The Legendary Caruso

The Legendary Caruso

On this CD:

1. Cavalleria rusticana, opera in 1 act O Lola
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Performed by Enrico Caruso

2. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts Cielo e mar
Composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
Performed by Enrico Caruso

3. Pagliacci, opera Recitar!...Vesti la giubba
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Performed by Enrico Caruso

4. Germania, opera Studenti, udite
Composed by Alberto Franchetti
Performed by Enrico Caruso

5. Mefistofele, opera Dai campi, dai prati
Composed by Arrigo Boito
Performed by Enrico Caruso

6. Tosca, opera E lucevan le stelle
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Enrico Caruso

7. Iris, opera in 3 acts Apri la tua finestra
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Performed by Enrico Caruso

8. Fedora, opera Amor ti vieta
Composed by Umberto Giordano
Performed by Enrico Caruso

9. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera No, più nobile
Composed by Francesco Cilea
Performed by Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone

10. Aida, opera Celesta Aida
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Enrico Caruso

11. Germania, opera Ah vieni qui...No, non chiuder
Composed by Alberto Franchetti
Performed by Enrico Caruso

12. Mefistofele, opera Giunto sul passo estremo
Composed by Arrigo Boito
Performed by Enrico Caruso

13. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts Mi par d'udir ancor
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Enrico Caruso

14. Manon, opera O dolce incanto
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Enrico Caruso

15. Rigoletto, opera Questa o quella
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Enrico Caruso

16. L'elisir d'amore, opera Una furtiva lagrima
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Enrico Caruso

17. La Mia canzone, for voice & piano/orchestra
Composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performed by Enrico Caruso

18. Non t'amo più, for voice & piano
Composed by Luigi Denza
Performed by Enrico Caruso

19. Luna fedel, for voice & piano
Composed by Redento Zardo
Performed by Enrico Caruso

20. Un Bacio ancora, for voice & piano
Composed by Rocco Trimarchi
Performed by Enrico Caruso

21. Mattinata, song for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Performed by Enrico Caruso, Ruggiero Leoncavallo

Editorial Reviews
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This collection begins at the dawn of Enrico Caruso's recording career: in 1902, only four years after his breakthrough success at La Scala. Caruso's voice rings out magnificently over the primitive recording technology in a collection of Italian arias from Aida, Tosca, La Gioconda, Manon, and The Pearl Fishers that have become warhorses in our age but were so new in Caruso's time that the singer is occasionally accompanied on piano by the composer. So there's an authentic-performance value in this as well as the sheer pleasure of that famous tenor voice, which maintains its brilliant virility even when Caruso ascends into head voice for the final high pianissimo that ends "Celeste Aida." Even the upper regions of "Mi par d'udir ancor" from The Pearl Fishers have a fluid musicality that so many modern recordings lack. EMI's transfers are a bit overly filtered; there's more noise in RCA's Complete Caruso but also more voice. --David Patrick Stearns

The Legendary Caruso, Music, Enrico Caruso, Arrigo Boito, Francesco Cilea, Luigi Denza, Gaetano Donizetti, Alberto Franchetti, Umberto Giordano, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet, Amilcare Ponchielli, Giacomo Puccini, Paolo Tosti, Rocco Trimarchi, Giuseppe Verdi, Redento Zardo, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Salvatore Cottone, Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone, Georges Bizet, Paolo Francesco Tosti, Zardo, Trimarchi, Art Song (General), Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Classical Vocals, French Romantic Opera, Italian Romantic Opera, Miscellaneous Music, Opera, Romantic Music for Voice and Keyboard, Solo Voice(s) and Orchestra, Vocal

The Legendary Caruso

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