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Beniamino Gigli : a life in words & music / written and narrated by Graeme Kay.
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- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Gigli, Beniamino, 1890-1957.
- Series:
- Naxos Music Library.
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Gigli, Beniamino, 1890-1957.
- Gigli, Beniamino.
- Tenors (Singers)--Biography.
- Tenors (Singers).
- Operas--Excerpts.
- Operas.
- Songs (High voice) with orchestra.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Sound recordings.
- Excerpts.
- Place of Publication:
- [Hong Kong] : Naxos Music Library, [2006]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Contents:
- CD 1: Cielo e mar from La Gioconda / Ponchielle (5:22)
- O soave fanciulla from La Boheme / Puccini (3:36)
- Spirto gentil from La favorita / Donizetti (4:03)
- O surdato nnammurto / Cannio (2:26)
- Ah! ritrovarla nella sua capanna' from Lodoletta / Mascagni (3:42)
- E lucevan le stelle from Tosca / Puccini (2:56)
- Apri la tua finestra!' from Iris / Mascagni (2:35)
- Mamma, quel vino e generoso from Cavalleria rusticana / Mascagni (4:18)
- Giunto sul passo estremo from Mefistofele / Boito (3:27)
- CD 2: Tombe del'avi miei' from Lucia di Lammermoor / Donizetti (4:40)
- Un di all'azzuro spazio from Andrea Chénier / Giordano (4:26)
- De' miei bollenti spiriti from La traviata / Verdi (4:22)
- Vainement, mu bien aimee from Le Roi d'Ys / Lalo (3:26)
- O dolce incanto from Man / Massenet (3:36)
- Nel verde maggio grom Loreley/ Catalini (2:28)
- Ah! me fuis pas encore! from Romeo et Juliette / Gounod (2:14)
- O paradiso from L'Africaine /Meyerbeer (3:57)
- The Lost Chord / Sullivan (4:29)
- Quanto e bella from L'elisir d'amore / Donizetti (2:52)
- CD 3: M'appari [ach! So fromm] from Marta [Martha] / Flotow (3:39)
- Gigli in an interview at the Savoy Hotel, London / Speech (0:43)
- No, Pagliaccio non son! fromPagliacci / Leoncavallo (3:14)
- Suvvia, cosi terribile from Pagliacci / Leoncavallo (2:57)
- Non ti scordar di me / De Curtis (5:59)
- O soave fanciulla from La Boheme / Puccini (3:34)
- Recondita armonia from tosca / Puccini (2:49)
- E lucevan le stelle from Tosca / Puccini (2:41)
- Ingemisco from the Requiem / Verdi (3:39)
- Closing moments of Act I, Madama Butterfly / Puccini (4:18)
- CD 4. Introductory speech to Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni (0:50)
- Mamma, quel vino e generoso from Cavalleria rusticana / Mascagni (4:45)
- Un di all'azzuro spazio from Andrea Chénier / Giordano (5:09)
- Come un bel di di maggio from Andrea Chénier / Giordano (3:04)
- Tecoio sto "Gran Dio" from Un ballo in maschera / Verdi (1:21)
- Non sai tu che se l'anima mia from Un ballo in maschera / Verdi (3:33)
- Oh, qual soave brivido from In ballo in maschera / Verdi (3:24)
- Celeste Aida from Aida / Verdi (4:35)
- Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida from Aida / Verdi (3:15)
- Speech given by Gigli after a concert at the Royal Albert Hall (0:42)
- Ritorna amore / Di Veroli (3:34)
- Santa Lucia / Cottrau (3:06)
- O paradiso from L'africaine / Meyerbeer (2:28)
- Participant:
- Various performers.
- Notes:
- Streaming audio.
- Title from image of compact disc cover on Web page (viewed May 10, 2006).
- "Includes over 40 original recordings from 1918-1952".
- Includes program notes.
- OCLC:
- 71333964
- Publisher Number:
- 8.558148-51 Naxos Music Library
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for access by site license.
- Digital content provided by Naxos Music Library; access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
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