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 The Very Best Of Beniamino Gigli
Release Date: 09/02/2003 
Label:  Emi Classics   Catalog #: 85093   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi,  Gaetano Donizetti,  Charles Gounod,  Jules Massenet,  Giacomo Puccini, 
Pietro Mascagni,  César Franck,  Franz Schubert,  Salvatore Cardillo, 
Luigi Denza,  Eduardo Di Capua,  Francesco Paolo Tosti,  Ernesto De Curtis, 
Francesco Cilèa,  Umberto Giordano,  Jacques Halévy,  Edouard Lalo, 
Ruggero Leoncavallo,  Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli,  Maria Marcucci,  Giulietta Simionato,  Giuseppe Noto,  Herbert Dawson, 
Gino Bechi,  Giuseppe Taddei,  Gino Conti,  Maria Caniglia

Conductor:  Walter Goehr,  Franco Ghione,  Sir John Barbirolli,  Sir Eugene Goossens,  Umberto Berrettoni, 
Oliviero de Fabritiis,  Pietro Mascagni,  Bruno Seidler-Winkler,  Tullio Serafin, 
Rinaldo Zamboni,  Dino Olivieri,  Lawrence Collingwood,  Stanford Robinson, 
Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra,  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra,  Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus,  Berlin State Opera Orchestra, 
Favres Solisten Vereinigung,  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, 
Chorus,  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Chorus,  Philharmonia Orchestra

Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Mono 
Length: 2 Hours 32 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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Includes song(s) by César Franck, Salvatore Cardillo, Luigi Denza, Eduardo Di Capua, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Gioacchino Rossini, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Ernesto De Curtis. Soloist: Beniamino Gigli.
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1.  Aida: Celeste Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Walter Goehr
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Se quel guerrier io fossi..." 
2.  Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Franco Ghione
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
3.  L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1832; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
4.  Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Sir Eugene Goossens
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; France 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Qual turbamento..." 
5.  Manon: Instant charmant...En fermant les yeux "Dream of des Grieux" by Jules Massenet
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883-1884; France 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "O dolce incanto..." 
6.  La Bohème: Che gelida manina by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Umberto Berrettoni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
7.  Tosca: Recondita armonia by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
8.  Tosca: E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
9.  Madama Butterfly: Dovunque al mondo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
10.  Cavalleria Rusticana: Viva il vino spumeggiante "Brindisi" by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Pietro Mascagni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra,  Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1890; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Intanto amici, qua..." 
11.  Cavalleria Rusticana: Mamma, quel vino è generoso "Addio" by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:  Maria Marcucci (Mezzo Soprano), Giulietta Simionato (Mezzo Soprano), Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Pietro Mascagni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1890; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
12.  Isabeau: Ah! Tu ch' odi lo mio grido by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Umberto Berrettoni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1911; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Non colomebelle!..." 
13.  Manon Lescaut: No! pazzo son! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor), Giuseppe Noto (Baritone)
Conductor:  Umberto Berrettoni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Che avvien?..." and "Ah! non v'avvicinate." 
14.  Panis angelicus by César Franck
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin State Opera Orchestra,  Favres Solisten Vereinigung
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1872; France 
 		Language: Latin 
15.  Requiem Mass: Ingemisco by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Italy 
 		Language: Latin 
16.  Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert
Performer:  Herbert Dawson (Organ), Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1825; Vienna, Austria 
 		Language: Latin 
17.  Core 'ngrato by Salvatore Cardillo
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Rinaldo Zamboni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1911; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
18.  Funiculì funiculà by Luigi Denza
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Walter Goehr
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra,  Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Naples, Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
19.  'O sole mio by Eduardo Di Capua
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Dino Olivieri
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1898; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
20.  La serenata by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Dino Olivieri
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1888; London, England 
 		Language: Italian 
21.  Romanze (3): no 3, Aprile by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Lawrence Collingwood
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1882; London, England 
 		Language: Italian 
22.  Torna a Surriento by Ernesto De Curtis
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Dino Olivieri
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
23.  Canzoni-stornelli (3): no 2, L'ultima canzone by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Walter Goehr
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1905; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
24.  La forza del destino: O, tu che in seno agli angeli by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Umberto Berrettoni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862/1869; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "La vita è inferno..." 
25.  L'Arlesiana: E la solita storia...Anch'io vorrei "Lamento" by Francesco Cilèa
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Umberto Berrettoni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1897-1898; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
26.  Andrea Chénier: Un dì all' azzuro spazio "Improvviso" by Umberto Giordano
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
27.  Andrea Chénier: Si, fui soldato by Umberto Giordano
Performer:  Gino Bechi (Baritone), Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone), Gino Conti (Bass),
Maria Caniglia (Soprano), Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Andrea Chénier...Corragio!..." 
28.  Andrea Chénier: Come un bel dì di maggio by Umberto Giordano
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
29.  Un ballo in maschera: Di' tu se fedele by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
30.  Un ballo in maschera: Ma se m' è forza perderti by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Chorus,  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Forse la soglia attinse..." 
31.  La juive: Rachel, quand du Seigneur by Jacques Halévy
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Rinaldo Zamboni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1835; Paris, France 
 		Language: French 
32.  Le Roi d'Ys: Vainement, ma bien-aimée [Aubade] by Edouard Lalo
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Rinaldo Zamboni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875-1888; France 
 		Language: French 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Puisqu'on ne peut fléchir..." 
33.  Manon: Ah! fuyez, douce image by Jules Massenet
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Rinaldo Zamboni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883-1884; France 
 		Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Je suis seul..." 
34.  Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller? by Jules Massenet
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Rinaldo Zamboni
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; France 
 		Language: Italian 
35.  L'Elisir d'Amore: Quanto è bella! Quanto è cara! by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Stanford Robinson
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1832; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
36.  Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Stanford Robinson
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
37.  I Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Franco Ghione
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
38.  Mattinata by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Franco Ghione
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
39.  Stabat mater: Cujus animam by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1832/1842; Italy 
 		Language: Latin 
40.  Les soirées musicales: no 8, La danza by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:  Walter Goehr
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1830-1835; Italy 
 		Language: Italian 
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