ANONYMOUS
(Folk Song) Vieni
sul mar
Adolphe-Charles
ADAM (1803 – 1856) Cantique de
Noel
Fermin Maria ALVAREZ
(?-1898) A Granada; La Partida
Anton y MICHELENA
A la luz de la luna
Colombino ARONA
(b. 1885) La Campana di San Giusto
Richard BARTHELEMY
Trise ritorno
Richard BARTHELEMY
and Enrico
CARUSO Adorables tourments (Valse
Lente)
James Carroll
BARTLETT (1850 – 1929) A Dream
Vincenzo BILLI
(1869 – 1938) Campane a sera
Georges BIZET
(1838 – 1875) Agnus Dei; La fleur
que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen);
Parle-moi de ma mère (Carmen);
Au Fond du temple saint (Les
Pecheurs de Perles); Je crois entendre
(Les Pecheurs de Perles); De mon
amie, fleur endormie (Les Pecheurs
de Perles)
Arrigo BOITO
(1842 – 1918) Dai campi, dai
prati (Mefistofele); Giunto sul
passo estremo (Mefistofele).
C. A. BRACCO (fl.
1885) Serenata
Arturo BUZZI-PECCIA
(1856 – 1943) Lolita
Salvatore CARDILLO
(1874 – 1947) Core ’ngrato
Enrico CARUSO
(1873 – 1921) Dreams of Long
Ago; Tiempo antico;
Ruperto CHAPI
(1851 – 1909) Flores Purisimas
(El Milagro de la Virgen)
Vincenzo Legrenzio
CIAMPI (1719 – 1762) Nina
Francesco CILEA
(1866 – 1950) No, piu nobile
(Adriana Lecouvreur)
M. S. CIOCIANO
Cielo turchino
George M. COHAN
(1878 – 1942) Over There
Mario P. COSTA
Sei morta ne la vita mia
Guglielmo COTTRAU
Fenesta che lucive
Teodoro COTTRAU
(1827 – 1879) L’addio a Napoli;
Santa Lucia
Guy D’HARDELOT
(Mrs. W.I. Rhodes) (1838 – 1936)
Because
Vincenzo de CRESCENZO
(b. 1875) Guardanno a luna; Premiere
caresse; Tarantella sincera; Uocchie
celeste;
Ernesto de CURTIS
(1875 – 1937) Canta pe’me; Senza
nisciuno; Tu ca nun chiagne;
Luigi DENZA (1846
– 1922) Non t’amo piu; Si vous l’aviez
compris;
Eduardo di CAPUA
(1865 – 1917) O sole mio
Stefano DONAUDY
(1879 – 1925) Vaghissima sembianza
Gaetano DONIZETTI
(1797 – 1848) Com’e gentil
(Don Pasquale); Deserto in terra
(Don Sebastiano); Angelo casto e
bel (Il Duca d’Alba); Una furtiva
lagrima (L’Elisir d’Amore); Venti
Scudi! (L’Elisir d’Amore); Spirito
genril, ne’sogni miei (La Favorita);
Chi mi frena in tal momento? (Sextet)
(Lucia di Lamermoor)
Jean-Baptiste
FAURÉ (1830 – 1914) Crucifix;
Les rameaux; Sancta Maria;
Friedrich von
FLOTOW (1812 – 1883) Ma’appari
tutt’amor (Marta); Presto, presto
andiam (Marta); Solo profugo
reietto (Marta); Dormi Pur -
Goodnight Quartet (Marta)
Alberto FRANCHETTI
(1860 – 1942) Ah, vieni qui
(Germania); Studenti! Udite!
(Germania);
César FRANCK
(1822 – 1890) La procession
Salvatore FUCITO
(1875 – 1929) Scordame; Sultanto
a te;
Clarence G. GARTNER
Love is Mine; Trusting Eyes
Stanislao GASTALDON
(1861 – 1939) Musica proibita
Henry Ernest GEEHL
(1881 – 1961) For you Alone
Giuseppe GIOE
(1890 – 1957) L’m’arricordo ’e
Napule
Umberto GIORDANO
(1867 – 1948) Come un bel di
di maggio (Andrea Chenier); Improvviso
(Andrea Chenier); Amor ti vieta
(Feodora);
Benjamin GODARD
(1849 – 1895) Chanson de Juin
Karl GOLDMARK
(1830 – 1915) Magiche Note (Die
Königin von Saba)
Carlos GOMES
(1836 – 1896) Sento una forza
indomita (Il Guarany); Quando
nascesti tu (O Escravo); Mia
piccirella (Salvator Rosa)
Charles GOUNOD
(1818 – 1893) Eh! quoi! toujours
seule? (Faust); Eternelle! O
nuit d’amour (Faust); Alerte!
ou vous êtes perdues (Faust);
A moi les plaisirs (Faust); Salut
demeure chaste et pure (Faust);
Seigneur Dieu; que vois-je (Faust);
Inspirez mois, race divine (La
Reine de Saba);
Jules GRANIER
Hosanna
J.F. Fromental
HALÉVY (1799 – 1862) Rachel,
quand du Seigneur (La Juive)
George Frideric
HANDEL (1685 – 1759) Ombra mai
fu (Serse)
Percy B. KAHN
Ave Marie
Ruggero LEONCAVALLO
(1857 – 1919) No! Pagliaccio
non son (I Pagliacci); Vesti
la giubba (I Pagliacci); Io no
ho che una povera stanzetta (La
Boheme); Testa adorata (La Boheme);
Lasciati amar; Les Deus serenades;
Mattinata
Jean-Baptiste
LULLY (1632 – 1687) Bois epais
(Amadis de Gaule)
Pietro MASCAGNI
(1863 – 1945) Brindisi (Cavalleria
rusticana); Addio alla madre
(Cavalleria rusticana); Siciliana
(Cavalleria rusticana); Serenata
(Iris);
A MASCHERONI Eternamente
Jules MASSENET
(1842 – 1912) Elégie;
O Souverain, O Juge, O Père
(Le Cid); Chiudo gli occhi (Manon);
Ah, fuyez, douce image (Manon);
On l’appelle Manon (Manon)
Giacomo MEYERBEER
(1791 – 1864) Bianca al par di
neve (Les Huguenots); Qui sotto
il ciel (Les Huguenots); Deh
ch’io ritorni (L’Africaine);
O Paradiso (L’Africaine)
Louis Abraham
NIEDERMEYER (1802 – 1861) Pieta
Signore
Emanuele NUTILE
Mamma mi ache vo sape
Geoffrey O’HARA
(1882 – 1967) Your Eyes have
told me what I did not know
Alessio OLIVIERI
Inno di Garibaldi
Gaetano Enrico
PENNINO Pecche
Antonio PINI-CORSI
(1859 – 1918) Tu non mi vuoi
piu ben
Robert PLANQUETTE
(1848 – 1903) Le Régiment
de Sambre et Meuse
Amilcare PONCHIELLI
(1834 – 1886) Cielo e mar
(La Gioconda)
Guillermo POSADAS
Noche Feliz
Giacomo PUCCINI
(1858 – 1924) Addio, Dolce sveliare
all mattina (La Boheme); Che
gelida manina (La Boheme); O
Mimi, tu piu non torni (La Boheme);
O soave fanciulla (La Boheme);
Vecchi zimarra, senti (La Boheme);
Amore or grillo no saprei (Madama
Butterfly); Addio fiorito asil
(Madama Butterfly); O quanti occi
fisi (Madama Butterfly); Donna
non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut);
E lucevan le stele (Tosca); Recondita
armonia (Tosca);
V. RICCIARDI
Amor mio
Sir Landon RONALD
(1873 – 1938) Serenade espagnole
Gioachino ROSSINI
(1792 – 1868) La danza (Les
soirees musicales); Crucifixus
(La Petite Messe Solennelle); Domine
Deus (La Petite Messe Solennelle);
Cujus animam (Stabat Mater)
Augusto ROTLOI
(1847 – 1904) Mia sposa sara
la mia bandiera
Anton RUBINSTEIN
(1828 – 1894) Oh! Lumiere du
jour (Neron)
Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835 – 1921) Je viens celebrer
la victoire (Samson et Dalila);
Vois ma misere (Samson et Dalila)
Matteo SALVI Angelo
casto e bel
A. SECCHI
Love me not
Sir Arthur SULLIVAN
(1842 – 1900) The Lost Chord
Josef Zygmunt
SZULC (1875 – 1956) Hantise d’amour
Piotr Ilyich
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 – 1893) Pour
mi ce jour est tout mystere (Evgeny
Onegin); Pimpinella; Pourquoi;
Serenade de Don Juan
Sir Francesco
Paolo TOSTI (1846 – 1912) A Vucchella;
Addio; Ideala; L’Alba separa dalla luce
l’ombra; La mia canzone; Luna d’estate;
Parted; Pour un baiser
Rocco TRIMARCHI
(1861 – 1936) Un bacio ancora
Vincenzo VALENTE
Manella mia
Giuseppe VERDI
(1813 – 1901) Celeste Aida
(Aida); Aide a me togliesti (Aida);
La fatal pietra (Aida); O
Terra addio (Aida); Dio, che
nell’alma infondere (Don Carlo);
Qual volutta trascorrere (I Lombardi);
Ah si, ben mio (Il Trovatore);
Di quella pira (Il Trovatore);
Mal reggendo all’aspro assalto (Il
Trovatore); Miserere (Il Trovatore)
Ai nostril monti (Il Trovatore);
O tu che in seno agl’angeli (La
forza del destino); Le minaccie,
I fieri accenti (La Forza del Destino);
Sleale! il segreto fu dunque violato?
(La Forza del Destino); Solenne in
quest’ora (La Forza del Destino);
Brindisi (La Traviata); Ah la
paterna mano (Macbeth); Ingemisco
(Messa da Requiem); Ora e per sempre
addio (Otello); Si, pel ciel
(Otello); Quartet (Rigoletto);
Parmi veder le lagrime (Rigoletto);
La donna e mobile (Rigoletto);
Questa o quella (Rigoletto);
La rivedra nell’estasi (Un ballo
in maschera); E’scherzo od e follia
(Un ballo in maschera); Di tu se
fedel (Un ballo in maschera);
Ma se m’e forza perderti (Un ballo
in maschera);
Redento ZARDO
Luna Fedel
This collection comprises
the recorded legacy, a few cylinders
recorded for Pathé Frères
in 1898 apart, of the tenor voice that
‘made the gramophone’, or as some would
have it, was made by the gramophone.
Caruso made his professional
debut in 1895 at the small Teatro Nuovo
in Naples, his hometown. By 1897 he
was singing in the major theatres of
other Italian provincial towns and creating
roles in operas by Giordano and Cilea.
In 1898 he sang in Saint Petersburg
and in South America where he essayed
his one and only Wagner role the following
year. Caruso had a slight setback on
his debut at La Scala in December 1900
as Rodolfo in La Bohème. The
opera was substituted at short notice
when the tenor for the scheduled a performance
of Tristan withdrew. The under-prepared
and ever-nervous Caruso blew it with
Puccini present in the theatre and Toscanini
on the rostrum. The critics had a field
day at his expense. Two months later
Caruso had a triumph at the theatre
as Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore when
the fiery Toscanini, with whom the tenor
had crossed swords, was forced by the
audience to encore Una furtive lagrima;
Toscanini didn’t do encores for singers,
at least not in the normal course of
events, but that February night in 1901
wasn’t normal.
On 11 March 1902 and
now firmly established at La Scala,
Caruso created the tenor role in Franchetti’s
Germania with Toscanini again on the
rostrum. In the audience was Fred Gaisberg,
European representative of the Gramophone
and Typewriter Company. Emil Berliner
had set up this company in 1898 after
he had perfected a method of flat disc
recording. This process had significant
advantages over the earlier cylinder
method in terms of improved musical
fidelity, longer playing time and the
potential for mass production of classical
music. To help ensure commercial success
for its new system, the company was
on the look out for suitable artists
to record. Convinced that Caruso’s voice
had the richness of tone suitable for
the new recording process, Gaisberg
approached the singer. Caruso agreed
on the basis that the recordings take
place at his hotel and would be completed
in an afternoon. He further agreed to
record ten arias and demanded £10 per
item. When Gaisberg cabled his employers
they demurred at the cost and told him
to cancel the arrangements. So convinced
was Gaisberg that he was on to a winner
that he stumped up the fee from his
own pocket. On a day in April 1902 Gaisberg
set up his primitive recording apparatus
in a room of the Grand Hotel in Milan.
It comprised a horn suspended from the
ceiling into which Caruso sang. The
sound waves generated by the singing
vibrated a needle connected to the narrow
end of the horn. The needle cut a groove
in a wax disc rotating somewhere between
73 and 82 revolutions per minute. With
Salvator Cottone at the piano Caruso
recorded ten items, and pocketed his
£100 (CD 1 trs. 1-10). The recording
session was completed in two hours.
The recordings made a profit of fifteen
thousand pounds! The tenor recorded
another ten items in similar circumstances
in Milan on 30 November (CD 1 trs. 11-20).
These second recordings are notable
for the fact that the composers Umberto
Giordano and Francesca Cilea accompany
their own compositions on the piano
as Caruso sings (CD 1 trs. 12 and 19).
