Carlo Bergonzi - Operatic Recital

The Golden Age of Italian tenors was at 1950-60. DiStefano, Coreli, Del Monaco, Gianni Raimondi to mention some of them and of course Carlo Bergonzi. Bergonzi was the one who had the most sensitive and "humanate" voice of all with Pavaroti claiming to follow his example.

This Classic Recital dates from 1957, it was recorded very carefully be Decca as always did Decca in this golden age. The voice of Carlo Bergonzi is at his highest peak and we' re quite lucky to have such performances captured so well. His recital includes Arias from the core Italian operatic repertoire of Verdi and Puccini along with some arias from operas of Cilea, Giordano and Mayerbeer.

The Tracklist:

1 Se quel guerrier io fossi … Celeste Aida (Radamès) (Aida Verdi)
2 Oh! Fede negar potessi … Quando le sere al placido (Rodolfo) (Luisa Miller Verdi)
3 La vita è un inferno … O tu che in seno agli angeli (Don Alvaro) (La forza del destino Verdi)
4 Ah sì, ben mio (Manrico) (Il trovatore Verdi)
5 Forse la soglia attinse … Ma se m’è forza perderti (Riccardo) (Un ballo in maschera Verdi)
6 Mi batte il cor … O paradiso! (Vasco da Gama) (L’africana Meyerbeer)
7 Come un bel dì di maggio (Chénier) (Andrea Chénier Giordano)
8 La dolcissima effigie (Maurizio) (Adriana Lecouvreur Cilea)
9 L’anima ho stanca (Maurizio) (Adriana Lecouvreur Cilea)
10 Recondita armonia (Mario) (Tosca Puccini)
11 E lucevan le stelle (Mario) (Tosca Puccini)
12 Donna non vidi mai (Des Grieux) (Manon Lescaut Puccini)

The Links

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