Verdi Requiem LIVE 1940: Gigli, Pasero, Stignani, De Sabata

A true Golden Age performance, LP remaster.
Ingemisco 00:30
Confutatis maledictis 04:35
Dies Irae 09:07
Lacrymosa 10:30
Beniamino Gigli, Tancredi Pasero, Ebe Stignani, Maria Caniglia, Combined forces of RAI Rome & Turin, Rome Chamber Orchestra, Choruses from Florence and Verona. Victor de Sabata
December 14, 1940, Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome

[@gabrieleruffini4884]

Victor De Sabata was a titan of direction. Here with a stellar cast we are very very close to a perfect performance and to heaven....What a pity not to have the whole recording of this unforgettable performance in one of the most beautiful churches in the world

[@PTOMAINO1000]

La voce e una meraviglia. Questi uomini non esistono piu. La loro voce rimane per sempre.

[@marcocavagnis1707]

Voci e direzioni che a distanza di 80 anni riescono a farti venire i brividi...quanti oggi possono dire di riuscire a fare altrettanto. Altre tempre, altri fisici, altre etiche. Grazie per queste splendide pubblicazioni, sono ossigeno per l'anima

[@tenorschofield]

MARAVIGLIOSO!!!;Che grande gioia della lirica universale!!!...grazie tanti,piu propia per la pascqua di resureczione!!!

[@darklord220]

Addio bel passato 😭😭

[@tanukisan1000]

His recordings in 1940 were some of his best. I think this version is better than the one recorded a year previously with Pinza under Serafin. His Di quella pira recorded in 1940 was also superb.

[@jefolson6989]

Gigli is far superior here than on the Serafin rec. I think he got lazy in studio. Love the dramatic tempi. De Sabata is a legend. Wish there was more available.

[@alfredbernasek6761]

TRAUMHAFT.IHR HEUTIGEN SÄNGER UND SÄNGERINNEN HÖRT ZU UND LERNT

[@billbillings913]

Great post!

[@enricoenrichi3870]

Da piccolo sentivo questi , capito perché non me ne va bene uno oggi ?

[@olgakolesnik4184]

Thank you from Ukraine! Great Verdi for all tames and for peoples! Especially,

[@armandogabba2769]

Qui nel coro c’è mio nonno

[@giuseppedimarco8358]

De Sabata ! is always Better than Serafin!

[@Agorante]

Gigli sounds terrific - no surprise to his many fans but one forgets. It's nice to be reminded. Pasero has never been my favorite because he always sang with that shake (caprina?). But here it's less objectionable but still noticeable. One thing I found surprising was how many extra breathes the men took. Maybe that was a style?

[@jefolson6989]

probably due to some unusually broad tempi. Love de Sabatas sense of drama!

[@antoniopedrolisboa]

Go and listen kauffman and Netrebko

[@baoanhnguyen9186]

I slowed the rec. down. Pesaro's vibrato is fast, but not a caprino.