The Very Best of Franco Corelli (2003)
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Adriana Lazzarini (mezzo-soprano), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Antonietta Stella (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass), Corinna Vozza (mezzo-soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Franco Ricciardi (tenor), Gabriella Tucci (soprano)
Just a generation ago, posterity hadn't quite made up its mind about Franco Corelli. Corelli was an operatic oddity, a self-trained singer with movie star looks who largely learned his craft from listening to old records of his predecessors. Corelli made up for what he may have lacked in conventionally trained, "beautiful" tone with an approach that emphasized power and electric energy over all, and gradually rose through the ranks of tenors to become a major star of Italian opera. This EMI collection, The Very Best of ...
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Just a generation ago, posterity hadn't quite made up its mind about Franco Corelli. Corelli was an operatic oddity, a self-trained singer with movie star looks who largely learned his craft from listening to old records of his predecessors. Corelli made up for what he may have lacked in conventionally trained, "beautiful" tone with an approach that emphasized power and electric energy over all, and gradually rose through the ranks of tenors to become a major star of Italian opera. This EMI collection, The Very Best of Franco Corelli, concentrates its focus on recordings Corelli made in the 1960s during the height of his popularity. As these selections are "bleeding chunks" drawn from recordings of complete operas such as Pagliacci, Rigoletto, Tosca, and others, this is kind of an odd sampling of Corelli. Other voices, and even choruses, involved in the opera's story line tend to dart in and out of the selections, and the effect can be disorienting at times. But there are plenty of moments of such...
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- I Puritani, opera: Act 1. A te, o cara
- Norma, opera: Act 1. Meco all'altar di Venere...Me protegge, me difende
- Il Trovatore, opera: Act 3. Ah sì, ben mio...Di quella pira
- Aida, opera: Act 1. Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida
- Aida, opera: Act 3. Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida
- Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intanto amici...Viva il vino spumeggiante
- Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Mamma, quel vino è generoso
- Pagliacci, opera: Act 1. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba
- Pagliacci, opera: Act 2. No, Pagliaccio non son
- Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 1. Colpito qui m'avete...Un dì all'azzuro spazio
- Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 2. Credo a una possanza arcana
- Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 3. Legray!...Andrea Chénier!...Sì, fui soldato
- Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 4. Come un bel dì di maggio
- Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 4. Vicino a te
- Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Donna non vidi mai
- Tosca, opera: Act 1. Recondita armonia
- Tosca, opera: Act 3. E lucevan le stelle
- Turandot, opera: Act 1. Non piangere, Liù...Ah! per l'ultima volta!
- Turandot, opera: Act 3. Nessun dorma
- La favorita, opera: Act 4. Favorita del Re!...Spirto gentil
- La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Act 2. Cielo e mar
- Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Act 2. L'anima ho stanca
- Les Huguenots, grand opera in 5 acts: Act 1. Non lunge della torre...Bianca al par di neve alpina
- Roméo et Juliette, opera, CG 9: Act 1. Ange adorable
- Roméo et Juliette, opera, CG 9: Act 2. L'amour, l'amour...Ah! lève-toi, soleil!
- Roméo et Juliette, opera, CG 9: Act 2. O nuit divine!
- Roméo et Juliette, opera, CG 9: Act 5. C'est là! Salut! tombeau!
- Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Act 1. Fronde tenere...Ombra mai fu (Largo)
- Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
- Petite messe solennelle, for soloists, chorus, 2 pianos & harmonium: Domine Deus
- Core 'ngrato (Catari), for voice & orchestra
- Torna a Surriento, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
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