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Best of Salvatore Licitra is a two-disc set of recordings made by the Italian tenor who was hailed as a successor to Pavarotti but who died tragically young in a moped accident in 2011. The collection is taken from his small number of albums, including The Debut, Forbidden Love, Duetto (with tenor Marcelo Álvarez), and the soundtrack to the film The Man Who Cried, plus several scenes taken from his video of Tosca with soprano Maria Guleghina. The album includes Licitra's last recordings, five tracks that have never been released, so even fans of the tenor who already have his other albums will want to hear this one.
With a handful of exceptions, the set is devoted to Italian songs, arias, and duets, and about half the tracks are from the operas of Verdi and Puccini, Licitra's core repertoire. Purists should be aware that the duets with Álvarez include familiar repertoire, but some are in new arrangements, so, for example, "Au fond du temple saint" includes a women's chorus instead of a baritone. In the operatic selections Licitra is sometimes tempted to push his voice, but in the popular Romantic Italian songs like Funiculì, Funiculà and O sole mio his expansive lyricism of shines at its best. The five newly released songs, accompanied by Marco Armiliato leading the Prague Philharmonic, are in fact some of Licitra's most satisfying recorded performances; they demonstrate a new level of vocal and artistic maturity and control, so his untimely death is an especially tragic artistic loss. The sound is never less than very fine, but since the recordings are taken from various sources, the ambience can vary considerably.
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Carlo Rizzi, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Grace Row, Producer - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - London Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Performer - Richard King, Engineer - Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Conductor - Romano Gandolfi, Chorus Master - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Librettist - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Performer - Richard King, Engineer - Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Conductor - Romano Gandolfi, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Carlo Rizzi, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Grace Row, Producer - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - London Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Il Trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi)
Barbara Frittoli, Soprano - Coro della Scala, Performer - David Mottley, Executive Producer - Elfride Forone, Producer - Ernesto Gavazzi, Tenor - Ernesto Panariello, Bass (Vocal) - Francesco Biasi, Tenor - Giorgio Giuseppini, Bass (Vocal) - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Leo Nucci, Baritone - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Performer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor - Riccardo Muti, Performer - Roberto Gabbiani, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Tiziana Tramonti, Soprano - Violeta Urmana, Mezzo-Soprano
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Barbara Frittoli, Soprano - Coro della Scala, Performer - David Mottley, Executive Producer - Elfride Forone, Producer - Ernesto Gavazzi, Tenor - Ernesto Panariello, Bass (Vocal) - Francesco Biasi, Tenor - Giorgio Giuseppini, Bass (Vocal) - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Leo Nucci, Baritone - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Performer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor - Riccardo Muti, Performer - Roberto Gabbiani, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Tiziana Tramonti, Soprano - Violeta Urmana, Mezzo-Soprano
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Barbara Frittoli, Soprano - Coro della Scala, Performer - David Mottley, Executive Producer - Elfride Forone, Producer - Ernesto Gavazzi, Tenor - Ernesto Panariello, Bass (Vocal) - Francesco Biasi, Tenor - Giorgio Giuseppini, Bass (Vocal) - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Leo Nucci, Baritone - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Performer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor - Riccardo Muti, Performer - Roberto Gabbiani, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Tiziana Tramonti, Soprano - Violeta Urmana, Mezzo-Soprano
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Carlo Rizzi, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Grace Row, Producer - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - London Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)
Alfredo Marriotti, Bass (Vocal) - Coro E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Performer - David Mottley, Producer - Ernesto Gavazzi, Tenor - Ernesto Panariello, Bass (Vocal) - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giovanni Battista Parodi, Bass (Vocal) - Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettist - Leo Nucci, Baritone - Luigi Illica, Librettist - Maria Guleghina, Soprano - Riccardo Muti, Conductor - Roberto Gabbiani, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Silvestro Sammaritano, Bass (Vocal) - Virginia Barchi, Soprano
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment
Alfredo Marriotti, Bass (Vocal) - Coro E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Performer - David Mottley, Producer - Ernesto Gavazzi, Tenor - Ernesto Panariello, Bass (Vocal) - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giovanni Battista Parodi, Bass (Vocal) - Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettist - Leo Nucci, Baritone - Luigi Illica, Librettist - Maria Guleghina, Soprano - Riccardo Muti, Conductor - Roberto Gabbiani, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Silvestro Sammaritano, Bass (Vocal) - Virginia Barchi, Soprano
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment
Alfredo Marriotti, Bass (Vocal) - Coro E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Performer - David Mottley, Producer - Ernesto Gavazzi, Tenor - Ernesto Panariello, Bass (Vocal) - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giovanni Battista Parodi, Bass (Vocal) - Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettist - Leo Nucci, Baritone - Luigi Illica, Librettist - Maria Guleghina, Soprano - Riccardo Muti, Conductor - Roberto Gabbiani, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Silvestro Sammaritano, Bass (Vocal) - Virginia Barchi, Soprano
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment
Carlo Rizzi, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettist - Grace Row, Producer - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - London Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Luigi Illica, Librettist - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Carlo Rizzi, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Grace Row, Producer - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - London Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Mary Plazas, Soprano - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Performer - Richard King, Engineer - Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Conductor - Romano Gandolfi, Chorus Master - Salvatore Cammarano, Librettist - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Arrigo Boito, Librettist - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Performer - Richard King, Engineer - Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Conductor - Romano Gandolfi, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Luigi Illica, Librettist - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Performer - Richard King, Engineer - Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Conductor - Romano Gandolfi, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steven Epstein, Producer - Umberto Giordano, Composer
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer - Arrigo Boito, Librettist - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Performer - Richard King, Engineer - Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Conductor - Romano Gandolfi, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Guido Menasci, Librettist - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Performer - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Richard King, Engineer - Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Conductor - Romano Gandolfi, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
DISC 2
Carlo Rizzi, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Grace Row, Producer - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - London Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Carlo Rizzi, Conductor - Covent Garden Chorus, Performer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Grace Row, Producer - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - London Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Mary Plazas, Soprano - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Terry Edwards, Chorus Master
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Francesco Cilea, Composer - Leopoldo Marenco, Librettist - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Performer - Richard King, Engineer - Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Conductor - Romano Gandolfi, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Alfredo Marriotti, Bass (Vocal) - Coro E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Performer - David Mottley, Producer - Ernesto Gavazzi, Tenor - Ernesto Panariello, Bass (Vocal) - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giovanni Battista Parodi, Bass (Vocal) - Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettist - Leo Nucci, Baritone - Luigi Illica, Librettist - Maria Guleghina, Soprano - Riccardo Muti, Conductor - Roberto Gabbiani, Chorus Master - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Silvestro Sammaritano, Bass (Vocal) - Virginia Barchi, Soprano
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment
Carlo Rizzi, Conductor - Domenico Oliva, Librettist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Grace Row, Producer - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - London Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Luigi Illica, Librettist - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Craig Leon, Arranger - Daniel May, Conductor - Eugène Cormon, Librettist - Georges Bizet, Composer - Marcelo Alvarez, Performer - Marcelo Alvarez, Tenor - Michel Carré, Librettist - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steve Wood, Arranger - Steve Wood, Keyboards - Steve Wood, Producer - The City Of Prague Philharmonic, Performer - The Kühn's Choir, Performer
(P) 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Claudio Sanfilippo, Lyricist - Daniel May, Conductor - Daniel May, Piano - Marcelo Alvarez, Performer - Marcelo Alvarez, Tenor - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Sergej Rachmaninoff, Composer - Steve Wood, Composer - Steve Wood, Keyboards - Steve Wood, Producer - The City Of Prague Philharmonic, Performer - The Kühn's Choir, Performer
(P) 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Charles Gounod, Composer - Daniel May, Conductor - Daniel May, Piano - Davy Chegwidden, Percussion - Gala, Lyricist - Kevin Hennessy, Bass - Marcelo Alvarez, Performer - Marcelo Alvarez, Tenor - Nathan Wood, Drums - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steve Wood, Composer - Steve Wood, Keyboards - Steve Wood, Producer - The City Of Prague Philharmonic, Performer - The Kühn's Choir, Performer
