Fernando de Lucia Sings "Salut!, demeure....;" From Faust (Italian) 1906 скачать в хорошем качестве

Fernando de Lucia Sings "Salut!, demeure....;" From Faust (Italian) 1906

I have changed the pitch and speed of this recording. As it commonly appears, de Lucia's voice seems heavy, and the speed of the music is very slow. Also, it appears to be sung a half tone down. This would be understandable if he were to sing the top note full voice. Not all tenors have a full voice high C. However, he takes the top note in a near falsetto mezza voce; a common practice for the day, especially in France. Since there are no other very high notes in the aria, why would he transpose it for the sake of a single note which he intended to sing in mezza voce anyway? Putting all these factors together made me fairly certain that this recording was running too slow. (Not an uncommon occurrence in old Fernandno de Lucia recordings). I therefore edited it so that the top note is a high C, albeit a half-voice one. This at least puts the aria in key, and de Lucia sounds a bit more like the de Lucia we expect to hear.