These Gramophone and
Typewriter Company recordings were to
be fundamental to Caruso’s next big
career step. After his debut at Covent
Garden in 1902, alongside Nellie Melba,
he was tenor king of Europe. South America
had been conquered, but North America
remained. The new managing director
of the Metropolitan Opera, New York,
had heard Caruso’s records. Bereft of
a lead tenor with the retirement of
Jean de Reszke, he decided to invite
Caruso to open the 1903-04 season as
the Duke in Rigoletto. His performance
was well received by the critics and
he went on to open every season at the
theatre except one, 1906, until his
premature retirement seventeen years
later following his injury and illness.
A couple of cancellations apart, whilst
his voice got used to the different
climatic conditions in America, Caruso’s
first season at the Met was a triumph.
When, at the close of the season he
returned to Europe, the dock was filled
with enthusiastic well-wishers. More
importantly for his financial future
was the exclusive contract he signed
with the Victor Talking Machine Company.
All his subsequent recordings were made
with this Company, the first on the
afternoon of 1 February 1904 when he
recorded ten items (CD 2 trs. 4-13).
The composer Leoncavallo accompanied
his own Mattinata (tr. 12). Although
no individual recording dates are given,
I believe it was not until the recording
sessions of February 1906 that an orchestra
accompanied Caruso’s recordings for
Victor (CD 2 trs. 20 et seq).
This 12 CD issue covering
Caruso’s complete recordings are sequenced
as recorded. As indicated, neither individual
recording dates nor venues are given.
Details of the other singers involved
in the various duets and ensembles are
provided under a section titled ‘artists’
in the accompanying booklet (pp. 17-20)
and which is preceded by a track listing
(pp. 4-16). The track listing and timings
are duplicates of that which are printed
on the back of the cardboard slipcase
containing each disc. There is a brief
chronology of Caruso’s life (pp. 31-33).
More usefully, albeit annoyingly and
frustratingly incomplete, there is an
index, by composer, of all the contents,
indicating the discs and tracks on which
the song, aria, duet etc appears (pp.
21-30). The notes appearing with the
comparable 12 discs of Caruso’s recorded
legacy on the Naxos label are far superior.
Each gives relevant facets of the singer’s
career and life as well as full recording
dates and venues. In assessing the recording
quality of these discs I will refer
to the Naxos restorations carried out
by Ward Marston.
When comparing the
Naxos
and EMI issues of the 1953 recording
of Pagliacci I came down in favour of
the EMI version for its marginally better
sound and presence. I ascribed the difference
to the fact that they had access to
the master tapes whilst Naxos was working
from LP pressings. The key word there
is ‘tapes’. In the days of 78s the process
sequence was somewhat different. The
masters available to RCA for the current
issue could have been used for many
pressings and be in poor condition compared
to the shellacs used by Naxos. What
is certain is that the extraneous noise
on many of the tracks is far greater
here than that on the Naxos. On the
latter, as well as reducing background
noise, the restorer has also deliberately
sought to equalise pitch where there
is variation within a track, or when
playing at 78rpm gave what he believed
to be a false impression of Caruso’s
voice. However, it must be questioned
whether, in getting rid of the mush
and lifting out the tenor’s voice, Naxos
have lost something of the tenor’s true
tone. It is possible to hear the differences
in timbre of the singer between the
recording here (CD 1 tr. 5) of Una
furtiva lagrima and the Naxos version.
Nemorino was a favourite
role of Caruso and illustrates a facet
of his singing that was to remain with
him throughout his career, the ability
to lighten his tone for the role despite
singing heavier parts contemporaneously.
The quality of the recording on the
RCA is very poor with that on the Naxos
significantly better. On the RCA, Caruso’s
voice has a lighter timbre than the
Naxos where the tenor’s baritonal hue
is more evident and the voice thicker
and heavier. Which represents the true
Caruso? Certainly commentators from
early in Caruso’s career had commented
on the full tone and darker hue to his
voice than was normal with lirico
spinto tenors. One of the great
appeals of Caruso’s singing on both
stage and record was the rich, potent
masculinity of his voice allied to even
legato and vocal strength. The matter
of the speed at which the original recording
was made further clouds the whole issue.
As I have indicated earlier this could
vary significantly. On the RCA recording,
among the surface noise and swishings,
there are sufficient significant differences
to the singer’s timbre and also the
piano tone within the recording, as
to raise doubts as to the accuracy and
steadiness of the original speed. When
comparing Caruso’s later recording of
the aria (CD 6 tr. 9), made with the
benefit of Victor’s studio conditions
and the backing of an orchestra, the
differences in vocal tone between the
RCA and the Naxos are less evident.
The issue then is more about the noisier
surfaces on the RCA compared with the
much quieter surfaces on the Naxos that
has a more recessed sound. I highlight
these issues and deal with them in some
detail because I know that they are
major considerations with enthusiasts
used to listening to historical issues.
Such enthusiasts are not greatly worried
about surface noise if they believe
they are getting nearer to the original.
Caveat emptor.
By the end of his first
Met seasons in 1904, Caruso was firmly
established as the leading tenor in
the house. He went on to visit and triumph
in Monte Carlo, Dresden, London and
Berlin. He turned down a fee of £20,000
to tour Australia. He returned to America
for the 1904-05 season at the Met where
he sang fourteen roles, no fewer than
nine of them in the first five weeks!
This was not only a prodigious feat
of learning but of physical stamina
too. At the conclusion of that season
he undertook a U.S. tour taking in nine
major centres. Now a celebrity he was
feted wherever he went. After this exhausting
tour he returned to Italy via Covent
Garden for a two-month season. In Italy
he bought a large estate near Florence.
It was a large and fitting symbol of
his status and success.
The 1905-06 season
at the Met was as equally hectic as
the preceding one for Caruso. In the
tour that followed he was lucky to escape
with his life when caught in the San
Francisco earthquake of 18 April. With
his records selling by the thousands
he was soon back at Victor’s studios
(CD 3). Most importantly for the recorded
legacy, Victor starred him alongside
other leading singers of the time as
well as in solo items. In the 1906 sessions
Antonio Scotti, Bessie Abbot and Louise
Homer join him in the Rigoletto quartet
(CD 3 tr. 7) and Scotti shares the duet
O Mimi, tu píu non torni
from La Bohème, and what a fabulous
duo they are (CD 3 tr. 8). Similar quality
is found in his partners for the March
1907 recordings when he sings the love
duet, O soave fanciulla from
the same opera, with Nellie Melba. Ever
a ladies man he doesn’t steal her thunder
on the concluding high C (CD 3 tr. 11).
On the 1908 recordings of the sextet
from Lucia and quartet from Rigoletto,
again, he is joined by Marcella Sembrich
as Lucia and Gilda, with Scotti again
in the lead baritone roles (CD 3 trs.16-17).
As well as illustrating Caruso’s sumptuous
tone these tracks also illuminate something
of the histrionic style of singing of
the day. His sobs in Vesti la giubba
(CD 3 tr10), like those of Gigli twenty
years later, are excessive by today’s
standards.
At the opening of the
1908-09 season at the Met, Caruso sang
in six of the first seven performances.
This punishing schedule, perhaps aggravated
by his domestic circumstances when Ada
Giachetti, the mother of his two boys,
ran off with the chauffeur, began to
have its effect on his voice. Performances
were cancelled. He returned to Europe
and had a nodule removed from his vocal
chords in Milan in May 1909. Much newsprint
in the U.S. and Europe speculated on
the seriousness and consequences of
the operation for the world’s foremost
tenor. This was in fact the second such
operation. The first, in 1907, had been
kept quiet and after some indifferent
singing in Budapest he opened the 1907-08
season and sang in two out of every
five performances presented at the theatre
that season. His roles included the
heavy vocal demands of Manrico in Il
Trovatore (CD 4 trs. 4-5) and Radames
in Aida (CD 4 tr.6). Some Caruso cognoscenti
have suggested that after the second
of his nodule operations Caruso’s timbre
was significantly different and more
baritonal than ever. The contents of
CD 5, all recorded in 1910, allow for
personal judgements to be made on that
matter. To my ears his Cielo e mar
(CD 5 tr.9) shows no diminution of his
beauty of tone, elegance of phrasing,
vocal strength or range. Caruso did
however commence a more realistic schedule
of appearances.
By 1911 Caruso had
recorded his entire stage repertoire
with orchestra for Victor including
the aria Studenti! Udite! (CD
5 tr. 7). With piano accompaniment this
had been his very first recording for
Fred Gaisberg. Victor were reluctant
to keep re-recording arias but wished
to maximise financial returns on their
prize asset. Increasingly, as well as
recording the new roles he was learning
for stage appearances at the Met, Victor
recorded Caruso singing the songs of
his native Italy and hometown Naples.
Whilst many of these songs are musically
undistinguished they are ideal for hearing
Caruso’s stylish singing and way with
words. Victor didn’t object to re-recording
the likes of the Lucia sextet as these
items featured the current stars appearing
at the Met and had a ready market in
America. The January 1912 recording
of the Lucia sextet features Luisa Tetrazzini,
Antonio De Luca and Marcel Journet (CD
7 tr. 4), whilst the 1917 version has
Amelita Galli-Curci as Lucia alongside
De Luca and Journet (CD 10 tr. 16).
In the earlier extended extracts from
Faust (CD 5 trs. 1-6) Caruso’s elegant
phrasing and honeyed head voice is matched
by the powerful Mephisto of Journet,
the flexible soprano of Geraldine Farrar
as Marguérite and the firm tone
of Scotti as Valentin. These are sung
in French of which Caruso, unlike many
Italian singers, had a firm idiomatic
grasp. As well as the language he also
had a command of the style of the French
repertoire as can be heard in his singing
of Je suis seul (CD 6 tr. 14)
and Manon! avez vous peur? (CD
7 tr. 11) from Massenet’s Manon. Most
interestingly he sings the Flower
Song from Carmen first in Italian
and then in French (CD 4 trs. 15-16).
Both versions are sung with a wide variety
of colour and expression whilst his
rendering in idiomatic French illustrates
what is missing in the aria when sung
in another language.
On 29 June 1914 Caruso
sang Cavaradossi at Covent Garden. The
previous day, Franz Ferdinand, heir
apparent of the dual monarchy of Austro-Hungary
was assassinated in Sarajevo. This event
lit the fuse on World War I. It was
Caruso’s last appearance in London and
there would be no more appearances in
Germany or Austria either. When Italy
joined the war the following year he
was unable to return home until 1919,
the summer after the signing of the
Armistice. It meant that Caruso would
no longer journey from America to Europe
at the end of each Met season. To maintain
his income he substituted hectic tours
of South America. One tour involved
fifty-two appearances in one hundred
days including performances of Lucia
with Galli-Curci and Pagliacci with
Tito Ruffo. His recordings for Victor
filled the odd gap in suitable repertoire
including the Brindisi from La
Traviata where he lightens his tone
most effectively (CD 9 tr. 3) and the
Ingemisco from Verdi’s Requiem
(CD 9 tr. 10). Contemporary critics
of Caruso’s performances in these war
years noted his greater involvement
and increased abilities as an actor.
He lived the parts he sang, confident
of his own vocal ability. In the Met
season of 1915-16 he undertook the dramatic
part of Samson for the first time and
his 1916 recording of Vois ma misère
hélas (CD 10 tr. 7) defines
this period. The singer and Victor considered
his voice suitable for Tchaikovsky’s
Onegin. He recorded Lensky’s aria (CD
10 tr. 8) and the composer’s Op. 6 No.
5 Pourquoi (CD 10 tr.7), both
in French. To my ears there is a lack
of involvement, even sameness, which
I also find in the Fauré Sancta
Maria (CD 10 tr.1). Similarly when
Caruso prepared Les Pecheurs des
perles for the Met in 1916 it was
not a success. Singing the aria Je
crois entendre a semitone down,
he sounds too heavy for the role (CD
10 tr. 12). No such reservations detract
from the manner in which he caresses
the phrases and lyrics of Flotow’s M’appari,
and the high B flat (CD 10 tr. 18).
Like the other recordings of this period,
and succeeding ones, the tracks here
are sonically superior in terms of detail
and quieter surfaces than those on the
earlier discs. The accompanying orchestra
as well as the singer(s) are heard to
better effect.
When America entered
the War in 1917, on the side of England,
France and Italy, Caruso threw himself
into support of the cause with benefit
concerts and recordings of patriotic
songs such as Over There (CD
11 tr. 9) and Le Régiment
(CD 11 tr. 11) for the English and
French speakers, whilst Inno di Garibaldi
(CD 11 tr. 13) and La Campana
(CD 11 tr. 14) gave spirit to his fellow
Italians. None of these items are great
music and are well within Caruso’s vocal
compass but he imbues them with passion
and meaning. The 1918-1919 season at
the ‘Met’ saw his first performance
there in Verdi’s ‘La Forza del Destino’,
and the duet included here, recorded
the previous July, is a foretaste of
that event. Rather than the standard
‘Solenne in quest’ ora’, it is the later
confrontation Nè gustare m’è
dato; Sleale! Il segreto fu dunque violato?
