Enrico Molinari (1882-1956)
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Composer or Director: Charles-François Gounod, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Umberto Giordano, Arrigo Boito
Label: Lebendige Vergangenheit
Magazine Review Date: 12/1996
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 74
Mastering:
Mono
Acoustic
ADD
Catalogue Number: 89129

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville', Movement: Largo al factotum |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Gioachino Rossini, Composer Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
(Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville', Movement: Dunque io son? |
Gioachino Rossini, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Gioachino Rossini, Composer Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor Nunu Sanchioni, Soprano |
(I) due Foscari, '(The) Two Foscaris', Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
Ernani, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
Rigoletto, Movement: Pari siamo! |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
Rigoletto, Movement: Figlia!...Mio padre! |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor Nunu Sanchioni, Soprano |
Rigoletto, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
(Il) trovatore, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
(La) traviata, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
Otello, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
Otello, Movement: Era la notte (Dream) |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
Dinorah, '(Le) pardon de Ploërmel', Movement: Ah! mon remords te venge |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
Tannhäuser, Movement: Als du in kuhnem Sange |
Richard Wagner, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer |
Tannhäuser, Movement: ~ |
Richard Wagner, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer |
Lohengrin, Movement: Dank, König, dir |
Richard Wagner, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer |
Faust, Movement: ~ |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Charles-François Gounod, Composer Elena Cheli, Soprano Enrico Molinari, Baritone Ida Mannarini, Mezzo soprano Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
Andrea Chénier, Movement: ~ |
Umberto Giordano, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Enrico Molinari, Baritone Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor Umberto Giordano, Composer |
Nerone, Movement: Ecco il magico specchio |
Arrigo Boito, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Arrigo Boito, Composer Enrico Molinari, Baritone Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
Nerone, Movement: Vivete in pace, in concento soave d'amor |
Arrigo Boito, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Arrigo Boito, Composer Enrico Molinari, Baritone Lorenzo Molajoli, Conductor |
Author: Alan Blyth
To judge by the examples of his art collected here he deserves better of us all. His well-produced, keenly projected though I judge only medium-sized voice most calls to mind that of De Luca and perhaps Leonard Warren, showing a softer grain than that of such towering figures as, say, Ruffo, Stracciari and Granforte. Its owner uses it with appreciable skill, most notably in the ten Verdi titles included here, sensibly arranged in chronological order. You will find few more easily voiced versions of “Il balen” or “Di Provenza” (sadly only one verse) than Molinari’s and his account of “O vecchio cor” can almost rank with Amato’s famed 1913 version (available on various transfers).
Not everything is individually done. His “Pari siamo” has none of the variety, say, found in it by Stracciari or Gobbi: the dynamic range is limited, as it is in “Era la notte”. Yet Figaro’s “Largo al factotum”, a smiling performance, Gerard’s solos from Andrea Chenier and those of Simon Nago from Boito’s Nerone disclose a fair gift for creating character by voice alone. In duets from Il barbiere and Rigoletto Ninu Sanchioni’s tone proves something of a trial, but Molinari’s contributions are a pleasure to hear.
There is something especially beautiful about his Wolfram, a role of which he must have been a fine exponent: “O tu bell’astro” (“O du mein holder Abendstern”) is a reading to cherish. That, like all the items here, falls easily on the ear, both the original recordings, all Italian Columbias, and the transfers successfully catching the gratifying warmth of Molinari’s singing.'
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