MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Titta Ruffo in his vocal prime [1907 - 1922]

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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Titta Ruffo in his vocal prime [1907 - 1922]
Titta Ruffo (baritone)

[ Pearl / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Friday 2 February 1996

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Titta Ruffo (1877 - 1953), was an Italian operatic baritone who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone" ("voice of the lion"), he was greatly admired, even by rival baritones, such as Giuseppe De Luca, who said of Ruffo: "His was not a voice, it was a miracle" (although not often published is the second part of De Luca's conclusion "which he [Ruffo] bawled away..."), and Victor Maurel, the creator of Verdi's Iago and Falstaff. Maurel said that the notes of Ruffo's upper register were the most glorious baritone sounds he had ever heard (see Pleasants, cited below). Indeed Walter Legge, the prominent classical record producer, went so far as to call Ruffo "a genius".

Tracks:

Faust, opera
1 Avant de quitter ces lieux 03:44

Martha, opera
2 Lasst mich euch fragen "Porterlied" 02:05

Rigoletto, opera
3 Pari siamo 04:19
4 Ah veglia o donna 02:35
5 Povero Rigoletto...Cortigiani 03:26
6 Ah piangi piangi fanciulla 03:20
7 No vecchio...Si vendetta 02:13

Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527
8 Deh vieni alla finesra 02:13

Otello, opera
9 Credo 04:30
10 E qual certezza...Era la notte 04:00
11 O monstruosa colpa!...Si pel ciel marmoreo giuro! 04:46

Falstaff, opera
12 L'onore! ladri! 03:39

Hamlet, opera in 5 acts
13 Brindisi 03:44

Thaïs, opera in 3 acts
14
Hélas enfant encore 02:55
15
Voila donc le terrible cité 02:57

Carmen, opera
16 Toreador's Song 02:32

Pagliacci, opera
17 Prologo 05:45

Chatterton, opera
18 Tu sola a me rimani 02:44