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Cesare Valletti: New York Town Hall Recitals 1959 & 1960; The Art of Song | 
 enlarge | Creators: Hector Berlioz, Arrigo Boito, Giulio Caccini, Rafael Calleja, Francesco Cilea, Norman Dello Joio, Stefano Donaudy, Tommaso Giordani, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Edvard Grieg, George Frederick Handel, Jean-paul-gilles Martini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fernando J. Obradors, Giovanni Paisiello, Bernardo Pasquini, Giovanni Pergolesi, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Roger Quilter, Sergey Rachmaninov
Label: Testament UK
Category: Music
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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 749677141325
EAN: 0749677141325
ASIN: B00142X57I
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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Disc 1
| • | Lungi dal caro bene | | • | A Porfiria vecchiarella | | • | Cara e dolce | | • | Ne men con l'ombre | | • | Le violette | | • | Caldo sangue | | • | Chi vuole innamorarsi | | • | Al tramontar del giorno | | • | 1. Villanelle | | • | 2. Sur les lagunes | | • | 3. L'ile inconnue | | • | Book 3. Tres Morillas | | • | Giunto sul passo estremo | | • | Lamento di Federico |
Disc 2
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Glorious recitals - the essence of charm, elegance and beauty July 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Cesare Valletti was a pupil of the great tenor Tito Schipa's, and had a relatively short operatic career in the 1950s and 60s. A true tenore di grazia, on records he was a notable Count Almaviva and Don Ottavio (respectively) in Leinsdorf's Barber of Seville and Don Giovanni, and appeared on a number of Cetra opera sets including L'Elisir D'Amore and Don Pasquale. Thankfully, most of these have been reissued over the years.
But Valletti was also a wonderful recitalist who made a number of classic solo records for RCA that have been collector's items for years. Testament has once again jumped in to rescue these records from oblivion and presents 3 of these recital discs here in this superbly remastered and annotated set. Included are "The Art of Song" and the "Town Hall" recitals from 1959 and 1960. Among other pleasures, we get hear what a marvelous linguist Valletti was - in German, English, French and Italian - with selections by Schubert, Schuman, Cilea, Berlioz and others.
Valletti's gorgeous honeyed sound and his melting and often unforgettable phrasing make these, in my view, Golden Age performances - and just about the ultimate in the art of lyric tenor singing. I simply can not imagine anyone listening to, say, Valletti's rendition of Grieg's "I Love Thee" (sung in utterly charming English) and not being totally won over. These discs will offer endless pleasure to anyone who loves great singing and I urge people to buy this set and support the tremendously valuable work Testament has done to preserve Valletti's work. And hopefully, Testament will release the 2 remaining Valletti records (one of Schumann's Dichterliebe and the other of French art songs)!
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