The Complete Recordings, 1902-1920 (Box Set)

The Complete Recordings, 1902-1920 (Box Set)

The Complete Recordings, 1902-1920 (Box Set)
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Performer: Antonio Scotti
Performer: Mario Ancona
Performer: Francesco Daddi
Performer: Pasquale Amato
Performer: Angelo Bada
Performer: Titta Ruffo
Performer: Giuseppe de Luca
Performer: Emilio de Gogorza
Composer: Alberto Franchetti
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Composer: Jules Massenet
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Composer: Arrigo Boito
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Composer: Pietro Mascagni
Composer: Umberto Giordano
Composer: Amilcare Ponchielli
Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo
Composer: Luigi Denza
Composer: Paolo Tosti
Edition: Music CD
Audio: German (Unknown); German (Published)
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2004-11-23
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Germania, opera: Studenti, udite
  2. Germania, opera: Ah, vieni qui...No, non chiuder gli occhi
  3. Rigoletto, opera: Questa o quella
  4. Aida, opera: Celeste Aida
  5. Manon, opera in 5 acts: O dolce incanto
  6. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Una furtiva lagrima
  7. Mefistofele, opera in prologue, 4 acts & epilogue: Dai campi, dai prati
  8. Mefistofele, opera in prologue, 4 acts & epilogue: Giunto sul passo estremo
  9. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
  10. Iris, opera (melodramma) in 3 acts: Apri la tua finestra
  11. Mefistofele, opera in prologue, 4 acts & epilogue: Dai campi, dai prati
  12. Fedora, opera: Amor ti vieta
  13. Aida, opera: Celeste Aida
  14. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Cielo e mar!
  15. Pagliacci, opera: Vesti la giubba
  16. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: O Lola
  17. La Mia canzone, for voice & piano/orchestra
  18. Luna fedel, for voice & piano
  19. Un Bacio ancora, for voice & piano
  20. Luna fedel, for voice & piano
  21. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Una furtiva lagrima
  22. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
  23. Germania, opera: No, non chiuder
  24. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: O Lola
Music CD 2
  1. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
  2. Les Huguenots, grand opera in 5 acts: Qui sotto il ciel
  3. Rigoletto, opera: Questa o quella
  4. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Una furtiva lagrima
  5. Aida, opera: Celeste Aida
  6. Tosca, opera: Recondita armonia
  7. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
  8. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Siciliana
  9. Pagliacci, opera: Vesti la giubba
  10. Manon, opera in 5 acts: II Sogno: Chiudo gli occhi
  11. Mattinata ('L'aurora di bianco vestita'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  12. Carmen, opera: Il fior che avevi a me
  13. Les Huguenots, grand opera in 5 acts: Bianca al par di neve alpina
  14. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Cielo e mar!
  15. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Brindisi
  16. Martha, opera: M'appari tutt'amor
  17. Faust, opera: Salut, demeure chaste et pure
  18. Il Trovatore, opera: Di quella pira
  19. La favorita, opera: Romanza: Spirito gentil, ne'sogni miei
Music CD 3
  1. Aida, opera: Celeste Aida
  2. La forza del destino, opera: Solenne in quest'ora
  3. Triste Ritorno for voice & orchestra
  4. Ideale for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  5. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts: O paradiso
  6. Rigoletto, opera: Bella figlia dell'amore
  7. Pagliacci, opera: Vesti la giubba
  8. Adorables Tourments for voice & orchestra 'Valse Lente'
  9. Rigoletto, opera: Bella figlia dell'amore
  10. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Chi mi frena in tal momento?
  11. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: O quanti occhi fisi
  12. Rigoletto, opera: Bella figlia dell'amore
Music CD 4
  1. Lolita, serenata spagnola for voice & orchestra
  2. Rigoletto, opera: Questo o quella
  3. Il Trovatore, opera: Ah, si ben mio
  4. Il Trovatore, opera: Ai nostri monti ritorneremo
  5. Aida, opera: Celeste Aida
  6. Pour un Baiser for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  7. Mamma mia, che vo' sapè, for voice & orchestra
  8. La forza del destino, opera: O tu che in seno agli angeli
  9. Tosca, opera: Recondita armonia
  10. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
  11. Aida, opera: La fatal pietra
  12. Aida, opera: O terra addio
  13. Carmen, opera: Il fior che avevi a me tu dato
  14. Les Huguenots, grand opera in 5 acts: Bianca al par di neve Alpina
  15. Il Trovatore, opera: Miserere, Ah! che la morte ognora
  16. Il Trovatore, opera: Miserere, Ah! che la morte ognora
  17. Martha, opera: Solo, profugo, reietto!
Music CD 5
  1. Faust, opera: O merveille!
  2. Faust, opera: Seigneur Dieu, que vois-je?
  3. Faust, opera: Eh! quoi! toujours seule?
  4. Faust, opera: Il se fait tard
  5. Faust, opera: Eternelle? O nuit d'amour
  6. Faust, opera: Que voulez-vous, messieurs?
  7. Faust, opera: Attends! Voici la rue
  8. Germania, opera: Studenti! Udite!
  9. Germania, opera: No, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi
  10. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Amore o grillo
  11. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Non ve l'avevo detto?
  12. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Cielo e mar!
  13. Pagliacci, opera: No! Pagliaccio non son
  14. Otello, opera: Ora e per sempre addio
  15. For You Alone for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  16. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: O Lola
  17. Il Trovatore, opera: Mal reggendo
  18. Il Trovatore, opera: Se m'ami ancor, Ai nostri monti
  19. Goodbye (Addio), for voice & piano or orchestra, C.S. 68
  20. Aida, opera: Misero appien mi festi
Music CD 6
