Enrico Caruso - Core 'ngrato. Digitally remastered.

Digitally remastered version.
Text written by Salvatore Cardillo in 1911 for Caruso.

A restored (not digitally restored) version with the original orchestration can be heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt5tIQGEW5w

More Caruso info on my website: http://www.enricocaruso.dk (English and Danish).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• opera
• belcanto
• caruso
• cardillo
• Core
• 'ngrato

[1906sfjd]

I'm with you, Tom, and thanks again for this marvelous web site. The best thing here may be the 161,961 people who listened. It's an acquired taste, but I too love the the original 78's. In our restorations on "The Damnedest, Finest Ruins" film (I apologize for any self-plug), we added nothing, just separated the original instruments, removed noises/scratches, added 'stereo' by layering Caruso's voice with his own voice in a simple technique. Just a clean version of the original.

[tomfroekjaer]

@1906sfjd Oh, now I know who you are. James told me about you.

Terrific restorations you did. The best I've ever heard....

Will we ever be able to buy a CD of those restorations?

And what about "1906" ? - I really enjoyed reading the book (haunting story telling with brilliant command of the English language, creating extremely vivid images in my mind).

Hollywood fil, I hope....

Best, Tom

[1906sfjd]

Of the Caruso restorations - I've been involved in producing several of them - this is one of the greatest, It captures all the heart, vocal majesty and emotion of the great Caruso, and keeps the music where it belongs, in support of that glorious voice. For emotional impact alone, Caruso is the greatest - when he opens up that voice and lets it soar, it just floors me.

[tomfroekjaer]

@1906sfjd Didn't listen to this restoration for a while, but I agree: one of the best. I've uploaded several others of these digital restorations. Generally I prefer the original 78's, but a few of the digital restorations are pretty good. Notably this one and the Una furtiva lagrima and E lucevan le stelle from Feb. 1904. For med hard to name any later tenor comparable to that Neapolitan genious.

[65attila]

Tom

I am from an Italian American family and I always thought opera and Rico's kind of singing were quite the norm. I did not know it was high brow untilI I met SNOBS.

I started with Rico/Ruffo/Galli-Curci/Gigli and Ponselle - I was spoiled for life.

Tom you have an enjoyable and educational channel., Thank you amico.

John

[tomfroekjaer]

@65attila Great, John. Love your account! - I did suspect that you had Italian roots...

Rico was never high brow - he was just a Neapolitan kid - that never forgot his roots. Always willing to help - a great spirit - in his singing and in real life.

Tom (glad you like the channel)

[marecarish]

Best voice ever!

[MrGer2295]

wow! Beautiful performance!!!

[leos1961]

Una bella voce!

Bella musica!

Qualità restauro eccellente!

[sugarbist]

@figliuzza You are more than entitled to your opinion.But,some food for thought.Did you ever wonder or think,why hasn't any tenor attempted to sing with the technology Caruso used with his recordings?This would enable us to make a fair comparison as with Carreras, comparing Carreras with Caruso's technology.Do you also know that many great tenors like Del Monaco,Corelli,Volpi,Di Stefano,Cortis& many others only yield to Caruso only?as E.C.was the foundation for all other tenors to follow.Enjoy

[RyersonRobert]

@65attila Not sure what you mean by what you have said, but Caruso like so may others sang for the people, not for anyone special. If you mean snobs in the sense that I know then they just hijacked his singing to be something special, which they are not, for we are all special.

[crete484]

dammit fat fingered it caruso forgive me 

[crete484]

god bless caruo true italian spirit an passion love his version the best

[madell64]

Magnifique ! c'est la plus belle version que j'ai entendue ! Merci Tom !