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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Renata Tebaldi
Boito: | Mefistofele 25th January 1966 Renata Tebaldi (Margherita/Helen of Troy), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Mefistofele), Carlo Bergonzi (Faust) RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Milan, Lamberto Gardelli | Catalani: | La Wally Rome, 20th October 1960 Renata Tebaldi (Wally), Giacinto Prandelli (Hagenbach), Dino Dondi (Gellner) RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Rome, Arturo Basile | Giordano, U: | Fedora Naples, 14th December 1961 Renata Tebaldi (Fedora), Giuseppe di Stefano (Loris), Mario Sereni (De Siriex) Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Arturo Basile | Puccini: | Tosca Milan, 12th December 1959 Renata Tebaldi (Tosca), Giuseppe di Stefano (Cavaradossi), Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni La fanciulla del West Rome, 8th July 1961 Renata Tebaldi (Minnie), Daniele Barioni (Dick Johnson), Giangiacomo Guelfi (Rance), Piero de Palma (Nick) RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Rome, Arturo Basile | Verdi: | La Traviata Milan, 28th May 1952 Renata Tebaldi (Violetta), Giacinto Prandelli (Alfredo), Gino Orlandini (Germont), Lilliana Pellegrino (Flora) RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Milan, Carlo Maria Giulini Giovanna d'Arco Milan, 26th March 1951 Renata Tebaldi (Giovanna), Carlo Bergonzi (Carlo), Rolando Panerai (Giacomo) RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Milan, Alfredo Simonetto |
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| |  | Renata Scotto
Bellini: | I Capuleti e I Montecchi Milan, 7th October 1967 Renata Scotto (Giulietta), Giacomo Aragall (Romeo), Luciano Pavarotti (Tebaldo), Alfredo Giacomotti (Lorenzo) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Ettore Gracis La straniera Tokyo, 18th September 1973 Renata Scotto (Violetta), Jose Carreras (Alfredo), Sesto Bruscantini (Germont) Nino Verchi | Donizetti: | L'elisir d'amore Florence, 2nd June 1967 Renata Scotto (Adina), Carlo Bergonzi (Nemorino), Giuseppe Taddei (Belcore), Carlo Cava (Dulcamara) Orchestra & Chorus of the Florence May Festival, Gianandrea Gavazzeni Lucia di Lammermoor Turin, 30th June 1967 Renata Scotto (Lucia), Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo), Piero Cappuccilli (Enrico), Gianfranco Maganotti (Arturo) RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Turin, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli | Puccini: | Madama Butterfly Turin, 12th September 1967 Renata Scotto (Butterfly), Renato Cioni (Pinkerton), Alberto Rinaldi (Sharpless), Franca Mattiucci (Suzuki) RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Turin, Arturo Basile | Verdi: | Rigoletto Florence, 19th November 1966 Renata Scotto (Gilda), Luciano Pavarotti (Duke), Kostas Paskalis (Rigoletto), Paolo Washington (Sparafucile) Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Communale, Florence, Carlo Maria Giulini |
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| |  | Giuseppe di Stefano
Bellini: | I Puritani Mexico City, 29th May 1952 Giuseppe di Stefano (Arturo), Maria Callas (Elvira), Piero Campolonghi (Riccardo), Roberto Silva (Giorgio) Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro de Bellas Artes, Guido Picco | Donizetti: | Lucia di Lammermoor Berlin, 29th September 1955 Giuseppe di Stefano (Edgardo), Maria Callas (Lucia), Rolando Panerai (Enrico) La Scala Chorus & RAIS Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, Herbert von Karajan | Giordano, U: | Fedora Naples, 14th December 1961 Giuseppe di Stefano (Loris), Renata Tebaldi (Fedora), Mario Sereni (De Siriex), Sofia Mizzetti (Olga) Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Arturo Basile | Mascagni: | Cavalleria Rusticana Milan, 10th May 1955 Giuseppe di Stefano (Turiddu), Giulietta Simionato (Santuzza), Giangiacomo Guelfi (Alfio) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala Milan, Antonino Votto | Puccini: | Turandot Milan, 7th December 1958 Giuseppe di Stefano (Calaf), Birgit Nilsson (Turandot), Rosanna Cartieri (Liu), Giuseppi Modesti (Timur) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala Milan, Antonino Votto Tosca Milan, 12th December 1959 Giuseppe di Stefano (Cavaradossi), Renata Tebaldi (Tosca), Tito Gobbi (Scarpia), Nicola Zaccaria (Angelotti) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni | Verdi: | Rigoletto Mexico City, 17th June 1952 Giuseppe di Stefano (Duke), Maria Callas (Gilda), Piero Compolonghi (Rigoletto), Ignacio Ruffino (Sparafucile) Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro de Bellas Artes, Humberto Mugnai |
