Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Pagliacci, opera: Prologue. Si pu�?
2. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Act 1. Non pi� andrai
3. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Act 1. Largo al factotum
4. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Act 1. All'idea di quel metallo
5. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera: Act 3. Resta immobile
6. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Act 1. Come Paride vezzoso
7. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Act 2. La donna � originale... Venti scudi
8. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act 1. Cruda, funesta smania
9. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act 1. La pietade in suo favore
10. Zaz�, opera: Act 2. Buona zaz�
11. Zaz�, opera: Act 4. Zaz�, piccola zingara
12. L'Arlesiana, opera: Act 1. Come due tizzi accesi
13. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Act 1. Ecco il monologi
14. Fedora, opera: Act 2. La donna russa
15. Andrea Ch�nier, opera: Act 3. Nemico della patria
16. I gioielli della Madonna, opera: Act 2. Serenata. Aprile o bella
17. Tosca, opera: Act 2. Tosca � un buon falco!
18. La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), opera: Act 1. Minnie, dalla mia casa
19. Tosca, opera: Act 1. Tre sbirri, una carrozza

Disc 2:

1. La Traviata, opera: Act 2. Di Provenza il mar
2. Rigoletto, opera: Act 1. Pari siamo
3. Rigoletto, opera: Act 2. Povero Rigoletto... Cortigiani, vil razza dannata
4. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Act 4. Ah, prigioniero io sono... Dio di Giuda!
5. Macbeth, opera: Perfidi!... Piet�, rispetto, amore
6. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 1. Alla vita che t'arride
7. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 3. Alzati!... Eri tu
8. La forza del destino, opera: Act 3. Urna fatale del mio destino
9. Otello, opera: Act 2. Era la notte
10. Simon Boccanegra, opera: Act 1. Dinne... Figlia! A tal nome palpito
11. Simon Boccanegra, opera: Act 1. Plebe! Patrizi!
12. Don Carlo, opera: Act 1. Questo arcano... Dio, che nell'alma infondere
13. Don Carlo, opera: Act 3. Per me giunto � il d� supremo
14. Don Carlo, opera: Act 3. O Carlo, ascolta
15. Otello, opera: Act 2. Vanne!... Credo in un Dio crudel
16. Falstaff, opera: Act 2. Quand'ero paggio
17. Falstaff, opera: Act 1. L'Onore! Ladri!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #111678 in Music
• Released on: 2003-09-02
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Customer Reviews

A great tribute for a truly great artist
If you want to know about Tito Gobbi, this is the set for you. Truly the very best of this phenomenal baritone, one of those rara avis in opera (both a great singer and a great actor).
On both CDs, is Gobbi in his finest: from comedy (All'idea di quel metallo/Come Paride vezzoso) to tragedy (Nemico della Patria), from grand opera (Cruda, funesta smania) to verismo (Si puo?).
The first CD includes some selections of less known operas (such as Zazà, Fedora, I gioielli della Madonna or L'arlesiana) that adds value thanks to Gobbi's artistry.
But it is truly on the second CD where Gobbi shines as the powerful artist he was. Devoted entirely to Giuseppe Verdi's incredible rols for baritone, track after track Gobbi reveals himself as one of the milestones in opera; his deeply emotional approach of Di Provenza il mar (La Traviata) and A tal nome palpito (Simon Boccanegra) matches perfectly with the grandeur of Eri tu (Un ballo in maschera) or Dio che nell'alma infondere (Don Carlo), and chilling Pietà rispetto amore (Macbeth) and Iago's Credo (Otello).
Cherry over the cake: his portrait of Falstaff...

Do not miss this album. Not only a excellent tribute to Gobbi, but also one of the best double sets of The Very Best series of EMI.

Pleased to find this CD.
A wonderful collection of the roles sung by this superb and multi-talented
baritone of days long gone. In 65 years as an opera lover, I never heard a
better Figaro or a more bone-chilling Scarpia.