Neapolitan Songs

One of the most charismatic stars of the post-war operatic stage, the Italian tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano made numerous recordings, and was especially renowned as the performing partner of the equally fiery soprano, Maria Callas. Having earned a precarious living as a singer of popular songs in Milan during World War Two, Di Stefano was also a highly accomplished singer of lighter music. This experience, allied with the natural richness of his tenor voice, made him a master of the Neapolitan Song, as may be heard in this collection of his recordings of the cream of the repertoire, made at the peak of his career.

1. O sole mio - Di Capua

2. Marechiare - Tosti

3. Dicitencello vuie - Falvo

4. Tu, ca nun chiagne! - De Curtis

5. I'te vurria vasa!: I' te vurria vasa! - Di Capula

6. Core 'ngrato - Cardillo

7. Torna a Surriento - De Curtis

8. Silenzio cantatore - Lama

9. Chiove - Nardella

10. O paese d' 'o sole - D' Annibale

11. Santa Lucia luntana - E. A. Mario

12. Maria, Mari - Di Capua

13. E palumme - Persico

14. Fenesta che lucive - Anonymos (att. Bellini)

15. Na sera 'e maggio - Cioffi

16. Voce 'e notte - De Curtis

17. Autunno - De Curtis

18. Santa Lucia - Cottrau

19. Passione - Tagliaferri / Valente

20. Senza nisciuno - De Curtis

21. Piscatore 'e pusilleco - Tagliaferri