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| |  | Pavarotti, 1937 - 2007: A World Icon2 CDs and 2 DVDs
Luciano Pavarotti was born the 10th of December 1935 in Modena Italy, and his debut came on April 29, 1961 as Rodolfo in La boheme, at the opera house in Reggio Emilia. His American debut came in February 1965, in a Miami production of Lucia di Lammermoor. It wasn’t until February 17, 1972, that the Pavarotti phenomenon was born, in a production of La Fille du Regiment at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. One of classical music’s most bankable names, selling more than 100 million recordings world-wide on Thursday, September 6, 2007, Pavarotti passed away at his home in Modena, Italy. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | I Sing from the Heart
Adam: | O Holy Night | Brodszky: | Be My Love Summertime in Heidelberg | Buzzi-Peccia: | Lolita | Capua: | O sole mio | Caruso, E: | Serenata | Curtis, E: | Non ti scordar di me Senza nisciuno | Donaudy: | Vaghissima sembianza | Donizetti: | Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) | Gastaldon: | Musica proibita | Giordano, U: | Un dì, all' azzurro spazio (from Andrea Chénier) | Gounod: | Ave Maria | Grieg: | Ich liebe Dich, Op. 5 No. 3 | Hardelot: | Because | Hopkins, J H: | We three Kings of Orient are | Kern: | You are love | Leoncavallo: | Un tal gioco (from I Pagliacci) Testa adorata (from La bohème) | Meyerbeer: | O Paradiso! (from L'Africana) | Nevin, E W: | The Rosary | Ponchielli: | Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) | Porter, C: | Begin the beguine I've Got You Under My Skin | Puccini: | O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Stolta paura, l'amor non uccide (Madama Butterfly) Nessun dorma (from Turandot) | Reger: | Mariä Wiegenlied, Op. 76 No. 52 | Rodgers, R: | You'll never walk alone (from Carousel) | Romberg, S: | One Alone (Harbach & Hammerstein) Deep in my heart, dear The Desert Song (excerpts) | Tosti: | Pour un baiser Luna d'estate L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra La Mia Canzone Ideale Marechiare A vucchella | trad.: | The First Nowell | Verdi: | Celeste Aida (from Aida) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) | Wade: | O come, all ye faithful | Youmans: | Without a Song Through the years |
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| |  | Turin 7/3/1960 ADD STEREO
Magda Olivero (Tosca), Alvinio Misciano (Cavaradossi), Giulio Fioravanti (Scarpia), Giovanni Folani (Angelotti), Carlo Badioli (Sacristan), Athos Cesarini (Spoletta) & Arrigo Cattelani (Sciarrone) Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI, Fulvio Vernizzi "Magda Olivero (born 1910, debut 1932) has thought out every move, every expression, creating the conviction of living the whole role afresh here and now. She also sings with distinction. Try her in phrases like 'le voce delle cose' for delicacy and the great two octave lunge of 'Io quella lama piantai nel cor' for power. Her Scarpia isn't so very far inferior to Gobbi: suave and brutal by turns, with fine resonance. Cavaradossi is likeable, both vocally and dramatically; Angelotti, for his brief operatic life, is outstanding." Gramophone Classical Music Guide [on Magda Olivero: Artist & Diva DVD, featuring this performance] | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Jussi Björling’s Last Concert
This will be of great interest to collectors. The last concert given by this world famous tenor was in Göteborg in 1960. It includes excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and Wagner’s Lohengrin. The bonus tracks were recorded in Stockholm and are excerpts from Il Trovatore (1960), Rigoletto (1957) and Pagliacci (1954). | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (sung in Russian/Italian)and excerpts from Otello and Manon Lescaut