  1. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Di' tu se fedele
  2. Eternamente (For All Eternity), for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  3. Lo Schiavo, opera: L'importuna insistenza; Quando nascesti tu
  4. Core 'ngrato (Catari), for voice & orchestra
  5. La forza del destino, opera: Invano, Alvaro
  6. La forza del destino, opera: La minaccie i fieri accenti
  7. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Una furtiva lagrima
  8. Canta pe'me, for voice & orchestra
  9. Love Is Mine for voice & orchestra
  10. Manon, opera in 5 acts: Je suis seul; Ah! fuyez, douce image
  11. Aida, opera: Se quel guerrier io fossi; Celeste Aida
  12. Martha, opera: Siam giuinti, o giovinette
  13. Martha, opera: Presto, presto andiam
  14. Martha, opera: T'ho raggiunta, sciagurata!...Dormi pur; ("Goodnight Quartet)
Music CD 7
  1. Le Crucifix vous qui pleurez
  2. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Chi mi frena in tal momento?
  3. Tarantella Sincera for voice & orchestra
  4. Rigoletto, opera: Bella figlia dell'amore
  5. Dreams of Long Ago for voice & orchestra
  6. The Lost Chord, song for voice & piano
  7. Parce que (Because), for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  8. Hosanna for voice & orchestra
  9. Manon, opera in 5 acts: Manon! On l'appelle Manon
  10. Don Carlo, opera: Domanda al ciel... Dio, che nell'alma infondere
  11. Il Trovatore, opera: Se m'ami ancor... Ai nostri monti
  12. Pimpinella (The Florence Song), for voice & piano, Op. 38/6
  13. Rigoletto, opera: Ella mi fu rapita!... Parmi veder le lagrime
  14. Manon Lescaut, opera: Donna non vidi mai
  15. Ave Maria for voice & piano
Music CD 8
  1. Lasciate amar, song for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  2. Guardann'A Luna for voice, harp & orchestra
  3. Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did Not Know, for voice & piano
  4. Fenesta che lucive, song
  5. Stabat mater for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra: Culus animam
  6. Les Rameaux, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  7. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Addio alla madre
  8. Don Juan's Serenade, song for voice & piano, Op. 38/1
  9. Amor Mio for voice & orchestra
  10. Manella Mia for voice & orchestra
  11. Les Rameaux, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  12. Trusting Eyes for voice & orchestra
  13. Parted!, for voice & piano or orchestra, C.S. 176
  14. La Partida for voice & piano/orchestra
  15. El Milagro de la Virgen, zarzuela: Flores purisimas
Music CD 9
  1. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Brindisi: Libiamo, libiamo
  2. Il Guarany, opera: Act 1. Sento una forza indomita
  3. Hantise D'amour for voice & orchestra
  4. La Mia canzone, for voice & piano/orchestra
  5. Cielo Turchino for voice & orchestra
  6. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Ingemisco
  7. Le duc d'Albe (Il duca d'Alba), opera: Act 4. Angelo casto e bel
  8. Si vous l'aviez compris (L'avessi tu compresso), for voice & piano (or ensemble)
  9. Luna d'estate, for voice & piano/orchestra
  10. O sole mio, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  11. La reine de Saba, opera: Act 2. Faiblesse de la race humaine!...Inspirez-moi, race devine
  12. Macbeth, opera: Act 4. Ah, la paterna mano
Music CD 10
  1. Sancta mater, for tenor, chorus & organ
  2. Tiempo Antico for voice & orchestra
  3. Santa Lucia, for voice & orchestra
  4. Why?, song for voice & piano, Op. 6/5
  5. Chanson de juin, for voice & orchestra, Op. 102/6
  6. Rigoletto, opera: Act 4: Quartet. Bella figlia dell'amore
  7. Rigoletto, opera: Act 4: Quartet. Bella figlia dell'amore (alternate take of tenor opening up to mezzo entrance only)
  8. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act 2. Sextet. Chi mi frena in tal momento
  9. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act 2. Sextet. Chi mi frena in tal momento
  10. Musica proibita, for voice & orchestra, Op. 5
  11. Uocchie Celeste for voice & orchestra
  12. L'Alba separa dalla luce l'ombra, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  13. L'Alba separa dalla luce l'ombra, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Music CD 11
  1. La Luz de la Luna, for 2 voices & orchestra
  2. Sei Morta Ne la Vita Mia for voice & piano
  3. La Partida for voice & piano/orchestra
  4. Over There
  5. A Granada for voice & orchestra
  6. Campane a sera 'Ave Maria', for voice & orchestra
  7. Inno di Garibaldi, for voice & orchestra
  8. La Campana di San Giusto, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib)
  9. Sultanto a Te for voice & orchestra
  10. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Act II. Venti scudi!
  11. A vucchella ('Arietta di Posilippo') for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  12. Vieni sul mar, song
  13. Tu, ca nun chiagne!, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  14. Addio a Napoli for voice & orchestra
Music CD 12
  1. Nina ('Tre giorni son che Nina'), song for voice & keyboard
  2. Premiere caresse, for voice & orchestra
  3. Senza nisciuno for voice & orchestra
  4. Salvator Rosa, opera: Act I. Mia piccirella
  5. Serenata for voice & orchestra, 'Memories of a Concert'
  6. Scordame for voice & orchestra
  7. Love Me or Not for voice & orchestra
  8. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Act 1. Ombra mai fu
  9. Noche Feliz for voice & orchestra
  10. La Juive, opera: Act 4. Rachel, quand du Seigneur
  11. I' m'arricordo 'e Napule, for voice & orchestra
  12. Vaghissima sembianza, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  13. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts: Act 3. Deh, ch'io ritorni
  14. A Dream for voice & piano (or orchestra)
  15. Petite messe solennelle, for soloists, 2 pianos, harmonium & choir: Domine Deus
  16. Petite messe solennelle, for soloists, 2 pianos, harmonium & choir: Crucifixus
  17. Liberty Forever
  18. My Cousin Caruso
  19. Germania, opera: Studentii, udite