The point when Don Alvaro
faces the fact that Don Carlo has discovered
his true identity and wishes to fight
him to the death (CD 11 tr. 8). The
singing of both Caruso and de Luca is
of the highest quality of tone, expression
and characterisation, although it has
to be said the conducting has not the
same distinction. The other operatic
items, Venti Scudi (CD 11 tr.18),
again with de Luca, and the Samson trio
Je viens célébrer
(CD 11 tr. 13), with the firm tones
of Louise Homer and Marcel Journet,
show Caruso as a very fine ‘team’ player,
interacting vocally with his colleagues.
None of these fellow artists are credited
in the booklet. Perhaps the best example
of Caruso as a team player occurred
during a performance of La Bohème
in Philadelphia in 1913. The bass singing
the part of Colline was suffering from
a throat condition. As the final act
approached where Colline had to sing
goodbye to his overcoat in the aria
Vecchia zimara the bass indicated
he had no voice. Caruso sang the aria
instead. Nobody in the theatre was aware
that a bass aria had been sung by the
leading tenor. The aria itself doesn’t
reach the depths of the basso cantante
range; that Caruso was able to darken
his baritonal hue to that extent is
illuminating of his vocal skills. He
recorded the aria in 1916. It was never
intended for public sale, a few copies
being distributed to Caruso’s friends
as a memento of a feat he had performed
on stage three years earlier (CD 10
tr. 2).
In September 1919 and
1920, for what turned out to be his
final visits to the recording studio,
the singer and Victor cast their net
very wide in respect of repertoire suitable
for his voice. Neapolitan songs were
easy on the ear and popular particularly
with Italian immigrants. These songs
further illustrate the baritonal tone
that the tenor’s voice had acquired
by 1919. This was rather like Domingo
in our time, who recorded a light-toned
Nemorino in ‘L’Elisir d’amore’ whilst
Otello was in his repertoire. Caruso
could also still lighten his voice.
This ability is evident in the songs
by de Curtis and Bracco (CD 12 trs.
7 and 9) either side of Mia picarella
from Gomes’ Salvator Rosa,
which is a soprano aria, transposed
down by a ninth, for the tenor. It is
also relevant to remember that in December
1920 Caruso sang Nemorino as well as
the distinctly heavier, more heroic,
roles of Samson and Eleazar from La
Juive. It was during a performance
of Samson in early December that Caruso
was hit above the kidney by falling
scenery and a week later sang the whole
of Act I of ‘L’Elisir’ whilst wiping
blood from his mouth. The performance
had to be abandoned. His final stage
performance was in La Juive and
his firm heroic tones and baritonal
hue are evident in his expressive rendition
of Rachel, quand du Seigneur (CD
12 tr. 14).
Elsewhere on this final
disc Caruso’s capacity in languages
is evident with tracks sung in French,
(trs.6, 14, and 18) in English, (trs.
11 and 18), in Spanish (tr. 13) and
in Latin (trs. 20-21). In stylistic
terms both the Handel (tr. 12) and Lully
(tr. 18) are completely different to
what we now understand and expect in
this genre. Caruso sounds particularly
lugubrious in the opening recitative
of Handel’s Ombra mai fu but
floats a lovely mezza voce at the start
of the aria proper, whilst by 2:28 it
could be the baritone De Luca singing,
such is the vocal timbre. The two extracts
from Rossini’s Petite Messe Solenelle
(trs. 20-21), his last recordings, are
with orchestra. I suggest his voice
at this time would have been far too
heavy for the original piano version.
They were set down on 16 September 1920,
a mere fourteen weeks before Caruso’s
final stage appearance on Christmas
Eve that year. At that final appearance
at the Met, his six hundred and seventh,
he sang the heavy and dramatically demanding
role of Eleazar. During the interval
Gatti Casazza, the Met’s Managing Director,
visited Caruso in his dressing room
and found the tenor in tears from his
chest pains. He was suffering from acute
pleurisy. Having failed to complete
one performance of L’Elisir, and cancelled
another, Caruso was determined to finish
that evening’s performance. Two operations
in January and February to drain fluid
from his lungs, the second involving
the removal of four ribs, had limited
success. He returned home to Naples
on 28 May. The chest pains returned
and he died on 2 August 1921, aged 48.
Caruso’s place in the
pantheon of singers is assured by the
qualities of artistry and vocal properties
he brought to his performances. He is
often referred to as the king of tenors.
Unlike many great singers who preceded
him, Caruso left this remarkable recorded
legacy of his singing. This complete
RCA collection of that recorded legacy,
by the company who own the masters,
allows enthusiasts of great singers
to make their own judgements. Even if
individuals do not think him the king
of tenors, allowing for the restrictions
of sound, this collection is a formidable
legacy of great singing.
Robert J. Farr
see also review
by Robert Hugill
RCA-BMG Complete Caruso box contents
details
1. Germania, opera Act I: Student! Udite!
Composed by Alberto Franchetti
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
2. Rigoletto, opera Act 1~Questa o quella
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
3. Aida, opera Celeste Aida
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
4. Manon, opera Chiudo glli occhi (Il
Sogno)
Composed by Jules Massenet
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
5. L'elisir d'amore, opera Act 2: Una
Furtiva Lagrima
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
6. Mefistofele, opera Epilogue: Guinto
Sul Passo Estremo
Composed by Arrigo Boito
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
7. Germania, opera: Act 1, "Ah, Vieni
Qui . . . No Act 1: Ah, Vieni Qui...No,
Non Chiuder Gli Occhi
Composed by Alberto Franchetti
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
8. Mefistofele, opera Act 1: Dai Campi,
Dai Prati
Composed by Arrigo Boito
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
9. Tosca, opera Act 3: E lucevan le
stelle
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
10. Iris, opera in 3 acts Act 1: Apri
La Tua Finestra! (Serenade)
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
11. Mefistofele, opera Act 1: Dai Campi,
Dai Prati
Composed by Arrigo Boito
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
12. Fedora, opera Act 2: Amor Ti Vieta,
aria of Loris
Composed by Umberto Giordano
with Enrico Caruso, Umberto Girodano
13. Aida, opera Celeste Aida
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
14. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts Act
2: Cielo e Mar
Composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
15. Pagliacci, opera Act 1: Recitar!...Vesti
La Giubba
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
16. Cavalleria rusticana, opera in 1
act O Lola (Siciliana)
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
17. Non t'amo più, for voice
& piano
Composed by Luigi Denza
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
18. La Mia canzone, for voice &
piano/orchestra
Composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
19. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera No, più
nobile
Composed by Francesco Cilea
with Enrico Caruso, Francesco Cilea
20. Luna fedel, for voice & piano
Composed by Redento Zardo
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
21. Un Bacio ancora, for voice &
piano
Composed by Rocco Trimarchi
with Enrico Caruso
22. Luna fedel, for voice & piano
Composed by Redento Zardo
with Enrico Caruso
23. L'elisir d'amore, opera Act 2: Una
Furtiva Lagrima
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso
24. Tosca, opera Act 3: E lucevan le
stelle
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso
25. Germania, opera: Act 1, "Ah, Vieni
Qui . . . No Act 1: Ah, Vieni Qui...No,
Non Chiuder Gli Occhi
Composed by Alberto Franchetti
with Enrico Caruso
26. Rigoletto, opera La donna è
mobile
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
27. Cavalleria rusticana, opera in 1
act O Lola (Siciliana)
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
with Enrico Caruso
28. Tu non mi vuoi più ben, for
voice & piano
Composed by Antonio Pini-Corsi
with Enrico Caruso
29. Tosca, opera Act 3: E lucevan le
stelle
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso
30. Les Huguenots, grand opera in 5
acts Act 1: Qui soto il ciel
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
with Enrico Caruso
31. Rigoletto, opera Act l~Questa o
quella
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
32. Rigoletto, opera La donna è
mobile
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
33. L'elisir d'amore, opera Act 2: Una
Furtiva Lagrima
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso
34. Aida, opera Celeste Aide
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
35. Tosca, opera Act 3: E lucevan le
stelle
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso
36. Tosca, opera Act 1: Recondita armonia
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso
37. Cavalleria rusticana, opera in 1
act O Lola (Siciliana)
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
with Enrico Caruso
38. Pagliacci, opera Act 1: Recitar!...Vesti
La Giubba
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
with Enrico Caruso
39. Manon, opera Chiudo gli occhi (Il
Sogno)
Composed by Jules Massenet
with Enrico Caruso
40. Mattinata, song for voice &
piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
with Enrico Caruso
41. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera
in 3 acts Act 1: Mi par d'udir ancora
Composed by Georges Bizet
with Enrico Caruso, Salvatore Cottone
42. Don Pasquale, opera Act 3: Com'è
gentil (Serenata)
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso
43. Carmen, opéra-comique in
4 acts Il fior che avevi a me tu dato
Composed by Georges Bizet
with Enrico Caruso
44. Les Huguenots, grand opera in 5
acts Act 1: Ah, qual soave vision...Bianca
al par di neve
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
with Enrico Caruso
45. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts Act
2: Cielo e Mar
Composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
with Enrico Caruso
46. Cavalleria rusticana, opera in 1
act Intanto amici...Viva il vino (Brindisi)
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
with Enrico Caruso
47. Martha, opera Act 3: M'apparì
tutt'amor ("Ach, so fromm")
Composed by Friedrich von Flotow
with Enrico Caruso
48. La bohème, opera Act 1: Che
Gelida Manina
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso
49. Faust, opera Act 3: Salut demeure
chaste et pure
Composed by Charles Gounod
with Enrico Caruso
50. Il Trovatore, opera Di quella pira
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
51. La favorita, opera Act 4: Spirto
Gentil
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso
52. La forza del destino, opera Solenne
in quest'ora
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Antonio Scotti
53. Aida, opera Celeste Aida
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
54. Triste Ritorno for voice & orchestra
Composed by Richard Barthelemy
with Enrico Caruso
55. Ideale for voice & piano (or
orchestra)
Composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti
with Enrico Caruso
56. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts
Act 4: Mi batte il cor...O paradiso!
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
with Enrico Caruso
57. Rigoletto, opera Bella figlia dell'amore
[Quartet]
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Bessie Abott, Louise
Homer, Antonio Scotti
58. La bohème, opera Act 4: O
Mimi Tu Piu Non Torni
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso, Antonio Scotti
59. Andrea Chénier, opera Act
1: Un Di All'Azzurro Spazio (Improvviso)
Composed by Umberto Giordano
with Enrico Caruso
60. Pagliacci, opera Act 1: Recitar!...Vesti
La Giubba
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
with Enrico Caruso
61. La bohème, opera Act I: O
soave fanciulla
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso, Dame Nellie Melba
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
62. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera
in 3 acts Mi Par D'Udi
Composed by Georges Bizet
with Enrico Caruso, Mario Ancona
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
63. Dom Sébastien, roi du Portugal,
opera Act 2: Deserto in terra
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso
64. Dom Sébastien, roi du Portugal,
opera Act 2: Deserto in terra
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso
65. Adorables Tourments for voice &
orchestra "Valse Lente"
Composed by Richard Barthelemy
with Enrico Caruso
66. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Chi mi
frena in tal momento? [Sextet]
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso, Francesco Daddi,
Marcel Journet, Antonio Scotti, Marcella
Sembrich, Gina Severina
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
67. Rigoletto, opera Bella figlia dell'amore
[Quartet]
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Antonio Scotti,
Marcella Sembrich, Gina Severina
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
68. La bohème, opera Act 3: Addio,
dolce svegliare alla mattina
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso, Gina Ciaparelli-Viafora,
Geraldine Farrar, Antonio Scotti
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
69. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly),
opera Un po' di vero c'è
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
70. Lolita, serenata spagnola for voice
& orchestra
Composed by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia
with Enrico Caruso
71. Rigoletto, opera Act l~Questa o
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
72. Rigoletto, opera Act 3, "La Donna
E Mobile"
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
73. Il Trovatore, opera Ah sì,
ben mio
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
74. Il Trovatore, opera Se m'ami ancor...Ai
nostri monti
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Louise Homer
75. Aida, opera Celeste Aida
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
76. Pour un Baiser for voice & piano
(or orchestra)
Composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
77. Tosca, opera Act 1: Recondita armonia
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
78. Tosca, opera Act 3: E lucevan le
stelle
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
79. Mamma mia, che vo' sapè,
for voice & orchestra
Composed by Emanuele Nutile
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
80. La forza del destino, opera Act
3, "O Tu Che in Seno Agli
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
81. Aida, opera O terra addio
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Johanna Gadski
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
82. Aida, opera La fatal pietra
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Johanna Gadski
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
83. Die Königin von Saba, opera,
Op. 27 Act 2: Magische Töne
Composed by Karl Goldmark
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
84. Carmen, opéra-comique in
4 acts Il fior che avevi a me tu dato
Composed by Georges Bizet
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
85. Carmen, opéra-comique in
4 acts La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Composed by Georges Bizet
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
86. Les Huguenots, grand opera in 5
acts Act 1: Ah, quaal soave vision...Bianca
al par di neve
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
87. Il Trovatore, opera Quel suon, quelle
preci...Ah! che la morte (Misere
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Frances Alda
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
88. Il Trovatore, opera Quel suon, quelle
preci...Ah! che la morte (Misere
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Chorus
with Enrico Caruso, Frances Alda
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
89. Martha, opera Solo, profugo, reietto!
Composed by Friedrich von Flotow
with Enrico Caruso, Marcel Journet
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
90. Faust, opera Ô merveille!...A
moi les plaisers
Composed by Charles Gounod
with Enrico Caruso, Marcel Journet
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
91. Faust, opera Seigneur Dieu, que
vois-je!
