The Early Years: 1883-1908. Commercial recordings of singers in arias from roles they sang at the Met: Ancona, Bispham, Burrian, Calve, Campanari, Caruso, Chaliapin, De Lucia, De Lussan, De Reszke, Eames, Farrar, Gadski, Homer, Journet, Lehmann, Mantelli, Maurel, Melba, Nordiac, Patti, Plancon, Schumann-Heink, Scotti, Sembrich, Tamagno, Van Rooy & Witherspoon. In fold-open album with 8-page booklet of texts with photos and notes on each soloist and recording. Sold by subscription only. Metropolitan Opera-MET-401(2). A- 20.00
346. 100 YEARS OF GREAT MET ARTISTS: The Gatti-Casazza Years I: 1908-1921. Commercial recordings of singers in arias from roles they sang at the Met: Alda, Amato, Bonci, Bori, Caruso, Clement, DeLuca, Destinn, Didur, Easton, Farrar, Fremstad, Gadski, Gigli, Hempel, Homer, Jadlowker, Mardones, Martinelli, McCormack, Muzio, Ober, Ponselle, Schumann, Scotti, Slezak, Tetrazzini, Urlus & Whitehall. In fold-open album with 8-page booklet of texts with photos and notes on each soloist and recording. Sold by subscription only. Metropolitan Opera-MET-402(2). A- 20.00
347. 100 YEARS OF GREAT MET ARTISTS: The Gatti-Casazza Years II: 1921-1935. Commercial recordings of singers in arias from roles they sang at the Met: Bohnen, Bori, Branzell, Chaliapin, Crooks, DeLuca, Flagstad, Galli-Curci, Gigli, Jeritza, Johnson, Lauri-Volpi, Martinelli, Matzenauer, Melchior, Moore, Pinza, Pons, Ponselle, Rethberg, Ruffo, Schipa, Schorr, Swarthout & Tibbett. In fold-open album with 8-page booklet of texts with photos and notes on each soloist and recording. Sold by subscription only. Metropolitan Opera-MET-403(2). A- 20.00
348. 100 YEARS OF GREAT MET ARTISTS: The Johnson Years: 1935-1950. Commercial recordings of singers in arias from roles they sang at the Met: Albanese, Baccaloni, Bjoerling, Di Stefano, Flagstad, Janssen, Jobin, Kipnis, Kirsten, Kullman, Martinelli, Melchior, Merrill, Milanov, Novotna, Peerce, Pinza, Pons, Sayao, Singher, Steber, Stevens, Tagliavini, Thorborg, Tibbett, Traubel, Tucker, Varnay, Warren & Welitch. In fold-open album with 8-page booklet of texts with photos and notes on each soloist and recording. Sold by subscription only. Metropolitan Opera-MET-404(2). A- 20.00
349.*100 YEARS OF GREAT MET ARTISTS: The Bing Years I: 1950-1961. Commercial recordings (one disc mono, one stereo) of singers in arias from roles they sang at the Met: Albanese, Bastianini, Bergonzi, Bjoerling, Callas, Della Casa, Corelli, Corena, Del Monaco, De Los Angeles, Elias, Gedda, Gueden, Hines, London, Merrill, Milanov, Moffo, Nilsson, Peters, Price, Resnik, Rysanek, Siepi, Simionato, Steber, Stevens, Tebaldi, Thebom, Tozzi, Tucker, Valletti, Vickers & Warren. In fold-open album with 8-page booklet of texts with photos and notes on each soloist and recording. Sold by subscription only. Metropolitan Opera-MET-405(2). A- 20.00
LP's: Operatic, Choral and Vocal Collections - continued
350.*100 YEARS OF GREAT MET ARTISTS: The Bing Years II: 1961-1972. Commercial recordings of singers in arias from roles they sang at the Met: Bacquier, Bergonzi, Berry, Bumbry, Caballe, Corelli, Crespin, Domingo, Freni, Gedda, Ghiurov, Horne, Kraus, Lear, Lorengar, Ludwig, MacNeil, McCracken, Milnes, Moffo, Nilsson, Pavarotti, Peters, Prey, Price, Resnik, Rysanek, Scotto, Sereni, Stewart, Stratas, Sutherland, Tebaldi, Tozzi & Vickers. In fold-open album with 8-page booklet of texts with photos and notes on each soloist and recording. Sold by subscription only. Metropolitan Opera-MET-406(2). A- 20.00
