- Date: ca. 1870 -1915
- Composer: Paolo Tosti
- Period: Romantic (1820-1869)
Review
Tosti was a noted song-writer of the late Romantic period, and mostly
wrote salon-type songs. He specialized in light, rather sentimental
music, often using elements of folk songs such as traditional song
patterns or the occasional use of dialect. They are rarely technically
demanding, but require strong stylistic skills. While his best known songs
are to Italian texts, he also wrote songs in English and French.
This song, "The Serenade, " uses a sweeping accompaniment, and a quick,
light tempo to establish the mood of a singer under his beloved's window.
The accompaniment sometimes imitates the strumming or plucking of a guitar
or mandolin, further setting the atmosphere. And while the lover sings
of how the beloved refuses to give a home to his kisses, the reproach is
definitely a playful one.
The verses each start and end with the lines, "Vola, o serenata, " (fly,
serenade), and in each, the singer imagines his lover lying half-asleep
in bed, and then depicts the tranquil, beautiful night. "The waves dream
on the shore, and the wind in the branches." ~ Anne Feeney, All Music Guide
Albums with Complete Performances of the Work
| A Celebration |
1999 |
| A Diletta |
2004 |
| Adelina Patti |
2004 |
| Adelina Patti |
2004 |
| Adelina Patti |
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| Alma Gluck |
2000 |
| Amelita Galli-Curci: Victor Recordings (1925-28) |
1996 |
| An Enchanting Evening with Ezio Pinza |
2006 |
| Beniamino Gigli Interpreta...(Archivio della Romana da Salotto Italiana), Vol. 2 |
1999 |
| Beniamino Gigli in Opera and Song |
1993 |
| Best of Luciano Pavarotti [Madacy] |
2003 |
| Bridges to Italy |
2003 |
| Castrato Voice & the First Divas |
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| Celebrated Italian Singers Perform Italian Songs |
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| Centenary Edition 1908-1917, Vol. 2 |
1997 |
| Centenary Edition: 100 Years of Great Music (Box Set) |
1997 |
| Classical Treasures: Luciano Pavarotti |
2003 |
| Dame Nellie Melba: First Recordings |
2009 |
| Dennis O'Neill: Tosti Songs |
1988 |
| EMI Centenary Edition, Vol. 2 |
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| Edith Mason: Complete Recordings (1924-28) |
1994 |
| Edith Mason: Complete Recordings (1924-28) |
1994 |
| Essential Pavarotti, Vol. 2 |
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| Ezio Pinza in Concert 1942-1948 |
1993 |
| Favourite Songs by Donizetti, Verdi, Gluck, Martini, Piccini, Tosti |
1992 |
| Favourites, Vol. 1 |
2000 |
| Frances Alda: The Complete Victor Recordings, 1909-15 |
1999 |
| Fritz Kreisler Complete RCA Recordings [Box Set] |
1995 |
| From the Heart: Italian Arias & Neapolitan Songs |
1996 |
| Giovanna: The Best of My Life |
2009 |
| Giuseppe Di Stefano Sings Neopolitan & Other Songs |
1997 |
| Giuseppe Valdengo, Vol.2 |
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| Gramophone Editor's Choice, July 2001 |
2001 |
| Great Opera Tenors: Beniamino Gigli |
2000 |
| Great Singers Sings Tosti (1846-1916) |
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| Her Spectacular Pasadena Concert |
1997 |
| Il Mito Dell Opera-Giuseppe Anselmi |
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| In His Glory |
1997 |
| Italian Songs |
1996 |
| Junger, Rachmaninov, Schubert, Brahms, Tosti: Songs |
2009 |
| Lebendige Vergangenheit: Antonia Nezhdanova |
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| Lebendige Vergangenheit: Giuseppe Valdengo |
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| Live Recital |
2001 |
| Lo! Here the Gentle Lark: 25 Songs & Arias |
1996 |
| Los Angeles 1973 (Recital UCLA Campus 1973) |
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| Luciano Pavarotti Live in Italy |
2005 |
| Luciano Pavarotti: In Memoriam [Box Set] |
2007 |
| Luisa Tetrazzini: The Complete Known Recordings |
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| Mamma |
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| Mattia Battistini: Il re dei baritoni |
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| Michele Pertusi: Serenata |
1997 |
| Musica Proibita |
2006 |
| Neapolitan Songs |
1986 |
| Nellie Melba: Complete Gramophone Company Recordings, Vol. 2 |
2002 |
| Nellie Melba: The Complete Victor Recordings (1907-1916) |
1994 |
| Nezhdanova: In Opera & Song |
1996 |
| O Sole Mio (Song of Italy) |
1998 |
| On Wings of Song |
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| Opera Arias and Songs |
2004 |
| Paolo Tosti: Recital of Songs |
2001 |
| Pavarotti Edition [Box Set] |
2001 |
| Pavarotti Edition: Italian Songs |
2001 |
| Pavarotti Magic |
2007 |
| Pavarotti Magic [Deuce] |
1998 |
| Pavarotti Magic [St. Clair] |
1997 |
| Pavarotti Songbook |
1991 |
| Pavarotti in Concert |
1986 |
| Pavarotti in Concert |
1986 |
| Pavarotti in Concert |
1986 |
| Pavarotti: The Studio Albums [Box Set] |
2007 |
| Ponselle, Vol. 3 |
1996 |
| Popular Songs |
1990 |
| Recital |
1991 |
| Renato Bruson sings Tosti |
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| Robert Lischetti sings Italian Classics |
2009 |
| Romanze...serenate...canzoni |
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| Rosa Ponselle-In Opera And Song |
1996 |
| Rosa Ponselle: The Victor Recordings (1926-29) |
1994 |
| Rosa Ponselle:The Victor Recordings (1923-1925) |
1994 |
| Rosa Ponselle:The Victor Recordings (1923-1925) |
1994 |
| Schubert, Auber, Mendelssohn and others... |
1997 |
| Schubert: Ave Maria; Bizet: Agnus Dei; Leoncavallo: Mattinata |
1996 |
| Sentimento |
2002 |
| Sentimento (U.K. Special Edition) |
2003 |
| Sentimento [Hybrid SACD] |
2002 |
| Sentimento [Limited Edition] |
2002 |
| Serenata |
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| Serenata Romantica |
1998 |
| Singers of Imperial Russia, Vol. 4 |
1993 |
| Sings |
1995 |
| Sings Popular Songs |
1997 |
| Songs With A Touch Of Bass |
1995 |
| Sound & Sensation |
1999 |
| Stars et Monstres Sacrés |
1986 |
| Taro Ichihara: Italian Chamber Songs |
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| The Complete Adelina Patti & Victor Maurel |
1998 |
| The Complete Adelina Patti & Victor Maurel |
1998 |
| The Essential Paravotti |
2008 |
| The Golden Years |
1999 |
| The Greatest Pavarotti Album Ever! |
1995 |
| The Harold Wayne Collection, Vol. 25: The Marchesi School |
1995 |
| The Very Best of Beniamino Gigli |
2003 |
| The World of Singing Vol.1 |
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| Torna a Surriento: Canzoni, Vol. 2 |
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| Tosti: Romanze |
1996 |
| Tosti: Selected Songs |
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| Vola, O Serenata |
1996 |
