O Sole Mio: The Very Best of Neapolitan Songs [Import]

Eduardo di Capua (Composer), Salvatore Cardillo (Composer), Giuseppe Cioffi (Composer), Teodoro Cottrau (Composer), Ernesto de Curtis (Composer), Rodolfo Falvo (Composer), E.A. Mario (Composer), Emanuele Nutile (Composer), Ernesto Tagliaferri (Composer), Paolo Tosti (Composer), Beniamino Gigli (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Beniamino Gigli
• Composer: Eduardo di Capua, Salvatore Cardillo, Giuseppe Cioffi, Teodoro Cottrau, Ernesto de Curtis, et al.
• Audio CD (February 20, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Replay
• ASIN: B000007WT9
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,295 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Heart of Naples is here!!!., June 13, 2004

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Maximiliano F Yofre "Maxi" (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: O Sole Mio: The Very Best of Neapolitan Songs (Audio CD)

Beniamino Gigli (1890 - 1957) was one of the greatest all times tenors. He can be compared with Enrico Caruso, Tito Schipa or more recent Luciano Pavarotti. He was a major opera singer, but what Italian tenor could resist singing Neapolitan popular songs? No one, least of all Mr. Gigli. His open heart is here, in each "canzzoneta", we can feel his soul flowing from his extraordinary voice. My grandmother told me of the commotion this tenor produced in Buenos Aires in 1919, for her, he was the greatest of all tenors that sang at the Colon Opera Theater.

Looking for some other CD I came across this collection and recalled my grandma's advice. I asked to hear it and was overwhelmed by his charisma, even if some songs are recorded with old technology, they do not lose quality.

Special mention in this collection for "a' Canzone E Napule", "Core `ngrato" and "Sto Penzanno a Maria", they are not the most popular as "O Sole Mio" or "Marechiare", but Gigli's voice and sentiment reach deep quality.

Enjoy this CD. Ecco qui e Napule!!!!

Reviewed by Max Yofre.

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Neapolitan songs, February 15, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: O Sole Mio (Audio CD)

This recording is an example of how this was done before and will never be done again, unfortunately. One of the best tenors that ever lived, and one that has captured the art of singing Neapolitan songs perfectly.