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Cantori della Cappella Sistina : 25 Gramophone recordings (Vatican, 1902-1904) including the complete recordings of Alessandro Moreschi (soprano castrato) (1858-1922)
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- Included Titles
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- Trombe d'argento
- Incipit lamentatio
- Inno pontificio
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- Latin, Greek, Modern (1453-), Italian
- Contributors
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- Gaisberg, Frederick William
- Darby, William Sinkler
- Kanzler, Rudolph
- Perosi, Lorenzo, 1872-1956
- Commandini, Antonio
- Boezi, Cesare
- Dadò, Annando
- Vitti, Primo
- Moreschi, Alessandro, 1858-1922
- Aldega, Giovanni. Domine, salvum fac pontificem nostrem Leonem
- Bassano, Giovanni, active 1585-1615. Motetti, madrigali et canzoni francese
- Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Pêcheurs de perles
- Calzanera, Emilio. Oremus pro pontefice
- Capocci, Gaetano. Laudate pueri Dominum
- Capocci, Gaetano. Messa di San Bonaventura
- Gabrieli, Andrea, approximately 1533-1585. Ecclesiasticae cantiones
- Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Ave Maria (Vocal version)
- Leibach. Dies irae
- Meluzzi, Salvatore, 1813-1897. Ave verum
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Ave verum corpus
- Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594. Madrigals
- Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594. Motets
- Pratesi, Luigi. Et incarnatus est
- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Petite Messe solennelle
- Stehle, Gustavo E. Tui sunt coeli
- Terziani, Eugenio. Hostias et preces
- Tosti, F. Paolo (Francesco Paolo), 1846-1916. Preghiera
- Tosti, F. Paolo (Francesco Paolo), 1846-1916. Ideale
- Viadana, Lodovico da, approximately 1560-1627. Concerti ecclesiastici
- Victoria, Tomás Luis de, approximately 1548-1611. Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae
- Banda del Vaticano
- Publication
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- Berlin : Truesound Transfers, [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in
- digital 1.4 m/s mono
- OCLC
- on1084557237
- Credits
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- Cantori della Cappella Sistina (male voices), Rudolph Kanzler or Dom Lorenzo Perosi, conductors ; Alessandro Moreschi, castrato (soloist, occasional conductor) ; unidentified organist(s) & pianist(s) ; Banda del Vaticano (first & last tracks)
- Chiefly sacred songs & choruses. Moreschi, the only castrato to record, sang in the Sistine choir.
- Compact disc. "Compilation, discographical research, and digital audio restoration ... [by] Christian Zwerg"--Insert.
- Originally issued on G & T 78 rpm discs (matrix numbers on insert).
- [Recorded in 1902] : Laudate pueri Dominum / Gaetano Capocci (Antonio Comandini, soloist, with chorus & piano) (3:18).
- [Recorded in 1904] : Inno pontificio / [anon.] (Banda da Vaticano) (2:17).
- Recorded (acoustically) by Fred Gaisberg at the Vatican, Apr. 3-5, 1902 & by William Sinkler Darby in mid. Apr., 1904.
- [Recorded in 1904] : Trombe d'argento / [anon.] (Banda del Vaticano) (2:21) -- Incipit lamentatio / Gregorian chant (Moreschi, solo voice) (2:57) -- Ave Maria [now attrib. to Bassano] (3:33) ; Sicut cervus (3:21) /; La cruda mia nemica : madrigal a 4 (3:03) / Palestrina -- Improperia : Popule meus : [from Officium Hebdomadae Santae / Vittoria [Victoria] (2:30) -- Filiae Jerusalem [a 4 ; 1576] / Andrea Gabrielli 2:44) -- Exultate justi / Ludovico Grossi da Viadana (2:27)
- [Recorded in 1902] : Ave verum corpus, K 618 / Mozart [sung by quartet] (2:44) -- Petite messe solennelle. Crucifixus [1902 rec.] ; [1904 rec.] (Moreschi, soloist with piano, organ (3:04) ; / Rossini -- Et incarnatus est & Crucifixus / Luigi Pratesi (2:49) -- Ave verum / Salvatore Meluzzi (2:36) -- Tui sunt coeli / Gustavo E. Stehle (2:27) -- Domine salvum fac pontificem nostrum Leonem / Giovanni Aldega (2:45)
- [Recorded 1904] : Dies Irae. Pie Jesu (versetto) / Leibach (Moreschi, solo voice, with organ, piano) (3 min.) -- Hostias et preces / Eugenio Terziani (2:49)
- [Recorded in 1904] : Messa di San Bonaventura. Gloria in excelsisi Deo / Capocci (Moreschi, soloist & conductor, with Cesare Boezi & Annando Dadò, with organ & piano) (8:49) -- Oremus pro pontifice / Emilio Calzanera (Moreschi, soloist & conductor) (4:07) -- Ave Maria / J.S. Bach ; arr. Gounod (Moreschi, soloist, with instruments) (3:11) -- Romanza : Preghiera ("Alla mente confusa") / Tosti (Moreschi, soloist, with piano) (3:09)
- [Recorded in 1902] : Les pêcheurs de perles. Romanza di Nadir : Mi par d'udir ancora (Primo Vitti, soloist, with piano) (2:26) -- Romanza : Ideale / Tosti (Moreschi, solo, with piano) (2:29)