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Tito Schipa
The Complete Gramophone and Pathé Recordings 1913-1921
COMPLETE TRACK LISTING
LINER NOTES
A NOTE FROM WARD MARSTON
Neither muscular nor explosive, Tito Schipa's voice soared nonetheless, possessing charm, natural clarity, and rhythmic grace. He did not conquer listeners. Rather, he seduced them. "Listening to his records, you can hear him guiding his voice along, like a skipper steering his ship through all kinds of treacherous waters," Luciano Pavarotti once said. "He had something far more important, twenty times more important, than high notes: a great line." The early, acoustic recordings Schipa made for the Gramophone Company and Pathé in Milan and New York between 1913 and 1921, which are gathered together for the first time on this double-CD set, show a young artist taking risks and singing with unmatched passion.
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Track Listing
CD 1 (66:51)
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Gramophone, Milano, 1913 |
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Accompanied by orchestra with Carlo Sabajno, conductor |
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| 1. |
MANON: Io son sol... Ah, dispar vision {Je suis seul... Ah, fuyez, douce image} (Massenet) |
4:12 |
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| 10 November 1913; (722aj) 052421 |
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| 2. |
LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli) |
2:39 |
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| 12 November 1913; (2893ah) 252130 |
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| 3. |
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (Donizetti) |
2:30 |
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| 12 November 1913; (2894ah) 252142 |
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| 4. |
TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini) |
2:42 |
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| 12 November 1913; (2895ah) 252133 |
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| 5. |
TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) |
2:39 |
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| 12 November 1913; (2896ah) 252134 |
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| 6. |
LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) |
4:25 |
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| 14 November 1913; (731aj) 052422 / Transposed down a semi-tone to G |
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| 7. |
LA TRAVIATA: Un dì felice, eterea (Verdi)
with Nina Garelli, soprano |
3:12 |
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| 14 November 1913; (2900ah) 254060 |
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RIGOLETTO: Ella mi fu rapita... Parmi veder le lagrime (Verdi) |
5:22 |
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| 14 November 1913; (2901/2ah) 252143/4 |
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| 9. |
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: O Lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa [Siciliana] (Mascagni) |
3:19 |
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| 14 November 1913; (2903ah) 252127 |
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| 10. |
LA TRAVIATA: Libiamo, libiamo (Verdi)
with Nina Garelli, soprano |
3:08 |
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| 15 November 1913; (2904ah) 254059 |
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| 11. |
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Intanto, amici, quà... Viva il vino [Brindisi] (Mascagni) |
2:49 |
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| 21 November 1913; (2907ah) 252128 |
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| 12. |
FAUST: Salve dimora {Salut! demeure chaste et pure} (Gounod) |
3:05 |
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| 26 November 1913; (2916ah) 252147 / Transposed down a semi-tone to G |
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Pathé, Milano, 1916 |
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| 13. |
TOSCA: O dolci mani (Puccini) |
2:45 |
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| (86557) 10242 |
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| 14. |
ZAZÀ: Ed ora io mi domando (Leoncavallo) |
2:26 |
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| (86559) 10241 |
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| 15. |
L'ARLESIANA: C'è nel sonno l'oblio [Lamento di Federico] (Cilea) |
3:11 |
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| (86561) 10243 |
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| 16. |
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente in cielo (Rossini) |
5:08 |
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| (86562/4) 10244 |
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| 17. |
TOSCA: Amaro sol per te... E non giungono... Trionfal di nuova speme (Puccini)
with Giuseppina Baldassare-Tedeschi, soprano |
4:55 |
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| (86563/5) 12554 |
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| 18. |
I PAGLIACCI: O Colombina (Leoncavallo) |
1:50 |
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| (86566) 10241 |
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| 19. |
MANON: Chiudo gli occhi {En fermant les yeux} (Massenet) |
2:41 |
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| (86567) 10243 |
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| 20. |
RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi) |
2:15 |
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| (86568) 10242 |
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All tracks accompanied by orchestra
Languages: Italian [1-8 and 10-21] and Sicilian dialect [9] |
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CD 2 (73:17)
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Pathé, Milano, 1919 |
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| 1. |
LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) |
3:52 |
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| (80841) 10314 / Transposed down a semi-tone to G |
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| 2. |
TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini) |
2:23 |
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| (80842) 10315 |
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| 3. |
TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) |
2:42 |
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| (80843) 10315 |
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RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi) |
2:17 |
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| (80845) 10316 |
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| 5. |
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: O Lola ch'ai di latti cammisa [Siciliana] (Mascagni) |
2:22 |
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| (80846) 10314 |
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GUYANA: Ay, ay, ay {A sóma te a la ventana} (traditional; arr. Perez-Freire) |
3:28 |
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| (80847) 13090 |
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EMIGRANTES: Granadinas (Calleja & Barrera; words by Cases) |
2:34 |
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| (80848) (U.S. release only) 54041 |
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Pesca d'ammore (Barthélemy; words by Bracco) |
2:06 |
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| (80851) 13081 |
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| 9. |
Chi se nne scorda cchiù (Barthélemy; words by Marvasi) |
1:55 |
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| (80852) 13081 |
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| 10. |
Amarilli mia bella (G.Caccini; words by Guarini) |
2:41 |
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| (80853) 13082 |
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| 11. |
Panis Angelicus (Franck) |
3:13 |
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| (80854) 13083 |
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| 12. |
Agnus Dei (Bizet) |
3:03 |
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| (80855) 13082 |
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Ave Maria (Schipa) |
3:30 |
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| (80856) 13083 |
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| 14. |
La Bruja: Jota (Chapí) |
3:06 |
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| (80859) 13080 |
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LA CORTE DEL AMOR: La de ojos azules [Princesita/Mariposa] (Padilla; words by Palomero) |
2:55 |
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| (85960) 13080 |
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Pathé, New York, 1921 |
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| 16. |
LA TRAVIATA: Lunge da lie per me... De' miei bollenti spiriti (Verdi) |
3:41 |
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| (E-68256) 54045 |
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| 17. |
Cuando te aai la faace (traditional) |
3:45 |
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| (E-68356) unpublished |
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| 18. |
Bella ragazza delle trecce bionde (traditional) |
3:39 |
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| (E-68357) unpublished |
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| 19. |
Somewhere a Voice is Calling (Tate; words by Newton) |
2:49 |
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| (E-68381) 54047 |
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LA SONNAMBULA: Prendi, l'anel ti dono (Bellini) |
2:42 |
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| (E-68382) 54052 |
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DON PASQUALE: Povero Ernesto!... Cercherò lontana terra (Donizetti) |
3:30 |
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| (E-68383) 54046 |
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FALSTAFF: Dal labbro il canto estasiato (Verdi) |
3:20 |
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| (E-68384) 54060 |
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Santa Lucia (Cottrau; words by Cossovich) |
3:21 |
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| (E-68385) 54049 |
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Marechiare (Tosti; words by di Giacomo) |
2:36 |
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| (E-68386) 54051 |
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Tracks 1-5, 16 and 19-24 accompanied by orchestra Tracks 6-15, 17-18 accompanied by piano
Languages: Italian [1-4, 10, 16, 18 and 20-24]; Sicilian dialect [5]; Spanish [6-7 and 14-15]; Neapolitan dialect [8-9]; Latin [11-13]; Leccese dialect [17] and English [19] |
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Producers: Scott Kessler and Ward Marston
Audio Conservation: Ward Marston
Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi
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