Opera
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Opera
（The vintage collection）
BBC Records, c1989
- vol. 1
Musical Sound Recording（Compact Audio Disc）
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Opera : vintage performances by great operatic stars of the twenties and thirties
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For voice(s) and orchestra
Opera excerpts; Sung in Italian (1st-3rd, 4th, 7th-9th, 11th, 13th, 15th works), German (6th, 10th, 14th), or French (4th, 12th)
Elisabeth Rethberg (1st work), Toti Dal Monte (3rd), Fanny Heldy (4th), Rosa Ponselle (9th), Claudia Muzio (13th), sopranos ; Else Ruzizcka (6th), mezzo-soprano ; Beniamino Gigli (1st), Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (2nd), Jussi Björling (5th), Josef Schmidt (7th), Georges Thill (12th), Richard Crooks (14th), tenors ; Mariano Stabile (8th), Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (10th), Lawrence Tibbett (11th), baritones ; Ezio Pinza (1st, 9th), Marcel Journet (4th), Alexander Kipnis (6th), Feodor Chaliapin (15th), basses ; various orchestras and conductors
Recorded: 1926-1936
Reissued from 78 rpm discs
Compact disc
Pamphlet contains program notes in English
BBC Records: BBC CD 715
Contents of Works
- Attila. Trio : Te sol te sol quest anima / Verdi
- Andrea Chenier. Un di all'azzuro spazio guardai (Improvviso) / Giordano
- I pescatori di perle. Invocation ... Brahma, gran dio / Bizet
- Thaïs. Baigne d'eau mes mains et mes lèvres / Massenet
- Tosca. Recondita armonia / Puccini
- Die Rosenkavalier. Herr Kavalier / R. Strauss
- Martha. Ach, so fromm / Flotow
- Don Giovanni. Deh, vieni alla finestra / Mozart
- La forza del destino. Alzatevi, e partite ... La vergine degl'angeli / Verdi
- Figaros Hochzeit. Ach, öffnet ihre Augen / Mozart
- Il barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum della città / Rossini
- Le Cid. O noble lame étincelante! / Massenet
- Il trovatore. Tacea la notte placida / Verdi
- Lohengrin. In fernem Land / Wagner
- Il barbiere di Siviglia. La calunnia è un venticello / Rossini