Enrico Caruso - Di Quella Pira from Il Trovatore (1906)

[pinomarra43]

grande ENRICO

[TerryNio55]

I've also checked the top notes. In the original recording the top notes are Bs.

[MaiLeeb]

This is my teacher's Di quella pira in the video response. I love Caruso's rendition. But please listen to my teacher and tell me what you think. I think he deserves to be listed among the best!!!!

[atlatahuac]

In 1964, the head librarian of the law library of the Mexico City firm Goodrich, Dalton, Little & Riquelme, 73 year old Jose Ariza, told me that in 1919 he was at the bull ring to hear Caruso. He told me that Caruso brought the house down when he sang a 'doble pecho de C'. Is that a high C? He said C. was all the more amazing as not much in the way of enclosure, just v. high seating, incl balcony. You can see the photos offered for sale on 'net when you google Caruso in Mex Cy.

[masterdaksaver]

Caruso is Perfect!!

He sings little slow but very good.

[ITILII]

@masterdaksaver he sings very good ?  This is the immortal CARUSO, the GREATEST singer EVER !!!!!

[CD122344]

The high notes are Bs. I Have many Carusos and play them on vintage machines. I use a strobe with a pattern to make sure that the platter is at the correct speed. Not all Carusos were recorded at 78 rpm. So it is important that the records are played at the correct speed. This recording is wonderful with great clean singing by Caruso.

[Villeneuve27rosso]

Incomparabile,inarrivabile,uni­co;in una parola ENRICO CARUSO!!!Grazie di cuore transformingArt...sei un mito!!!

[troppofiato]

These are C's - maybe the recording is fast. Very refreshing to hear someone sing this aria without rushing, articulating cleanly and smoothly the 16th notes - and with such a ringing, spinto yet flexible voice to boot.

[smemr]

These are high B's. His only legitimate high C's were from salve dimora and spirto gentil, both recorded at the same session as this recording. High C or not he remains among the greatest.

[edgarbiervliet]

Well it does sound like C´s to me. Why do you say it is not high C. Have you checked the pitch?

[smemr]

To the brst of my limited ability. Better is the opinion of Ward Marston who does a lot of work on restoring old recordings. Possibly you have heard recordings which are at a wrong speed. That seems to have been a fairly common fault.

[Kentoo48]

This is an excellent recording. I didnt realize that Caruso had a high C . I know that in La Boheme he asked Puccini for permission to have Che gelida manina transposed. He may have been called the tenor with the glass voice when he was training but he made use of the notes that he could sing, like no other could.

[EmilyGreene1984]

He could reach the High C, but it didn't come easy for him and its said that he didn't like to go up that high.

[stefakamelpash]

If the record is turning at the right speed, that's a high C at the end. Caruso didn't record many of them, so it's an unusual opportunity to hear his extreme top. He was in his early 30's when this was recorded. He managed to hold on to the B natural throughout the career, so that gave him continued access to the big arias that are commonly transposed--this one, Che gelida manina, the Faust aria, and so on. This is a very interesting record!

[piasecznik]

I don't think it's at the right speed though. As far as I know he always transposed Di Quella Pira down, as do most tenors actually.

[transformingArt]

Yes...I also thought that this was an electrical dubbing. But later I learned that as if there is no 'VE' mark on the top of that scroll rabel, it is an acoustic recording. I also posted another Caruso acoustic recording on scroll label - "A Vucchella"

[merrihew]

Never seen a Caruso on the scroll label (except for the electrical accompaniment dubbings). Must have been only for the Japanese market.