Gigli Edition, Vol. 15 - Gigli, Beniamino
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• This final volume of the Naxos Gigli Edition, released to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the great tenor’s death, is taken from his Carnegie Hall farewell concerts in April, 1955.
• Making their first appearance on CD here, these recordings demonstrate that Gigli remained to the end his old, communicative self, still able to pour an immense tranche of emotion into whatever he was singing. For a man his age the overall sound is still remarkable and the honeyed mezza-voce remains a delight, untouched by the passing years. As ever in a Gigli programme, operatic titles are intertwined with more popular material.
• By and large Gigli kept faith with those pieces he most enjoyed singing and that his public adored. ‘It was only through my audiences that this exercise of lungs, diaphragm and vocal cords became transmuted for me into a profound spiritual experience. Like a squirrel counting his hoard of nuts in the winter, I treasure their applause in my memory.’
Beniamino Gigli, tenor and others
Giacomo Meyerbeer
1. L'Africana (L'Africaine), Act IV: Mi batte il cor … O paradiso
Giulio Caccini
2. Amarilli mia bella (My beautiful Amaryllis)
Stefano Donaudy
3. O del mio amato ben (O my beloved)
George Frideric Handel
4. Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, Act I: Frondi tenere e belle … Ombra mai fu, "Largo"
Jules Massenet
5. Manon, Act II: Chiudo gli occhi (En fermant les yeux), "Le Reve"
Richard Wagner
6. Lohengrin, Act I: Merce, merce, cigno gentil (Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan!)
Edvard Grieg
7. Un reve (En drom), Op. 48, No. 6
Fryderyk Chopin
8. Reviens mon amour, "Tristesse" (arr. of Etude No. 3 in E major, Op. 10)
Jules Massenet
9. Werther, Act III: Ah! Non mi ridestar (Pourquoi me reveiller?)
Carlos Gomes
10. Lo Schiavo, Act II: All'istante partir … Quando nascesti tu
Giacomo Puccini
11. Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle … O dolci baci
Jean Baptiste Weckerlin
12. Bergere legere
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
13. Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Dalla sua pace
Giuseppe Curci
14. Notte a Venezia
Vito Carnevali
15. Come, love with me
Pearl Gildersleeve Curran
16. Life
Vincenzo de Crescenzo
17. Rondine al nido
Ernesto De Curtis
18. Addio, bel sogno
Manlio di Veroli
19. Ritorna amore
Cesare Andrea Bixio
20. Mamma
Eduardo di Capua
21. O sole mio
Giacomo Puccini
22. La Fanciulla del West, Act III: Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano