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« If I declare — as I do — that Bergonzi was the greatest Verdi tenor of the last century, I will undoubtedly call down on my head the advocates of several other likely candidates. So let me say at once that Caruso had the bigger and better voice, Martinelli an even more distinctive style, Pertile the more earthy, histrionic appeal, Björling the more aristocratic manner, Corelli the more exciting timbre, Pavarotti the more immediately recognizable tone. Yet none of these (or any reader's favourite candidate) seems quite such a natural, inevitable interpreter of Verdi, or indeed of Donizetti, as Bergonzi, and none was a better musician.
Bergonzi was, and is (on disc) the ideal exponent of just about every role in the Verdian repertory, as he showed in his legendary Philips album of virtually all the tenor arias in the master's oeuvre.» (Gramophone, July 2014 / Alan Blyth)
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Luisa Miller (Giuseppe Verdi)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Rodolfo) - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Fausto Cleva, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Salvatore Cammarano, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Recorded in RCA Italian Studios, Rome, 1964
(P) Recorded Prior to 1972. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Ernani (Giuseppe Verdi)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Ernani) - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Thomas Schippers, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Recorded in RCA Italian Studios, Rome, July 1967
Originally Recorded 1967. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Ernani) - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Thomas Schippers, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Recorded in RCA Italian Studios, Rome, July 1967
Originally Recorded 1967. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Alfredo) - Montserrat Caballé, Soprano (Violetta) - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Georges Prêtre, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Recorded Rome, RCA Italiana Studios, June 19-24/26-29, 1967
(P) 1967 Sony Music Entertainment
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Alfredo) - Montserrat Caballé, Soprano (Violetta) - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Georges Prêtre, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Recorded Rome, RCA Italiana Studios, June 19-24/26-29, 1967
(P) 1967 Sony Music Entertainment
Un Ballo in Maschera (Giuseppe Verdi)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Riccardo) - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus (Nino Antonellini, Chorus Master) - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Antonio Somma, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Recorded 1966 at the RCA Italiana Studios, Rome
Originally Recorded 1966. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Lucia di Lammermoor (Gaetano Donizetti)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Edgardo) - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus (Nino Antonellini, Chorus Master) - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Georges Prêtre, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Salvatore Cammarano, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - RCA Italiana Studios, Rome, Italy, 07/1965-08/1965
(P)Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Edgardo) - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Georges Prêtre, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Salvatore Cammarano, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - RCA Italiana Studios, Rome, Italy, 07/1965-08/1965
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Macbeth (Giuseppe Verdi)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Macduff) - Metropolitan Opera Chorus - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - Andrea Maffei, Librettist (Additions) - Recorded at The Metropolitan Opera House, New York City in February 1959
Originally Recorded 1959. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Alfredo) - Nancy Stokes, Soprano (Annina) - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Georges Prêtre, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Recorded Rome, RCA Italiana Studios, June 19-24/26-29, 1967
(P) 1967 Sony Music Entertainment
Un Ballo in Maschera (Giuseppe Verdi)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Riccardo) - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Antonio Somma, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Recorded 1966 at the RCA Italiana Studios, Rome
Originally Recorded 1966. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Lucia di Lammermoor (Gaetano Donizetti)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Edgardo) - Anna Moffo, Soprano (Lucia) - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Georges Prêtre, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Salvatore Cammarano, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - RCA Italiana Studios, Rome, Italy, 07/1965-08/1965
(P)Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Alfredo) - Montserrat Caballé, Soprano (Violetta) - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Georges Prêtre, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Recorded Rome, RCA Italiana Studios, June 19-24/26-29, 1967
(P) 1967 Sony Music Entertainment
Messa de Requiem (Giuseppe Verdi)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Jon M. Samuels, Reissue Producer - Marian M. Conaty, Remastering engineer - Recorded October 5 and 6, 1964, and April 5, 1965
Originally Recorded 1964, 1965. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Un Ballo in Maschera (Giuseppe Verdi)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Riccardo) - Shirley Verrett, Mezzo-Soprano (Ulrica) - Reri Grist, Soprano (Oscar) - Ferruccio Mazzoli, Bass (Tom) - Ezio Flagello, Bass (Samuel) - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus (Nino Antonellini, Chorus Master) - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Antonio Somma, Lyricist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Recorded 1966 at the RCA Italiana Studios, Rome
Originally Recorded 1966. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Riccardo) - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus (Nino Antonellini, Chorus Master) - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Antonio Somma, Lyricist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Recorded 1966 at the RCA Italiana Studios, Rome
(P) 1967 Sony Music Entertainment
Edgar (Giacomo Puccini)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Edgar) - Renata Scotto, Soprano (Fidelia) - Gwendolyn Killebrew, Mezzo-Soprano (Tigrana) - Vincente Sardinero, Baritone (Frank) - Opera Orchestra of New York - Eve Queler, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Ferdinando Fontana, Librettist - Paul Myers, Producer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Live Carnegie Hall, New York City, 04/1977
(P) 1977 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor (Alfredo) - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - Georges Prêtre, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - Recorded Rome, RCA Italiana Studios, June 19-24/26-29, 1967
(P) 1967 Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 2
Vaga luna che inargenti (Vincenzo Bellini)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Stornello (Giuseppe Verdi)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Se (Luigi Denza)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Luigi Denza, Composer - Eva Cattermole Mancini, Librettist - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Me voglio fa'na casa (Gaetano Donizetti)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
O del mio amato ben (Stefano Donaudy)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Stefano Donaudy, Composer - Alberto Donaudy, Author - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vaghissima sembianza (Stefano Donaudy)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Stefano Donaudy, Composer - Alberto Donaudy, Author - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
O Primavera! (Pier Adolfo Tirindelli)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Pier Adolfo Tirindelli, Composer - Olga Bonetti, Author - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Occhi di fata (Luigi Denza)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Luigi Denza, Composer - Tremacoldo, Librettist - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Les soirées musicales (Gioachino Rossini)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Gioacchino Rossini, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Serenata (Pietro Mascagni)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Olindo Guerrini (Lorenzo Stecchetti [pseudonym]), Lyricist - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Tormento ! (Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti, Composer - Riccardo Mazzola, Author - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra (Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti, Composer - Gabriele d'Annunzio, Author - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Ideale (Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti, Composer - Carmelo Errico, Author - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Lolita (Arturo Buzzi-Peccia)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Arturo Buzzi-Peccia, Composer & Author - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Non ti scordar di me (Ernesto de Curtis)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Ernesto de Curtis, Composer - Domenico Furno, Author - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Les soirées musicales (Gioachino Rossini)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - John Wustman, Piano - Gioacchino Rossini, Composer - Count Carlo Pepoli, Author - Larry Morton, Producer
(P) 1978 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Edgar (Giacomo Puccini)
Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - Opera Orchestra of New York - Eve Queler, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Ferdinando Fontana, Librettist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Paul Myers, Producer
(P) 1977 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
« If I declare — as I do — that Bergonzi was the greatest Verdi tenor of the last century, I will undoubtedly call down on my head the advocates of several other likely candidates. So let me say at once that Caruso had the bigger and better voice, Martinelli an even more distinctive style, Pertile the more earthy, histrionic appeal, Björling the more aristocratic manner, Corelli the more exciting timbre, Pavarotti the more immediately recognizable tone. Yet none of these (or any reader's favourite candidate) seems quite such a natural, inevitable interpreter of Verdi, or indeed of Donizetti, as Bergonzi, and none was a better musician.
Bergonzi was, and is (on disc) the ideal exponent of just about every role in the Verdian repertory, as he showed in his legendary Philips album of virtually all the tenor arias in the master's oeuvre.» (Gramophone, July 2014 / Alan Blyth)
Details of original recording : CD1 : Recordings 1959, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1977 - CD2 : Recorded at Columbia 30th St Studio, New York City, March 30-31, 1977. Track 17 taken from complete recording of “Edgar”, recorded April 1977 at Carnegie Hall, New York
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 35 track(s)
- Total length: 02:04:33
- Main artists: Carlo Bergonzi
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Area: Italie
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Romantic Music
(P) 1959, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1977 Sony Music Entertainment/(P) 1998 Sony Music Entertainment
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