Composed by Charles Gounod
with Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar,
Marcel Journet, Gabrielle Lejeune-Gilbert
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
92. Faust, opera Eh! quoi! toujours
seule?
Composed by Charles Gounod
with Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar,
Marcel Journet, Gabrielle Lejeune-Gilbert
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
93. Faust, opera Il se fait tard...Laisse-moi...Éternelle!
Ô nuit d
Composed by Charles Gounod
with Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
94. Faust, opera Que voulez-vous, messieurs?
Composed by Charles Gounod
with Enrico Caruso, Marcel Journet,
Antonio Scotti
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
95. Faust, opera Mon coeur est pénétré
d'épouvante...Attends! Voici
Composed by Charles Gounod
with Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar,
Marcel Journet
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
96. Germania, opera Act I: Student!
Udite!
Composed by Alberto Franchetti
with Enrico Caruso
97. Germania, opera: Act 1, "Ah, Vieni
Qui . . . No Act 1: Ah, Vieni Qui...No,
Non Chiuder Gli Occhi
Composed by Alberto Franchetti
with Enrico Caruso
98. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts Act
2: Cielo e Mar
Composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
with Enrico Caruso
99. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly),
opera Amore o grillo dir non saprei
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso, Antonio Scotti
100. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly),
opera Non ve l'avevo detto?...Addio
fiorito asil
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso, Antonio Scotti
101. For You Alone for voice & piano
(or orchestra)
Composed by Henry Geehl
with Enrico Caruso
102. Otello, opera Nell'ore arcane della
sua lussuria...Ora e per sem
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
103. Cavalleria rusticana, opera in
1 act O Lola (Siciliana)
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
with Enrico Caruso, Francis J. Lapitino
104. Pagliacci, opera No! Pagliaccio
non son
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
with Enrico Caruso
105. Goodbye (Addio), for voice &
piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti
with Enrico Caruso
106. Il Trovatore, opera Mal reffendo
all'aspro assalto
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Louise Homer
107. Il Trovatore, opera Se m'ami ancor...Ai
nostri monti
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Louise Homer
108. Aida, opera Gìa i sacerdoti
adunansi...Misero appien mi festi.
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Louise Homer
109. Un ballo in maschera, opera Di'
tu se fedele
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Chorus
with Enrico Caruso
110. La bohème, opera Musette!
O gioia della mia dimora...Testa adorata
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
with Enrico Caruso
111. Eternamente, for voice & orchestra
Composed by Edoardo Mascheroni
with Enrico Caruso
112. Core 'Ngrato for voice & orchestra
Composed by Manuel Cardoso
with Enrico Caruso
113. Lo Schiavo, opera L'importuna insistenza...Quando
nascesti tu
Composed by Carlos Gomes
with Enrico Caruso
114. Canta pe'me, for voice & orchestra
Composed by Ernesto de Curtis
with Enrico Caruso
115. La bohème, opera Il non
ho che una povera stanzetta
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
with Enrico Caruso
116. L'elisir d'amore, opera Act 2:
Una Furtiva Lagrima
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso
117. La forza del destino, opera Invano,
Alvaro...Le minaccie, i fieri accenti
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Pasquale Amato
118. Love Is Mine for voice & orchestra
Composed by Clarence G. Gartner
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
119. Aida, opera Se quel guerrier io
fossi...Celeste Aida
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
120. Un ballo in maschera, opera Forse
la soglia attinse...Ma se m'è
forza perderti
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
121. Manon, opera Je suis seul...Ah,
fuyez, douce image
Composed by Jules Massenet
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
122. Crucifix for tenor, baritone (chorus
ad lib) & orchestra
Composed by Research Composer
with Enrico Caruso, Marcel Journet
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
123. I Lombardi alla prima Crociata,
opera Qual voluttà trascorrere
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Frances Alda, Marcel
Journet
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
124. Martha, opera Siam giunti, o giovinette...Questa
camera è per vo
Composed by Friedrich von Flotow
with Enrico Caruso, Frances Alda, Josephine
Jacoby, Marcel Journet
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
125. Martha, opera T'ho raggiunta, sciagurata!...Dormi
pur (Goodnight
Composed by Friedrich von Flotow
with Enrico Caruso, Frances Alda, Josephine
Jacoby, Marcel Journet
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
126. Tarantella Sincera for voice &
orchestra
Composed by Vencenzo De Crescenzo
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
127. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Chi
mi frena in tal momento? (Sextet)
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso, Pasquale Amato,
Angelo Bada, Josephine Jacoby, Marcel
Journet, Luisa Tetrazzini
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
128. Soirées musicales, song
collection for voices & piano No
8, La danza (Tarantella napolitana)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
129. Rigoletto, opera Bella figlia dell'amore
(Quartet)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Pasquale Amato,
Josephine Jacoby, Luisa Tetrazzini
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
130. Dreams of Long Ago for voice &
orchestra
Composed by Enrico Caruso
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
131. The Lost Chord, song for voice
& piano
Composed by Arthur Sullivan
with Enrico Caruso
132. Because for voice & piano (or
orchestra)
Composed by Guy d' Hardelot
with Enrico Caruso
133. Hosanna for voice & orchestra
Composed by Jules Granier
with Enrico Caruso
134. La bohème, opera Act I:
O soave fanciulla
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
135. Don Carlo, opera Domanda al ciel...Dio,
che nell'alma infondere
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Antonio Scotti
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
136. Il Trovatore, opera Se m'ami ancor...Ai
nostri monti
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Ernestine Schumann-Heink
137. Pimpinella (The Florence Song),
for voice & piano, Op. 38/6 No 06
"Pimpinella"
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
with Enrico Caruso, Gaetano Scognamiglio
138. Rigoletto, opera Act lll~Ella mi
fu rapita! Parmi veder le lagrime
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
139. Agnus Dei, for voice & piano
(or orchestra) (Intermezzo from L'arlésienne
Suite No. 2/6, arranged by Ernest Guirard)
Composed by Georges Bizet
with Enrico Caruso, Gaetano Scognamiglio
140. Manon Lescaut, opera Act 1: Donna
non vidi mai
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso, A. Regis-Rossini
141. Ave Maria for voice & piano
Composed by Percy B. Kahn
with Enrico Caruso, Mischa Elman, Percy
B. Kahn
142. Les Érinnyes, tragédie
antique Elégie (arr. for voice,
cello & piano)
Composed by Jules Massenet
with Enrico Caruso, Mischa Elman, Percy
B. Kahn
143. Lasciate amar, song for voice &
piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
with Enrico Caruso
144. Guardann'A Luna for voice, harp
& orchestra
Composed by Vencenzo De Crescenzo
with Enrico Caruso, Francis J. Lapitino
145. Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did
Not Know, for voice & piano
Composed by Geoffrey O'Hara
with Enrico Caruso
146. Fenesta che lucive for voice &
orchestra
Composed by Teodoro Cottrau
with Enrico Caruso
147. Stabat mater for 2 sopranos, tenor,
bass, chorus, & orchestra Cujus
animam
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
with Enrico Caruso
148. Les Rameaux for voice & piano
(or orchestra) "The Palms"
Composed by Research Composer
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
149. Cavalleria rusticana, opera in
1 act Mamma, Mamma, quel vino!...Voi
dovrete fare (Addio alla madre)
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
with Enrico Caruso
150. Otello, opera Oh!mostruosa colpa!...Sì,
pel ciel
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
151. Don Juan's Serenade, song for voice
& piano, Op. 38/1 No 01 "Don Juan's
Serenade"
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
152. Amor Mio for voice & orchestra
Composed by V. Ricciardi
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
153. Manella Mia for voice & orchestra
Composed by Vincenzo Valente
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
154. Les Rameaux for voice & piano
(or orchestra) "The Palms"
Composed by Research Composer
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
155. Trusting Eyes for voice & orchestra
Composed by Clarence G. Gartner
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
156. Sérénade Espagnole
for voice & orchestra
Composed by Sir Landon Ronald
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
157. Parted! for voice & piano/orchestra
Composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
158. Un ballo in maschera, opera Amici
miei, soldate...La rivedrà nell'estasi
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Chorus
with Enrico Caruso, Andre DeSegurola,
Frieda Hempel, Leon Rothier
Conducted by Gaetano Scognamiglio
159. Un ballo in maschera, opera Così
scritto è lassù...E' scherzo
od è follia
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Chorus
with Enrico Caruso, Andre DeSegurola,
Maria Duchene, Frieda Hempel, Leon Rothier
Conducted by Gaetano Scognamiglio
160. La Partida for voice & piano/orchestra
Composed by Fermin Maria Alvarez
with Enrico Caruso, Gaetano Scognamiglio
161. El Milagro de la Virgen, zarzuela
Flores purisimas
Composed by Ruperto Chapi y Lorenta
with Enrico Caruso, Gaetano Scognamiglio
162. La Traviata, opera Libiamo, libiamo
(Brindisi)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
and Chorus with Enrico Caruso, Alma
Gluck
Conducted by Giulio Setti
163. Il Guarany, opera Sento una forza
indomita
Composed by Carlos Gomes
with Enrico Caruso, Emmy Destinn
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
164. Hantise D'amour for voice &
orchestra
Composed by Josef Zygmunt Szulc
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
165. Carmen, opéra-comique in
4 acts Parle-moi de ma mère
Composed by Georges Bizet
with Enrico Caruso, Frances Alda
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
166. La Mia canzone, for voice &
piano/orchestra
Composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
167. Cielo Turchino for voice &
orchestra
Composed by M.S. Ciociano
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
168. Pecchè? for voice &
orchestra
Composed by Gaetano Errico Pennino
with Enrico Caruso, Bianculli
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
169. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus
& orchestra (Manzoni Requiem) Ingemisco
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
170. Angelo casto e bel (in Donizetti's
"Le duc d'Albe")
Composed by Matteo Salvi
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
171. Si Vous L'Aviez Compris for voice
& piano (or ensemble)
Composed by Luigi Denza
with Enrico Caruso, Mischa Elman, Gaetano
Scognamiglio
172. Les duex sérénades,
2 songs for voice & piano
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
with Enrico Caruso, Mischa Elman, Gaetano
Scognamiglio
173. La procession: Dieu s'avance à
travers les champs!, for voice &
orchestra (or piano), M. 88
Composed by Cesar Franck
with Enrico Caruso, Francis J. Lapitino
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
174. Le Cid, opera Ah! Tout est Bien
Fini... O Souverain, O Juge, O Pere
Composed by Jules Massenet
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
175. Luna d'estate, for voice &
piano/orchestra
Composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
176. O Sole Mio for voice & piano
(or orchestra)
Composed by Eduardo di Capua
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
177. La Reine de Saba, opera Act 2:
Faiblesse de la race humaine; Inspirez-moi
race divine
Composed by Charles Gounod
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
178. Mia sposa sarà la mia bandiera
for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Augusto Rotoli
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
179. Macbeth, opera O figli, o figli
miei...Ah, la paterna mano
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
180. La bohème, opera Vecchia
zimarra, senti
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
181. Cantique de Noel for voice &
orchestra, "O Holy Night"
Composed by Adolphe Adam
with Enrico Caruso
182. Sancta Maria for voice & orchestra
Composed by Anonymous
with Rosario Bourdon, Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
183. Tiempo Antico for voice & orchestra
Composed by Enrico Caruso
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
184. Santa Lucia for voice & orchestra
Composed by Teodoro Cottrau
with Enrico Caruso, Bianculli
Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
185. Why?, song for voice & piano,
Op. 6/5 No 05 "Why?"
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
186. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24 Pour
moi ce jour est tout mystère
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
187. Chanson de Juin for voice &
orchestra, Op 102/6
Composed by Benjamin Godard
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
188. Andrea Chénier, opera Act
4: Come un bel dì dì maggio
Composed by Umberto Giordano
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
189. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts,
Op. 47 Vois ma misère, hélas
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Chorus
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
190. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera
in 3 acts Act 1: Mi Par D'Udit Ancora
(Je Crois Entendre Encore)
Composed by Georges Bizet
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
191. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera
in 3 acts Act 2: De mon amie, fleur
endormie
Composed by Georges Bizet
with Adams, Enrico Caruso, Francis J.
