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Victoria de los Angeles, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Anna Maria Canali, Tito Gobbi, Renato Ercolani & Maria Huder Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni Recorded 26th-31st July and 2nd-6th, 8th-9th, 11th and 23rd August, 1954 in the Teatro dell’Opera, Rome “When Victoria de los Angeles appeared at the Edinburgh Festival [in the mid 1950s], she was in her prime, the voice as supple and sensitive as it was beautiful. Everything she tackled seemed to be touched by the magic of her attractive presence and glorious singing.” Gramophone | 
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Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Manuel Spatafora, Nicola Zaccaria, Anna Moffo Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Maria Callas, Fedora Barbieri, Giuseppe di Stefano, Renato Ercolani, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Zaccaria La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ettore Bastiannini & Giluietta Simionato Chorus & Orchestra La Scala, Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni Callas live, and at the peak of her powers – inspired performances that put her studio sets in the shade…. In the case of Ballo the context of an evening in the theatre makes this a more arresting, vivid interpretation on all sides than its studio counterpart of a year earlier, with Gianandrea Gavazzeni galvanising his fine cast to great things. As the late John Ardoin put it in his study of Callas’s recordings: ‘The La Scala performance is sung with more vivid colours, with accents more etched and a general intensification of Verdi’s drama.’ …. Ettore Bastianini’s forthright Renato, the only role he sang in London and one of his best in an all too short career, and Giulietta Simionato’s classic Ulrica are huge assets.” (Gramophone) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Rolando Panerai, Fedora Barbieri, Nicola Zaccaria & Renato Ercolani Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan Before Maria Callas made this August 1956 recording of Il trovatore, at La Scala, Milan, in August 1956, she had been singing it often since 1950 and with notable success. Callas's 1953 Covent Garden performances earned golden opinions. The Times critic considered the opera should have been syled Leonora: “[she] sang and acted everyone off the stage… The beauty of her line, its plasticity, and its strength, and the easy richness with which she unfolds long phrases, was memorably shown in Tacea la notte | | | 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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Leontyne Price, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giuseppe Taddei & Fernando Corena Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan "It is a joy to hear Puccini's orchestration ... brought out with such precision ... Karajan's impressiveness consists of more than drawing brilliant playing from the Vienna Philharmonic ... [his] control of tension shows itself at its most impressive ... Price pours forth a flood of rich, glorious tone and her attention to detail is exemplary."
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Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Monti Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin Recorded at Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1954 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| | Victoria de los Angeles - The Modest Prima DonnaIncludes works by Wagner, Mozart, Verdi, Puccini & Gounod
Victoria de los Angeles, Giannella Borelli & Giuseppe di Stefano | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicola Monti & Rolando Panerai Milan La Scala Orchestra, Tullio Serafin (recorded 1954) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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