[ Decca Grandi Voci / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 14 August 1994
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One of the century's defining operatic tenors, Carlo Bergonzi, died after a short illness on 26th July at the age of 90. Celebrated for his interpretations of the great Verdi roles in particular, he was as much as home at The Metropolitan Opera, where he sang over 300 times, as he was in his native La Scala.
Gramophone Magazine awarded him their 'Lifetime Achievement' Award in 2000. For The New York Times, he was "one of the 20th century's most distinguished operatic tenors, renowned for the refined interpretive taste and keen musical intelligence he brought to his art". For writers such as John Steane, Bergonzi held a unique position among tenors: "More than any other Italian tenor on record, he combines power, beauty, intensity and elegance." (Steane, The Grand Tradition: Seventy Years of Singing on Record, 1900 to 1970,).
"Carlo Bergonzi receives the compilation treatment and reminds us what a superb singer he was."
(Gramophone)
NOTE: Booklet has some very slight wear
1 Aida - Se Quel Guerrier...Celeste Aida
Composed By - Giuseppe Verdi
5:02
2 Luisa Miller - Oh! Fede Negar Potessi...Quando Le Sere Al Placido
Composed By - Giuseppe Verdi
4:54
3 La Forza Del Destino - La Vita E Un Inferno...O Tu Che In Seno Agli Angeli
Composed By - Giuseppe Verdi
5:57
4 Il Trovatore - Ah Si, Ben Mio
Composed By - Giuseppe Verdi
2:58
5 Un Ballo In Maschera - Forse La Soglia Attinse...Ma Se M'E Forza Perderti
Composed By - Giuseppe Verdi
5:12
6 L'Africana - Mi Batte Il Cor...O Paradiso!
Composed By - Giacomo Meyerbeer
2:52
7 Andrea Chenier - Come Un Bel Di Di Maggio
Composed By - Umberto Giordano
2:59
8 Adriana Lecouvreur - La Dolcissima Effigie
Composed By - Francesco Cilea
2:02
9 Adriana Lecouvreur - L'Anima Ho Stanca
Composed By - Francesco Cilea
1:41
10 Tosca - Recondita Armonia
Composed By - Giacomo Puccini
2:43
11 Tosca - E Lucevan Le Stelle
Composed By - Giacomo Puccini
2:44
12 Manon Lescaut - Donna Non Vidi Mai
Composed By - Giacomo Puccini
2:33
13 Don Carlos - Fontainebleau! Foresta Immensa...Lo La Vidi
Composed By - Giuseppe Verdi
4:43
14 La Boheme - Che Gelida Manina
Composed By - Giacomo Puccini
4:52
15 La Traviata - Lungi Da Lei...De' Miei Bollenti Spiriti...O Mio Rimorso!
Composed By - Giuseppe Verdi
7:43
16 Un Ballo In Maschera - La Rivedra Nell'estasi
Composed By - Giuseppe Verdi
2:05
17 Un Ballo In Maschera - Su, Profetessa...Di' Tu Se Fedele
Composed By - Giuseppe Verdi
3:56
18 La Gioconda - Cielo E Mar
Composed By - Amilcare Ponchielli
4:59