A Life in Words & Music - Beniamino Gigli (4 CDs)

A Life in Words & Music - Beniamino Gigli

4 CDs

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A Life in Words & Music - Beniamino Gigli, 4 CDs

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Diese Serie erforscht das Leben legendärer Künstler der Vergangenheit. Ihr bewegter Weg zu weltweiter Anerkennung wird durch eine Kombination aus lebendigen Erzählungen und authentischen Aufnahmen dargestellt. Diese CD enthält über 40 Originalaufnahmen aus den Jahren 1918 bis 1952.

Künstler: Written and narrated by Graeme Kay
Label: Naxos, DDD, 2002
Bestellnummer: 4946083
Erscheinungstermin: 22.3.2004

Beniamino Gigli war der Erbe der Krone von Enrico Caruso, dem unangefochtenen Tenorissimo der New Yorker Metropolitan Opera. Aufnahmen aus der Zeit von 1918 bis in die frühen 1950er Jahre liefern ein lebendiges Zeugnis von Giglis natürlichen Stimmqualitäten: Geschmeidigkeit, Wärme und lyrische Leidenschaft.

Gigli war zum Singen geboren und nutzte Schallplatten, Sendungen und Filme, um seine Musik und Karriere weit über die Grenzen des Opernhauses oder Konzertsaals hinaus bekannt zu machen.

Als Junge vom Land, der reich und berühmt wurde, war Gigli ein beim Publikum gefragter Tenor, zählte aber auch Könige, Prinzen und sogar Hitler und Mussolini zu seinen begeisterten Fans. In Worten und Musik erkundet Graeme Kay die bemerkenswerte Geschichte des Mannes, den man das »Zwergkind der Oper« nannte.

Tracklisting
Mitwirkende

Disk 1 von 4 (CD)

1 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: 'I was born with a voice and very little else...' / Ponchielli: 'Cielo e mar' from La
2 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Family background
3 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Gigli's stage debut and poverty-stricken start
4 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Puccini: 'O soave fanciulla' from La Boheme - 1919
5 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Service in the household of Countess Spannocchi
6 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Donizetti: 'Spirto gentil' from La favorita - 1918
7 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Colonel Delfino, and Giovanni Zerri's legal agreement
8 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Cannio: O surdato 'nnammurato - 1918
9 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: A hospital visit and a scholarship
10 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Mascagni: 'Ah! ritrovarla nella sua capanna' from Lodoletta - 1918
11 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Gigli graduates and makes his debut; he goes for the high B flat
12 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Puccini: 'E lucevan le stelle' from Tosca - 1918
13 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Marriage, Rome and a tour to Spain
14 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Mascagni: 'Apri la tua finestra!' from Iris - 1918
15 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life In Words And Music: A Letter From Fred Gaisberg Of Hmv
16 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Mascagni: 'Mamma, quel vino e generoso' from Cavalleria rusticana - 1919
17 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Gigli conquers South America, and receives an offer from the Met
18 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Metropolitan Opera debut in Mefistofele
19 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Boito: 'Giunto sul passo estremo' from Mefistofele - 1921

Disk 2 von 4 (CD)

1 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: The critics' verdict, and more performances
2 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Donizetti: 'Tombe degl'avi miei' from Lucia di Lammermoor - 1927
3 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Gigli's fate becomes entwined with Caruso's
4 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Giordano: 'Un di all'azzurro spazio' from Andrea Chenier - 1922
5 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Who will be Caruso's successor?
6 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Verdi: 'De'miei bollenti spiriti' from La traviata - 1928
7 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Life forms a regular pattern, and Gigli learns to sing in foreign languages
8 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Lalo: 'Vainement, ma bien aimee' from Le Roi d'Ys - 1922
9 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Manon at the Met
10 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Massenet: 'O dolce incanto' from Manon - 1931
11 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Catalani's Loreley
12 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Catalani: 'Nel verde maggio' from Loreley - 1923
13 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Summer in Italy, then back to New York and some physical training
14 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Gounod: 'Ah! ne fuis pas encore!' from Romeo et Juliette - 1923
15 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life In Words And Music: Honorary Captain Of The Nypd
16 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Meyerbeer: 'O paradiso' from L'Africaine - 1928
17 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Flourishing finances and professional rivalries
18 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Crushing remarks; the attraction of radio
19 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Sullivan: The Lost Chord - 1931
20 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: A new decade, and the honour of playing Nemorino at the Met
21 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Donizetti: 'Quanto e bella' from L'elisir d'amore - 1925