Lapitino
192. Rigoletto, opera Bella figlia dell'amore
(Quartet)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Giuseppe DeLuca,
Amelita Galli-Curci, Flora Perini
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
193. Rigoletto, opera Bella figlia dell'amore
(Quartet)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
194. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Chi
mi frena in tal momento? (Sextet)
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso, Angelo Bada, Giuseppe
DeLuca, Minnie Egener, Amelita Galli-Curci,
Marcel Journet
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
195. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Chi
mi frena in tal momento? (Sextet)
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso, Angelo Bada, Giuseppe
DeLuca, Minnie Egener, Amelita Galli-Curci,
Marcel Journet
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
196. Martha, opera Act 3: M'apparì
tutt'amor ("Ach, so fromm")
Composed by Friedrich von Flotow
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
197. Musica proibita, for voice &
orchestra, Op 5
Composed by Stanislas Gastaldon
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
198. Tarantella Sincera for voice &
orchestra
Composed by Vencenzo De Crescenzo
with Enrico Caruso, Francis J. Lapitino
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
199. Canzoni d'Amaranta (4) for voice
& piano, No. 2, "L'alba separa dalla
luce l'ombra"
Composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
200. Canzoni d'Amaranta (4) for voice
& piano, No. 2, "L'alba separa dalla
luce l'ombra"
Composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
201. Nero, opera Oh! lumière
du jour
Composed by Anton Rubinstein
with Enrico Caruso, Francis J. Lapitino
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
202. Nero, opera Oh! lumière
du jour
Composed by Anton Rubinstein
with Enrico Caruso, Francis J. Lapitino
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
203. La Luz de la Luna, for 2 voices
& orchestra
Composed by Anton y Michelena
with Enrico Caruso, Emilio de Gogorza
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
204. Sei Morta Ne la Vita Mia for voice
& piano
Composed by Pasquale Costa
with Enrico Caruso, Vincenzo Bellezza
205. La Partida for voice & piano/orchestra
Composed by Fermin Maria Alvarez
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
206. La forza del destino, opera Nè
gustare m'è dato un'ora
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Enrico Caruso, Giuseppe DeLuca
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
207. Over There
Composed by George M. Cohan
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
208. Pietà, Signore! for voice
& piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Louis Niedermeyer
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
209. A Granada for voice & orchestra
Composed by Fermin Maria Alvarez
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
210. Campane a Sera for voice &
orchestra
Composed by Vincenzo Billi
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
211. Inno di Garibaldi, for voice &
orchestra
Composed by Dino Olivieri
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
212. La Campana di San Giusto, for voice
& orchestra (& chorus ad lib)
Composed by Columbo Arona
with Rosario Bourdon, Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
213. Le Régiment de Sambre et
Meuse for brass ensemble
Composed by Robert Planquette
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
214. Sultanto a Te for voice & orchestra
Composed by Salvatore Fucito
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
215. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts,
Op. 47 Je viens célébrer
la victoire
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
with Enrico Caruso, Louise Homer, Marcel
Journet
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
216. L'elisir d'amore, opera Act 2:
Venti Scudi
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Enrico Caruso, Giuseppe DeLuca
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
217. A vucchella ("Arietta di Posilippo")
for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
218. Vieni Sul Mar
Composed by Italian Traditional
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
219. Tu, ca nun chiagne!, for voice
& piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Ernesto de Curtis
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
220. Addio a Napoli for voice &
orchestra
Composed by Teodoro Cottrau
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
221. Nina ("Tre giorni son che Nina"),
song for voice & keyboard
Composed by Vincenzo Ciampi
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
222. Premiere caresse, for voice &
orchestra
Composed by Vencenzo De Crescenzo
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
223. Senza nisciuno for voice &
orchestra
Composed by Ernesto de Curtis
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
224. Salvator Rosa, opera Mia piccirella
Composed by Carlos Gomes
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
225. Serenata for voice & orchestra,
"Memories of a Concert"
Composed by C.A. Bracco
with Rosario Bourdon, Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
226. Scordame for voice & orchestra
Composed by Salvatore Fucito
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
227. Love Me or Not for voice &
orchestra
Composed by Antonio Secchi
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
228. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40 Act
1: Frondi tenere e belle...Ombra mai
fu (Largo)
Composed by George Frideric Handel
with Enrico Caruso, Francis J. Lapitino
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
229. Noche Feliz for voice & orchestra
Composed by Guillermo Posadas
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
230. La Juive, opera Rachel, quand du
Seigneur
Composed by Fromental Halevy
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
231. I' M'Arricordo 'E Napule for voice
& orchestra
Composed by Joseph Giuseppe Gioe
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
232. Vaghissima sembianza for voice
& piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Stefano Donaudy
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
233. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5
acts Che dicon mai?...Deh, ch'io ritorni
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
234. Amadis de Gaule, opera, LWV 63
Bois épais
Composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
235. A Dream
Composed by John Bartlet
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
236. Petite messe solennelle, for soloists,
2 pianos, harmonium & choir Domine
Deus
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
237. Petite messe solennelle, for soloists,
2 pianos, harmonium & choir Crucifixus
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
with Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
CONTENT - DISC BY DISC
Disc: 1
1. Rigoletto, Act I: Studenti! Udite!
2. Rigoletto, Act I: Questa o quella
3. Aida, Act I: Celeste Aida
4. Manon, Act II: Chiudi gli occhi (II
Sogno)
5. L'elisir d'amore, Act II: Una furtiva
lagrima
6. Mefistofele, Epilogue: Giunto sul
passo estremo
7. Germania, Act I: Ah, vieni qui ...
No, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi
8. Mefistofele, Act I: Dai campi, dai
prati
9. Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle
10. Iris, Act I: Apri la tua finestra
11. Mefistofele, Act I: Dai campi, dai
prati
12. Fedora, Act II: Amor ti vieta
13. Aida, Act I: Celeste Aida
14. La Gioconda, Act II: Cielo e mar
15. Pagliacci, Act I: Recitar! mentre
preso dal delirio...Vesti la giubba
16. Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana)
17. Non t'amo piu
18. La mia canzone
19. Adriana Lecouvreur, Act II: No,
pui nobile
20. Luna fedel
21. Un bacio ancora
22. Luna fedel
23. L'elisir d'amore, Act II: Una furtiva
lagrima
24. Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle
25. Germania, Act I: Ah, vieni qui ...
No, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi
26. Rigoletto, Act IV: La donna e mobile
27. Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola (Seciliana)
Disc: 2
1. Tu non mi vuoi piu ben
2. Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle
3. Gli Ugonotti (Les Hugenots), Act
I: Qui sotto ii ciel
4. Rigoletto, Act I: Questa o quella
5. Rigoletto, Act IV: La donna e mobile
6. L'elisir d'amore, Act II: Una furtiva
lagrima...Un solo isante
7. Aida, Act I: Celeste Aida
8. Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle
9. Tosca, Act I: Recondite armonia
10. Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana)
11. I Pagliacci, Act I: Recitar! mentre
preso dal delirio...Vesti la giubba
12. Maron, Act II: Chiudi gli occhi
(II Sogno)
13. Mattinata
14. I pescatori di perle (Les pecheurs
de perles), Act I: Mi par d'udir ancora
15. Don Pasquale, Act III: Com'e gentil
(Serenata)
16. Carmen, Act II: Il fior che avevi
a me tu dato
17. Gli Ugonotti (Les Huguenots), Act
I: Ah, quel soave vision
18. La Gioconda, Act II: Cielo e mar
19. Cavalleria Rusticana: Intanto amici...Viva
il vino (Brindisi)
20. Marta, Act III: M'appari tutt'amore
21. La Boheme, Act I: Che gelida manina
22. Faust, Act III: Salut demeure chaste
et pure
23. Il Trovota, Act III: Di quella pira
Disc: 3
1. La Favorita, Act IV: Spirito gentil,
ne' sogni miei (Romanza)
2. La forza del destino, Act III: Solenne
in quest'ora
3. Aida, Act I: Celeste Aida
4. Triste ritorno
5. Ideale
6. L'Africana (L'Africaine), Act IV:
O Mimi, tu piu non torni
7. Rigoletto, Act IV: Bella figlia dell'amore
(Quartet)
8. La Boheme, Act IV: O mimi, tu piu
non torni
9. Andrea Chenier, Act I: Un di all'azzurro
spazio (Improvviso)
10. I Pagliacci, Act I: Recitar! mentre
preso dal delirio...Vesti la giubba
11. La Boheme, Act I: O soave fanciulla
12. I prescatori di perle (Les pecheurs
de perles), Act I: Del tempio al limitar
13. Don Sebastiano, Act II: Deserto
in terra
14. Don Sebastiano, Act II: Deserto
in terra
15. Adorables tourments (Valse lente)
16. Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II: Chi
mi frena in tal mometno? (Sextet)
17. Rigoletto, Act IV: Bella figlia
dell'amore (Quartet)
18. La Boheme, Act III: Addio, dolce
svegliare alla mattina
19. Madama Butterfly, Act I: Un po'
di vero c'e...Oh quanti occhi fisi
Disc: 4
1. Lolita (Spanish Serenade)
2. Rigoletto, Act I: Questa o quella
3. Rigoletto, Act IV: La donna e mobile
4. Il Travatore, Act III: Ah si ben
mio
5. Il Trovatore, Act IV: Se m'ami ancor...
Ai nostri monti
6. Aida, Act I: Celeste Aida
7. Pour un baiser
8. Tosca, Act I: Recondita armonia
9. Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle
10. Mamma mia che vo' sape
11. La forza del destino, Act III: Della
natal sua terra il padre...O tu che
in sena agl' angeli
12. Aida, Act IV: O terra addio
13. Aida, Act IV: La fatal pietra
14. La Regina di Saba (Die Konigin von
Saba), Act II: Magiche note
15. Carman, Act II: Il fior che avevi
a me tu dato
16. Carmen, Act II: La fleur que tu
m'avais jetee
17. Gli Ugonotti (Les Huguenots), Act
I: Ah, qual soave vision...bianca al
par di neve
18. Il Trovatore, Act IV: Quel suon,
quelle preci...Ah! che la morte (Miserere)
19. Il Trovatore, Act IV: Quel suon,
quelle preci...Ah! che la morte (Miserere)
20. Marta, Act I: Solo, profugo, reietto!
Disc: 5
1. Faust, Act I: O mereveille!...A moi
les plaisirs
2. Faust, Act III: Siegneur dieu, que
voi-je!
3. Faust, Act III: Eh! quoi! toujours
seule?
4. Faust, Act III: Il se fait tard...Laisse
moi...Eterbekke! O nuit d'amour
5. Faust, Act IV: Que voulez vous messieurs?
6. Faust, Act V: Mon coeur est penetre
d'epouvante...Attends!Voici la rue...Alerte!
ou vous etes perdus
7. Germania, Act I: Studenti! Udite!
8. Germania, Act I: Ah, vieni qui...no,
non chiudi gli occchi vaghi
9. La Gionconda, Act II: Cielo e mar
10. Madama Butterfly, Act I: Amore o
grllo dir non saprei
11. Madama Butterfly, Act III: Non ve
l'avevo detto...addio fiorito asil
12. For You Alone
13. Otello, Act II: Nell'ore arcane
della sua lussuria...Ora e par sempre
addio
14. Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana)
15. I Pagliacci, Act II: No, pagliaccio
non son
16. Addio
17. Il Trovatore, Act II: Mal reggenda
all'aspro assalto
18. Il Trovatore, Act IV: Se m'ami ancor...Ai
nostri moni
Disc: 6
1. Aida Act IV: Gia i sacerdoti adunansi...Misero
appien mi festi...Aida a me togliesti
2. Un ballo in machera, Act I: Di tu
se fedele
3. La Boheme, Act III: Musette! O gioia
della mia dimora...Testa adorata
4. Eternamente
5. Core' ngrato
6. Lo Schiavo (O Escravo), Act II: L'importuna
insistenza...Quando nascesti tu
7. Canta pe' me
8. La Boheme, Act II: Io non ho che
una povero stanzetta
9. L'elisir d'amore, Act II: Una furtiva
lagrima
10. La forza del destino, Act IV: Invano,
Alvaro...Le minaccie, i fieri accenti
11. Walter B. Rogers: Love Is Mine
12. Aida, Act I: Se quel quel guerrier
io fossi...Celeste Aida
13. Un ballo in maschera, Act III: Forse
la soglia attinse...ma se m'efora perderti
14. Je suis seul...Ah, fuyez, douce
image
15. Crucifix
16. I Lombardi, Act III: Qual volutta
trascorere
Disc: 7
1. Marta, Act II: Siam giunti, o giovanette...Questa
camera e per voi!...Che vuol dir cio?...Presto,
presto andiam
2. Marta, Act II: T'ho raggiunta, sciagurata!...Dormi
pur ('Goodnight' Quartet)
3. Tarantella sincera
4. Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II: Chi
mi frena in tal momento? (Sextet)
5. Les soirees musicales, No.8: La danza
(Tarantella napolitana)
6. Rigoletto, Act IV: Bella figlia dell'amore
(Quartet)
7. Dreams Of Long Ago
8. The Lost Chord
9. Because
10. Hosanna
11. Manon, Act II: Manon! Avez-vous
peur...On l'appelle Manon
12. La Boheme, Act I: O soave fanciulla
13. Don Carlo, Act I: Domanda al ciel...Dio,
che nell'alma infondere
14. Il Trovatore, Act IV: Se m'ami ancor...Ai
nostri monti
15. Op. 38, No. 6: Pimpinella (Canzone
floretina)
16. Rigoletto, Act III: Ella mi fu rapita!...Parmi
veder le lagrime
17. Agnus Dei
Disc: 8
1. Manon Lescaut, Act I: Donna non vidi
mai
2. Ave Maria
3. Elegie (Song of Mourning)
4. Lasciati amar
5. Guardanno 'a luna
6. Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did
Not Know
7. Fenesta che lucive
8. Stabat Mater: Cujus animam
9. The Palms
10. Cavalleria Rusticana: Mamma, Mamma,
quel vino!...Voi dovrete far (Addio
alla madre)
11. Otello, Act II: Oh! Mostruosa colpa!..Si,
pel ciel
12. Op. 38, No. 1: Serenade de Don Juan
13. Amor mio
14. Manella mia
15. The Palms
16. Trusting Eyes
17. Serenade espagnole
18. Parted
19. Un ballo in maschera, Act I: Amici
miei, soldati...La rivedra nell'estasi
20. Un ballo in maschera, Act I: Cosi
scritto e lassu...E'scherzo od e follia
Disc: 9
1. La Partida
2. El Milagro de la Virgen: Flores purisimas
3. La Traviata, Act I: Libiamo, libiamo
(Brindisi)
4. Il Guarany (O Guarani), Act I: Sento
una forza indomita
5. Hantis d'amour
6. Carman, Act I: Parle-moi de ma mere
( w Frances Alda)
7. La mia canzone
8. Cielo turchino
9. Pecche
10. Messa da requiem: Ingemisco
11. Il Duca d'Alba, Act IV: Angelo casto
e bel
12. Si vous l'aviez compris
13. Les duex serenades: Serenade francaise
14. La procession
15. Le Cid, Act III: Ah! tout est bien
fini!...O Souverain, o Juge,o Pere!
