Caruso 1873 – Roberto Alagna (tenor)

Label: Sony Classical – 19075950482
Barcode: 190759504826
Format: CD, Album, Stereo
Country: Europe
Released: 2019
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera

1 Lucio Dalla Caruso 5:15
2 Gioacchino Rossini Domine Deus (From ‘Petite Messe Solennelle’, Igr 51) 5:17
3 Georg Friedrich HändelFrondi Tenere E Belle… Ombra Mai Fu (From ‘Serse HWV 40’) 3:57
4 Antônio Carlos Gomes Mia Piccirella (From ‘Salvator Rosa’) 3:46
5 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Tre Giorni Son Che Nina 2:57
6 Louis Niedermeyer Pietà, Signore 4:54
7 Anton Rubinstein Ô Lumière Du Jour (From ‘Néron’) 4:04
8 Teodoro Cottrau Santa Lucia 4:13
9 Giacomo Puccini Vecchia Zimarra (From ‘La Bohème’) 2:29
10 Antônio Carlos Gomes Senta Una Forza Indomita (From ‘Il Guarany’) 4:52
11 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Sérénade De Don Juan, Op. 38/I 3:21
12 Jules Massenet Élégie 3:52
13 Guy D’Hardelot Parce Que (Because) 2:34
14 Giuseppe Verdi Qual Voluttà Trascorrere (From ‘I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata’) 4:18
15 Emanuele Nutile Mamma Mia, Che Vo’ Sapé? 3:37
16 Georges Bizet Mi Par D’Udire Ancora (From ‘Les Pêcheurs De Perles’) 3:23
17 Ruggiero Leoncavallo Mattinata 1:56
18 Francesco Cilea No, Più Nobile (From ‘Adriana Lecouvreur’) 2:52
19 Jules Massenet Chiudo Gli Occhi (From ‘Manon’) 2:51
20 Ernesto de Curtis Tu Ca Nun Chiagne 2:25

Roberto Alagna – tenor
Aleksandra Kurzak – soprano (tracks: 10, 14)
Violin – Stéphanie-Marie Degand (tracks: 12)
Orchestre National d’Île de France
Conductor, Piano – Yvan Cassar

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Superstar tenor, Roberto Alagna, returns with his sensational new album Caruso. Caruso 1873 is Alagna’s tribute to the Neapolitan singer who Alagna considers to be the greatest tenor of all time. Alagna honours his legendary predecessor with a selection of repertoire drawn from Caruso’s own recording career, which stretched from 1902 to 1920. Alagna is accompanied by the critically acclaimed Orchestre National D’ile-de-France, singers Aleksandra Kurzak and Rafal Siwek and conductor, pianist and arranger, yvan Cassar. The music chosen is a journey back in time through Caruso’s eclectic repertoire. It showcases his personality and is blended with Alagna’s own favourites. The album offers many surprises and stretches from Handel and Pergolesi to verismo composers including Cilea and Leoncavallo, contemporaries of Caruso who wrote music for him. Puccini is represented by “Vecchia zimarra”, the bass Colline’s aria from La bohème which – as legend has it – Caruso once sang on stage standing in for an ailing colleague in perfect subterfuge. Caruso (1873—1921) was an Italian operatic tenor. Caruso was one of the first major singing talents to be commercially recorded.