Disk 3 von 4 (CD)

1 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Debuts in Paris and London, and London's critical reception
2 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Flotow: 'M'appari' [Ach! So fromm] from Mata [Martha] - 1929
3 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Crisis: the death of Gigli's mother, and tension at the Met
4 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Departure from the Met
5 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: America's loss is Europe's gain
6 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Speech: Gigli in an interview at the Savoy Hotel, London - 1946
7 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Cherished London reviews
8 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Leoncavallo: 'No, Pagliacci non son!' from Pagliacci - 1934
9 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Recording reflects the drama
10 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Leoncavallo: 'Suvvia, cosi terribile' from Pagliacci - 1934
11 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Touring, Gigli's working relationships, and a new turn of events
12 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: De Curtis: Non ti scorder di me - 1935
13 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Film popularity, Hitler and Goebbels, and the Caracalla tradition
14 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Puccini: 'Che gelida manina' from La Boheme - 1938
15 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Voice expert John Steane's recommendation
16 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Puccini: ' O soave fanciulla' from La Boheme - 1938
17 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: A new recording of Tosca
18 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Puccini: 'Recondita armonia' from Tosca - 1938
19 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Patience and hard work produce 'a perfrect set of master recordings'
20 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Puccini: 'E lucevan le stelle' from Tosca - 1938
21 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: A return to America and the Met
22 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Verdi: 'Ingemisco' from the Requiem - 1939
23 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: The recording of Madama Butterfly
24 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Puccini: Closing moments of Act I, Madama Butterfly - 1939

Disk 4 von 4 (CD)

1 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: War keeps Gigli in Italy
2 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Introductory speech to Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni - 1940
3 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Translation of the speech
4 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Mascagni: 'Mamma, quel vino e generoso' from Cavalleria rusticana - 1940
5 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: More role debuts, Gigli's wartime films, and Andrea Chenier
6 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Giordano: 'Un di all'azzurro spazio' from Andrea Chenier - 1941
7 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: John Steane's verdict
8 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Giordano: 'Come un bel di di maggio' from Andrea Chenier - 1941
9 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Rome Opera House rallies wartime spirits
10 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Verdi: 'Teco io sto - Gran Dio' from Un ballo in maschera - 1943
11 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Verdi: 'Non sai tu che se l'anima mia' from Un ballo in maschera - 1943
12 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Verdi: 'Oh, qual soave brivido' from Un ballo in maschera - 1943
13 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Gigli's political affiliations
14 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Verdi: 'Celeste Aida' from Aida - 1946
15 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life In Words And Music: Postwar Italy: An Hmv Manager's Report
16 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Verdi: 'Pui ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida' from Aida - 1946
17 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Covent Garden with Rina, then a tour of Britian and Ireland
18 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Speech given by Gigli after a concert at the Royal Albert Hall - 1952
19 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: The final phase - and no thoughts of retirement
20 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Di Veroli: Ritorna amore - 1952
21 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life In Words And Music: A Last Visit To The Usa
22 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Cottrau: Santa Lucia - 1949
23 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Gigli's death, his obituaries, and his place in the tenor lineage
24 na Not Applicable: Gigli: A Life in Words and Music: Meyerbeer: 'O paradiso' from L'Africaine (ending) - 1928