16. Luna d'estate
17. 'O sole mio
18. La Reine de Saba, Act II: Faiblesse
de la race humaine!...Inspirez-moi,
race divine
19. Mia sposa sara la mia bandiera
Disc: 10
1. Macbeth, Act IV: O fifgli, o figli
miei...Ah, la paterna mano
2. La Boheme, Act IV: Vecchia zimarra,
senti
3. Cantique de Noel
4. Sancta Maria
5. Tiempo antico
6. Santa Lucia
7. Op. 6, No. 5: Pourquoi?
8. Eugene Oneguine (Evgeny Onegin),
Act II: Pour moi ce jour est tout mystere
9. Op. 102, No. 6: Chanson de juin
10. Andrea Chenier, Act IV: Come un
bel di di maggio
11. Samson et Dalila, Act III: Vois
ma misere, helas
12. Les pecheurs de perles, Act I: A
cette voix quel trouble...Je crois entendre
encore
13. Les pecheurs de perles, Act II:
De mon amie, fleur endormie
14. Rigoletto, Act IV: Bella figlia
dell'amore (Quartet)
15. Verdi: Bella figlia dell'amore (Quartet)
16. Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II: Chi
mi frena in tal momento? (Sextet)
17. Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II: Chi
mi frena in tal momento? (Sextet)
18. M'appari tutt'amor
19. Op. 5: Musica proibita
20. Uocchie celeste
Disc: 11
1. L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra
2. L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra
3. Neron, Act II: Oh! lumiere du jour
4. Neron, Act III: Oh! lumiere du jour
5. A la luz de la luna
6. Sei morta ne la vita mia
7. La Partida
8. La forza del destino, Act III: Ne
gustare m'e dato un'ora...Sleale! il
segreto fu dunque violato
9. Over There...Par la-bas
10. Niedermeyer: Pieta, Signore
11. A Granada
12. Campane a sera
13. Inno di Garibaldi
14. Rosario Bourdon: La Campana di San
Giusto
15. Le Regiment de Sambre et Meuse
16. Sultanto a tte
17. Samson et Dalila: Je viens celbrer
la victoire
18. Venti scudi!
Disc: 12
1. A' Vucchella
2. Vieni sul mar
3. Tu ca nun chiagne
4. L'addio a napoli
5. Nina (Tre giorni son che Nina)
6. Premiere caresse
7. Senza nisciuno
8. Salavator Rosa, Act I: Mia piccirella
9. Memories Of A Concert
10. Scordame
11. Love Me or Not
12. Serse, Act I: Frondi tenere e belle...Ombra
mai fu (Largo)
13. Noche feliz
14. Rachel, quand du Seigneur
15. I' m'arricordo 'e Napule
16. Vaghissima sembianza
17. L'Africana (L'Africaine) Act III:
Che dicon mai?...Deh, ch'io ritorni
18. Amadis de Gaule, Act III: Bois epais
19. A Dream
20. Petite Messe solennelle: Domine
Deus
21. Petite Messe solennelle: Crucifixus
RCA-BMG Complete Caruso box contents
- fuller details
CD 1
Germania - 1990 Remastered
Franchetti, Alberto/Illica, Luigi
1. Act I - 1990 Remastered
1. Studenti! Udite! - 1990 Remastered
Rigoletto - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
2. Act I - 1990 Remastered
2. Questa O Quella - 1990 Remastered
Aida - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Ghislanzoni, Antonio
3. Act I - 1990 Remastered
3. Celeste Aida - 1990 Remastered
Manon - 1990 Remastered
Massenet, Jules/Meilhac, Henri
4. Act II - 1990 Remastered
4. Chiudo Gli Occhi (Il Sogno) - 1990
Remastered
L'elisir D'amore - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Romani, Felice/Gil...
5. Act II - 1990 Remastered
5. Una Furtiva Lagrima - 1990 Remastered
Mefistofele - 1990 Remastered
Boito, Arrigo
6. Giunto Sul Passo Estremo (Epilogue)
- 1990 Remastered
Germania - 1990 Remastered
Franchetti, Alberto/Illica, Luigi
7. Act I - 1990 Remastered
7. Ah, Vieni Qui... No, Non Chiuder
Gli Occhi Vaghi - 1990 Rem
Mefistofele - 1990 Remastered
Boito, Arrigo
8. Act I - 1990 Remastered
8. Dai Campi, Dai Prati - 1990 Remastered
Tosca - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Illica, Luigi/Giacos...
9. Act III - 1990 Remastered
9. E Lucevan Le Stelle - 1990 Remastered
Iris - 1990 Remastered
Mascagni, Pietro/Illica, Luigi
10. Act I - 1990 Remastered
10. Apri La Tua Finestra (Serenata)
- 1990 Remastered
Mefistofele - 1990 Remastered
Boito, Arrigo
11. Act I - 1990 Remastered
11. Dai Campi, Dai Prati - 1990 Remastered
Fedora - 1990 Remastered
Giordano, Umberto/Colautti, Arturo
12. Act II - 1990 Remastered
12. Amor Ti Vieta - 1990 Remastered
Aida - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Ghislanzoni, Antonio
13. Act I - 1990 Remastered
13. Celeste Aida - 1990 Remastered
La Gioconda - 1990 Remastered
Ponchielli, Amilcare/Gorrio, Tobia
14. Act II - 1990 Remastered
14. Cielo E Mar - 1990 Remastered
I Pagliacci - 1990 Remastered
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
15. Act I - 1990 Remastered
15. Recitar! Mentre Preso Dal Delirio...
Vesti La Giubba - 1990
Cavalleria Rusticana - 1990 Remastered
Mascagni, Pietro/Targioni-Tozzetti,
G...
16. O Lola - (Siciliana) - 1990 Remastered
17. Non T'amo Piu - 1990 Remastered
Denza, Luigi/Giorgi, L. De
18. La Mia Canzone - 1990 Remastered
Tosti, Francesco Paolo/Cimmino, F.
Adriana Lecouvreur - 1990 Remastered
Cilea, Francesco/Colautti, Arturo
19. Act I - 1990 Remastered
19. No, Piu Nobile - 1990 Remastered
20. Luna Fedel - 1990 Remastered
Zardo, Redento/Boito, Arrigo
21. Un Bacio Ancora - 1990 Remastered
Trimarchi, Rocco
22. Luna Fedel - 1990 Remastered
Zardo, Redento/Boito, Arrigo
L'elisir D'amore - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Gille, Philippe/Ro...
23. Act II - 1990 Remastered
23. Una Furtiva Lagrima - 1990 Remastered
Tosca - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Giacosa, Giuseppe/Il...
24. Act III - 1990 Remastered
24. E Lucevan Le Stelle - 1990 Remastered
Germania - 1990 Remastered
Franchetti, Alberto/Illica, Luigi
25. Act I - 1990 Remastered
25. Ah, Vieni Qui... No, Non Chiuder
Gli Occhi Vaghi - 1990 Rem
Rigoletto - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
26. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
26. La Donna E Mobile - 1990 Remastered
Cavalleria Rusticana - 1990 Remastered
Mascagni, Pietro/Targioni-Tozzetti,
G...
27. O Lola (Siciliana) - 1990 Remastered
CD 2
1. Tu Non Mi Vuoi Piu Ben - 1990 Remastered
Pini-Corsi, Antonio/Carbonetti, F.
Tosca - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Illica, Luigi/Giacos...
2. Act III - 1990 Remastered
2. E Lucevan Le Stelle - 1990 Remastered
Gli Ugonotti (Les Huguenots) - 1990
Remastered
Meyerbeer, Giacomo/Deschamps, Emile/S...
3. Act I - 1990 Remastered
3. Qui Sotto Il Ciel - 1990 Remastered
Rigoletto - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
4. Act I - 1990 Remastered
4. Questa O Quella - 1990 Remastered
Rigoletto - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
5. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
5. La Donna E Mobile - 1990 Remastered
L'elisir D'amore - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Romani, Felice/Gil...
6. Act II - 1990 Remastered
6. Una Furtiva Lagrima... Un Solo Instante
- 1990 Remastered
Aida - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Ghislanzoni, Antonio
7. Act I - 1990 Remastered
7. Celeste Aida - 1990 Remastered
Tosca - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Illica, Luigi/Giacos...
8. Act III - 1990 Remastered
8. E Lucevan Le Stelle - 1990 Remastered
Tosca - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Illica, Luigi/Giacos...
9. Act I - 1990 Remastered
9. Recondita Armonia - 1990 Remastered
Cavalleria Rusticana - 1990 Remastered
Mascagni, Pietro/Targioni-Tozzetti,
G...
10. O Lola (Siciliana) - 1990 Remastered
I Pagliacci - 1990 Remastered
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
11. Act I - 1990 Remastered
11. Recitar! Mentre Preso Dal Delirio...
Vesti La Giubba - 1990
Manon - 1990 Remastered
Massenet, Jules/Meilhac, Henri
12. Act II - 1990 Remastered
12. Chiudo Gli Occhi - Il Sogno - 1990
Remastered
13. Mattinata - 1990 Remastered
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
I Pescatori Di Perle (Les Pecheurs De
Perles) - 1990 Remaste
Bizet, Georges/Carre, Michel/Cormon,
...
14. Act I - 1990 Remastered
14. Mi Par D'udir Ancora - 1990 Remastered
Don Pasquale - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Ruffini, Giovanni
15. Act III - 1990 Remastered
15. Com'e Gentil (Serenata) - 1990 Remastered
Carmen - 1990 Remastered
Bizet, Georges/Meilhac, Henri/Halevy,
...
16. Act II - 1990 Remastered
16. Il Fior Che Avevi A Me Tu Dato -
1990 Remastered
Gil Ugonotti (Les Huguenots) - 1990
Remastered
Meyerbeer, Giacomo/Deschamps, Emile/S...
17. Act I - 1990 Remastered
17. Ah, Qual Soave Vision... Bianca
Al Par Di Neve - 1990 Remas
La Gioconda - 1990 Remastered
Ponchielli, Amilcare/Gorrio, Tobia
18. Act II - 1990 Remastered
18. Cielo E Mar - 1990 Remastered
Cavalleria Rusticana - 1990 Remastered
Mascagni, Pietro/Targioni-Tozzetti,
G...
19. Intanto Amici... Viva Il Vino (Brindisi)
- 1990 Remastered
Marta - 1990 Remastered
Flotow, Friedrich Von/Riese
20. Act III - 1990 Remastered
20. M'appari Tutt'amor - 1990 Remastered
La Boheme - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Giacosa, Giuseppe/Il...
21. Act I - 1990 Remastered
21. Che Gelida Manina - 1990 Remastered
Faust - 1990 Remastered
Gounod, Charles/Carre, Michel/Barbier...
22. Act III - 1990 Remastered
22. Salut Demeure Chaste Et Pure - 1990
Remastered
Il Trovatore - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Cammarano, Salvatore/...
23. Act III - 1990 Remastered
23. Di Quella Pira - 1990 Remastered
CD 3
La Favorita - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Royer, Alphonse/Va...
1. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
1. Spirto Gentil, Ne' Sogni Miei (Romanza)
- 1990 Remastered
La Forza Del Destino - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
2. Act III - 1990 Remastered
2. Solenne In Quest'ora - 1990 Remastered
Aida - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Ghislanzoni, Antonio
3. Act I - 1990 Remastered
3. Celeste Aida - 1990 Remastered
4. Triste Ritorno - 1990 Remastered
Barthelemy, Richard/Forzati, L.
5. Ideale - 1990 Remastered
Tosti, Francesco Paolo/Errico, C.
L'africaine - 1990 Remastered
Meyerbeer, Giacomo/Scribe, Eugene
6. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
6. Mi Batte Il Cor...O Paradiso - 1990
Remastered
Rigoletto - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
7. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
7. Bella Figlia Dell'amore (Quartet)
- 1990 Remastered
La Boheme - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Giacosa, Giuseppe/Il...
8. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
8. O Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni - 1990 Remastered
Andrea Chenier - 1990 Remastered
Giordano, Umberto/Illica, Luigi
9. Act I - 1990 Remastered
9. Un Di All'azzurro Spazio (Improvviso)
- 1990 Remastered
I Pagliacci - 1990 Remastered
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
10. Act I - 1990 Remastered
10. Recitar! Mentre Preso Dal Delirio...
Vesti La Giubba - 1990
La Boheme - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo
11. Act I - 1990 Remastered
11. O Soave Fanciulla - 1990 Remastered
I Pescatori Di Perle (Les Pecheurs De
Perles) - 1990 Remaste
Bizet, Georges/Carre, Michel/Cormon,
...
12. Act I - 1990 Remastered
12. Del Tempio Al Limitar - 1990 Remastered
Don Sebastiano - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Scribe, Eugene
13. Act II - 1990 Remastered
13. Deserto In Terra - 1990 Remastered
Don Sebastiano - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Scribe, Eugene
14. Act II - 1990 Remastered
14. Deserto In Terra - 1990 Remastered
15. Adorables Tourments (Valse Lente)
- 1990 Remastered
Barthelemy, Richard/Caruso, Enrico/Ga...
Lucia Di Lammermoor - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Cammarano, Salvatore
16. Act II - 1990 Remastered
16. Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento? (Sextet)
- 1990 Remastered
Rigoletto - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
17. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
17. Bella Figlia Dell'amore (Quartet)
- 1990 Remastered
La Boheme - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Giacosa, Giuseppe/Il...
18. Act III - 1990 Remastered
18. Addio, Dolce Svegliare Alla Mattina
- 1990 Remastered
Madama Butterfly - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Giacosa, Giuseppe/Il...
19. Act I - 1990 Remastered
19. Un Po' Di Vero C'e... Oh Quanti
Occhi Fisi - 1990 Remastere
CD 4
1. Lolita (Spanish Serenade) - 1990
Remastered
Buzzi-Peccia, Arturo
Rigoletto - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
2. Act I - 1990 Remastered
2. Questa O Quella - 1990 Remastered
2. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
2. La Donna E Mobile - 1990 Remastered
Il Trovatore - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Cammarano, Salvatore/...
3. Act III - 1990 Remastered
3. Ah Si, Ben Mio - 1990 Remastered
Il Trovatore - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Cammarano, Salvatore/...
4. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
4. Se M'ami Ancor... Ai Nostri Monti
- 1990 Remastered
Aida - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Ghislanzoni, Antonio
5. Act I - 1990 Remastered
5. Celeste Aida - 1990 Remastered
6. Pour Un Baiser - 1990 Remastered
Tosti, Francesco Paolo/Doncieux, Georges
Tosca - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Illica, Luigi/Giacos...
7. Act I - 1990 Remastered
7. Recondita Armonia - 1990 Remastered
Tosca - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Illica, Luigi/Giacos...
8. Act III - 1990 Remastered
8. E Lucevan Le Stelle - 1990 Remastered
9. Mamma Mia, Che Vo' Sape - 1990 Remastered
Nutile, Emanuele/Russo, Ferdinando
La Forza Del Destino - 1990 Rematsered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
10. Act III - 1990 Rematsered
10. Della Natal Sua Terra Il Padre...
O Tu Che In Seno Agl'ange
Aida - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Ghislanzoni, Antonio
11. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
11. O Terra Addio - 1990 Remastered
Aida - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Ghislanzoni, Antonio
12. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
12. La Fatal Pietra - 1990 Remastered
Die Königin Von Saba - 1990 Remastered
Goldmark, Karl
13. Act II - 1990 Remastered
13. Magiche Note (La Regina De Saba)
Carmen - 1990 Remastered
Bizet, Georges/Meilhac, Henri/Halevy,
...
14. Act II - 1990 Remastered
14. Il Fior Che Avevi A Me Tu Dato -
1990 Remastered
Carmen - 1990 Remastered
Bizet, Georges/Meilhac, Henri/Halevy,
...
15. Act II - 1990 Remastered
15. La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee -
1990 Remastered
Gli Ugonotti (Les Huguenots) - 1990
Remastered
Meyerbeer, Giacomo/Deschamps, Emile/S...
16. Act I - 1990 Remastered
16. Ah, Qual Soave Vision...Bianca Al
Par Di Neve - 1990 Remaste
Il Trovatore - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Cammarano, Salvatore/...
17. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
17. Quel Suon, Quelle Preci... Ah! Che
La Morte - Miserere - 19
Il Trovatore - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Cammarano, Salvatore/...
18. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
18. Quel Suon, Quelle Preci... Ah! Che
La Morte - Miserere - 19
Marta - 1990 Remastered
Flotow, Friedrich Von/Riese
19. Act I - 1990 Remastered
19. Solo, Profugo Reietto! - 1990 Remastered
CD 5
Faust - 1990 Remastered
Gounod, Charles/Carre, Michel/Barbier...
1. Act I - 1990 Remastered
1. O Merveille!... A Moi Les Plaisirs
- 1990 Remastered
Faust - 1990 Remastered
Gounod, Charles/Carre, Michel/Barbier...
2. Act III - 1990 Remastered
2. Seigneur Dieu, Que Vois-Je! - 1990
Remastered
2. Eh! Quoi! Toujours Seule? - 1990
Remastered
Faust - 1990 Remastered
Gounod, Charles/Carre, Michel/Barbier...
3. Act III - 1990 Remastered
3. Il Se Fait Tard... Laisse-Moi...
Eternelle! Eternelle! O N
Faust - 1990 Remastered
Gounod, Charles/Carre, Michel/Barbier...
4. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
4. Que Voulez-Vous, Messieurs? - 1990
Remastered
Faust - 1990 Remastered
Gounod, Charles
5. Act V - 1990 Remastered
5. Mon Coeur Est Penetre D'epouvante...
Attends! Voici La Rue
Germania - 1990 Remastered
Franchetti, Alberto
6. Act I - 1990 Remastered
6. Studenti! Udite! - 1990 Remastered
6. Ah, Vieni Qui... No, Non Chiuder
Gli Occhi Vaghi - 1990 Rem
La Gioconda - 1990 Remastered
Ponchielli, Amilcare/Gorrio, Tobia
7. Act II - 1990 Remastered
7. Cielo E Mar - 1990 Remastered
Madama Butterfly - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Giacosa, Giuseppe/Il...
8. Act I - 1990 Remastered
8. Amore O Grillo Dir Non Saprei - 1990
Remastered
8. Act III - 1990 Remastered
8. Non Ve L'avevo Detto?... Addio Fiorito
Asil - 1990 Remaster
9. For You Alone - 1990 Remastered
Geehl, Henry Ernest/O'reilly, P.J.
Otello - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Boito, Arrigo
10. Act II - 1990 Remastered
10. Nell'ore Arcane Della Sua Lussuria...
Ora E Per Sempre Addi
Cavalleria Rusticana - 1990 Remastered
Mascagni, Pietro
11. O Lola (Siciliana) - 1990 Remastered
I Pagliacci - 1990 Remastered
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
12. Act II - 1990 Remastered
12. No! Pagliaccio Non Son - 1990 Remastered
13. Addio - 1990 Remastered
Tosti, Francesco Paolo/Rizzelli, S.
Il Trovatore - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Cammarano, Salvatore
14. Act II - 1990 Remastered
14. Mal Reggendo All'aspro Assalto -
1990 Remastered
14. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
14. Se M'ami Ancor... Ai Nostri Monti
- 1990 Remastered
CD 6
Aida - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Ghislanzoni, Antonio
1. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
1. Gia I Sacerdoti Adunansi... Misero
Appien Mi Festi... Aida
Un Ballo In Maschera - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Somma, Antonio
2. Act I - 1990 Remastered
2. Di' Tu Se Fedele - 1990 Remastered
La Boheme - 1990 Remastered
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
3. Act III - 1990 Remastered
3. Musette! O Gioia Della Mia Dimora...
Testa Adorata - 1990 R
4. Eternamente - 1990 Remastered
Mascheroni, A./Mazzoni, P.
5. Core 'Ngrato - 1990 Remastered
Cardillo, Salvatore/Cordiferro, Riccardo
Lo Schiavo - 1990 Remastered
Gomes, Antonio Carlos/Paravicini, R.
6. Act II - 1990 Remastered
6. L'importuna Insistenza... Quando
Nascesti Tu - 1990 Remaste
7. Canta Pe' Me - 1990 Remastered
Curtis, Ernesto De/Bovio, Libero
La Boheme - 1990 Remastered
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
8. Act II - 1990 Remastered
8. Io Non Ho Che Una Povera Stanzetta
- 1990 Remastered
L'elisir D'amore - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Romani, Felice
9. Act II - 1990 Remastered
9. Una Furtiva Lagrima - 1990 Remastered
La Forza Del Destino - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
10. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
10. Invano, Alvaro... Le Minaccie, I
Fieri Accenti - 1990 Remas
11. Love Is Mine - 1990 Remastered
Gartner, Clarence G./Teschemacher, Edwar
Aida - 1990 Rematered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Ghislanzoni, Antonio
12. Act I - 1990 Rematered
12. Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi... Celeste
Aida - 1990 Rematered
Un Ballo In Maschera - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Somma, Antonio
13. Act III - 1990 Remastered
13. Forse La Soglia Attinse... Ma Se
M'e Forza Perderti - 1990
Manon - 1990 Remastered
Massenet, Jules/Meilhac, Henri/Gille,
...
14. Act III - 1990 Remastered
14. Je Suis Seul...Ah, Fuyez, Douce
Image - 1990 Remastered
15. Crucifix - 1990 Remastered
Faure, Jean-Baptiste
I Lombardi - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Solera, Temistocle
16. Act III - 1990 Remastered
16. Qual Volutta Trascorrere - 1990
Remastered
CD 7
Marta - 1990 Remastered
Flotow, Friedrich Von/Friedrich, Wilhelm
1. Act II - 1990 Remastered
1. Siam Giunti, O Giovinette... Questa
Camera E Per Voi!... C
1. T'ho Raggiunta, Sciagurata!... Dormi
Pur - "Goodnight" Quar
2. Tarantella Sincera - 1990 Remastered
De Crescenzo, Vincenzo/Migliaccio, Ed...
Lucia Di Lammermoor - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Cammarano, Salvatore
3. Act II - 1990 Remastered
3. Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento? - 1990
Remastered
Les Soirees Musicales, No. 8 - 1990
Remastered
Rossini, Gioacchino/Pepoli, Carlo
4. La Danza (Tarantella Napolitana)
- 1990 Remastered
Rigoletto - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
5. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
5. Bella Figlia Dell'amore - Quartet
- 1990 Remastered
6. Dreams Of Long Ago - 1990 Remastered
Caruso, Enrico/Carroll, Earl
7. The Lost Chord - 1990 Remastered
Sullivan, Sir Arthur/Proctor, Adelaide
8. Parce Que - 1990 Remastered
D'hardelot, Guy
9. Hosanna - 1990 Remastered
Granier, Jules/Didiee, Julian Eugene
H.
Manon - 1990 Remastered
Massenet, Jules
10. Act II - 1990 Remastered
10. Manon! Avez-Vous Peur... On L'appelle
Manon - 1990 Remaster
La Boheme - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo/Giacosa, Giuseppe/Il...
11. Act I - 1990 Remastered
11. O Soave Fanciulla - 1990 Remastered
Don Carlo - 1990 Remastered
Locle, Camille Du/Mery, Joseph/Verdi,
...
12. Act I - 1990 Remastered
12. Domanda Al Ciel... Dio, Che Nell'alma
Infondere - 1990 Rema
Il Trovatore - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Cammarano, Salvatore
13. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
13. Se M'ami Ancor... Ai Nostri Monti
- 1990 Remastered
Canzone Florentina - 1990 Remastered
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilich
14. Pimpinella, Op. 38 No. 6 - 1990
Remastered
Rigoletto - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
15. Act III - 1990 Remastered
15. Ella Mi Fu Rapita!, Parmi Veder
Le Lagrime - 1990 Remastered
16. Agnus Dei - 1990 Remastered
Bizet, Georges
CD 8
Manon Lescaut - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo
1. Act I - 1990 Remastered
1. Donna Non Vidi Mai - 1990 Remastered
2. Ave Maria - 1990 Remastered
Kahn, Percy B./Traditional
3. Elegie - 1990 Remastered
Massenet, Jules/Gallet, Louis
4. Lasciati Amar - 1990 Remastered
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
5. Guardanno 'A Luna - 1990 Remastered
De Crescenzo, Vincenzo/Camerlingo, Ge...
6. Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did
Not Know - 1990 Remastered
O'hara, Geoffrey/Bowles, F. G.
7. Fenesta Che Lucive - 1990 Remastered
Cottrau, Guglielmo/Paolella, Mariano/...
Stabat Mater - 1990 Remastered
Rossini, Gioacchino
8. Cujus Animam - 1990 Remastered
9. Les Rameaux - 1990 Remastered
Faure, Jean-Baptiste
Cavalleria Rusticana - 1990 Remastered
Mascagni, Pietro/Menasci, Guido/Targi...
10. Mamma, Mamma, Quel Vino!... Voi
Dovrete Fare - Addio Alla M
Otello - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Boito, Arrigo
11. Act II - 1990 Remastered
11. Oh! Mostruosa Colpa!...Si, Pel Ciel
- 1990 Remastered
12. Serenade De Don Juan, Op. 38 No.
1 - 1990 Remastered
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilich/Tolstoy, A.
