Beautifully s - and beautifully transferred. It almost sounds like an electrical recording! Agostinelli's recordings are not often found! ANOTHER great pre-1914 soprano!
I can't believe this recording was unpublished...Maybe because Don Carlo wasn't a popular opera at that time? Anyway, this is simply one of the best recordings of this difficult aria. Agostinelli knows how to use the different registers to make a proper effect, achieving a high level of interpretation. Not to mention the beauty and the radiance of her tone. This relatively less known soprano's rendering is a singing lesson for anyone wants to sing this aria, which is, in my opinion, the most heart-wrenching in Verdi's repertoire.
My understanding is that when Edison decided to compete in the disc market and abandon cylinders, he wanted to make a superior product and so experimented for some time before he released anything. The reason this sounds so good is it's directly from an unworn master instead of the usual well-worn commercial disc.
This is a voice of rare quality with a clarity of sound second to none. The voice peals out effortlessly, without seam from top to bottom. It soars above the orchestra, fulminating gloriously in all ranges. Agostinelli's technique is exemplary in all parameters. There are many recordings of this aria on a high level of interpretation; none have provided me with the thrill I experienced while listening to this phenomenal recording.
Incisione del 1910...comunque la si pensi è una voce di bellissimo timbro, ottima tecnica e per l'epoca di una modernità di canto rara. Le arcate di suono sono una delizia, e la dizione scanditissima... la ricchezza di armonici è incredibile e l'espressività un unicum con il canto...cosa sarebbe stata la sua voce con le moderne tecniche di incisione.
Amazing singer! Thank you very much for sharing this rare recording. I have never heard of Agostinelli. Her voice is beautiful and vibrant, her technique absolutely amazing!! Who today could possibly sing this difficult aria with such extraordinary ease like Agostinelli?? No one! Or perhaps only Krassimira Stoyanova.
This excellent singer had a distinguished career in the Americas including a spell at the Met. Giannina Russ recorded this around around 1912 on a Fono.
Agostinelli was one of the great sopranos only known to record collectors. It wasn't easy to obtain either her discs or cylinders. I have a number of her cylinders.
Wow! Is this recording really from 1910? I would suspect it was a modern recording except I don't think anyone can sing like this today. Just stunning.
Bellísima interpretación, buena técnica. Gracias por compartir este registro sonoro. Por favor suban más. Es maravilloso volver a escuchar el verdadero sonido de la ópera.
Замечательная запись. Особенно подкупает та элегантная лёгкость, с какой Аделина справляется с труднейшей арией. Особенностью этого голоса мне показалась его некоторая травестийность, некоторая звонкая молодая puerilitas, заставляющая вспомнить женские роли шекспировского "Глобуса" - как будто озорной Оскар из соседней оперы Верди, переодевшись королевой Испании, решил продемонстрировать, как легко он с этой непростой ролью справится. Эта мальчишеская звонкость составляет неповторимое очарование этого замечательного голоса, но вместо с тем не всегда оптимально сочетается с женским образом, по-мальчишески слегка компрометируя его женственность. Возможно, это имеет место и в этой арии, при всех ослепительных достоинствах исполнения.
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This fabuolous recording would have taken both sides of a 12 inch 78 rpm disc. Beautifully joined.
Beautifully s - and beautifully transferred. It almost sounds like an electrical recording! Agostinelli's recordings are not often found! ANOTHER great pre-1914 soprano!
I can't believe this recording was unpublished...Maybe because Don Carlo wasn't a popular opera at that time?
Anyway, this is simply one of the best recordings of this difficult aria. Agostinelli knows how to use the different registers to make a proper effect, achieving a high level of interpretation. Not to mention the beauty and the radiance of her tone.
This relatively less known soprano's rendering is a singing lesson for anyone wants to sing this aria, which is, in my opinion, the most heart-wrenching in Verdi's repertoire.
My understanding is that when Edison decided to compete in the disc market and abandon cylinders, he wanted to make a superior product and so experimented for some time before he released anything. The reason this sounds so good is it's directly from an unworn master instead of the usual well-worn commercial disc.
Absolutely amazing, it's the 1st time I have herd this singer, what a beautiful voice and amazing technic !! ❤
This is a voice of rare quality with a clarity of sound second to none. The voice peals out effortlessly, without seam from top to bottom. It soars above the orchestra, fulminating gloriously in all ranges. Agostinelli's technique is exemplary in all parameters. There are many recordings of this aria on a high level of interpretation; none have provided me with the thrill I experienced while listening to this phenomenal recording.
The Fontainebleau theme played by the trumpets and her messa di voce afterwards just made my day! Thank you!
Incisione del 1910...comunque la si pensi è una voce di bellissimo timbro, ottima tecnica e per l'epoca di una modernità di canto rara. Le arcate di suono sono una delizia, e la dizione scanditissima... la ricchezza di armonici è incredibile e l'espressività un unicum con il canto...cosa sarebbe stata la sua voce con le moderne tecniche di incisione.
bravisima !!!
precious recording
Amazing singer! Thank you very much for sharing this rare recording. I have never heard of Agostinelli. Her voice is beautiful and vibrant, her technique absolutely amazing!! Who today could possibly sing this difficult aria with such extraordinary ease like Agostinelli?? No one! Or perhaps only Krassimira Stoyanova.
This excellent singer had a distinguished career in the Americas including a spell at the Met. Giannina Russ recorded this around around 1912 on a Fono.
Aubrey Kreike Russ’s recording is spectacular also.
@@aubreykreike1312 Not to mention Selma Kurz and Meta Seinemeyer...
Magnifica.
Love the octave higher ending. People would shoot you for that today, but that´s what real interpretative art is that has been lost. Brava.
i never heard about her!!but
what i heard,i like it!!she was
a very good soprano with a
large voice!!
Agostinelli was one of the great sopranos only known to record collectors. It wasn't easy to obtain either her discs or cylinders. I have a number of her cylinders.
Wow! Is this recording really from 1910? I would suspect it was a modern recording except I don't think anyone can sing like this today. Just stunning.
Bellísima interpretación, buena técnica. Gracias por compartir este registro sonoro. Por favor suban más. Es maravilloso volver a escuchar el verdadero sonido de la ópera.
Che voce stupenda!
Wow what a wonderful performance.
Thanks for posting this beautiful rarity.
Absolutely thrilling!
No one conquered me in this aria after listened Callas, she did.
We've been taught to believe Callas is über alles but it's just good-old marketing. There are plenty of singers at least as good as Callas.
I couldn't agree more, IMHO Callas was the absolute Elisabeth
Try Maria Caniglia.
Remarkable!
A particularly vivid recording : thank you.
Замечательная запись. Особенно подкупает та элегантная лёгкость, с какой Аделина справляется с труднейшей арией.
Особенностью этого голоса мне показалась его некоторая травестийность, некоторая звонкая молодая puerilitas, заставляющая вспомнить женские роли шекспировского "Глобуса" - как будто озорной Оскар из соседней оперы Верди, переодевшись королевой Испании, решил продемонстрировать, как легко он с этой непростой ролью справится. Эта мальчишеская звонкость составляет неповторимое очарование этого замечательного голоса, но вместо с тем не всегда оптимально сочетается с женским образом, по-мальчишески слегка компрометируя его женственность. Возможно, это имеет место и в этой арии, при всех ослепительных достоинствах исполнения.
I assume that this was a Diamond Disc?