351.*100 YEARS OF GREAT MET ARTISTS: Completing the Century: 1972-1983. Commercial recordings of singers in arias from roles they sang at the Met: Arroyo, Behrens, Blegen, Caballe, Carreras, Cossotto, Cotrubas, Crespin, Domingo, Horne, King, Marton, Milnes, Moll, Pavarotti, Raimondi, Ricciarelli, Scotto, Sills, Sutherland, Talvela, Te Kanawa, Troyanos, Van Dam, Verrett, Von Stade & Weilk. In fold-open album with 8-page booklet of texts with photos and notes on each soloist and recording. Sold by subscription only. Metropolitan Opera-MET-407(2). A- 20.00
352. 100 YEARS OF GREAT MET ARTISTS: The Conductors, 1883-1983: Conductors associated with the Met in performances of selctions from operas they conducted at the Met (but most of these are recordings made with other orchestras/companies: Toscanini, Hertz, Bodanzky, Monteux, Wolff, Serafin, Bellezza, Busch, Beecham, Szell, Walter, Cleva, Mitropoulos, Schippers, Reiner, Leinsdorf, Bohm, Bernstein & Levine. In fold-open album. Sold by subscription only. Metropolitan Opera-MET-408(2). A- 20.00
353. COLLECTOR'S SHOWCASE: Selections from Max de Schauensee's collection. Arias sung by Dupre(Tales), Luart(Manon), Brothier(Mireille), Musy(Mireille), Rouard(Herodiade), Balguerie(Ariane;2), Juyol(Roi d'Ys), Gall(Louise;2), Lafont(Louise; 2); Corney(Cigales; Amour d'Antan); Thill(de Fay song); Raveau(Rousseau song). Club 99 CL-99-507. A- 10.00
354. DONIZETTI TENORS: Donizetti arias sung by Bondino, Kozma, Bertocci, Tei, Alva, Pontiggia, Jimenez, Filacuridi, Aragall, Tagliavini, Ferrein, Mori, Grilli & Bottion. [bl cov] Unique Opera UORC-109. A-- 11.00
355. FIFTY YEARS OF GREAT OPERATIC SINGING: Deluxe issue, five-record set includes 68 arias, duets, etc. from Victor vocalists recorded between 1905 and 1951. Set is in ring-binder-style album with 40-page bound-in booklet with artist photos, biographies and complete discographic data. [Limited Edition, Serial #C-444] RCA LCT-6701(5). A-(superb LP's appear unplayed; album pristine!) 65.00
356.*GRANDI VOCI DELL'ARENA VERONA: Volume 1: Arias sung at 55th Anniversary Concert of Arena di Verona, 1977: Raimondi [Tosca(2), Fanciulla]; Freni [Tosca, Turandot]; Bruson [Rigoletto, Don Carlos, Macbeth]; Ricciarelli [Traviata]; Kabaiwanska/Raimondi [Butterfly]. Misc Conductors/Teatro Arena di Verona Orch. Cime Ars Nova ANC-25003. A- to A 7.00
357.*GRANDI VOCI DELL'ARENA VERONA: Volume 2: Arias sung at 55th Anniversary Concert of Arena di Verona, 1977: Raimondi [Faust]; Ricciarelli [Ballo; Turandot]; Kabaiwanska [Otello; Adriana]; Cappuccilli [Faust; Andrea]; Pavarotti [Elisir; Turandot]. Gato & Martinotti/Teatro Arena di Verona Orch. Cime Ars Nova ANC-25004. A- to A 7.00
358. METROPOLITAN OPERA: 50 Years of Guild Performances at the Met. Commercial recordings of artists in roles they performed at Guild performances. Includes Rethberg, Melchior, Albanese, Steber, Stevens, Bampton, Svanholm, Traubel, Munsel, Peerce, Bjoerling, Kirsten, Milanov, Roggero, di Stefano, Gueden, Thebom, Merrill, Amara, Hines, Tebaldi, Stella, Rysanek, Nilsson, Moffo, Callas, Gorr, Peters, Ludwig, Vickers, Tucker, Caballe, Milnes, Gedda, Bergonzi, Corelli, Crespin, Price, Domingo, Sills, Verrett, von Stade, Horne, Sutherland, Scotto & Estes. [Commemorating Golden Anniversary of Metropolitan Opera Guild, c.1985] Metropolitan Opera-MET-50(3). A- 25.00
