(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 Barber Samuel - Vanessa - Metropolitan Opera 1958(LI)*
2 Barber Samuel - Vanessa - Wiener Philharmoniker 1958(LI)*
3 Berg Alban - Wozzeck - New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1951(LI)*
4 Bizet Georges - Carmen - Metropolitan Opera 1957(LI)*
5 Leoncavallo Ruggiero - Pagliacci - Metropolitan Opera 1959(LI)*
6 Leoncavallo Ruggiero - Pagliacci - Metropolitan Opera 1960(LI)*
7 Mascagni Pietro - Cavalleria rusticana - Metropolitan Opera 1959(LI)*
8 Mascagni Pietro - Cavalleria rusticana - Metropolitan Opera 1960(LI)*
9 Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus - Don Giovanni - Wiener Philharmoniker 1956(LI)*
10 Mussorgsky Modest - Boris Godunov - Metropolitan Opera 1956(LI)*
11 Mussorgsky Modest - Boris Godunov - Metropolitan Opera 1956(SE)*
12 Puccini Giacomo - fanciulla del west (La) - Teatro Comunale di Firenze 1954(LI)*
13 Puccini Giacomo - Gianni Schicchi - Metropolitan Opera 1958(LI)*
14 Puccini Giacomo - Madama Butterfly - Metropolitan Opera 1956(LI)*
15 Puccini Giacomo - Madama Butterfly - Metropolitan Opera 1956(SE)*
16 Puccini Giacomo - Madama Butterfly - Metropolitan Opera 1958(LI)*
17 Puccini Giacomo - Madama Butterfly - Metropolitan Opera 1960(LI)*
18 Puccini Giacomo - Manon Lescaut - Metropolitan Opera 1956(LI)*
19 Puccini Giacomo - Tosca - Metropolitan Opera 1955(LI)*
20 Puccini Giacomo - Tosca - Metropolitan Opera 1956(LI)*
21 Puccini Giacomo - Tosca - Metropolitan Opera 1957(LI)*
22 Puccini Giacomo - Tosca - Metropolitan Opera 1957(SE)*
23 Puccini Giacomo - Tosca - Metropolitan Opera 1958(LI)*
24 Puccini Giacomo - Tosca - Metropolitan Opera 1959(LI)*
25 Puccini Giacomo - Tosca - Metropolitan Opera 1960(LI)*
26 Schönberg Arnold - Erwartung - New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra 1951*
27 Strauss Richard - Elektra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1949(LI)*
28 Strauss Richard - Elektra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 1950(LI)*
29 Strauss Richard - Elektra - Wiener Philharmoniker 1957(LI)*
30 Strauss Richard - Elektra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1958(LI)*
31 Strauss Richard - Salome - Metropolitan Opera 1955(LI)*
32 Strauss Richard - Salome - Metropolitan Opera 1958(LI)*
33 Tchaikovsky Pyotr Il'yich - Eugene Onegin - Metropolitan Opera 1957(LI)*
34 Tchaikovsky Pyotr Il'yich - Eugene Onegin - Metropolitan Opera 1957?(SE)*
35 Verdi Giuseppe - ballo in maschera (Un) - Metropolitan Opera 1955 (LI;DEC 10)*
36 Verdi Giuseppe - ballo in maschera (Un) - Metropolitan Opera 1955 (LIJAN 22)*
37 Verdi Giuseppe - ballo in maschera (Un) - Metropolitan Opera 1955(SE)*
38 Verdi Giuseppe - Ernani - Metropolitan Opera 1956(LI)*
39 Verdi Giuseppe - Ernani - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 1957(LI)*
40 Verdi Giuseppe - forza del destino (La) - Teatro Comunale di Firenze 1953(LI)*
41 Verdi Giuseppe - forza del destino (La) - Wiener Staatsoper 1960(LI)*
42 Verdi Giuseppe - Simon Boccanegra - Metropolitan Opera 1960(LI)*
43 Wagner Richard - Götterdämmerung - New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1955(ACT 3;LE)*
44 Wagner Richard - Walküre (Die) - Metropolitan Opera 1957(LI)*
45 Wagner Richard - Walküre (Die) - Metropolitan Opera 1957(SE)*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Vanessa - Eleanor Steber
Erika - Rosalind Elias
Old Baroness - Regina Resnik
Anatol - Nicolai Gedda
Old Doctor - Giorgio Tozzi
Nicholas - George Cehanovsky
Footman - Robert Nagy
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Black Disc - RCA Victor LM 6138 {3LPS} (USA); RCA Victor LSC 6138 {3LPS} (USA); RCA «Red Seal» ARL 2-0294 {3LPS}; RCA RL 02094 {3LPS} (UK)
Compact Cassette - RCA Victor «Gold Seal» GK 87899
Compact Disc - RCA Victor «Gold Seal» GD 87899 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Vanessa by Samuel Barber are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.25; MET p.3; PENGUIN p.3
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1958 p.235 (mention); February 1978 p.1456 [WSM]; January 1979 p.1258 [JBS] ; July 1990 p.272 [PD]
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Opera - July 1978 p.703
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American Record Guide - November 1958 Vol.25 No.3 p.178 [RE]: November/December 1990 Vol.53 No.6 pp.23-23 [DA]
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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1958 Vol.8 No.11 p.179 [DJ]
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.31
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 January 1958, see OPERA March 1958 p.165, June 1958 p.377). The Omega Opera Archive has issued a recording (217) of the performance on 1 February 1958 which was broadcast.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Vanessa - Eleanor Steber
