maria Ellens, Ellens Gesang Iii For Voice & Piano
Catalog No.	D 839
Composer	Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
Conductor	Rainaldo Zamboni
Performer	Herbert Dawson (Organ) Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Art Song / Romantic Period / Song
Date Written	1825
Ensemble	Strings & Harp
Period	Romantic
Recording Date	1947
19. Core 'ngrato (Catari), for voice & orchestra (3:55) Windows Media Real Audio
Composer	Salvatore Cardillo (1874 - 1947)
Conductor	Rainaldo Zamboni
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Romantic Period / Song
Date Written	1911
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1946
20. Funiculì Funiculà, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib) (2:45) Windows Media Real Audio
Composer	Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922)
Conductor	Walter Goehr
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Popular Song
Date Written	1880
Period	Post-Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1949
21. O sole mio, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (3:04) Windows Media Real Audio
Composer	Eduardo di Capua (1865 - 1917)
Conductor	Dino Olivieri
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Romantic Period / Song
Date Written	circa 1900
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1934
22. La Serenata for voice & piano/orchestra (3:37) Windows Media Real Audio
Composer	Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916)
Conductor	Dino Olivieri
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Neapolitan Song / Romantic Period / Song
Date Written	circa 1870-1915
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1938
23. La danza. Tarantella Napolitana ("Già la luna è in mezzo al mare"), for voice & piano (Soirées music (3:04) Windows Media Real Audio
Composer	Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Conductor	Walter Goehr
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Art Song / Romantic Period
Date Written	1830-1835
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1938
24. Aprile for voice & piano (or orchestra) (4:04) Windows Media Real Audio
Composer	Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916)
Conductor	Lawrance Collingwood
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Neapolitan Song / Romantic Period / Song
Date Written	circa 1880-1910
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1939
25. Mattinata ("L'aurora di bianco vestita"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (2:15) Windows Media Real Audio
Composer	Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
Conductor	Franco Ghione
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Song
Date Written	1904
Period	Post-Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1935
26. Torna a Surriento, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (3:18) Windows Media Real Audio
Composer	Ernesto de Curtis (1875 - 1937)
Conductor	Dino Olivieri
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Neapolitan Song / Romantic Period
Date Written	1902
Period	Romantic
Recording Date	1935
27. L' Ultima Canzone for voice & piano/orchestra (4:29) Windows Media Real Audio
Composer	Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916)
Conductor	Walter Goehr
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Romantic Period / Song
Date Written	circa 1870-1915
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1938
28. La forza del destino, opera: Act 3. La vita è inferno...O tu che in seno (6:29) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	La Forza Del Destino Opera
Composer	Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor	Umberto Berrettoni
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1862
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1941
29. L' Arlesiana, opera: Act 2. E la solita storia del pastor (4:34) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	L' Arlesiana Opera
Composer	Francesco Cilča (1866 - 1950)
Conductor	Umberto Berrettoni
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1897
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1941
30. Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 1. Un dì all'azzurro spazio (4:27) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Act 1. Un Di All'azzurro Spazio, Andrea Chenier Opera
Composer	Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
Conductor	Oliviero de Fabritiis
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1896
Period	Romantic
Recording Date	1941
Notes	Composition written: 1896. Composition revised: Italy.
31. Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 3. Andrea Chénier...Corragio!...Sì, fui soldato (3:10) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Andrea Chenier Opera
Composer	Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
Conductor	Oliviero de Fabritiis
Performer	Giuseppe Taddei Maria Caniglia Gino Bechi Gino Conti Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1896
Period	Romantic
Recording Date	1941
Notes	Composition written: 1896. Composition revised: Italy.
32. Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 4. Come un bel dì di maggio (3:04) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Andrea Chenier Opera
Composer	Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
Conductor	Oliviero de Fabritiis
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1896
Period	Romantic
Recording Date	1941
Notes	Composition written: 1896. Composition revised: Italy.
33. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 1. Di' tu se fedele (3:12) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Un Ballo In Maschera Opera
Composer	Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor	Tullio Serafin
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1859
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1943
34. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 3. Forse la soglia attinse...Ma se m' è forza perderti (4:38) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Un Ballo In Maschera Opera
Composer	Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor	Tullio Serafin
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1859
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1943
35. La Juive, opera: Act 4. Rachel, quand du Seigneur (4:50) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Act 4. Rachel Quand Du Seigneur, La Juive Opera
Composer	Fromental Halévy (1799 - 1862)
Conductor	Rainaldo Zamboni
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1835
Period	Romantic
Country	France
Recording Date	1946
36. Le Roi d'Ys, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Puisqu'on ne peut fléchir...Vainement, ma bien-aimée (3:27) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Act 3. Puisqu'on Ne Peut Flechir Vainement Ma Bien Aimee, Le Roi D'ys Opera In 3 Acts
Composer	Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892)
Conductor	Rainaldo Zamboni
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera
Date Written	1875-1888
Period	Post-Romantic
Recording Date	1946
Notes	Composition written: 1875-88. Composition revised: Spain.
37. Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 3. Io son sol...Ah! dispar, vision (4:46) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Manon Opera In 5 Acts
Composer	Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Conductor	Rainaldo Zamboni
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera
Date Written	1882-1883
Period	Post-Romantic
Country	France
Recording Date	1946
38. Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Act 3. Ah! non mi ridestar (3:07) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Werther Lyric Drama In 4 Acts
Composer	Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Conductor	Rainaldo Zamboni
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera
Period	Post-Romantic
Country	France
Recording Date	1946
39. L' elisir d'amore, opera: Act 1. Quanto è bella (3:06) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	L' Elisir D'amore Opera
Composer	Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Conductor	Stanford Robinson
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Comic Opera / Opera / Opera Buffa / Romantic Period
Date Written	1832
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Recording Date	1949
40. Turandot, opera: Act 3. Nessun dorma (3:33) Windows Media Real Audio
Common Name	Act 3. Nessun Dorma, Turandot Opera
Composer	Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor	Stanford Robinson
Performer	Beniamino Gigli
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1926
Period	Romantic
Recording Date	1949
Notes	Composition written: 1926. Composition revised: Italy.

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