This volume is the tenth in a series devoted to Beniamino Gigli’s ‘singles’ – his song and aria recordings not issued as part of complete opera sets. The aim of the series is to include every Gigli recording released at the time, as well as every published alternative take and, wherever available, unpublished takes. The sides here are presented in the order in which they were recorded. This tenth volume features some of Gigli’s most winning performances of Italian song, notably his warmly projected, intimate account of Tosti’s Aprile. Also included is an aria from a little known opera, Maristella, by the contemporary composer Giuseppe Pietri, which Gigli performed in 1940. Gigli himself found the role to be ‘congenial to my voice, full of beautiful melodic phrases and with one lovely aria (Io conosco un giardino) that I promptly added to my concert repertory’.