Cilea: | L'anima ho stanca (from Adriana Lecouvreur) Recorded on 2nd February 1959 Ferruccio Scaglia | Halévy: | Rachel, quand du Seigneur (from La Juive) Recorded in San Francisco on 12th October 1952 Giuseppe Merola | Leoncavallo: | I Pagliacci Recorded on 15th June 1959: Mario del Monaco sings in Italian; other principals sing in Russian Mario del Monaco (Canio), Alex Iavnov (Tonio), Leocadia Maslennikova (Nedda), Evgenyi Belov (Silvio), Nikolai Timchenko (Beppe) Orchestra & Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre, Vassili Nebolsin | Meyerbeer: | O Paradiso! (from L'Africana) Recorded in San Francisco on 22nd October 1950 Giuseppe Merola | Puccini: | Manon Lescaut: excerpts Recorded in Mexico City on 12th June 1951 Mario del Monaco (Des Grieux), Clara Petrella (Manon Lescaut), Carlo Morelli (Lescaut), Roberto Silva (Geronte), Jose Mendieta (Edmondo) Orquesta e Coro del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Giuseppe Antonicelli Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolini (from Madama Butterfly) Recorded at the Ed Sullivan Show on 27th February 1957 Dorothy Kirsten (Butterfly) | Verdi: | Otello (excerpts) Recorded in Mexico City on 20th June 1951 Mario del Monaco (Otello), Clara Petrella (Desdemona), Giuseppe Taddei (Jago) Orquesta e Coro del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Oliviero de Fabritiis Teco io sto (from Un ballo in maschera) Recorded in San Francisco on 12th October 1952 Herva Nelli (Amelia) Giuseppe Merola Ah, la paterna mano (from Macbeth) Recorded on 12th December 1957 Alfredo Simonetto | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Recorded on 12th December 1957 Alfredo Simonetto |
This performance of Pagliacci was recorded in the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow in 1959. Del Monaco appeared in Moscow after forty years of isolation for the Soviet Opera. He was famous in Russia from radio broadcasts. Del Monaco sings in Italian but the rest of the cast sing in Russian. This set also includes excerpts from Verdi’s Otello and Puccini’s Manon Lescaut with Del Monaco (Mexico 1951). | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Jussi Björling LiveBroadcast Concerts 1937-1960
Adam: | O Holy Night Recorded 20th December 1954 | Alfvén: | Skogen sover, Op. 28 No. 6 Recorded 11th April 1949 Jag längtar dig (Text: Ernest Thiel) Recorded 5th August 1960 | Althen: | Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country) Recorded 12th May 1946 Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country) Recorded 25th May 1952 | Flotow: | M'appari (from Martha) Recorded 19th November 1945 | Foster, S: | I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Recorded 19th November 1945 I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Recorded 7th November 1949 | Geehl: | For You Alone Recorded 21st January 1946 For You Alone Recorded 8th January 1951 | Giordano, U: | Come un bel dì di maggio (from Andrea Chénier) Recorded 23rd October 1950 | Glover: | Rose of Tralee Recorded 12th March 1951 | Godard, B: | Cachès dans cet asile (Jocelyn) Recorded 25th March 1946; sung in English Cachès dans cet asile (Jocelyn) Recorded 11th August 1949; sung in English | Gounod: | Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) Recorded 12th May 1946 Nuit d'hyménée from Roméo et Juliette Recorded 23rd October 1949 Anna-Lisa Björling (soprano) Nuit d'hyménée from Roméo et Juliette Recorded 30th September 1951 Bidú Sayão (soprano) Prison Scene (from Faust) Recorded 5th December 1937; Björling sings in Swedish | Grieg: | Jeg Elsker Deg, Op. 41 No. 3 Recorded 25th March 1946 | Hardelot: | Because Recorded 25th March 1946 | Herbert, V: | Neapolitan Love Song Recorded 25th March 1946 Neapolitan Love Song Recorded 4th April 1949 | Leoncavallo: | Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Recorded 16th February 1951 Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita' Recorded 15th March 1948 Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Recorded 12th March 1951 | Mascagni: | Addio alla madre (from Cavalleria Rusticana) Recorded 4th April 1949 | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Recorded 19th November 1945 Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Recorded 23rd October 1949 Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Recorded 15th March 1948 Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Recorded 8th January 1951 | Meyerbeer: | Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) Recorded 23rd October 1950 Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) Recorded 5th December 1937 | Millöcker: | Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei (from Der Bettelstudent) Recorded 25th May 1952; sung in Swedish | Morgan, O: | Clorinda Recorded 15th March 1948 | Nordqvist: | Till havs (Towards the Sea) Recorded 20th December 1954 | Peterson-Berger: | Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) Recorded 12th May 1946 Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) Recorded 11th April 1949 Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) Recorded 8th January 1951 När jag för mig själv (When I Walk by Myself) Recorded 20th December 1954 | Ponchielli: | Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) Recorded 30th September 1951 | Puccini: | O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Recorded 25th September 1949 Licia Albanese (soprano) Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recorded 23rd October 1949 O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Recorded 23rd October 1949 Anna-Lisa Björling (soprano) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Recorded 30th September 1951 Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recorded 7th November 1949 Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) Recorded 8th January 1951 O sventata, sventata (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Recondita armonia (from Tosca) Recorded 5th December 1937 | Rachmaninov: | Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 Recorded 15th March 1948 V molchanii nochi taynoy, Op. 4 No. 3 Recorded 23rd October 1950 | Rangström: | Tristans död Recorded 11th April 1949 | Romberg, S: | Will You Remember (from Maytime) Recorded 21st January 1946 | Schubert: | An Sylvia, D891 sung in English; recorded 19th November 1945 Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 Recorded 4th April 1949 | Sjögren: | I drömmen du är mig nära Recorded 11th April 1949 | Söderman: | Trollsjön Recorded 11th April 1949 Trollsjön Recorded 25th May 1952 | Strauss, R: | Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 Recorded 7th November 1949 Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 Recorded 23rd October 1950 | Tchaikovsky: | Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) Recorded 5th August 1960; sung in Swedish | Tosti: | L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra Recorded 30th September 1951 L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra Recorded 11th April 1949 | Verdi: | Quel suon…Ah! Che la morte ognora (from Il Trovatore) Recorded 21st January 1946 Eleanor Steber (soprano) Solenne in quest'ora (from La Forza del Destino) Recorded 5th December 1937 Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Recorded 12th March 1951 Celeste Aida (from Aida) Recorded 12th March 1951 | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Recorded 20th December 1954 In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Recorded 5th August 1960; sung in Swedish |
This month is an excellent one for Björling fans. This collection is a treasury of rare performances from the US and Sweden and includes previously unreleased material. There is commentary and interviews, as well as Art and popular songs, Arias and duets and there are many guest artists such as Licia Albanese, Anna Lisa Björling and Renata Tebaldi. “Björling recorded [Lensky's aria] many times but never, I think, so poignantly as here. As a prologue to this year's centenary celebrations the album is a worthy offering and this track an especially moving example of the great tenor's art at its best.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Luciano Pavarotti will always be associated with the role of the painter Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca. His interpretations of the arias 'Recondita armonia' and 'E lucevan le stelle' became two of his greatest hits, which he sang at all his stadium concerts Specially restored and released for the first time on any format, this remarkable performance presents Luciano Pavarotti the opera star, at the very peak of his stage career. Filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, on December 19th, 1978. The production is by legendary baritone Tito Gobbi - best remembered as Scarpia opposite the Tosca of Maria Callas. Pavarotti's co-stars are two internationally acclaimed American singers - soprano Shirley Verrett and baritone Cornell MacNeil. Remarkable DVD bonus features - available for the first time Unique footage of Luciano Pavarotti in a music rehearsal, with Shirley Verrett and Maestro James Conlon A discussion between the greatest of all Baron Scarpias, Italian baritone Tito Gobbi, and the Scarpia of this production, baritone Cornell MacNeil A discussion with conductor James Conlon and Metropolitan Opera Music Director, James Levine. Released to mark the 75th anniversary of Luciano Pavarotti's birth on October 12th, 1935 Classification: Exempt Region: 0 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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