This volume is the twelfth in a series devoted to Beniamino Gigli’s ‘singles’ – his song and aria recordings not issued as part of complete opera sets. Made in London after the war, these recordings include the Serenade that opens Cavalleria rusticana, a memento of Gigli’s appearance as Turiddu at Covent Garden with the San Carlo Company of Naples at the end of 1946, and two excerpts from operas by Massenet, both sung with tremendous conviction. Eléazar’s aria from Halévy’s La Juive is from a rôle that Gigli never undertook on stage. The disc also includes a selection of lighter fare, popular with London audiences at the time, on which Gigli lavishes all his customary care.