Franco Corelli: The Unknown Recordings

Franco Corelli: The Unknown Recordings

Franco Corelli: The Unknown Recordings
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Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Composer: Charles Gounod
Composer: Jules Massenet
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Composer: Alfredo Catalani
Conductor: Franco Ferraris
Conductor: Eduardo Pedrazzoli
Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Franco Corelli
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-10-21
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. Oh! Fede Negar Potessi...Quando Le Sere Al Placido
  2. La Vita E Inferno... O Tu Che In Seno Agli Angeli
  3. O Figli, O Figli Miei!... Ah, La Paterna Mano
  4. La Donna E Mobile
  5. Merce, Diletti Amici... Come Rugiada Al Cespite... Oh, Tu Che L'alma Adora
  6. L'amour, L'amour... Ah! Leve-Toi, Soleil
  7. Ah! Tout Est Bien Fini... O Souverain, O Juge, O Pere
  8. Che Gelida Manina
  9. Nel Verde Maggio
  10. Forse La Soglia Attinse... Ma Se M'e Forza Perderti
  11. Di Quella Pira

Music reviews of Franco Corelli: The Unknown Recordings

Music Review: Unknown Corelli That Should Be Known
Rating: 5 Stars

This CD includes several recordings made by Corelli for EMI which seem to have been kept by the recording company without being released for many years. That is probably why they are called "Unknown." EMI says in the booklet that Corelli was unhappy with them and wanted to do more work on them. Possible but questionable. Corelli was indeed a perfectionist who always worked to improve his singing -- only the greatest artists are like that.

But listeners will hear for themselves that these recordings were some of the major achievements in his career.

Track 1, of Luisa Miller, and track 10, of Un Ballo in Maschera, make one really sad that he never did these two roles in their entirety. But let us be grateful for what we have.

Tip: track 2, the aria of La Forza del Destino. Those who got the DVD or CD of his celebrated debut in that role in Napoli, 1958, may think they have heard it all. That version is, indeed, a definitive rendition, if there ever was one. But here, on this CD, you will discover his 1967 version to be a bit different. Enjoy the difference.
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Franco Corelli was in a class by himself from the mid 1950s until the early '70s, when he was a leading tenor in most of the world's great opera houses. And to this day, no tenor voice has surfaced with such a huge, steely, brilliant top, dark, handsome middle and bottom--and sheer animal magnetism. His bad habits--scooping up to notes, aspirating vowels, holding on to high notes too long--would be a joy to hear again if the voice attached to them were as glorious as Corelli's. This short (45 minutes) CD contains arias never before released for one reason or another. They were recorded in '65 and '67, when the tenor was at his peak and if you've forgotten--or never experienced--his sound, the visceral excitement will knock you out. The Boheme and Trovatore selections each contain high Cs which just don't exist in any current tenor's throat, and elsewhere, his beautiful sound is always a joy--bad habits and all. The Le Cid and Forza arias are particularly thrilling. And the price is absolutely right. --Robert Levine

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