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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Nicolai GeddaRecordings From 1952-1957
The recordings for this 2 CD set have been carefully selected to show to advantage the extraordinary control
Gedda has over his vocal resources and also to demonstrate his remarkable gift for language. The French opera
excerpts all display an appealing sense of style together with excellent musicianship, both traits so much admired
in the 19th and early 20th centuries. His Russian scenes and arias have an authentic ring, his German highly
romantic and his Italian arias although his voice does not possess that particular Mediterranean warmth, do
nevertheless have a sense of morbidezza (tenderness) usually more associated with the Latin tenor. | 
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| |  | Live Recording 1954
Antonietta Stella, Oralia Dominguez, Nicolai Gedda & Giuseppe Modesti Wiener Singverein & Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan 2 CD's for price of 1 |
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Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Ernest Blanc (baritone, Boris Christoff (bass), Liliane Berton (soprano), Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano) & Victor Autran (baritone) Paris Opéra Chorus & Orchestra, André Cluytens | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Nicolai Gedda, Mirella Freni, Mario Sereni, Mario Basiola Jr., Ferruccio Mazzoli, Carlo Badioli, Paolo Montarsolo, Mariella Adani, Vittorio Pandano, Giuseppe Giuliano, Mario Rinaudo & Antonio Dellacà Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, Thomas Schippers In his note, ‘La bohème: A tale of two Mimìs’, Stephen Jay-Taylor tells the story. ‘This recording, notable for the youthful freshness of its twin protagonists and the airy impulse of its conducting, might well seem to be the happy product of everything proceeding according to plan. In fact, it was the end result of more than three years of deaths, defections and dismissal.’
It began in 1960 with a plan to rerecord Beecham’s classic 1956 account in stereo. But Beecham was dying and Böjrling died, so sessions were scheduled for 1961 with Victoria de los Angeles and Franco Corelli as the principals. However, Corelli proved impossible to pin down. Then, with Gedda brought in as EMI’s all-repertoire house tenor, the apparently barren de los Angeles fell pregnant – only to do so again come the final rescheduling in 1963.
This was Freni’s chance: ‘She had already made well-received debuts at Glyndebourne and Covent Garden...and the sessions proceeded without a hitch, in Olof’s exquisitely crafted, beautifully detailed stereo production. The set...met with considerable acclaim, most of it occasioned by Freni’s meltingly lovely, vernal Mimì’. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Cornell MacNeil (baritone), Reri Grist (soprano), Agostino Ferrin (bass), Anna di Stasio (mezzo-soprano), Limbania Leoni (mezzo-soprano) & Ruggero Raimondi (bass) Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, Francesco Molinari Pradelli | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)A 70 CD set featuring everything Maria Callas ever recorded in the studio, including licensed and newly-remastered material.
| | First Recital - Bellini and Wagner (Recorded November 1949 in Turin), remast. 2007 (1 CD) RAI Orchestra, Turin, Arturo Basile Puccini Arias (Recorded September 1954, London) Philharmonia, Tullio Serafin Lyric & Coloratura Arias (Recorded September 1954, London) Philharmonia, Tullio Serafin Callas at la Scala (Recorded June 1955) Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin Mad Scenes (Recorded September 1958, London) Philharmonia, Nicola Rescigno Verdi Arias I (Recorded September 1958, London) Philharmonia, Nicola Rescigno Verdi Arias II (Recorded December 1963 & February 1964, Paris) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno Verdi Arias III (Recorded 1964 to 1969) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra & Paris Opéra Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno Callas à Paris I (Recorded March-April 1961, Paris) French Radio National Orchestra, Georges Prêtre Callas à Paris II (Recorded May 1963, Paris) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Georges Prêtre Rossini & Donizetti Arias (Recorded April, 1964) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno Mozart, Beethoven & Weber Arias (Recorded December 1963 & January 1964, Paris) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno The EMI Rarities (2 CDs) CD-ROM (Opera-Libretti & Callas-Photos) | Bellini: | Norma (Recorded April 1954) - Mono (3 CDs) Mario Filippeschi, Ebe Stignani Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin Norma (Recorded September 1960) - Stereo (3 CDs) Christa Ludwig, Franco Corelli Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin I Puritani (Recorded March 1953) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Rolando Panerai Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin La Sonnambula (Recorded March 1957) (2 CDs) Eugenia Ratti, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicola Monti Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto | Bizet: | Carmen (Recorded July 1964, Paris) (2 CDs) Nicolai Gedda, Robert Massard Paris Opéra Orchestra, Georges Prêtre | Cherubini: | Medea (Recorded September 1957), remast. 