Gioachino Rossini Vincenzo Bellini Gaetano Donizetti - Ferruccio Tagliavini in Recital (22 tracks) +Album Reviews

Search - Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti :: Ferruccio Tagliavini in Recital

Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti
Ferruccio Tagliavini in Recital
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Ecco ridente in cielo
2. La sonnambula, opera: Predi l'anel ti dono
3. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Quanto ? bella
4. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Una furtiva lagrima
5. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Tombe degli avi miei
6. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Fra poco a me ricovero
7. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali
8. Martha, opera: M'appar? tutt'amor
9. Rigoletto, opera: Ella mi fu rapita
10. Rigoletto, opera: Parmi veder le lagrime
11. Falstaff, opera: Dal labbro il canto
12. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts: Mi batte il cor... O paradiso
13. Manon, opera in 5 acts: Instant charmant... En fermant les yeux
14. Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Pourqoui me r?veiller
15. L'amico Fritz, opera (commedia lyrica) in 3 acts: Suzel, buon d?
16. L'amico Fritz, opera (commedia lyrica) in 3 acts: Ed anche Beppe am?
17. Andrea Ch?nier, opera: Come un bel d? di maggio
18. Tosca, opera: Recondita armonia
19. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
20. Tosca, opera: Di tua man .. O dolci mani
21. L'Arlesiana, opera: ? la solita storia
22. I quattro rusteghi, opera: Luceta xe un bel nome

CD Details

All Artists: Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Friedrich von Flotow, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jules Massenet, Pietro Mascagni, Umberto Giordano, Giacomo Puccini, Francesco Cilea, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Ugo Tansini, Jean Paul Morel, Antal Dorati, Mário Rossi, Orchestra of Radio Italiana, Magda Olivero, Ferruccio Tagliavini
Title: Ferruccio Tagliavini in Recital
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Myto Records Italy
Release Date: 1/19/1995
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 750582832420, 608974500825

CD Reviews

Tenor of Grace................

Robert C. Hufford | Hopewell, VA USA | 08/07/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I doubt if anyone ever reads this; the album is probably impossible to find now...I got this absolutely outstanding recording when it came out in '93...it wasn't easy to find then. If you stumble on this review from checking all my reviews, you probably think I only review albums by pretty girls; think again. If you can't find this album, hopefully I can make you want another by this great singer...

Ferruccio Tagliavini [1913-1995] was a lyric tenor of a bygone style, what the Italians call "tenore di grazia"....tenor of grace, heir to the legacy of Alessandro Bonci, Tito Schipa and Dino Borgioli. Though he was often compared to the great Beniamino Gigli, that's not really fair to either. I suppose the best comparison from recent years would be the late Alfredo Kraus.

This is a 77' collection of Maestro Tagliavini's studio recordings from the 1940's, when he was in his absolute prime. Most of his best roles are represented...Nemarino...The Duke...Edgardo...Werther. There is a particularly winning duet from "L'Amico Fritz" with the singer's wife, Pia Tassinari. Other roles are here, too; Cavaradossi was a bit heavy, and, as for Andrea Chenier, forget it.

Alas, Tagliavini did not know when to quit; there are recordings from the 60's that should never see the light of day. If you have heard those, or if you don't know this great singer, try to find this. It is a great time capsule of Opera from a long lost, and much lamented, day."