Music reviews of The Complete Recordings, 1902-1920 (Box Set)

Music Review: Essential edition for opera lovers
Rating: 5 Stars

This set gives you the opportunity to follow the entire recording career of one of the greatest singers in Operatic History. Enrico Caruso was the first superstar of the 20th century -- and this without the benefit of mass media. His person and his records were his greatest publicity.

The set begins with Caruso's Italian made recordings. They show a great raw talent. The artistry is lacking with many sobs, over acting and mistaken cues. The 1902 and 1903 clearly show a tenor with a lot to learn. But learn it he did. His 1904 sessions show a mature artist on par with any heard since. His voice matures before your very ears and by 1910, you wonder if you will ever listen to any other tenor the same way again.

The engineering used for this set is wonderful. There is no attempt at all to use the soundstream process of computer sound enhancement as heard on the RCA issued sets. These are near perfect mint conditioned discs copied by engineer extraordinary Ward Marston. They sound like natural 78s, they way Caruso himself must have heard the playbacks at the (RCA) Victor studios.

Also included are outtakes and extra takes. There is a "Celeste Aida" from 1908, complete with a broken high note, previously released by RCA in a 1973 set commemorating the tenor's centenary birthday. But there are new treasures here as well, including extra takes of two of Caruso's greatest recordings, the Italian song "L'Alba separa dalla l'uce ombra" and an aria from Rubinestine's Nerone. Listening to them, one wonders what Caruso could have possible thought inadquate in those long lost altenative takes.

Finally, there is the simple joy of hearing so many things so well sung. Caruso was the pinnacle of the tenor art. He can be compared to no other single tenor since ... he has the brilliant ring of Bjorling, the passion of Gigli, the beauty of Gedda, the youthful enthusiasm of Lanza, the warm tonal quality of Tucker, the pure strength of Corelli, the charasma of Pavarotti and the artestry of Domingo.

Whether you are an opera fan, a voice fan or just a music lover. This set is worth every penny.

Todd Kosovich
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