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Popular Songs - Beniamino Gigli (2 CDs) (EMI)
Eduardo di Capua, Ernesto de Curtis, Teodoro Cottrau
Popular Songs - Beniamino Gigli (2 CDs) (EMI)
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical
 
  •  Track Listings (23) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (22) - Disc #2


     
   
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A pity about the sound quality.
John Austin | Kangaroo Ground, Australia | 03/05/2003
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Admirers of this famous tenor who wish to acquire a generous selection of his non-operatic recordings might think this double CD set might satisfy on all counts. It certainly provides familiar and unfamiliar, early and late recordings. There are some rarities here, and a full listing of recording details. The big drawback, however, is the sound quality. The remastering was done in the early days of Cedar processing. Somehow, the combination of Gigli's golden voice and the Cedar noise reduction process proved incompatible. While listening, I often responded as to fingernails being scraped over a blackboard, and no amount of knob twiddling could remedy the trouble. The source material, however, includes some great recordings. If you think you have heard everything "Santa Lucia" has to offer, you'll find unguessed depths and detail in the way Gigli does it here with an accompaniment in charge of Sir John Barbirolli. "La Spagnola" has irresistible verve. The recordings are from 1918 to 1949."