K.
13. Amor Mio - 1990 Remastered
Ricciardi, V./Gaeta, G. E.
14. Manella Mia - 1990 Remastered
Valente, Vincenzo/Russo, Ferdinando
15. Les Rameaux - 1990 Remastered
Faure, Jean-Baptiste
16. Trusting Eyes - 1990 Remastered
Gartner, Clarence G./Teschemacher, Edwar
17. Serenade Espagnole - 1990 Remastered
Ronald, Sir Landon/Ferrari, G.
18. Parted - 1990 Remastered
Tosti, Francesco Paolo/Weatherly, Fre...
Un Ballo In Maschera - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Somma, Antonio
19. Act I - 1990 Remastered
19. Amici Miei, Soldati... La Rivedra
Nell'estasi - 1990 Remast
19. Cosi Scritto E Lassu... E' Scherzo
Od E Follia - 1990 Remas
CD 9
1. La Partida - 1990 Remastered
Alvarez, Fermin Maria/Blasco, E.
El Milagro De La Virgen - 1990 Remastered
Chapi Y Lorente, Ruperto/Dominguez,
M...
2. Flores Purisimas - 1990 Remastered
La Traviata - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
3. Act I - 1990 Remastered
3. Libiamo, Libiamo (Brindisi) - 1990
Remastered
Il Guarany (O Guarani) - 1990 Remastered
Gomes, Antonio Carlos/D'ormeville, C....
4. Act I - 1990 Remastered
4. Sento Una Forza Indomita - 1990 Remastered
5. Hantise D'amour - 1990 Remastered
Szulc, Josef Zygmut/Rey-Roise, Baron...
Carmen - 1990 Remastered
Bizet, Georges/Halevy, Ludovic/Meilha...
6. Act I - 1990 Remastered
6. Parle-Moi De Ma Mere - 1990 Remastered
7. La Mia Canzone - 1990 Remastered
Tosti, Francesco Paolo/Cimmino, F.
8. Cielo Turchino - 1990 Remastered
Ciociano/Capaldo, Giuseppe
9. Pecche? - 1990 Remastered
Pennino, Gaetano Enrico/Flaviis, Carlo
D
Messa Da Requiem - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Liturgical Text
10. Ingemisco - 1990 Remastered
Il Duca D'alba - 1990 Remastered
Salvi, Matteo
11. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
11. Angelo Casto E Bel - 1990 Remastered
12. Si Vous L'aviez Compris - 1990 Remastered
Denza, Luigi/Bordese, Stephen
Les Deux Serenades - 1990 Remastered
Leoncavallo, Ruggero/Collet, E.
13. Serenade Francaise - 1990 Remastered
14. La Procession - 1990 Remastered
Franck, Cesar/Brizeux, C.
Le Cid - 1990 Remastered
Massenet, Jules/D'ennery, Adolphe/Gal...
15. Act III - 1990 Remastered
15. Ah! Tout Est Bien Fini!...O Souverain,
O Juge, O Pere! - 199
16. Luna D'estate - 1990 Remastered
Tosti, Francesco Paolo/Mazzola, R.
17. O Sole Mio - 1990 Remastered
Di Capua, Edoardo/Capurro, Giovanni
Le Reine De Saba - 1990 Remastered
Gounod, Charles/Unknown
18. Act II - 1990 Remastered
18. Faiblesse De La Race Humaine!...Inspirez-Moi,
Race Divine -
19. Mia Sposa Sara La Mia Bandiera -
1990 Remastered
Rotoli, Augusto
CD 10
Macbeth - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
1. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
1. O Figli, O Figli Miei...Ah, La Paterna
Mano - 1990 Remastere
La Boheme - 1990 Remastered
Puccini, Giacomo
2. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
2. Vecchia Zimarra, Senti - 1990 Remastered
3. Cantique De Nöel - 1990 Remastered
Adam, Adolphe
4. Sancta Maria - 1990 Remastered
Faure, Jean-Baptiste/Bertrand, J. G.
5. Tiempo Antico - 1990 Remastered
Caruso, Enrico
6. Santa Lucia - 1990 Remastered
Traditional/Cossovich/Cottrau, Teodoro
7. Pourquoi?, Op. 6 No. 5 - 1990 Remastered
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilich/Mey, L.
Eugene Onegin - 1990 Remastered
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilich/Shilovsky,
K...
8. Act II - 1990 Remastered
8. Pour Moi Ce Jour Est Tout Mystere
- 1990 Remastered
9. Chanson De Juin, Op. 102 No. 6 -
1990 Remastered
Godard, Benjamin Louis Paul/Barrucand...
Andrea Chenier - 1990 Remastered
Giordano, Umberto/Illica, Luigi
10. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
10. Come Un Bel Di Di Maggio - 1990
Remastered
Samson Et Dalila - 1990 Remastered
Lemaire, Ferdinand/Saint-Saens, Camille
11. Act III - 1990 Remastered
11. Vois Ma Misere, Helas - 1990 Remastered
Les Pecheurs De Perles - 1990 Remastered
Bizet, Georges/Carre, Michel/Cormon,
...
12. Act I - 1990 Remastered
12. A Cette Voix Quel Trouble...Je Crois
Entendre Encore - 1990
12. Act II - 1990 Remastered
12. De Mon Amie, Fleur Endormie - 1990
Remastered
Rigoletto - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
13. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
13. Bella Figlia Dell'armore - 1990
Remastered
Rigoletto - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
14. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
14. Bella Figlia Dell'amore - Quartet
- 1990 Remastered
Lucia Di Lammermoor - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Cammarano, Salvatore
15. Act II - 1990 Remastered
15. Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento? - Sextet
- 1990 Remastered
Lucia Di Lammemoor - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Cammarano, Salvatore
16. Act II - 1990 Remastered
16. Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento? - 1990
Remastered
Marta - 1990 Remastered
Flotow, Friedrich Von/Friedrich, Wilhelm
17. Act III - 1990 Remastered
17. M' Appari Tutt'amor - 1990 Remastered
18. Musica Proibita, Op. 5 - 1990 Remastered
Musolino, Angelo/Gastaldon, Stanislao...
19. Uocchie Celeste - 1990 Remastered
De Crescenzo, Vincenzo/Gill, Armando
CD 11
1. L'alba Separa Dalla Luce L'ombra
- 1990 Remastered
Tosti, Francesco Paolo/D'annunzio, Ga...
2. L'alba Separa Dalla Luce L'ombra
- 1990 Remastered
Tosti, Francesco Paolo/D'annunzio, Ga...
Neron - 1990 Remastered
Rubinstein, Anton/Barbier, Jules
3. Act II - 1990 Remastered
3. O Lumiere Du Jour - 1990 Remastered
Neron - 1990 Remastered
Rubinstein, Anton/Barbier, Jules
4. Act II - 1990 Remastered
4. O Lumiere Du Jour - 1990 Remastered
5. A La Luz De La Luna - 1990 Remastered
Anton Y Michelena
6. Sei Morta Ne La Vita Mia - 1990 Remsatered
Costa, Pasquale Mario/Capitelli, G.
7. La Partida - 1990 Remsatered
Alvarez, Fermin Maria/Blasco, E.
La Forza Del Destino - 1990 Remastered
Verdi, Giuseppe/Piave, Francesco Maria
8. Act III - 1990 Remastered
8. Ne Gustare M'e Dato Un'ora... Sleale!
Il Segreto Fu Dunque
9. Over There (Par La-Bas) - 1990 Remastered
Cohan, George M./Delamarre, F.
10. Pieta, Signore - 1990 Remastered
Niedermeyer, Louis Abraham
11. A Granada - 1990 Remastered
Alvarez, Fermin Maria/Gras Y Elias,
F.
12. Campane A Sera - 1990 Remastered
Billi, Vincenzo/Caruso, Enrico/Malfetti
13. Inno Di Garibaldi - 1990 Remastered
Olivieri, Alessio/Mercantini, Luigi
14. La Campana Di San Giusto - 1990
Remastered
Arona, Colombino/Drovetti, Giovanni
15. Le Regiment De Sambre Et Meuse -
1990 Remastered
Planquette, Robert/Cezano, Paul
16. Sultanto A Tte - 1990 Remastered
Fucito, Salvatore/Cordiferro, Riccardo
Samson Et Dalila - 1990 Remastered
Saint-Saens, Camille/Lemaire, Ferdinand
17. Act I - 1990 Remastered
17. Je Viens Celebrer La Victoire -
1990 Remastered
L'elisir D'amore - 1990 Remastered
Donizetti, Gaetano/Romani, Felice
18. Act II - 1990 Remastered
18. Venti Scudi! - 1990 Remastered
CD 12
1. 'A Vucchella - 1990 Remastered
Tosti, Francesco Paolo/D'annunzio, Ga...
2. Vieni Sul Mar - 1990 Remastered
Traditional
3. Tu Ca Nun Chiagne - 1990 Remastered
Curtis, Ernesto De/Bovio, Libero
4. L'addio A Napoli - 1990 Remastered
Cottrau, Teodoro
5. Nina (Tre Giorni Son Che Nina) -
1990 Remastered
Ciampi, Vincenzo Legrenzio
6. Premiere Caresse - 1990 Remastered
De Crescenzo, Vincenzo/Marinier, P.
7. Senza Nisciuno - 1990 Remastered
Curtis, Ernesto De/Barbieri, Antonio
Salvator Rosa - 1990 Remastered
Gomes, Carlos/Ghislanzoni, Antonio
8. Act I - 1990 Remastered
8. Mia Piccirella - 1990 Remastered
9. Serenata (Memories Of A Concert)
- 1990 Remastered
Di Graci, Bracco/Caruso, Enrico
10. Scordame - 1990 Remastered
Fucito, Salvatore/Manente, S.
11. Love Me Or Not - 1990 Remastered
Secchi/Campion, Thomas
Serse - 1990 Remastered
Händel, Georg Friedrich/Minato,
Nicol...
12. Act I - 1990 Remastered
12. Frondi Tenere E Belle...Ombra Mai
Fu (Largo) - 1990 Remaster
13. Noche Feliz - 1990 Remastered
Posadas, Guillermo/Cornejo, G.
La Juive - 1990 Remastered
Halevy, Jacques Fromental/Scribe, Eugene
14. Act IV - 1990 Remastered
14. Rachel, Quand Du Seigneur - 1990
Remastered
15. I' M'arricordo 'E Napule - 1990
Remastered
Gioe, Giuseppe/Esposito, Pasquale
16. Vaghissima Sembianza - 1990 Remastered
Donaudy, Stefano
L'africana (L'africaine) - 1990 Remastered
Meyerbeer, Giacomo/Scribe, Eugene
17. Act III - 1990 Remastered
17. Che Dicon Mai?... Deh, Ch'io Ritorni
- 1990 Remastered
Amadis De Gaule - 1990 Remastered
Lully, Jean Baptiste
18. Act II - 1990 Remastered
18. Bois Epais - 1990 Remastered
19. A Dream - 1990 Remastered
Bartlett, J. C./Cory, C.B.
Petite Messe Solonnelle - 1990 Remastered
Rossini, Gioacchino/Liturgical Text
20. Domine Deus - 1990 Remastered
20. Crucifixus - 1990 Remastered
ENRICO CARUSO (tenor)
Bessie Abott (soprano)
Francesca Alda (soprano)
Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano)
Emmy Destinn (soprano)
Geraldine Farrar (soprano)
Johanna Gadski (soprano)
Alma Gluck (soprano)
Frieda Hempel (soprano)
Dame Nellie Melba (soprano)
Marcella Sembrich (soprano)
Luisa Tetrazzini (soprano)
Louise Homer (mezzo-soprano)
Gina Ciaparelli-Viafora (mezzo-soprano)
Maria Duchene (mezzo-soprano)
Minnie Egener (mezzo-soprano)
Josephine Jacoby (mezzo-soprano)
Gabrielle Lejeune-Gilibert (mezzo-soprano)
Flora Perini (mezzo-soprano)
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Gina Severina (mezzo-soprano)
Angelo Bada (tenor)
Pasquale Amato (baritone)
Mario Ancona (baritone)
Francesco Daddi (baritone)
Emilio de Gorgoza (baritone)
Giuseppe de Luca (baritone)
Titta Ruffo (baritone)
Antonio Scotti (baritone)
Marcel Journet (bass)
Leon Rothier (bass)
Andres de Segurola (bass)
Vincenzo Belleza (piano)
Francesco Cilea (piano)
Salvatore Cottone (piano)
Umberto Giordano (piano)
Percy B. Kahn (piano)
Ruggero Leoncavallo (piano)
Gaetano Scognamiglio (piano)
Mischa Elman (violin)
Francis J. Lapitino (harp)
A. Regis-Rossini (harp)
Bianculli (mandolin)
Rosario Bourdon (cello, celesta)
? Adams (oboe)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Metropolitan Orchestra
Josef Pasternack (conductor)
Walter B. Rogers (conductor)
Gaetano Scognamiglio (conductor)
Giulio Setti (conductor)
BMG-RCA COMPLETE COLLECTIONS 82876-60396-2 [12
CDs: 71.58 + 70.07 + 69.08 + 69.00 + 72.44 + 71.12
+ 71.44 + 71.55 + 72.26 + 72.37 + 67.08 + 73.10]
