Enrico Caruso: Campane a sera ( Evening bells)

Campane a sera "Ave Maria" - Evening Bells "Ave Maria" by Vincenzo Billi (1869 - 1938).
Recorded by Caruso on the 26th of September 1918.

Uploaded on request.

More Caruso info on my website: http://www.enricocaruso.dk

Category:

Music

Tags:

• vincenzo
• billi
• enrico
• caruso
• italian
• songs
• opera

[65attila]

Tom

I go to bed with happy tears hearing this now. If you ever visit Philadelphia send me a message. I would love to meet you and your family.

Thanks and regards-John

[tomfroekjaer]

@65attila Thanks, John. If I/we come to Philadelphia, I'll let you know ! Thanks for the invitation!

[ArrigoPola]

This is one of the "little" lovely songs, my father introduced Enrico Caruso to me when I was a kid, I always loved hearing this piece and the neapolitan songs as well. Thank you for sharing this!

[tomfroekjaer]

@ArrigoPola: you are very welcome, Simone.

Tom

[Aetion]

There is nothing to comment. No words can describe this. Words are so poor.

Just warmest thanks to Tom, who is doing this fabulous job. Caruso, the king among the tenors, fully deserves it.

[tomfroekjaer]

@Aetion: Thanks ! I'm very pleased to be able to share this with you.

[alber6161]

Thank you very much for posting this which is one of my preferred and emotional Caruso's renditions. Note at final ''Din Don'' how he reproduces the bell ''vibrato'' at the end of their sound. Stunning !!

[Aetion]

@CaLLMehDOC Commenting on opera and especially on Caruso one cannot become cruel. Their gentility prohibits cruelty, you know.

[CaLLMehDOC]

@Aetion No I think someone read your comment to fast lol ;)

[PiscaCPT]

Bravo! Cheers from Brazil

[Aetion]

@joanabanyeres What do you mean by "cruel"? Am I?

[joanabanyeres]

@Aetion Don't be so cruel, it's just a song like many american songs,. Poor as you say. l remember a piano piece l played when l was young, may be it's the same.

[31operafan]

:) This is one of Caruso's finest recordings, and the orchestra sounds a lot better than it did prior to 1917-1918. I especially admire how amazingly clear the celeste (however you spell it) sounds on an acoustic recording. Too bad "Campane a sera" is not too well-known today, and I don't know if other opera singers I know have had ever sung this.