(P) 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Claudio Sanfilippo, Lyricist - Daniel May, Conductor - Daniel May, Piano - Davy Chegwidden, Percussion - Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Kevin Hennessy, Bass - Marcelo Alvarez, Performer - Marcelo Alvarez, Tenor - Nathan Wood, Drums - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steve Wood, Arranger - Steve Wood, Keyboards - Steve Wood, Producer - The City Of Prague Philharmonic, Performer - The Kühn's Choir, Performer
(P) 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Daniel May, Conductor - Daniel May, Piano - Davy Chegwidden, Percussion - Kevin Hennessy, Bass - Luisa Zappa Branduardi, Lyricist - Marcelo Alvarez, Performer - Marcelo Alvarez, Tenor - Mike Hamilton, Guitar - Nathan Wood, Drums - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steve Wood, Composer - Steve Wood, Keyboards - Steve Wood, Producer - The City Of Prague Philharmonic, Performer - The Kühn's Choir, Performer
(P) 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Daniel May, Conductor - Francesco Sartori, Composer - Kevin Hennessy, Bass - Lucio Quarantotto, Lyricist - Marcelo Alvarez, Performer - Marcelo Alvarez, Tenor - Mike Hamilton, Guitar - Nathan Wood, Drums - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steve Wood, Keyboards - Steve Wood, Producer - The City Of Prague Philharmonic, Performer - The Kühn's Choir, Performer
(P) 2003 SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Barry Davis, Translator - Christopher Sheppard, Executive Producer - David Frost, Producer - Kronos Quartet, Performer - Osvaldo Golijov (b.1960), Composer - Sally Potter, Lyricist - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor
(P) 2000 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Claudio Sanfilippo, Lyricist - Daniel May, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Kevin Hennessy, Bass - Marcelo Alvarez, Performer - Marcelo Alvarez, Tenor - Mike Hamilton, Guitar - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steve Wood, Arranger - Steve Wood, Producer - The City Of Prague Philharmonic, Performer
(P) 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Christopher Sheppard, Executive Producer - David Frost, Producer - Ernesto de Curtis, Composer - Gianbattista De Curtis, Lyricist - Katia Labeque, Piano - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor
(P) 2000 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Carlo Pepoli, Librettist - Gioacchino Rossini, Composer - Richard King, Engineer - Salvatore Licitra, Performer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steven Epstein, Producer - Warren Jones, Piano
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Luigi Denza, Composer - Marco Armiliato, Conductor - Peppino Turco, Lyricist - Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steve Epstein, Producer
(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment
Marco Armiliato, Conductor - Paolo Tosti, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steve Epstein, Producer
(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment
Marco Armiliato, Conductor - Paolo Tosti, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steve Epstein, Producer
(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment
Ernesto de Curtis, Composer - Marco Armiliato, Conductor - Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steve Epstein, Producer
(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment
Eduardo di Capua, Composer - Giovanni Capurro, Lyricist - Marco Armiliato, Conductor - Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer - Richard King, Recording Engineer - Salvatore Licitra, Tenor - Steve Epstein, Producer
(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Best of Salvatore Licitra is a two-disc set of recordings made by the Italian tenor who was hailed as a successor to Pavarotti but who died tragically young in a moped accident in 2011. The collection is taken from his small number of albums, including The Debut, Forbidden Love, Duetto (with tenor Marcelo Álvarez), and the soundtrack to the film The Man Who Cried, plus several scenes taken from his video of Tosca with soprano Maria Guleghina. The album includes Licitra's last recordings, five tracks that have never been released, so even fans of the tenor who already have his other albums will want to hear this one.
With a handful of exceptions, the set is devoted to Italian songs, arias, and duets, and about half the tracks are from the operas of Verdi and Puccini, Licitra's core repertoire. Purists should be aware that the duets with Álvarez include familiar repertoire, but some are in new arrangements, so, for example, "Au fond du temple saint" includes a women's chorus instead of a baritone. In the operatic selections Licitra is sometimes tempted to push his voice, but in the popular Romantic Italian songs like Funiculì, Funiculà and O sole mio his expansive lyricism of shines at its best. The five newly released songs, accompanied by Marco Armiliato leading the Prague Philharmonic, are in fact some of Licitra's most satisfying recorded performances; they demonstrate a new level of vocal and artistic maturity and control, so his untimely death is an especially tragic artistic loss. The sound is never less than very fine, but since the recordings are taken from various sources, the ambience can vary considerably.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 38 track(s)
- Total length: 02:25:34
- Main artists: Salvatore Licitra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment
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