CESARE SIEPI in Recital 4/1/1967 -live- 

...ok ,mostly unfamiliar repertoire ?...then just wallow in the sounds of the most beautiful bass voice that ever could exist ...guaranteed! ....quanto noi bassi abbiamo imparato da te ,caro Cesare !

I only had the honor of hearing Mr. Siepi once in a performance of Don Carlo in Long Beach California in 1985. Even at his advanced age the beauty and luster of his voice were still there. That was a night I will never forget.

1. Stradella. Per pieta (Il Florindo) 00:06 - 03:33 2. Bononcini. L'esperto nocchiero (Nino - Astarto) 03:51 - 05:48 3. Haendel. Non è si vago e bello (Cesare - Julio Cesare, Act I, Sc. 7) 06:00 - 08:33 4. Haendel. L'empio, sleale, indegno (Tolomeo - Julio Cesare, Act I, Sc. 6) 08:46 - 11:28 5. Berlioz. Le spectre de la rose, op. 7 no. 2 (Les nuits d'été) 11:47 - 16:57 6. Debussy. La grotte (Trois chansons de France-2, Le promenoir des deux amants-1) 17:12 - 19:03 7. Bellini. Dolente immagine di Fille mia (Tre ariette, no. 2) 19:16 - 21:53 8. Zandonai. I due tarli (Il tarlo della vecchia biblioteca - 6 Melodie, N.3) 22:15 - 25:47 9. Verdi. Ella giammai m'amo (Don Carlo) 26:11 - 32:56 10. Mozart. Madamina, il catalogo è questo (Don Gioovanni) 33:16 - 38:32 11. R.Strauss. Ich trage meine Minne, op. 32 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 38:57 - 41:11 12. R.Strauss. Du meines Herzens Krönelein, op. 21 no. 2 (Schlichte Weisen) 41:22 - 43:32 13. R.Strauss. Nachtgang, op. 29, (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Otto Julius Bierbaum) no. 3 43:45 - 46:37 14. R.Strauss. Liebeshymnus, op. 32 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 46:59 - 48:34 15. P.Bowles. Heavenly grass (Blue Mountain Ballads, no. 1) 48:57 - 50:57 16. P.Bowles. Sugar in the cane (Blue Mountain Ballads, no.4) 51:10 - 53:30 17. Barber. Sure on this shining night, op. 13 (Four songs for voice and piano) no. 3 52:46 - 54:55 18. Barber. I hear an army, op. 10 (Three Songs) no. 3 55:14 - 57:23 19. Berlioz. Maintenant... - Devant la maison (Sérénade de Méphistophélès - La damnation de Faust, Part III, Sc. XII) 57:35 - 59:45 20. Verdi. A te l'estremo addio - Il lacerato spirito (Simon Boccanegra) 1:00:10 - 1:00:51

E' stato il piu' grande, inarrivabile!

Siepi kept his wonderful instrument in marvelous shape even into his later years. I saw & heard him in 1984 when he performed in LA SONNAMBULA in Seattle & it was beautifully sung. You Tube also has his recital with Freni a couple years after this & he remained in top form. I think he retired around 1988 but of this I am not certain. I have heard of no further performances after this.

incredibile! Cesare Siepi ci regala ancora delle novità!

Cesare, il più grande!

Grazie!!!! Victorstarita

Please list the song/aria titles....Thank you so much for posting this!

And provide the name of the collaborative pianist, too, if possible, many thanks for your great upload :)

Could you do a full listing of the song/aria titles?

Zandonai - I due tarli 22:20

Do you have the song titles?

Qualcuno può dirmi qual è il brano di Zandonai che Cesare Siepi canta e/o il minutaggio? Grazie infinite!