The Art of Aristodemo Giorgini
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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
Magazine Review Date: 4/1995
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 72
Mastering:
Acoustic
ADD
Catalogue Number: TRC3
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(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 |
Author:
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'' (
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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