Fernando de Lucia De miei bollenti spiriti (1906)

LA TRAVIATA: De miei bollenti spiriti (Verdi) 1 May 1906; Gramophone Typewriter, Ltd. (622c) 052129 Piano, Carlo Sabajno Transposed down a semitone to D De Lucia often sang Alfredo in La traviata with authoritative conductors such as Mancinelli, Bevignani, and Vitale, and was admired by Patti. The 1906 record of De miei bollenti spiriti sets off at a more sedate speed than we are accustomed to, to the enormous gain of the music: after all, it is marked andante and was meant to contrast with the brilli