2007 (2 CDs) Renata Scotto, Mirto Picchi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin | Donizetti: | Lucia di Lammermoor (Recorded February 1953, Florence) - Mono (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin Lucia di Lammermoor (Recorded March 1959, London) - Stereo (2 CDs) Ferruccio Tagliavini, Piero Cappuccilli Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Tullio Serafin | Leoncavallo: | Pagliacci (Recorded May 1954) Giuseppe di Stefano Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin | Mascagni: | Cavalleria Rusticana (Recorded August 1953) Giuseppe di Stefano Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin | Ponchielli: | La Gioconda (Recorded September 1959) (3CDs) Fiorenza Cossotto, Piero Cappuccilli Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto La Gioconda (Recorded September 1952, Turin) (3 CDs) Fedora Barbieri, Gianni Poggi, Paolo Silveri RAI Turin Chorus & Orchestra, Antonino Votto | Puccini: | La Bohème (Recorded August-September 1956) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Anna Moffo, Rolando Panerai Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto Madama Butterfly (Recorded August 1955) (2 CDs) Nicolai Gedda, Lucia Danielli Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan Manon Lescaut (Recorded July 1957) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin Tosca (Recorded August 1953) - Mono (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Victor de Sabata Tosca (Recorded December 1964, Paris) - Stereo (2 CDs) Carlo Bergonzi, Tito Gobbi Paris Opéra Chorus & Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Georges Prêtre Turandot (Recorded July 1957) (2 CDs) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eugenio Fernandi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin | Rossini: | Il barbiere di Siviglia (Recorded February 1957, London) (2 CDs) Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera Il Turco in Italia (Recorded August-September 1954) (2 CDs) Nicolai Gedda, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni | Verdi: | La Traviata (Recorded September 1953, Turin), remast. 2007 (2 CDs) Francesco Albanese, Ugo Savarese RAI Chorus and Orchestra, Turin, Gabriele Santini Aida (Recorded August 1955) (2 CDs) Richard Tucker, Fedora Barbieri, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin Un ballo in maschera (Recorded September 1956) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto Rigoletto (Recorded September 1955) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin La forza del destino (Recorded August 1954) (3 CDs) Richard Tucker, Carlo Tagliabue Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin Il Trovatore (Recorded August 1956) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Fedora Barbieri Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan |
Packaging: hardcover slipcase, CDs in printed cardboard wallets, colour booklet including a broad selection of photos. The 70th CD will be a CD-ROM containing the tracklists and more photos and the libretti will be available for download on the updated Maria Callas website (new url will be: www.callas30.com). | EMI - 3959182 (CD - 70 discs) £99.99 (£85.10 ex. VAT) |
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, Erich Kunz, Karl Dönch, Peter Klein, Emmy Loose & Hanna Ludwig Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Ackermann Recorded 25th – 28th and 31st May and 25th September, 1954 in Kingsway Hall, London When this recording appeared in 1955, the Gramophone critic wrote: “A Night in Venice (1883), with the canals running with schmaltz and many a German joke about macaroni and La donna being mobile,may put off the ultra austere, but I think you would have to be pretty stiff not to surrender… This set speaks for itself. Outside the world of the gramophone you would never expect to encounter an operetta with a cast like this one”. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart Opera Favourites
Sir Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza, Agnes Baltsa, Walter Berry, Fiorenza Cossotto Claudio Desderi, Helen Donath, Maria Ewing, Nicolai Gedda, Siegfried Jerusalem Margaret Marshall, Olivera Miljakovic, Anna Moffo, Lucia Popp, Dame Margaret Price Roger Soyer, Giuseppe Taddei, José Van Dam & Carol Vaness | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Candide - Jerry Hadley, Cunegonde - June Anderson, Dr.Pangloss/Martin - Adolph Green, Old Lady - Christa Ludwig, Govenor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski - Nicolai Gedda, Paquette - Della Jones & Maximilian/Captain - Kurt Ollmann London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein From the Barbican Centre, London in December 1989 “The best of all possible Candides” (Fono Forum-Newsweek) | | | DG - 0734205 (DVD Video) Normally: £19.99 (£17.01 ex. VAT) Special: £12.99 (£11.06 ex. VAT) |
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Nicolai Gedda, Hilde Zadek, Ira Malaniuk & Ilse Wallenstein WDR Koln Chorus & Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth Recorded December 1955. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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