Comments on: Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso

carter — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:43:53 -0800

Collected works of Enrico Caruso. Approximately seven hours of vintage, public domain recordings of Il Maestro, courtesy of the Internet Archive's 78 rpm collections. Amongst my favourites: Del Tempio Al Limita, a duet with Mario Ancona from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers, and Cantique de Noel. Sublime.

By: palinode

palinode — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:50:11 -0800

Awesome. I'm a happy happy man.

By: MinPin

MinPin — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:51:02 -0800

I had no idea that archive existed. Thank you!

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:52:11 -0800

Overwhelming!

By: carter

carter — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:54:55 -0800

I forked out for a 'remastered' collection of Caruso a while back, but this wins hands-down.

By: QuietDesperation

QuietDesperation — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:58:11 -0800

A wonderful resource. For those who aren't familiar with Caruso, it's worth noting that his voice went markedly downhill in later years, so it's best to concentrate on his earlier recordings (pre-1910). Unfortunately, this collection isn't dated. Listen to that Vesti la giubba. Like a number of great tenors, he was a pushed-up baritone, and that shows beautifully here. Great stuff. Grazie, carter.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:10:34 -0800

Thanks for the link. I've been interested for a while.

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:11:51 -0800

Cantique de Noel gets added to my Xmas .mp3s first chance I get -- veddy nice. Thanks.

By: hartsell

hartsell — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:39:59 -0800

I'd drag a steamship over a mountain for that voice.

By: JanetLand

JanetLand — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:42:02 -0800

I adore the Internet.

By: BoringPostcards

BoringPostcards — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:52:04 -0800

I'd drag a steamship over a mountain for that voice. posted by hartsell at 3:39 PM EST I bow to hartsell's awesome obscure film reference. (Also, extremely cool post, carter. Nice find.)

By: kalimac

kalimac — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:05:34 -0800

You have just made my week, possibly my year. And thank you for giving the name of the duet from Les Pecheurs Du Perles - it was the first opera I ever saw live, and I adore that song.

By: QuietDesperation

QuietDesperation — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:45:47 -0800

I adore that song. Then don't miss the Bjoerling/Merrill version either, if you don't already know and love it.

By: FYKshun

FYKshun — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:56:48 -0800

Boy, I needed that today. Grazie mille, carter. Thanks for the duets link, too, QuietDesperation. Wish those sound samples on the Amazon page were a little longer.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:31:28 -0800

Fantastic. Grazie from me too.

By: geekyguy

geekyguy — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:51:48 -0800

Very cool. Thanks.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:56:59 -0800

Merci, Carter.

By: Pallas Athena

Pallas Athena — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:39:54 -0800

Lovely link, carter! Kalimac, the Italian version of the duet sung by Caruso and Ancona is a translation; the original French title, which will be on most recordings, is Au Fond du Temple Saint. And yeah, it's a brilliant piece of music.