Enrico Nani - Si può [Prologo di Pagliacci] - From ultra RARE cylinders 1903–1906 скачать в хорошем качестве

Enrico Nani - Si può [Prologo di Pagliacci] - From ultra RARE cylinders 1903–1906

Infinite thanks to the Istituto Centrale per i Beni Sonori ed Audiovisivi (http://www.icbsa.it/) for providing the resources for this restoration. After the production of the original cylinders, these recordings were never republished and have remained mostly unheard for the past 100+ years. The single archival disc made of the original cylinders is marred by playback that is too slow and thus under the correct pitch. I've corrected these in my restorations and have made no other additions other than simple amplification of the signal for stronger audio output. Enrico Nani was one Antonio Cotogni's first students to gain international recognition. He debuted in 1899 and quickly gained acclaim for his powerful and dramatic voice. His success included performances in St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Lisbon, Brussels, and South America—though his career was at its peak in Italy, with notable performances at La Scala and the San Carlo of Naples, with whom he was in rapport until 1922. The few recordings he made in 1914 and circa 1920 for Fonotipia and Fonografia Nazionale, respectively, are prized by collectors. They feature a voice that is as grandiose in declamation as it is pathetic in delivery of softer colors, with a totally equalized range, marked ease in the upper part of the voice, and extreme intensity throughout. On the cylinders, Maurizio Tiberi writes in his liner notes for a 1982 Timaclub compilation: "Finally, it should be remembered that - almost certainly during one of his tours in South America between 1905 and 1908 [sic 1903 and 1906] - he recorded in Chile a series of two-minute cylinders of large diameter for Efraín Band (Fonografia Artistica). Around 1960, six copies were donated by his widow to the Discoteca di Stato, and from then on it was only possible to listen to them in optimal conditions. Although extremely deficient from a technical point of view, that handful of rolls attests to the vigor and roundness of his [younger] voice (later well captured by the Fonotipia matrices) and the extreme ease with which he rose to the high notes without stippling or forcing." "E' infine da ricordare che - quasi certamente nel corso di una delle sue tournées in sud America tra 11 1905 e 11 1908 - egli incise in Cile una serie di cilindri da due minuti di grando diametro per Efraín Band (Fonografia Artistica). Intorno al 1960 sei esemplari furono donati dalla vedova alla Discoteca di Stato, e da allora solo in quella occasione fu possibilo ascoltarli nelle condizioni ottimali. Benché estremamente deficitari sotto l'aspetto tecnico, quella manciata di rulli attesta però la vigorosità e la rotondità della sua voce (più tardi ben catturata dalle matrici Fonotipia) e la estrema facilità disalita alle note acuto senza stimbrature o forzature." Enrico Nani discography playlist:    • Enrico Nani Discography   ....... Want to study other exceptional singers but don't know where to start? Click here: https://bit.ly/2W4qmE3