LP's: Operatic, Choral and Vocal Collections - continued
359.*METROPOLITAN OPERA GALA: Highlights of concert honoring Rudolf Bing, 4-22-72. Arias & duets by Arroyo, Caballe, Nilsson, Price, Resnik, Tucker, Merrill, Zylis-Gara, Corelli; Bohm, Adler, Bonynge, Levine. [Resnik singing "Chacun a Bing's Gout" is a scream!] DGG 2530 260. A-(U.S. pressing - maybe they all were) 8.00
360.*NEW YORK PRO MUSICA: Early Baroque Music of Italy: Turini, Monteverdi(5), Frescobaldi(3) & Girolama dall Cassa. Greenberg directs. Decca DL-79425. A- 8.00
361. OPENING NIGHTS AT THE MET: Historic Recordings of Metropolitan Opera Stars Re-creating Their Celebrated Opening Night Roles. Artists: Berger; Bjoerling; Bori; Caruso; De Luca; Destinn; Eames; Farrar; Flagstad; Galli-Curci; Homer; Jeritza; Martinelli; Melba; Melchior; Merrill; Milanov; Peerce; Peters; Pinza; Pons; Ponselle; Rethberg; Sayao; Scotti; Sembrich; Stevens; Tibbett; Traubel; Valletti; Vinay; Warren. [Limited edition album (this one is #2126) includes lavishly-illustrated 50-page booklet with a page of notes on each recorded aria and a listing of opening night operas and casts, 1883-1965; also includes a 2-inch X 3-inch piece of the curtain from the Old Met; only listed in Schwann from October 1966 until May 1967] [WD labels] RCA LM-6171(3). A- 36.00
362.*OPENING NIGHTS AT THE NEW MET: Recordings of Met stars re-creating opening night roles (NOT live performances; not w/Met Orch except Vespri overture): Antony & Cleopatra (Price); Traviata (Caballe; Bergonzi); Adriana (Domingo); Aida (Price); Ernani (Bergonzi); Don Carlo & Otello (Domingo; Milnes); Trovatore (Domingo; Price); Vespri Overture (Levine). [drm] RCA ARL1-4856. A-(c/c) 12.00
363. POTPOURRI # 6: Selections by Slezak, Kiepura & Eggerth, Tauber, J.C.Thomas(5), Melchior(2), Witherspoon, Giannini(2), Pinza, Fazio, Crooks, Kurenko(2), Knight. [bl cov; no notes] Unique Opera UORC-379. A-(brief tks end sd 1) 10.00
364. POTPOURRI #21: Arias sung by Masini(4), Rethberg(3), Sack(2), Lehmann(4), Bori(3), Pauly, Jeritza & Melchior. Conductors inc Reiner, Ormandy, Klemperer, Black & Rapee. [rec 1937-38; blank jacket] Golden Age of Opera EJS 425. A- 11.00
365. ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN: Historical Recordings of Actual Performances. Mefistofele (Bellezza; 1936); Boheme (Bellezza, 1926); Melba's Farewell (Bellezza; 1926); Otello (Bellezza, 1926); Faust (Goossens, 1928); Boris (Bellezza, 1928); Meistersinger (Beecham, 1936); Gotterdammerung (Beecham, 1936). [Includes several items previously unpublished; nice 27-page booklet with photos, notes and texts] EMI RLS-742(3). A- to A 20.00
366. RUSSIAN BASSES & BARITONES OF THE ACOUSTIC ERA: CHALIAPIN: Sadko(2); Prince Igor(2) (two private 1898 wax cylinders compared to his commercial discs of same arias). KASTORSKIY: Iolanta, Faust, Russalka. SIBIRYAKOV: Juive, Judith. BRAGIN: Pag, Demon. GRYZUNOV: Sadko. TARTAKOV: Songs of Tchaikovsky & Rubinstein. MAKSAKOV: Iolanta, Onegin. BAKLANOV: Neron (Rubinstein). OASI 630. A- 12.00
367. RUSSIAN TENORS OF ACOUSTIC ERA: Arias sung by Figner(3), Yershov(3), Smirnov(3), Sobinov(2), Klementyev(2), Piotrovskiy(2) & Yuzhin. OASI 620. A- 12.00
368. SOUVENIRS OF MEYERBEER, VOL 2: Arias & duets by Lafargue, Gresse, Singher, Norena, Fugere, Cannetti, Journet, De Angelis, Carlyle, de Montalant & Homer. [Recorded 1905-54] International Record Collectors' Club IRCC L-7038. A- 15.00
369. TENOR POTPOURRI (1951-52): Svanholm (Lohengrin, Aida & Meistersinger); Del Monaco (Luisa, Ballo [with Nelli] & Juive); Bjoerling (Romeo [with Sayao] & Gioconda; Tosti song); Conley (Manon [2; 1 w/Sayao]; Puritani). [blank jacket] Unique Opera UORC-340. A- 12.00
370.*THE AGE OF BEL CANTO: Arias & duets by HANDEL (Atalanta, Samson, Semele), PICCINNI (Buona Figliuola), LAMPUGNANI (Meraspe), BONONCINI (Astarto), BOIELDIEU (Angela), ARNE (Artaxerxes), AUBER (Muette de Portici), BELLINI (Straniera), SHIELD (Rosina); plus from Il Re Pastore, Magic Flute, Seraglio, Semiramide, Freischutz, Beatrice di Tenda, Pasquale, Lucrezia, Attila, Barber. Sutherland; Horne; Conrad; Bonynge/LSO; New Sym of London. [w/large, profusely-illustrated booklet; also AUTOGRAPHED BY HORNE on publicity photo of her & 1971 San Francisco recital program] [FFSS labels] London OSA-1257(2). A- 35.00
LP's: Operatic, Choral and Vocal Collections - continued
371. THE OLD SCHOOL OF SINGING: Arias sung by Kaschmann, Battistini, Navarini, Plancon, Lloyd, Santley, Tamagno, Patti, Marconi, Petri, Magnini-Coletti & Henschel. Belcantodisc BC-230. A- 8.00
372. WIENER STAATSOPER 1935: Excerpts from Tannhauser(6), Meistersinger(3), Merry Wives(3), Otello, Faust(2) & Giuditta. Artists include Furtwangler, de Sabata, Weingartner, Alwin, Lehar, Lehmann, Pinza, Kullmann, Tauber, Lorenz. [Fold-open jacket has notes in German only, but wonderful illustrations] Teldec 6.43333. A- 12.00
LP's: Vocalists
373. AFFRE: (Agustarello): Arias - Faust, Huguenots, Wm Tell, Favorita, Le Cid, Armide et Renaud, Herodiade & Le Mage. DELNA (Marie): Arias - Prophete, Samson, Vivandiere(2), Attaque du Moulin, Miarka, Favorita, Troyens & Carmen; di Capua song. Club 99 CL-99-59. A- 8.00
374. ALBANI: (Carlo): Arias - Norma, Sonnambula, Lucrezia, Trovatore(2), Otello(2), Andrea, Gioconda, Rigoletto, Tosca, Huguenots, Prophete, Sigurd, Juive, Wm Tell & Lolita; Songs of di Capua & de Curtis. [all acoustic] Club 99 CL-99-113. A- 8.00
375.*AMELING: Wolf - Songs from the Italian Songbook, plus two Morike-Lieder. Baldwin, piano. Philips 802 919. A- to A(c/c) 8.00
376. ANDERSON: Arias - Don Carlo, Samson(2), Messiah, L'Allegro, Siroe. Spirituals (8). Songs of Sibelius(2) & Schubert(2). [LP transfers by Keith Hardwick; recorded 1928-38; DMM] EMI EG-29 0016 1. A- to A 16.00
377. ANDERSON: Arias from Samson(2); songs of Schubert, Spross, Foster, Traditional, 2 spirituals [recorded 1930's to 1951]. MAYNOR: Aria from Figaro (Live, Ormandy & Phila; 10-20-45), Martha, Louise; 1 spiritual; songs of Bishop & Harrison (3 items are from 1944 broadcast w/Lionel Barrymore as host). Parnassus PAR-1004. A- 8.00
378. ANDERSON: Farewell Recital (Constitution Hall; October 24, 1964). Works of Handel, Haydn(2), Schubert(5), Folks Songs & Spirituals(8). [Anderson introduces one encore; with nice illustrated leaflet] [WD labels] RCA LM-2781. A- 12.00
379.*ANDERSON: Nineteen Spirituals. Franz Rupp, piano. [fold-open album] A- 12.00
380. ANDERSON: Songs of Schubert(2), Schumann(2), Haydn(2) & Strauss (recorded 1945-47; Rupp, piano); Brahms (three with Ormandy/Phila, 1-8-39; two with Primrose, viola, 6-30-41; one with Rupp, piano, 7-1-41). [This 1964 release was the first issue of at least some (maybe all?) of the Brahms songs] RCA LM-2712. A- 12.00
381. ANDERSON: Spirituals (21). Rupp, piano. RCA LM-2032. A-(lovely plum label pressing) 10.00
382.*ARAGALL: Arias - Boheme, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Rigoletto, Trovatore, Don Carlos, Luisa Miller, Don Pasquale, Adriana, Fedora, Elisir & Lucia. Rivoli/Barcelona Sym. [German-only notes] Acanta 40.29.391. A- to A 10.00
383. ARANGI-LOMBARDI: Arias - Lombardi, Boheme, Cav, Norma, Trovatore, Ernani (w/Molinari, Ballo (w/Molinari, Baccaloni & Bordonali) & Gioconda (w/Zinetti). OASI 508. A- 8.00
384.*ARKHIPOVA: Songs of Taneyev(11) & Medtner(5). [I can't manage the Cyrillic to read the pianist's name] Melodiya 33C10-08229-30. A- 9.00
385.*BATTLE: Music for Voice & Guitar: Works of Dowland, Bach, Granados, Villa-Lobos (Aria from BB #5), Falla; Three Brazilian Songs; Six Spirituals. Parkening, guitar. [dig; DMM] Angel DS-37351. A- to A 5.00
386. BELLANTONI: (Giuseppe): Arias - Ruy Blas, Walkure, Saffo(2), Forza, Siegfried, Lolita, Luna Cortese & Chianiutedda Mia; Songs of Denza & Tosti. [all from Fonotipia acoustics] OASI 633. A- 8.00
387. BERINI: (Mario; tenor): Arias - Gypsy Baron, Tales, Boheme & Cav; Songs of J.Strauss, Sieczynski, Respighi; Duets - Fledermaus & Gypsy Baron w/Korjus; Pecheurs w/Guarrera. [some from 78's; some live] OASI 646. A- 8.00
388. BESANZONI: Carmen (seven excerpts; 1932); Arias (acoustic, 1920/21) - Favorita, Gioconda, Samson(2) & Trovatore. Club 99 CL-99-103. A- 8.00
LP's: Vocalists - continued
389. BJOERLING: Arias - Romeo(3), Gianni, Boheme(3), Manon, Tosca, Gioconda (several of these with his wife, Annalisa); Songs of Beethoven, Strauss(2), Rachmaninov, Morgan, Leoncavallo & Tosti. [Live performances, 1948-1951] Voce 95. A- 10.00
390. BJOERLING: Arias from Belle Helene, Romeo, Otello, Mignon, Trovatore, Lohengrin, pag(2), Turandot; Songs of Nordqvist, Schubert, Geehl, Rachmaninoff & Tosti. [misc unissued test pressings, private tapes, radio broadcasts, etc.] OASI 660. A- 9.00
391. BJOERLING: Songs of Beethoven, Tosti(2), Schubert(4), Strauss(2), Brahms, Foster; Arias - Don Giovanni, Fedora, Carmen, Manon, Tosca. Schauwecker, piano. [Live, Carnegie Hall, September 24, 1955] RCA LM-2003. A-(c/c; minor cover tear) 9.00
392.*BLACHUT: (Beno; tenor): Songs of Dvorak (16). Pohlreich, piano. [Czech-only notes] Supraphon 1112 3348. A- 9.00
393. BONELLI: Arias - Barber, Martha & Forza; Songs of Herbert, Damrosch, Speaks, Tosti, Brogi, Coates, Messager & Taylor. OASI 563. A- 7.00
394. BORGIOLI: Vol. 1: Arias - Puritani(2), Fedora, Sonnambula(2), Mefistofele, Mignon(2), Pecheurs(2) & Don Pasquale(2); Songs of Tosti, Pinelli, Giordano, Padilla & Borgioli. Club 99 CL-99-14. A- 8.00
395.*BRUSON: Arias - Macbeth, Vespri, Ballo, Forza, Don Carlos, Otello. [All live, 1973-1980; mostly with Abbado or Muti] Legendary LR-134. A- 8.00
396. BURZIO: Arias - Adriana, Cav, Aida, Forza(2), Gioconda, Mefistofele, Otello(2) & Trovatore (Fonotipias, 1905-1908); Norma, Saffo, Ballo, Favorita(2), Gioconda (Pathe, 1913); Mefistofele, Forza, Fanciulla, Zulma(2), Norma(3), Africana, Otello, Adriana & Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria" (Columbia 1913); Cav (Phonodisc Mondial, 1915). Club 99 CL-99-87/88(2). A- 15.00
397. BURZIO: Arias - Forza(3), Norma & Trovatore. RUSS: Arias - Aida(2) & Norma. Belcantodisc BC-229. A- 8.00
398.*CABALLE: Arias - Adriana, Vespri(2), Suor, Rigoletto, Sonnambula, Ballo, Trovatore. Masini/Barcelona Orch. [AUTOGRAPHED on front cover in gray marker; also includes some newspaper cuttings] London OS-26424. A- 12.00
399.*CABALLE: Donizetti Rarities - First recordings of arias & scenes from Torquato Tasso; Gemma di Vergy, Parisina & Belisario. Cillario/LSO (with other soloists & Ambrosian Opera Chorus in two). RCA LSC-3164. A- 7.00
400. CABALLE: Presenting Montserrat Caballe - Scenes from Norma, Pirata, Roberto Devereux, Lucrezia Borgia, Maria de Rohan. Cillario/Orch. [AUTOGRAPHED on back cover in black ink; includes some newspaper cuttings from Chicago, c.1966] RCA LM-2862. A- 12.00
401. CALLAS: "The Callas Legacy." Arias - Lucia (Mad Scene; Karajan/Berlin; 1955); Barber(2) (Milan/Giulini; 1956); Sonnambula (Votto/Edinburgh; 1957); Sonnambula (Bernstein/Milan; 1955); Lakme (De Fabriitis/Turin; 1952); Berlin Radio interview. Limited Society LES-100. A- 16.00
402.*CALLAS: Arias - Nabucco, Macbeth, Lakme, Lucia. FILACURIDI: Arias - Werther, Zaza, Mefistofele, Fedora. De Fabritiis/RAI Turin. [concert, 2/18/1952; notes in Italian only] Fonit Cetra LMR-5001. A- to A 12.00
403.*CALLAS: Mad Scenes from Anna Bolena, Hamlet & Il Pirata. Sinclair; Lanigan; Rouleau; Robertson (in Anna); Rescigno/PO. [blue labels] Angel S-35764. A- 10.00
404.*CALLAS: Unreleased Recordings: 1955-1969. Arias from Corsaro(2; 1969), Trovatore(1964), Ballo(1964), Sonnambula(2; 1955; electronic stereo). Angel S-37557. A- 12.00
405. CALLAS: In Memoriam. Arias from every year in which she performed (1949-74), plus a brief speech. Nabucco (2; 1949), Norma, Aida (1950); Tosca(2), Trovatore (1951); Lakme, Macbeth (1952); Trovatore, Medea (1953); Lucia (1954); Sonnambula (2; 1955); Traviata, Barber (1956); Anna Bolena(2), Puritani (1957); Traviata (1958); Pirata (1959); Poliuto (1960); Mefistofele (1961); Don Carlo (1962); Butterfly (1963); Tosca (1964); Norma (1965); Cav (1974). HRE 219(3). A- 25.00
406.*CALLAS: La Divina - Arias from Norma, Puritani, Turco, Cenerentola, Gioconda, Daughter, Ernani, Trovatore, Alceste, Figaro, Hamlet, Faust. Bonus disc has long (52 minutes) Callas interview with Edward Downes. [blue labels] Angel SCB-3743(3). A- 20.00
LP's: Vocalists - continued
407. CALLAS: Soprano Assoluta. Arias sung live, 1949-1959: Norma (RAI recording, 1949); Macbeth, Lucia, Nabucco, Lakme (RAI Rome, 1952); Seraglio, Louise, Armida, Dinorah (San Remo, 1954); Vestale, Semiramide, Hamlet, Puritani (RAI Milan, 1956); Forza, Tristan (Athens, 1957); Barber (Paris, 1958); Boheme, Mefistofele (London, 1959); Puritani (Dallas rehearsal, 1957); Pirata (New York, 1959). [Lovely 16-page booklet includes many photos and detailed notes and essay by Bruce J. Saxon.] BJR 143(3). A- 40.00
408.*CALLAS: The Art of Maria Callas - Arias from Barber, Lucia, Macbeth, Don Carlo, Otello, Tosca, Damnation, Louise & Carmen. [nice booklet with records enclosed in deluxe slipcase] [blue labels] Angel SB-3696(2). A- 14.00
CALLAS: See also #102, 104, 107, 146-49, 171, 183, 184, 241-43, 249, 285, 349, 358, 415, 585.
409. CARELLI: (Emma): Arias - Adriana, Siberia, Gioconda, Manon (all 1906); Fedora, Tosca, Lorenza (1904); Mefistofele, Tosca, Manon, Aida, Boheme, Cav, Zaza & Mignon; Virgilio song (1905). Club 99 CL-99-100. A- 8.00
410. CARUSO: Neapolitan Songs (14). [WD labels] RCA LCT-1129. A- 10.00
411. CASTAGNA: (Bruna): Arias - Carmen(3), Mignon, Don Carlos, Gioconda, Samson(3) & Werther. OASI 605. A- to B+ 7.00
412. CORADETTI: (Ferrucio; baritone): Selections from Rigoletto(2 duets w/Gonzaga), Maschere, Crispino et la Comare, Don Pasquale, Otello(2), Barber(3), Fra Diavolo(3), Pipele; one Denza song. OASI 604. A- 8.00
413.*CORENA: Cimarosa - I Maestro di Capella. Arias - Figaro, Cenerentola(2), Italiana, Matrimonio Segreto, Elisir, Barber & Don Giovanni. Misc orchs. Decca 410 163-1. A-(Dutch pressing) 9.00
414. CROOKS: Arias - Elisir, Rigoletto, Aida, Carmen, Tosca, Xerxes, Tolomeo & Lohengrin; Songs of Ketelby, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Olcott, Trad, Franck & Sibelius. [most of the arias are from German HMV's, 1927/28; most of the songs from 1940's broadcasts and V-Discs] Club 99 CL-99-502. A- 9.00
415. DE HIDALGO & CALLAS: "Elvira de Hidalgo, the teacher; Maria Callas, the pupil." Seventeen arias and songs sung by Hidalgo, all recorded acoustically; Callas in her first commerical recordings from November 9, 1949: Casta Diva; Liebestod; Puritani Mad Scene (Basile/RAI Torino). OASI 532(2). A--(very slight vinyl "presence") 25.00
416. DEBICKA: (Hedwig): Arias - Paride ed Elena, Bach Cantata #202, Mozart Mass in c, Rosenkavalier (live, 1928), Traviata, Tales, Faust & Rigoletto; Ries song. Club 99 CL-99-17. A- 6.00
417. DEL CAMPO: (Sofia): Songs of Netto, Freire, Granados, Valderrano, Valdes, Parades, three traditional; Arias from Guarany(2), Lakme, Romeo, Manon Lescaut, Barbero de Sevilla (Nieto) & Re Pastore. Club 99 CL-99-26. A- 8.00
418.*DENIZE: (Nadine): Ravel - Melodies Hebraiques; Sheherazade. Jean-Claude Casadesus/Lille Philharmonic, who also play the Pavane and the 2nd Suite from Daphnis et Chloe. Mundi HM-10,064. A- to A 12.00
419. DESTINN: Arias -Butterfly, Rusalka, Samson, Robert der Teufel, Trovatore, Carmen, Pag, Gioconda (with Kirkby-Lunn), Pique Dame (w/Duchene), Africana; Songs of Rossini (w/McCormack), Liszt & Tosti. OASI 603. A- 8.00
420. DIDUR: (Adamo): Arias - Martha, Oracolo (Leoni), Tales, Salvator Rosa, Mignon, Faust, Dama di Picche(2), Ugonotti, Mefistofele(2), Roberto, Vita Bretone (Mugnone), Elisir, Aida, Juive. Songs of Tosti, Moniuszko & de Noskowski; 2 Russian folksongs. [recorded 1905-29] Club 99 CL-99-89. A- 8.00
421. ELMO: Arias - Gioconda, Adriana(2), Fedora, Aida, Trovatore(3); Songs of Grieg & Strauss. OASI 628. A- 8.00
422. FARNETI: (Maria): Arias - Mefistofeles, Aida, Manon, La Wally(2), Manon Lescaut, Amico Fritz, Iris(2), Butterfly(2), Fanciulla; Songs of Sonzogno, Panizza. [recorded 1918-30; German-only notes] Lebendige Vergangenheit LV 2641. A- to A 8.00
423.*FARRELL: Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder; Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene.
Share with your friends: |