The Art of Aristodemo Giorgini

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet, Vincenzo Bellini, Arrigo Boito, Gioachino Rossini, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Umberto Giordano, Ernesto De Curtis, Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti, Francesco Cilea, Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Giacomo Meyerbeer

Label: Record Collector

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 72

Mastering:

Acoustic
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Catalogue Number: TRC3

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(L')Africaine, '(The) African Maid', Movement: ~ Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Tosca, Movement: Recondita armonia Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Stornelli marini Pietro Mascagni, Composer
Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Pietro Mascagni, Composer
Fedora, Movement: Amor ti vieta Umberto Giordano, Composer
Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Umberto Giordano, Composer
Fedora, Movement: ~ Umberto Giordano, Composer
Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Umberto Giordano, Composer
(I) Puritani, Movement: A te, o cara Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(I) Puritani, Movement: ~ Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(La) Sonnambula, Movement: ~ Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(Les) Pêcheurs de Perles, '(The) Pearl Fishers', Movement: ~ Georges Bizet, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Francesco Federici, Baritone
Georges Bizet, Composer
(Les) Pêcheurs de Perles, '(The) Pearl Fishers', Movement: De mon amie Georges Bizet, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Georges Bizet, Composer
Luisa Miller, Movement: ~ Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Adriana Lecouvreur, Movement: ~ Francesco Cilea, Composer
Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Francesco Cilea, Composer
Adriana Lecouvreur, Movement: L'anima ho stanca Francesco Cilea, Composer
Anonymous Pianist(s), Piano
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Francesco Cilea, Composer
Werther, Movement: ~ Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
(Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville', Movement: Se il mio nome Gioachino Rossini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
Don Pasquale, Movement: Sogno soave e casto Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
Lucia di Lammermoor, '(The) Bride of Lammermoor', Movement: ~ Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer
Pagliacci, 'Players', Movement: ~ Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Composer
Mefistofele, Movement: Dai campi, dai prati Arrigo Boito, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Arrigo Boito, Composer
Mefistofele, Movement: ~ Arrigo Boito, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Arrigo Boito, Composer
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Che gelida manina Giacomo Puccini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Tosca, Movement: E lucevan le stelle Giacomo Puccini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
(La) Fanciulla del West, '(The) Girl of the Golden, Movement: Ch'ella mi creda libero Giacomo Puccini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Tu parte Ernesto De Curtis, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra
Aristodemo Giorgini, Tenor
Ernesto De Curtis, Composer
This is an important release in several respects. It is issued by The Record Collector, an invaluable and (I think it is right to say) heroic magazine that for almost half a century has come through on a wing and a prayer, not to mention a good deal of hard work, providing information and discussion about singers on record. Now, for the first time, the magazine has compiled a CD devoted to the singer who is the subject of its current number. This contains a biography, discography and critical evaluation, and in future, whenever the tenor Aristodemo Giorgini has to be entered in the encyclopaedias, written about in any survey of his period, or simply followed up out of interest by people who enjoy good singing, Vol. 39 No. 4 of The Record Collector will be the first place to look in for information.
By coincidence, Giorgini had a place in these columns in March this year when the one complete opera set he made was reviewed (La boheme: 1928). He was then in his fiftieth year and past his best though it is clear that a sound training had kept his voice steady and slim-lined throughout his career. The present disc shows him in his prime, beginning in 1905, the year of his debut at La Scala. He sang at Covent Garden that same summer, later travelling to Russia and the USA. What we hear on these records is a lyric tenor with a sweet, steady, well-placed voice and a style distinguished by the purity of its legato. The passage from note to note is not the series of little bumps that often masquerades as legato: it is a smooth, even progression and a delight to the ear. Sample the opening ''O paradis'' (L'africaine) or ''Quando le sere'' (Luisa Miller). When he sings music from the verismo operas he offers them no violence but bestows almost the same caress and controlled power that he brings to Bellini. Try ''Amor ti vieta'' (Fedora).
On the earliest recordings, a certain pallor of tone and open 'a' sounds are notable, transient though. The year 1908 catches more of the voice's body and incisive ring. Then, with the Pathes of 1912–14 comes a change of recorded sound so remarkable that one might well not identify it as the same voice at all. The final track, from 1928, shows him to better advantage than does the Boheme set and sends one back to 1905 to reconsider initial impressions in the light of this vivid electrical recording. Transfers and insert material are first-rate. Let us hope for a prospering, long continuing series.'

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