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Giuseppe Di Stefano: Historical Recordings 1952 - 1963
 
 

Giuseppe Di Stefano: Historical Recordings 1952 - 1963

Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Alberto Erede (Conductor), Antonino Votto (Conductor), Carlo Maria Giulini (Conductor), Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Conductor), Herbert von Karajan (Conductor), Nino Sanzogno (Conductor), Oliviero de Fabritiis (Conductor), Tullio Serafin (Conductor), Umberto Mugnai (Conductor), La Scala Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra), Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra (Orchestra), Mexico City Orquesta del Palacio de Bellas Artes (Orchestra), Maria Callas (Performer), Giuseppe di Stefano (Performer), Gabriella Carturan (Performer)
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1. Che gelida manina
2. Questa o quella
3. La mia vita è inferno all'infinito...O tu che in seno agli angeli
4. Fra poco a me ricovero
5. Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali
6. Viva il vino spumeggiante
7. Mama, quel vina è generoso
8. Un dì, felice, eterea
9. De' miei bollenti spiriti
10. La donna è mobile
11. Nessun dorma
12. Se quel querrier io fossi...Celeste Aïda
13. La rivedrà nell'estasi
14. Dì tu si fedele
15. E scherzo o è follia
16. Non piangere, Liù
17. Quanto è bella, quanto è cara
18. Una furtiva lagrima
19. Quando le sere al placido

On this CD:
  1. La bohème, opera Che gelida manina
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Alberto Erede

  2. Rigoletto, opera Questa o quella
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by Mexico City Orquesta del Palacio de Bellas Artes
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Umberto Mugnai

  3. La forza del destino, opera La mia vita è inferno all'infinito...O tu che in seno agli angeli
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Oliviero de Fabritiis

  4. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Fra poco a me ricovero
    Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

  5. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali
    Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
    with Nicola [singer] Zaccaria, Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

  6. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act Viva il vino spumeggiante
    Composed by Pietro Mascagni
    Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra
    with Gabriella Carturan, Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Antonino Votto

  7. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act Mama, quel vina è generoso
    Composed by Pietro Mascagni
    Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra
    with Ortensia Beggiato, Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Antonino Votto

  8. La Traviata, opera Un dì, felice, eterea
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra
    with Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas
    Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

  9. La Traviata, opera De' miei bollenti spiriti
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

  10. Rigoletto, opera La donna è mobile
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Tullio Serafin

  11. Turandot, opera Nessun dorma
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Nino Sanzogno

  12. Aida, opera Se quel querrier io fossi...Celeste Aïda
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Antonino Votto

  13. Un ballo in maschera, opera La rivedrà nell'estasi
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni

  14. Un ballo in maschera, opera Dì tu si fedele
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni

  15. Un ballo in maschera, opera E scherzo o è follia
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni

  16. Turandot, opera Non piangere, Liù
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Antonino Votto

  17. L'elisir d'amore, opera Quanto è bella, quanto è cara
    Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni

  18. L'elisir d'amore, opera Una furtiva lagrima
    Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni

  19. Luisa Miller, opera Quando le sere al placido
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    with Giuseppe di Stefano
    Conducted by Nino Sanzogno


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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A musical history, December 11, 1999
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I purchased this recording when it first became available. It is an important for as a historical document on one of the greatest tenors in the history of opera. Yes, his voice has a very apparent decline. And yes track 18 (Una furitiva lagrima) has cracked notes and other obvious vocal flaws. What the other reviewer has missed (but the audience didn't - which is why the aria was greeted with such enthusiasm) was the passion, the emotion that Di Stefano put into his singing. I make no excuses, I am an ardent Di Stefano devotee. His early singing was glorious, pure beauty. His later singing lost it's pure beauty, but gained passion and emotion.

This disc is important because it traces this transition.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good CD for the price, August 14, 2000
By A Customer
I have just listened to the whole CD and except for three tracks I think Pippo's singing is excellent.We have to listen to this CD for what it really is.A re-recording of live performances dating back almost 50 years.We can't expect today's digital quality recordings sound.On the first track,we hear Che Gelida Manina from a 31 year old Pippo who obviously was having a bad night,which is not uncommon with most singers.Tracks 18 & 19 definitely show Pippo in decline,but I didn't find band 18 as bad as another reviewer did.I counted only two vocal flaws.The rest of the aria is sung not that bad for a declining Pippo.Track 19 is sung well,but as in track 18 the voice sounds like it's getting tired.The rest of the singing on the CD,I enjoyed,especially the Addio Alla Madre.I would say that is my favorite on the CD.In my opinion,it's an ecellent CD for the price and it does contain some excellent singing and also is of historical value.

Pippo's Biggest Fan.

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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Only for die-hard Di Stefano fans, March 23, 1999
By davidw@netgate.net (San Jose, California) - See all my reviews
I picked up this CD on a whim. The liner notes are useful, and describe the meteoric rise and fall of DiStefano's career, his temperment and ego.

The CD covers a period of only 11 years, but the deterioration of his voice during that period is frightening. Track 1 (1962) 'Che Gelida Manina' showcases a much fresher voice, but he strains terribly for the high 'C' and never even gets close. Track 18 (1963) 'Una furtiva lagrima' is full of embarrassments- chokes, flat notes, etc. - yet the live audience eats it up.

Di Stefano had stopped singing by the time I became an opera fan. This disk clearly shows why. Being a famous operatic tenor is not always about vocal quality (James McCracken, anyone?), and Di Stefano was certainly an exciting siger. There is some beautiful music on this CD, but I find it to be of mostly historical interest.

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