Greatest Hits During the Italian 30's

Greatest Hits During the Italian 30's

On this CD:

1. Rondine al nido for voice & orchestra
Composed by Vencenzo De Crescenzo
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret

2. Triste Maggio for voice & orchestra
Composed by Vencenzo De Crescenzo
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret

3. A Canzone 'e Napule for voice & orchestra
Composed by Ernesto de Curtis
Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra with Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Carlo Sabajno

4. O Sole Mio for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Eduardo di Capua
Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra with Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Dino Olivieri

5. La Canzone dell'amore, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib)
Composed by Cesare Andrea Bixio
Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra with Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Dino Olivieri

6. Non ti scordar di me, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib)
Composed by Ernesto de Curtis
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret

7. Mattinata, song for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra with Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Franco Ghione

8. Torna a Surriento for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Ernesto de Curtis
Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra with Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Dino Olivieri

9. Notte a Venezia for voice & orchestra
Composed by Giuseppe Curci
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Bruno Seidler-Winkler

10. Ti voglio tanto bene for voice & orchestra
Composed by Ernesto de Curtis
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Dino Olivieri

11. Mattinata Veneziana for voice & orchestra
Composed by Cinque
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Dino Olivieri

12. La danza. Tarantella Napolitana ("Già la luna è in mezzo al mare"), for voice & piano (Soirées musicales)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Walter Goehr

13. La Spagnola for voice & orchestra
Composed by Vincenzo di Chiara
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Lawrance Collingwood

14. La Paloma: for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Sebastian Iradier
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Ruggiero Ricci

15. Você trata amor em brinco
Composed by Domingos Caldas Barbosa
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Dino Olivieri

16. Canzona No 4 a 8
Composed by Giovanni Battista Grillo
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Dino Olivieri

17. Mamma, for voice & orchestra
Composed by Cesare Andrea Bixio
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Dino Olivieri

18. Se vuoi goder la vita
Composed by Cesare Andrea Bixio
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Dino Olivieri

19. Santa Lucia luntana, for voice & orchestra
Composed by E.A. [pseudonym of Giovanni Gaeta] Mario
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret

20. Voce 'e notte! for voice & orchestra
Composed by Ernesto de Curtis
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon

21. Santa Lucia for voice & orchestra
Composed by Teodoro Cottrau
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli