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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The World's Most Romantic OperasSeven Complete Operas
Beethoven: | Fidelio, Op. 72 Salzburg, 1969 Christa Ludwig (Leonore), James King (Florestan), Franz Crass (Rocco), Edith Mathis (Marzelline) Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Böhm | Donizetti: | L'elisir d'amore Florence, 2nd June 1967 Renata Scotto (Adina), Carlo Bergonzi (Nemorino), Giuseppe Taddei (Belcore), Carlo Cava (Dulcamara) Orchestra and Chorus of the Florence May Festival, Gianandrea Gavazzeni | Giordano, U: | Andrea Chénier Vienna, 26th June 1960 Franco Corelli (Chenier), Renata Tebaldi (Maddalena), Ettore Bastianini (Carlo Gerard), Margarete Sjöstedt (Bersi) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic | Gluck: | Orfeo ed Euridice Turin, 30th June 1970 Shirley Verrett (Orfeo), Antonietta Stella (Euridice) RAI Orchestra and Chorus, Seiji Ozawa | Massenet: | Manon Sung in Italian; Milan, 3rd June 1969 Mirella Freni (Manon), Luciano Pavarotti (Des Grieux), Rolando Panerai (Lescaut), Antonio Zerbini (Le Comte de Grieux) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Peter Maag | Puccini: | La Bohème Rome, 17th July 1969 Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Mirella Freni (Mimi), Sesto Bruscantini (Marcello), Rita Talarico (Musetta) RAI Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Schippers | Verdi: | La Traviata Tokyo, 18th September 1973 Renata Scotto (Violetta), José Carreras (Alfredo), Sesto Bruscantini (Germont), Anna Pedrotti (Annina) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Nino Verchi |
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| |  | A Night at the OperaSix Complete Operas
Bizet: | Carmen London, 1973 Shirley Verrett (Carmen), Placido Domingo (Don Jose), Jose van Dam (Escamillo), Kiri te Kanawa (Micaela) Covent Garden Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Georg Solti | Mozart: | Le nozze di Figaro, K492 Salzburg, 31st July 1974 Jose van Dam (Figaro), Mirella Freni (Susanna), Frederica von Stade (Cherubino), Tom Krause (Count Almaviva) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan | Puccini: | La Bohème Rome, 17th July 1969 Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Mirella Freni (Mimi), Sesto Bruscantini (Marcello), Rita Talarico (Musetta) RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Rome, Thomas Schippers Madama Butterfly Turin, 12th September 1967 Renato Scotto (Butterfly), Renato Cioni (Pinkterton), Albert Rinaldi (Sharpless), Franca Mattiucci (Suzuki) RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Turin, Arturo Basile | Verdi: | La Traviata Tokyo, 18th September 1973 Renata Scotto (Violetta), Jose Carreras (Alfredo), Sesto Bruscantini (Germont), Anna Pedrotti (Annina) Nino Verchi Aida Munich, 18th September 1973 Martina Arroyo (Aida), Placido Domingo (Radames), Fiorenza Cossotto (Amneris), Nicola Ghiaurov (Ramfis) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Claudio Abbado |
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Bellini: | I Puritani Modena, 26th December 1962 Mirella Freni (Elvira), Alfredo Kraus (Arturo), Attilio D'Orazi (Riccardo), Raffaele Arie (Giorgio) Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro Communale, Modena, Nino Verchi | Donizetti: | La Figlia del Reggimento Milan, 11th February 1969 Mirella Freni (Maria), Luciano Pavarotti (Tonio), Vladimiro Ganzarolli (Sulpizio), Anna di Stasio (Marchesa di Birkenfeld) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala Milan, Nino Sanzogno | Gounod: | Faust Milan, 16th February 1967 Gianni Raimondi (Faust), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Mephistopheles), Mirella Freni (Marguerite), Luigi Alva (Siebel) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala Milan, George Prêtre | Handel: | Serse Milan, 19th July 1962 Luigi Alva (Serse), Mirella Freni (Romilda), Rolando Panerai (Arsamene), Fiorenza Cossotto (Atalanta) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala Milan, Piero Bellugi | Mozart: | Le nozze di Figaro, K492 Salzburg, 31st July 1974 ose van Dam (Figaro), Mirella Freni (Susanna), Frederica von Stade (Cherubino), Tom Krause (Count Almaviva) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan | Puccini: | La Bohème Rome, 17th July 1969 Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Mirella Freni (Mimi), Sesto Bruscantini (Marcello), Rita Talarico (Musetta) RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Rome, Thomas Schippers |
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| |  | The Pavarotti Collection Vol. 1
Bellini: | I Puritani recorded live in Milan on 8th July, 1969 Mirella Freni (Elvira), Luciano Pavarotti (Arturo Talbot), Sesto Bruscantini (Sir Riccardo Forth), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Sir Giorgio), Mirella Fiorentini (Enrichetta di Francia), Mino Venturini (Sir Bruno Robertson), Giovanni Antonini (Lord Gualtiero Valton) RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Rome, Riccardo Muti I Capuleti e I Montecchi recorded live in Amsterdam on 30th June 1966 Margherita Rinaldi (Giulietta), Giacomo Aragall (Romeo), Luciano Pavarotti (Tebaldo), Mario Petri (Capellio), Walter Monachesi (Lorenzo) Resident Orchestra of the Hague, Chorus of the Teatro Comunale, Bologna | Donizetti: | Lucia di Lammermoor recorded live in Turin on 30th June 1967 Renata Scotto (Lucia), Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo), Piero Cappuccilli (Enrico), Agostino Ferrin (Agostino Ferrin), Gianfranco Manganotti (Arturo), Anna Di Stasio (Alisa), Franco Ricciardi (Normanno) RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Turin, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli | Massenet: | Manon recorded live in Milan on 3rd June, 1969; sung in Italian Mirella Freni (Manon), Luciano Pavarotti (Des Grieux), Rolando Panerai (Lescaut), Antonio Zerbini (Le Comte des Grieux), Milena Pauli (Poussette), Yeda Valtriani (Javotte), Luciana Rezzadore (Rosette), Franco Ricciardi (Guillot de Morfontaine), Giuseppe Morresi (De Brétigny), Virgilio Carbonari (L'Hôtelier) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Peter Maag | Puccini: | La Bohème recorded live in Rome on 17th July, 1969 Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Mirella Freni (Mimi), Rita Talarcio (Musetta), Sesto Bruscantini (Marcello), Nicola Ghiuselev (Colline), Gianni Maffeo (Schaunard), Alessandro Maddalena (Benoit), Franco Calabrese (Alcindoro), Mario Di Felici (Parpignol), Mario Frosini (Sergente dei doganieri), Elio Prisco (Un doganiere) RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Rome, Thomas Schippers | Verdi: | Rigoletto recorded live in Rome in 1966 Kostas Paskalis (Rigoletto), Renata Scotto (Gilda), Luciano Pavarotti (Il Duca), Paolo Washington (Sparafucile), Bianca Bortoluzzi (Maddalena), Corinna Vozza (Giovanna), Plinio Clabassi (Monterone), Arturo La Porta (Marullo), Fernandino Jacopucci (Borsa), Giovanni Ciavola (Il Conte di Ceprano), Nelie Pragranza (La Contessa di Ceprano), F. Carotenuto (Un paggio) Orchestra & Chorus of Rome Opera, Carlo Maria Giulini Luisa Miller recorded live in Milan on 12th May, 1976 Montserrat Caballé (Luisa), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Piero Cappuccilli (Miller), Carlo Zardo (Walter), Bruna Baglioni (Federica), Carlo Del Bosco (Wurm), Milena Pauli (Laura), Saverio Porzano (Contadino) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Gianandrea Gavazzeni |
This collector’s boxed set includes live performances and broadcasts of 7 complete operas with the incomparable Pavarotti. The accompanying booklet contains a biography of Pavarotti, rare historic photos, complete cast lists and a short synopsis of each opera. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Puccini Great Opera Collection
Puccini: | Manon Lescaut Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco, Mario Boriello, Fernando Corena & Piero de Palma Francesco Molinari-Pradelli La Bohème Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Gianna d'Angelo, e Bastianini, to Cesari, Cesare Siepi, Fernando Corena & Piero de Palma Tullio Serafin Tosca Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, George London, Silvio Maionica & Fernando Corena Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Madama Butterfly Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Goro Angelo Mercuriali, Fiorenza Cossotto & Enzo Sordello Tullio Serafin La fanciulla del West Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Cornell Macneil, Piero di Palma & Silvio Maionica Franco Capuana Turandot Inge Borkh, Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Bicola Zaccaria, Fernando Corena, Mario Carlin, Renato Ercolani, Gaetano Fanelli & Ezio Giordano Alberto Erede Il Trittico Robert Merrill, Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Giulietta Simionato & Fernando Corena Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Lamberto Gardelli |
Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Puccini (22 December). Decca’s recordings of Puccini’s operas rank among the very finest ever committed to disc. This legacy was started in 1951 when Renata Tebaldi made her first recording of Madama Butterfly and throughout the rest of the 1950s Tebaldi recorded Puccini’s other major operas. At the end of the 1950s new stereo versions were made of Madama Butterfly and La Bohème. Tebaldi was cast alongside such distinguished colleagues as Carlo Bergonzi and Mario del Monaco and acclaimed opera maestri at the helm of these recordings include Francesco Molinari-Pradelli and Tullio Serafin. This collection of the great Puccini operas includes the stereo versions of Butterfly and Bohème and is the ideal collection of some of the world’s most popular and enduring operas in acclaimed recordings that have been an integral part of Decca’s legendary opera catalogue for the past fifty years. | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | |
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| |  | Puccini - The Operas
Puccini: | Manon Lescaut Montserrat Caballé & Placido Domingo New Philharmonia, Bruno Bartoletti La Bohème Mirella Freni & Nicolai Gedda Rome Opera Orchestra, Thomas Schippers Tosca Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi & Tito Gobbi Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Georges Prêtre Madama Butterfly Victoria de los Angeles & Jussi Björling Rome Opera Orchestra, Gabriele Santini La fanciulla del West Birgit Nilsson & João Gibin La Scala Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic La Rondine Robert Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Le Villi (highlights) Robert Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Il tabarro Neil Shicoff & Maria Guleghina London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Suor Angelica Cristina Gallardo-Domâs Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Gianni Schicchi Tito Gobbi & Victoria de los Angeles Rome Opera Orchestra, Gabriele Santini Turandot Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli & Renata Scotto Rome Opera Orchestra, Francesco Molinari Pradelli |
This 17 CD budget box set is one of four special albums being released by EMI Classics on 8 September 2008 to celebrate the 150th Anniversary on 22 December of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Puccini is one of today’s most popular operatic composers. His works dominate the programmes of the world’s leading opera houses, and his compositions are heard frequently on radio and television, in film soundtracks and in TV commercials. All of Puccini’s popular operas are represented, including Manon Lescaut, La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, as well as the less frequently heard titles La rondine, La fanciulla del West and Il trittico (Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi). Also included are highlights from Le villi, an early work by Puccini that is almost never performed these days. The recordings (all stereo) come from EMI’s unrivalled operatic catalogue and feature some of the greatest stars in the world of opera. “Bohème is Thomas Schippers's memorable recording, with Freni and Gedda appealing lovers. Tosca features the dream-team Callas and Gobbi… Madama Butterfly heads a fine performance, though Jussi Björling's Pinkerton divides opinion, ringing but stiff. For Trittico we have Pappano's excellent 1997 Tabarro and Suor Angelica, but Gianni Schicchi is the ripe Santini classic with Gobbi and de los Angeles.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2009 **** “Alagna shapes his arias exquisitely and the Act II duet 'Perché mai cercate' with Gheorghiu is glorious'” BBC Music Magazine, January 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Puccini - The Complete Operas
Puccini: | Tosca Stereo 1972 Leontyne Price, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Paul Plishka New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta La Bohème Stereo 1973 Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes, Judith Blegen, Ruggero Raimondi London Philharmonic Orchestra, George Solti Madama Butterfly Stereo 1978 Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Ingvar Wixell, Gillian Knight Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel Turandot Stereo 1998 (Live) Giovanna Casolla, Sergej Larin, Barbara Frittoli, Aldo Bottion Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta Le Villi Stereo 1979 Plácido Domingo, Renata Scotto, Leo Nucci, Tito Gobbi National Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel Edgar Stereo 1977 Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Scotto, Gwendolyn Killebrew New York City Opera Orchestra, Eve Queler Manon Lescaut Stereo 1992 Nina Rautio, Peter Dvorsky, Gino Quilico, Luigi Roni, Aldo Bramante Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Lorin Maazel La fanciulla del West Stereo 1991 (Live) Mara Zampieri, Plácido Domingo, Juan Pons, Sergio Bertocchi, Luigi Roni Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Lorin Maazel La Rondine Stereo 1966 Anna Moffo, Daniele Barioni, Mario Sereni, Graziella Sciutti, Piero de Palma RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Gianni Schicchi Stereo 1977 Tito Gobbi, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel Suor Angelica Stereo 1977 Renata Scotto, Marilyn Horne, Ileana Cotrubas New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel Il tabarro Stereo 1977 Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Ingvar Wixell New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel |
The complete operas of Giacomo Puccini, released in an attractive box set to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth in December 2008. December 12, 2008 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest composers of opera, Giacomo Puccini. Sony BMG Masterworks celebrates this Jubilee with its COMPLETE OPERAS EDITION, which for the first time combines all of Puccini’s operatic works in this exclusive 20-disc edition. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Living Stereo: 60-CD Collection
Bach, J S: | Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043 Jascha Heifetz (violin) | Bartók: | Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116 Fritz Reiner Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106 Fritz Reiner Hungarian Sketches, BB 103, Sz. 97 Fritz Reiner | Beethoven: | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Jascha Heifetz (violin) Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Charles Munch Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral' Charles Munch Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight' Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux' Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique' Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata' Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' Van Cliburn (piano) | Berlioz: | Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem) Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 Charles Munch Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17: Love Scene Charles Munch Harold en Italie, Op. 16 Charles Munch Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9 Charles Munch Benvenuto Cellini Overture Charles Munch Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21 Charles Munch Béatrice et Bénédict, Op. 27: Overture Charles Munch | Brahms: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Jascha Heifetz (violin) | Bruch: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 | Chopin: | Ballades Nos. 1-4 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) Scherzi Nos. 1-4 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) | Copland: | Billy the Kid Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes) Morton Gould | Debussy: | La Mer Charles Munch Images for orchestra La Mer Fritz Reiner | Dvorak: | Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World' Fritz Reiner Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) | Franck, C: | Symphony in D minor Pierre Monteux Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) | Gershwin: | Rhapsody in Blue Arthur Fiedler Piano Concerto in F major Arthur Fiedler An American in Paris, tone poem Arthur Fiedler I Got Rhythm Variations Arthur Fiedler | Glazunov: | Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 Jascha Heifetz (violin) | Grofe: | Grand Canyon Suite Morton Gould | Ibert: | Escales Charles Munch | Liszt: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) | Mahler: | Symphony No. 4 in G major Fritz Reiner Das Lied von der Erde Fritz Reiner | Mendelssohn: | Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Jascha Heifetz (violin) Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian' Charles Munch Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 'Reformation' Charles Munch Scherzo from Octet, Op. 20 | Mussorgsky: | Pictures at an Exhibition Fritz Reiner | Offenbach: | Gaite Parisienne Arthur Fiedler | Prokofiev: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 Jascha Heifetz (violin) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 Van Cliburn (piano) | Puccini: | La Bohème Madama Butterfly Turandot | Rachmaninov: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Van Cliburn (piano) Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 Van Cliburn (piano) | Ravel: | Daphnis et Chloé Charles Munch Boléro La Valse Rapsodie Espagnole | Respighi: | Pines of Rome Fritz Reiner Fountains of Rome Fritz Reiner | Rimsky Korsakov: | Scheherazade, Op. 35 Fritz Reiner | Saint-Saëns: | Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony' Charles Munch Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) | Schubert: | Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great' Charles Munch Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished' Charles Munch | Schumann: | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Van Cliburn (piano) | Sibelius: | Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Jascha Heifetz (violin) | Strauss, R: | Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Fritz Reiner Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 Fritz Reiner Elektra (highlights) Fritz Reiner Salome: fragments Fritz Reiner Don Quixote, Op. 35 Fritz Reiner Don Juan, Op. 20 Fritz Reiner Sinfonia Domestica, Op. 53 Fritz Reiner Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60 Fritz Reiner | Stravinsky: | Petrushka Pierre Monteux | Tchaikovsky: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 Van Cliburn (piano) Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' Pierre Monteux Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Jascha Heifetz (violin) | Verdi: | La Traviata | Vieuxtemps: | Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37 | Walton: | Cello Concerto Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) |
1 Various Living Stereo Sampler 2 MUNCH, CHARLES Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3; Debussy: La Mer; Ibert: Escales 3 MUNCH, CHARLES Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé 4 REINER, FRITZ Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Ein Heldenleben 5 REINER, FRITZ Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta; Hungarian Sketches 6 HEIFETZ, JASCHA Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto 7 CLIBURN, VAN Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 8 FIEDLER, ARTHUR Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris; Variations on “I Got Rhythm” 9 REINER, FRITZ Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition 10 PRICE, LEONTYNE Leontyne Price: Arias 11 RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Chopin: Ballades & Scherzos 12 MONTEUX, PIERRE Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique” 13 GOULD, MORTON Brass & Percussion 14 HEIFETZ, JASCHA Sibelius, Prokofiev, Glazunov: Violin Concertos 15 & 16 Berlioz: Requiem 17 MUNCH, CHARLES Ravel: Boléro; La Valse; Rapsodie espagnole; Debussy: Images for Orchestra 18 PIATIGORSKY, GREGOR Dvorák; Walton: Cello Concertos 19 REINER, FRITZ Dvorák: New World Symphony 20 REINER, FRITZ Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 21 RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 22 FIEDLER, ARTHUR Offenbach: Gaïté parisienne 23 CLIBURN, VAN Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 24 FIEDLER, ARTHUR Hi-Fi Fiedler 25 HEIFETZ, JASCHA Brahms; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos 26 MONTEUX, PIERRE Franck: Symphony in D Minor; Stravinsky: Petrouchka 27 MUNCH, CHARLES Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 28 MUNCH, CHARLES Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Love Scene From Romeo & Juliet 29 REINER, FRITZ Strauss: Scenes from Elektra & Salome 30 REINER, FRITZ Mahler: Symphony No. 4 31 RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Chopin: Piano Concertos 32 STOKOWSKI, LEOPOLD Rhapsodies 33 GOULD, MORTON Copland: Billy The Kid & Rodeo; Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite 34 MOFFO, ANNA Arias from Faust; La Bohème; Dinorah; Carmen; Turandot; Semiramide; Lakmé 35 REINER, FRITZ Respighi: Pines Of Rome; Fountains Of Rome & Debussy: La Mer 36 REINER, FRITZ Vienna 37 MUNCH, CHARLES Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5; Octet: Scherzo 38 FIEDLER, ARTHUR Pops Caviar 39 RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Beethoven: Sonatas (Moonlight; Les Adieux; Pathetique; Appassionata) 40 HEIFETZ, JASCHA Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Scottish Fantasy & Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5 41 LANZA, MARIO Mario! Lanza At His Best; Vagabond King Highlights 42 FOX, VIRGIL Encores 43 & 44 Puccini: La Bohëme 45 & 46 Puccini: Madama Butterfly 47 & 48 Verdi: La Traviata 49 & 50 Puccini: Turandot 51 MUNCH, CHARLES Schubert: Symphonies "The Great" & "Unfinished" 52 REINER, FRITZ Strauss: Don Quixote & Don Juan 53 HEIFETZ, JASCHA Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor 54 BREAM, JULIAN Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar 55 PRICE, LEONTYNE Albeniz: Navarra, Iberia; Falla: El amor 56 RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2; Franck: Symphonic Variations; Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 57 MUNCH, CHARLES Berlioz: Harold In Italy; The Roman Carnival Overture; Benvenuto Cellini Overture; Le Corsaire Overture; Beatrice Et Benedict Overture 58 REINER, FRITZ Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde 59 REINER, FRITZ Strauss: Symphonia Domestica; Suite From Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme 60 CLIBURN, VAN Schumann: Piano Concerto In A minor; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 "Emperor"
This 60-disc box set contains 60 original ‘Living Stereo’ recordings This is the first time a comprehensive collection of these iconic recordings has been created. Each album comes complete with its original LP artwork. An extensive booklet is included with the liner notes from each original album. Includes recordings by such great artists as Jascha Heifetz, Charles Munch, Fritz Reiner, Julian Bream, Leontyne Price and Arthur Rubinstein LIVING STEREO – THE HISTORY On October 6, 1953, RCA held experimental stereophonic sessions in New York's Manhattan Center with Leopold Stokowski conducting a group of New York musicians in performances of Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 and the waltz from Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin. There were additional stereo tests in December, again in the Manhattan Center, this time with Pierre Monteux conducting members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In February 1954, RCA made its first commercial stereophonic recordings, taping the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Münch, in a performance of The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz. This began a practice of simultaneously recording orchestras with both stereophonic and monaural equipment. Other early stereo recordings were made by Toscanini and Guido Cantelli respectively, with the NBC Symphony Orchestra; the Boston Pops Orchestra under Arthur Fiedler; and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Fritz Reiner. Initially, RCA used RT-21 quarter-inch tape recorders (which ran at 30 inches per second), wired to mono mixers, with Neumann U-47 cardioid and M-49/50 omnidirectional microphones. Then they switched to an Ampex 300-3 one-half inch machine, running at 15 inches per second (which was later increased to 30 inches per second). These recordings were initially issued in 1955 on special stereophonic reel-to-reel tapes and then, beginning in 1958, on vinyl LPs with the logo ‘Living Stereo’. Sony Music and successor companies have continued to reissue these recordings on CD. Another 1953 project for RCA was converting the acoustically superior building Webster Hall into its East Coast recording studio. It operated this studio venue from 1953 to 1968.
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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: | I 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).
Extra postage costs:
As this set is very heavy (around 3kg) we unfortunately need to charge some extra postage costs to certain countries.
UK and most of Western Europe: No extra charges - Normal rates apply.
Rest of World: Varies by country. Please contact us for further details. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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