Notes and Editorial Reviews
Among the most resplendent singers of that "golden era" of singing customarily associated with Enrico Caruso's artistry was the Italian baritone Giuseppe De Luca. His exceptionally long career (more than five decades) as well as his immense number of recordings has ensured De Luca a permanent place in the pantheon of operatic history. Even at the age of seventy he was still making recordings and all his recordings are among the most treasured belcanto documents known to posterity. He was an artist who combined exquisite musicality and taste with a voice of rare distinction. His cultivated tone production, his legato technique and, not least, his pellucid diction make him a paragon of vocal virtues. His true stature will, however, only
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Works on This Recording
1.
Serenata gelata by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 04/02/1917
Length: 2 Minutes 2 Secs.
2.
Nuttata è sentimento by G. Capolongo
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 04/02/1917
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs.
3.
Pastorale by Enrico De Leva
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 04/02/1917
Length: 1 Minutes 57 Secs.
4.
Lullaby by Alexander Gretchaninov
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 03/06/1918
Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs.
5.
God bless you, my dear by Ariadne Holmes Edwards
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Date of Recording: 03/06/1918
Length: 2 Minutes 32 Secs.
6.
Ultima rosa by Gabriele Sibella
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 03/06/1918
Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs.
7.
Oi luna by Salvatore Cardillo
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 03/21/1919
Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs.
8.
Beau soir by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: circa 1880; France
Date of Recording: 03/21/1919
Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs.
9.
Mattinata by G. Fatuo
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 04/14/1919
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs.
10.
Marietta by Romilli,
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Date of Recording: 04/18/1922
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs.
11.
Rosa by Romilli,
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Date of Recording: 04/12/1923
Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs.
12.
Voi dormite, Signora by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906; London, England
Date of Recording: 04/12/1923
Length: 2 Minutes 48 Secs.
13.
Occhi di fata by Luigi Denza
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Naples, Italy
Date of Recording: 03/18/1924
Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs.
14.
Canta il mare by Enrico De Leva
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 03/18/1924
Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs.
15.
Siviglia by G. Fatuo
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 02/17/1925
Length: 2 Minutes 6 Secs.
16.
Stornello by Pietro Cimara
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 02/17/1925
Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs.
17.
Caro mio ben by Tommaso Giordani
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone),
Pietro Cimara (Piano)
Period: Classical
Date of Recording: 1946
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs.
Notes: This work is erroneously attributed to Giuseppe Giordani.
18.
Bella clori by Andrea Falconieri
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone),
Pietro Cimara (Piano)
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 1946
Length: 1 Minutes 42 Secs.
19.
Siciliana for Oboe and Basso Continuo by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone),
Pietro Cimara (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century; Italy
Date of Recording: 1946
Length: 4 Minutes 29 Secs.
20.
Dolce Madonna by Anonymous
Performer:
Pietro Cimara (Piano),
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Date of Recording: 1946
Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs.
21.
Selve amiche by Antonio Caldara
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone),
Pietro Cimara (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Date of Recording: 1946
Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs.
22.
Arminio: Pur dicesti, o bocca bella by Antonio Lotti
Performer:
Pietro Cimara (Piano),
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1714; Italy
Date of Recording: 1946
Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs.
23.
Le nuove musiche: Amarilli mia bella by Giulio Caccini
Performer:
Pietro Cimara (Piano),
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1602; Italy
Date of Recording: 1946
Length: 3 Minutes 48 Secs.
24.
Bella bocca by Bernardo Pasquini
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone),
Pietro Cimara (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 1946
Length: 3 Minutes 38 Secs.
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