Research Catalog

Title

La Scala edition, 1878-1946. Volume 1, 1878-1914 [sound recording]

Publication

[S.l.] : EMI Classics, p1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.
• Teatro alla Scala. Orchestra. prf

Description

Disc 1 of 3 sound discs (75 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Subject

• Operas > Excerpts
• Operas > Excerpts, Arranged

Note

• EMI Classics: 0777 7 64861 2 3 (on container spine: 0777 7 64860 2 4). Additional no. on container: ZDMC 7 64860 2.
• Opera excerpts, in part arranged.
• Compact discs.
• Mostly previously released as 78-rpm discs, on various labels.
• Notes by John Steane, with French, German and Italian translations (47 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded mostly between Mar. 1902 and Feb. 4, 1907, in Milan, Ospedaletti, or London; the 1st selection recorded in Milan, Aug. 7, 1951.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian; some selections originally French or German.

Contents

• I vespri siciliani: Ouverture / Verdi (Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ; Arturo Tocanini, conductor) (9:06) -- La sonnambula: Ah, non credea mirarti / Bellini (Adelina Patti, soprano ; Alfredo Barili, piano) (3:09) -- Don Carlo: Carlo, ch'è sol il nostro amore / Verdi (Giuseppe Kaschmann, baritone ; Salvatore Cottone, piano) (2:38) -- La gioconda: Cielo e mar! / Ponchielli (Francesco Marconi, tenor ; Salvatore Cottone, piano) (4:19) -- La traviata: Ah, fors'è lui / Verdi (Gemma Bellincioni, soprano; Salvatore Cottone, piano) (3:04) -- Otello: Esultate! (1:20) ; Ora e per sempre addio (1:39) (Francesco Tamagno, tenor) ; Era la notte (3:02) (Victor Maurel, baritone) ; Niun mi tema (Francesco Tamagno, tenor) (4:08) / Verdi -- L'ebrea: Tolse il sangue nostro...Dio m'ispira (Léon Escalaïs, tenor) (2:28) ; Voi che del Dio (Francesco Navarrini) (2:50) / Halévy -- La favorita: Vien, Leonora, aʹ piedi tuoi / Donizetti (Mattia Battistini, baritone ; Carlo Sabajno, conductor) (4:59) --
• (cont.): Otello: Niun mi tema / Verdi (Giuseppe Oxilia, tenor) (2:44) -- Lohengrin: Da voi lontan / Wagner (Francesco Viñas, tenor) (3:03) -- Ernani: O de' verdʹani miei / Verdi (Mattia Battistini, baritone ; Carlo Sabajno, conductor) (3:01) -- Il barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia è un venticello / Rossini (Francesco Navarrini, bass) (3:49) -- Cavalleria rusticana: Viva il vino / Mascagni (Fernando Valero, tenor) (2:00) -- Norma: Casta diva / Bellini (Teresa Arkel ; Carlo Sabajno, conductor) (4:17) -- Otello: Ora e per sempre addio (1:16) ; Niun mi tema (2:49) / Verdi (Giovanni Battista de Negri, tenor) -- Falstaff: Quand'ero paggio / Verdi (Victor Maurel, tenor [i.e., baritone]) (2:25) -- Lucrezia Borgia: M'odi, ah, m'odi / Donizetti (Elena Teodorini, soprano) (2:34) -- Manon Lescaut: Ah! non m'avvicinate! / Puccini (Edoardo Garbin, tenor ; Salvatore Cottone, piano) (2:20)

Call Number

*LDC 9021 (F) 1 of 2

OCLC

33467896

Title

La Scala edition, 1878-1946. Volume 1, 1878-1914 [sound recording]

Imprint

[S.l.] : EMI Classics, p1993.

Performer

Various soloists ; piano or unnamed orchestra acc. ; Carlo Sabajno, conductor (in part). In the 1st selection: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor.

Event

Recorded mostly between Mar. 1902 and Feb. 4, 1907, in Milan, Ospedaletti, or London; the 1st selection recorded in Milan, Aug. 7, 1951.

Language

Sung in Italian; some selections originally French or German.

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Added Author

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957. Conductor

Teatro alla Scala. Orchestra. Performer

Publisher No.

0777 7 64860 2 3 EMI Classics

7 64861 2 EMI Classics

0777 7 64860 2 4 EMI Classics

ZDMC 7 64860 2 EMI Classics

Research Call Number

*LDC 9021 (F) 1 of 2 Notes on file.