Alessandro Bonci (1870 - 1940)











Disc One
1I PURITANI, Bellini, A te o cara3.28
Rec: 19 October 1905 Matrix: XPh 394-2 Fonotipia Cat: 39084
2LA FAVORITE, Donizetti, Una vergine, un angiol di Dio3.10
Rec: Feb.1905 Matrix: XPh 189 Fonotipia Cat: 39111
3LA FAVORITE, Donizetti, Spirto gentil3.45
Rec: 19 October 1905 Matrix: XPh 393 Fonotipia Cat: 39338
4DON PASQUALE, Donizetti, Cercherò lontana terra2.23
Rec: 17 October 1907 Matrix: XPh 2696 Fonotipia Cat: 92101
5DON PASQUALE, Donizetti, Tornami a dir3.37
with Regina Pinkert, soprano
Rec: 8 November.1905 Matrix: XPh 438 Fonotipia Cat: 39341
6LUCREZIA BORGIA, Donizetti, Di pescatore ignobile2.56
Rec: 18 May 1906 Matrix: XPh 1888 Fonotipia Cat: 39673
7LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Tombe degli avi ... Fra poco a me ricovero6.16
Rec: 5 July 1906 Matrix: XPh 1982/3 Fonotipia Cat: 39693/4
8LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Tu che a Dio2.51
Rec: 5 July 1906 Matrix: XPh 1984 Fonotipia Cat: 39697
9L’ELISIR D’AMORE, Donizetti, Una furtive lagrima4.01
Rec: Feb.1905 Matrix: XPh 153 Fonotipia Cat: 39083
10IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Voi dovreste ... Numero quindici6.25
with Ferruccio Corradetti, baritone
Rec: 10 November 1905 Matrix: XPh 440/441 Fonotipia Cat: 39336/7
11PARIDE ED ELENA, Gluck, O del mio dolce ardor3.24
Rec: 16 June 1905 Matrix: XPh 308 Fonotipia Cat: 39241
12PARIDE ED ELENA, Gluck, Spiagge amate2.56
Rec: Feb.1905 Matrix: XPh 178 Fonotipia Cat: 39127
13L’AFRICAINE, Meyerbeer, O Paradiso3.14
Rec: 19 October 1905 Matrix: XPh 395 Fonotipia Cat: 39339
14MIGNON, Thomas, Addio Mignon3.38
Rec: Feb.1905 Matrix: XPh 168 Fonotipia Cat: 39079
15MIGNON, Thomas, Ah, non credevi tu4.20
Rec: Feb.1905 Matrix: XXXPh 158 Fonotipia Cat: 69007
16MARTHA, Flotow, M’apparì tutto amor2.48
Rec: 19 May 1906 Matrix: XPh 1890 Fonotipia Cat: 39674
17FAUST, Gounod, Salve dimora4.24
Rec: 22 May 1906 Matrix: XXPh 1894 Fonotipia Cat: 74006
18WERTHER, Massenet, Ah non mi ridestar2.38
Rec: 9 July 1906 Matrix: XPh 1993 Fonotipia Cat: 39698
Disc Two
1RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Questa o quella2.26
Rec: 16 June 1905 Matrix: XPh 303 Fonotipia Cat: 39239
2RIGOLETTO, Verdi, La donna è mobile2.34
Rec: 3 October 1905 Matrix: XPh 363 Fonotipia Cat: 39081
3RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Bella figlia dell’amore4.59
with Regina Pinkert, Giannina Lucacewska, mezzo-soprano, Antonio Magini-Coletti, baritone
Rec: 9 November 1905 Matrix: XXXPh 439 Fonotipia Cat: 69019
4AIDA, Verdi, Celeste Aida3.21
Rec: 5 July 1906 Matrix: XPh 1985 Fonotipia Cat: 39695
5LUISA MILLER, Verdi, Ah fede negar ... Quando le sere al placido5.21
Rec: 7 July 1906 Matrix: XPh 1990/89 Fonotipia Cat: 39691/2
6LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, De’miei bollenti spiriti2.12
Rec: 7 November 1906 Matrix: XPh 2220 Fonotipia Cat: 62130
7MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Giunto sul passo estremo4.01
Rec: Feb.1905 Matrix: XPh 154 Fonotipia Cat: 39080
8LA BOHÈME, Puccini, Che gelida manina4.06
Rec: 3 October 1905 Matrix: XXPh 366 Fonotipia Cat: 74000
9FEDORA, Giordano, Amor ti vieta2.06
Rec: 7 July 1906 Matrix: XPh 1988 Fonotipia Cat: 39696
10ANDREA CHENIER, Giordano, Un di all’azzuro spazio2.42
Rec: 17 October 1907 Matrix: XPh 2697 Fonotipia Cat: 92102
11ZAZA, Leoncavallo, Mai più Zaza2.40
Accompanied by the composer
Rec: 16 October 1907 Matrix: XPh 2694 Fonotipia Cat: 62300
12Leoncavallo, Vieni amor mio2.18
Accompanied by the composer
Rec: 16 October 1907 Matrix: XPh 2693 Fonotipia Cat: 62301
13Giordani, Caro mio ben3.06
Rec: Feb.1905 Matrix: XPh 176 Fonotipia Cat: 39128
14Mozart, La Violetta (Das Veilchen K 476)3.30
Rec: 14 June 1905 Matrix: XPh 302 Fonotipia Cat: 39242
15Ciampi, Tre giorni son che Nina2.57
Rec: 16 June 1905 Matrix: XPh 305 Fonotipia Cat: 39292
16Parisotti (attrib. Pergolesi), Si tu m’ami4.22
Rec: 14 June 1905 Matrix: XXXPh 301 Fonotipia Cat: 69018
17LALLA ROOKH, Clay, I’ll sing thee songs of Araby3.00
Rec: 16 June 1905 Matrix: XPh 311 Fonotipia Cat: 39248
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