| Description |
1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Sacred songs and choruses, unacc. or with piano (principally), harmonium, and violin. |
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Title on container: The last castrato : complete Vatican recordings. |
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"Moreschi .. was the last known castrato, and the only one to have made records. His recordings were made in 1902 and 1904 at the Vatican where he was a soloist ... includes all twelve records which Professor Moreschi is known to have made, as well as five choral records on which his voice is clearly discernible"--Container. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program and biographical notes by John Wolfson and Elsa Scammell ([16] p.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
1902 Vatican Red Label: Domine salvum fac Pontificem nostrum Leonem / Giovanni Aldega (with chorus) (2:45) ; Et incarnatus est/Crucifixus / Luigi Pratesi (with chorus) (2:57) ; Ideale / Paolo Tosti (2:29) ; Ave verum / Salvatore Meluzzi (with Singers of the Sistine Chapel) (2:34) ; Tui sunt coeli / Gustavo Edoardo Stehle (with Chorus of the Sistine Chapel) (2:25) ; Ave verum / W.A. Mozart (with quartet and Singers of the Sistine Chapel) (2:46) ; Crucifixus : from the Petite Messe solen[n]elle / G. Rossini (3:04) -- 1904 Vatican Black Label: Crucifixus : from the Petite Messe solen[n]elle / G. Rossini (3:06) ; Pie Jesu : versetto from the Dies irae / Leibach (3:03) ; Hostias et preces / Eugenio Terziani (2:49) ; Preghiera = Supplication / Paolo Tosti (3:12) ; Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (3:13) ; Incipit lamentatio : Gregorian chant (3:05) ; Laudamus te : from the Mass of Saint Bonevantura [i.e. Bonaventura] / Gaetano Capocci (trio: Morescho, Boezi, Dado, with boys' choir ; Moreschi, conductor) (3:19) ; Improperia / Tomaso Ludovico Vittoria (with chorus of Roman choristers ; Baron Kanzler, conductor) (2:33) ; La cruda mia nemica / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (quartet ; Kanzler, conductor) (3:13) ; Oremus pro Pontifice / Emilio Calzanera (chorus of Roman choristers ; Moreschi, conductor) (4:12) -- 1903 Bettini cylinder: Ave Maria (Pope Leo XIII; recorded Feb. 5, 1903) (:45). |
| Event |
Recorded Apr. 3 and 5, 1902 (1st-7th works) and Apr. 11, 1904 (remainder). |
| Subject |
Sacred songs (High voice)
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices)
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| Added Author |
Leo XIII, Pope, 1810-1903. Performer.
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Cappella musicale Pontificia. Performer.
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| Added Title |
Last castrato |
| Standard No. |
2703198232 |
| Music No. |
OPAL CD 9823 Opal |
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CD 9823 Opal |
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