Il Mito dell'Opera - SESTO BRUSCANTINI

Sesto Bruscantini

CONCERTO ANCONA 1981 con F. Maestri, pianoforte

01. LE ASTUZIE FEMMINILI Le figliole che so' de vent'anni
02. DON PASQUALE Bella siccome un angelo
03. DON GIOVANNI Deh vieni alla finestra
04. DON GIOVANNI Madamina, il catalogo e questo
05. COSÌ FAN TUTTE Donne mie la fate a tanti a tanti
06. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Vedro, menter'io sospiro
07. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Aprite un po' quegl'occhi
08. FALSTAFF E sogno? o realtà?
09. COSÌ FAN TUTTE Tutti accusan le donne
10. L'ELISIR D'AMORE Udite, udite, o rustici
11. Tosti - L'ultima canzone
12. Tosti - Non t'amo più

REGISTRAZIONI DAL VIVO 1973-1978

13. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Alla vita che t'arride
14. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Eri tu che macchiavi
15. TOSCA Tre sbirri, una carrozza
16. TOSCA Tarda è la notte
17. TOSCA Già, mi dicon venal

"It seems incredible that for an artist like Sesto Bruscantini – without doubt the best buffo baritone (and not only) of the post-war period – there is no recorded recital or any aria captured on 78 rpm to preserve his memory, and only a few complete opera editions, some of which recorded in studio and many live. This live concert given in Ancona in 1981 and released at the time by Bongiovanni as a 33 rpm, remains the only individual CD performance of this superlative artist who could rightly be considered the true master of an entire repertory. Bruscantini’s natural disposition was anything but that of a spotlight-chasing 'divo', and with nobility and class to spare, he based his career on absolute professionalism oriented towards progressively more coherent artistic growth. The monopoly of the more comic roles remained in his hands from the ‘50s to the ‘80s, where in the same operas, over time, he would substitute the more elderly roles for those he had sung in the early years of his career. This is why for the 154 roles in his repertory there are 'only' 113 operas performed over the 45 years of a glorious career (perhaps not always recognized as it should have been) that ended in 1991 to make room for teaching which continued until his death in 2003 in the same city he was born." (Presto Classical)