(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1951?(RA) - Simonetto Alfredo - RAI Milano*
2 1970(LI) - Schippers Thomas - Juilliard Orchestra*
3 1975(RA) - Arena Maurizio - Orchestre Lyrique de Radio France*
4 1979(LI) - Albrecht Gerd - ORCHESTRA*
5 1984(LI) - Campanella Bruno - Orchestra del Festival di Martina Franca*
6 1993(LI) - Carella Giuliano - Orchestre du Pays de la Loire*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Alfredo Simonetto - 1951?(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Elaisa - Maria Vitale
Viscardo - Amedeo Berdini
Bianca - Miriam Pirazzini
Manfredo - Rolando Panerai
Brunoro - Aldo Bertocci
Isaura - Liliana Pellegrino
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Black Disc - Fonit Cetra ARK 103 (Vitale Collection) {14LPS} Roger W. Frank MR 2001
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 905 32 (highlights + performance cond. Schippers) {2CDS} (1990)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il Giuramento by Saverio Mercadante are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.420; GIUDICI p.376 (2) p.654
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 5 April 1952.
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Juilliard Orchestra
Chorus - Choir of the Juilliard American Opera Center
Elaisa - Patricia Wells
Viscardo - Michele Molese
Bianca - Beverly Wolff
Manfredo - Gianluigi Colmagro
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 905 32 (+highlights cond. Simonetto) {2CDS} (1990)ª; Memories HR 4174/75 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il Giuramento by Saverio Mercadante are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.420; GIUDICI p.376 (2) p.654
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Répertoire - No.27 juillet/aoüt 1990 p.53 [JB2]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Spoleto Festival (June 1970; see OPERA Festival Issue pp.119-120
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Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1975(RA)
Orchestra - Orchestre Lyrique de Radio France
Chorus - Choeur de Radio France
Elaisa - Teresa Zylis-Gara
Viscardo - Michele Molese
Bianca - Benedetta Pecchioli
Manfredo - Lajos Miller
Brunoro - Bernard Plantey
Isaura - Claudy Tremblay
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Black Disc - Rodolphe RP 12416-12418 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette - Rodolphe RPK 22416-22418
Compact Disc - Rodolphe RPC 32417-32418 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Il Giuramento by Saverio Mercadante are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.420; GIUDICI p.376 (2) p.654
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1985 p.912 [MEO]; August 1986 p.303 [MEO]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 pp.134-135 [KP]
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Opéra International - décembre 1984 No.76 p.62 [SS]
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American Record Guide - May/June 1985 Vol.48 No.4 p.23 [JWB]
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Comments:- Recording of a broadcast concert performance (27 October 1975)
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Conductor Gerd Albrecht - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - ORCHESTRA
Chorus - CHORUS
Elaisa - Mara Zampieri
Viscardo - Plácido Domingo
Bianca - Agnes Baltsa
Manfredo - Robert Kerns
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 319-2 {2LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03842
Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 335 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il Giuramento by Saverio Mercadante are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.420; GIUDICI p.376 (2) p.654
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Vienna (9 September 1979). See «My First Forty Years» p.130. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor Bruno Campanella - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra del Festival di Martina Franca
Chorus - New Cambridge Chorus
Elaisa - Jolanta Omilian
Viscardo - Piero Visconti
Bianca - Carmen Gonzales
Manfredo - Luigi De Corato
Brunoro - Giuseppe Fallisi
Isaura - Elisabetta Tandura
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Black Disc - Cetra LMAD 3025 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra «Italia» CDC 82 (1994)ª; Warner Fonit 3984 29177-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il Giuramento by Saverio Mercadante are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.420; GIUDICI p.376 (2) p.654
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - November 2000 p.1389 [GL]
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Orpheus - Dezember 1994 S.59; August + September 2001 S.84 (mention) [GH]
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Opéra International - décembre 1994 No.186 P77
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Diapason - No.411 janvier 1995 p.104; No.476 decembre 2000 pp.98-99 [MP]
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Répertoire - No.137 juillet/aoüt 2000 p.68
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American Record Guide - March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 P143
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Martina Franca Festival (25 July 1984)
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Conductor Giuliano Carella - 1993(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre du Pays de la Loire
Chorus - Choeurs de l'Opéra de Nantes
Elaisa - Giovanna De Liso
Viscardo - Giuseppe Morino
Bianca - Martine Olmeda
Manfredo - Marc Barrard
Brunoro - Pascal Aubert
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Compact Disc; - Nuova Era NE 7179-80 {2CDS} (1994)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il Giuramento by Saverio Mercadante are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.420; GIUDICI p.376 (2) p.654
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.202
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Orpheus - Dezember 1994 p.60
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Opéra International - décembre 1994 No.186 p.77
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Diapason - No.411 janvier 1995 p.104
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Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.50
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Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española