THE VOICE OF FRANCO BROZZESI WITH ORCHESTRA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOSEPH KHASHO
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VOICE OF FRANCO BROZZESI
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SIDE 1 MARECHIARE CORE 'NGRATO CATARI LA DONNA E MOBILE l'TE VURRIA VASA VESTI LA GIUBBA |
SIDE 2 UN DI ALLAZZURRO SPAZIO O PAESE D' 'O SOLE PISCATORE 'E PUSILLECO LAMENTO DI FEDERICO DICINTENCELLO VUIE |
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MARECHIARE | ||
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CORE 'NGRATO CATARI | ||
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LA DONNA E MOBILE | ||
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l'TE VURRIA VASA | ||
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VESTI LA GIUBBA | ||
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UN DI ALLAZZURRO SPAZIO | ||
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O PAESE D' 'O SOLE | ||
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PISCATORE 'E PUSILLECO | ||
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LAMENTO DI FEDERICO | ||
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DICINTENCELLO VUIE | ||
| SIDE 1 MARECHIARE (Tosti) (3:16) CORE 'NGRATO CATARI (Cardillo) (3:45) RIGOLETTO (Verdi) La Donna E Mobile (2:02) l'TE VURRIA VASA (Di Capua) (4:30) PAGLIACCI (Leoncavallo) Vesti La Giubba (3:11) |
SIDE 2 ANDREA CHENIER (Giordano) Un Di Allazzurro Spazio (4:53) 'O PAESE D' 'O SOLE (D'annibale) (2:35) PISCATORE 'E PUSILLECO (Tagliaferri) (3:30) L'ARLESIANA (Cilea) II Lamento Di Frederico (4:21) DICINTENCELLO VUIE (Falvo) (4:20) |
| FRANCO BROZZESI A
name already widely known to Australian music lovers, a tenor of
extraordinary versatility and tonal quality. Franco Brozzesi, an Australian citizen of Italian origin, born in Marino on the outskirts of Rome, has studied music and singing under Italy's leading teachers, including Professor Tinarelli Scapini to whom much of the credit for Brozzesi's style and beauty of voice must go. Franco Brozzesi has been acclaimed in his native Italy and Europe for his fine singing. Since settling in Australia in 1956, he has matured to an artist of the highest standard. On his arrival in Sydney that year, he joined the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company and gained for himself the appreciation of audiences in the capital cities and country towns throughout the Commonwealth for his interpretation of leading tenor roles. His debut was as Luigi in Puccini's opera II Tabarro. He also sang the roles of the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto, Alfredo in La Traviata, and Fenton in Falstaff. He sang at many concerts with the Australian Broadcasting Commission and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and has done great work singing at many concerts organised for charity. Franco Brozzesi pays tribute to the late Beniamino Gigli by singing on this RCA record those arias and Neapolitan songs that made Gigli so famous. JOSEPH KHASHO Arranger and Conductor. An Australian of Arabic extraction, Joseph Khasho earned for himself a formidable musical reputation throughout the Middle East before coming to Australia to settle in 1955. A pupil of the renowned Professor Agostino Lama, Khasho was organist at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, and teacher of music at Terra Santa College, Jerusalem, and at Aleppo, Syria. He combined these appointments with regular concerts and broadcasts, writing the arrangements Ibr his own choir and orchestra. It was at the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company's production of Rigoletto that Khasho first heard Brozzesi sing and was immediately impressed with the quality of the tenor's voice. Here, he knew, was a voice one hears rarely in a lifetime: a voice of expressive fervour and versatility combined with deep musical feeling. He determined then that the voice of Franco Brozzesi must become more widely known and appreciated by Australian music lovers. This record is the result. However, it was not until several years later that he was able to put into effect his plan of combining with Brozzesi to produce this LP. In the meantime he had become Brozzesi's accompanist and arranger, produced concerts for him at the Sydney Town Hall as well as country tours, and featured him as soloist with his own choir, the Mosman Chorale. After many late-night discussions with producer Bill Ramsay, the picture emerged of what they would do: a programme of arias and Neopolitan songs previously recorded by the late Beniamino Gigli. Brozzesi gladly concurred with the choice, and Khasho began writing the original orchestrations for the disc. The record is a great achievement in Australian recording history: a fine art record made entirely in Australia by Australian artists. Full credit must be accorded Bill Ramsay for the sound quality of the disc, the result of close co-operation with Khasho in interpretation and balance. |
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