One of Enrico Caruso's lesser known recordings. From Adriana Lecouvreur. With the Composer at piano скачать в хорошем качестве

One of Enrico Caruso's lesser known recordings. From Adriana Lecouvreur. With the Composer at piano

As the anniversary of 100th year of the end of Enrico Caruso's recording career comes in the next few days. I thought I would honor him with one of his most unusual recordings . This recording was made on December 1, 1902. The title Adriana Lecouvreur: No più nobile. Cilea, the composer is at the piano as Caruso records his only recording from this opera. Sadly, the composer had no idea how to end the recording. He just plays on, missing a few notes here and there and finally the recording engineer just stops the recording mid playing by the composer/pianist. There are further technical issues with this recording as the recording itself has some tracking issues from conception . Due to these issues it was marketed for a short time and falls into that area of rare and odd due to its recording and the performance itself. The record plays at 67 RPM as were the others made that day. So as 100 years pass from the end of his recording career we leave Caruso as a person of no human memory and solely known for his recorded voice. I can recall years ago talking to many people who heard him live, including his son who lived in Florida at the time. But now iyt is all just memory.