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Maria Callas, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Piero Cappuccilli, Sextet Finale II Act of “Lucia di Lammermoor”, G. Donizetti, EMI 1959. Conductor M.° Tullio Serafin. The sextet in “Lucia” rises to the full height of the dramatic situation that has been created. It does so because the music reflects the part each character plays in the action. It […]

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Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavazzoli, Reggio Emilia, 14 August 1913 – Reggio Emilia, 28 January 1995) was an Italian operatic tenor mainly active in the 1940s and 1950s. Tagliavini was hailed as the heir apparent to Tito Schipa and Beniamino Gigli in the lyric-opera repertory due to the exceptional beauty of his voice, but he did not […]

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“Tu che le vanità” from “Don Carlos” (“Don Carlo”), aria of Elisabeth of Valois performed by Maria Callas, here in Hamburg, 1959. This aria gotta sense only if performed by an artist like Callas. IV Act: The moonlit monastery of Yuste. Elisabeth kneels before the tomb of Charles V. She is committed to help Don […]

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This concert is a dream. Maria Callas still young (30 y.o.), but a star, and Beniamino Gigli at the end of his career with a still (almost) perfect voice. Gigli doesn’t liked Callas style of singing, but this concert is a real dream. Two of the greatest artists of ever. Beniamino Gigli (March 20, 1890 […]

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• 25 Nov 2012

Personalità di spicco a cavallo fra il XVII° e XVIII° secolo, non soltanto lo si deve annoverare fra i compositori più quotati, ma si distinse anche come cantante e diplomatico. A lui si riferiscono tutti i documenti che riportano la seguente dicitura: Stefani, Steffano, Staffani; e dopo la consacrazione, anche con il nome di Gregorio […]

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• 23 Nov 2012

“Tù mi schernisci”. Aria of Marco Aurelio. From my latest CD “La Corte e la Filosofia” – Arie da “Marco Aurelio”, melodramma in three Acts, music by Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728) – Centaurus Music -2012. Agostino Steffani (25 July 1654 – 12 February 1728) was an Italian ecclesiastic, diplomat and composer. Steffani was born […]

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• 15 Nov 2012

“Der Friede sei mit dir” (“Peace be with you”) (BWV 158) is a cantata for bass soloist believed to have been composed around 1730 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Only fragments of the work survive; these were found among Bach’s papers after his death. They suggest that initially there were more parts extant than simply that […]

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The same Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo, transcripted for harpsichord by J. S. Bach.

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Alessandro Marcello, not Benedetto Marcello, has composed this beautiful Concerto for Oboe and Strings. Alessandro Marcello (24 August 1669 – 19 June 1747. Marcello’s birth/death dates are given as 1684 to 1750 in The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians) was an Italian nobleman, poet, philosopher, mathematician and musician. A contemporary of Tomaso Albinoni, Marcello […]

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Recorded for TV in Juli 1963, first broadcasted Christmas / New Year (in 6 parts). Next to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Irmgard Poppen is playing the cello. Agnes Giebel, Marga Hoeffgen und Peter Pears. Freiburger Bachchor, conductor Theodor Egel.