Erika - Rosalind Elias
Old Baroness - Ira Malaniuk
Anatol - Nicolai Gedda
Old Doctor - Giorgio Tozzi
Nicholas - Alois Pernerstorfer
Footman - Norman Foster
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1041 (& 4078); Orfeo C 65 30621 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Vanessa by Samuel Barber are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.25; MET p.3; PENGUIN p.3
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 2006 p.112 [P'OC]
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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.73-74 [WS]
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Orpheus - 1+2 Januar + Februar 2007 S.59-S.60 [SS]
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Diapason - No.543 S janvier 2007 p.110 [MP]
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International Record Review - October 2006 p.80 [MT]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 pp.220-221 [JWB]
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Opéra Magazine - No.15 février 2007 p.68 [PC]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.98 marzo 2007 pp.88-89 [XC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (16 August 1958; see OPERA October 1958 pp.621-623). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Schola Cantorum & High School of Music and Art (Children's Chorus)
Wozzeck - Mack Harrell
Tambourmajor - Frederick Jagel
Andres - David Lloyd
Hauptmann - Joseph Mordino
Doktor - Ralph Herbert
1.Handwerkbursch - Adolph Anderson
2.Handwerkbursch - Hubert Norville
Narr - Joseph Mordino
Marie - Eileen Farrell
Margaret - Edwina Eustis
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Black Disc - Columbia SL 118 {2LPS} (USA); Philips ABL 3388/3389 (UK)
Compact Disc - Andromeda ANR 2514/15; SONY «Masterworks Heritage» MH2K 62759 {2CDS} (+Erwartung)
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Recordings of Wozzeck by Alban Berg are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.365; CELLETTI p.78; MARINELLI p.476; Opera on CD (1) p.132 (2) p.145 (3) p.163; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.36 p.138; Supplément mai 1998; No.215; MET p.33; MET(VIDEO) p.12; PENGUIN p.16; GIUDICI p.44 (2) p.79; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.64; BBC Music Magazine February 2000 p.49; Gramophone November (published September) 2003 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1961 p.123; October 1961 p.197; February 1998 p.100 [MEO]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.96 [GH]
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Opera News - January 31 1998 p.50 [WRB]
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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.110 [CA]
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Orpheus - Januar 1998 S.58 (mention) [GH]
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Opéra International - janvier 1998 No.220 p.49 [CG]
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Diapason - No.443 décembre 1997 p.64 [PEB]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.181-182 p.217 [CM]
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American Record Guide - January 1952 Vol.18 No.5 p.140 [CJL]: March/April 1998 Vol.61 No.2 p.279 [AA]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.57
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Classic CD - Christmas 1997 p.75 [MH]
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Classical Express - Issue 93 December 1997 p.3 [MT]
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Stereophile - May 1998 (Vol.21 No.5) p.83 (mention) [MHF]
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.75 [SP]
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.216 décembre 1997 p.80 [FL]
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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 pp.25-28 [PB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.108 marzo 1998 p.35 [JPS]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.93 [DMGR]
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Das Opernglas - März 1998 S.70 [NE]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Carnegie Hall (12 April 1951)
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Carmen - Risë Stevens
Don José - Mario Del Monaco
Micaëla - Lucine Amara
Escamillo - Frank Guarrera
Frasquita - Heidi Krall
Mercédès - Margaret Roggero
Le Dancaïre - George Cehanovsky
Le Remendado - Paul Franke
Moralès - Clifford Harvuot
Zuninga - Norman Scott
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Black Disc; - Historical Operatic Performances Edition HOPE 210 {3LPS};; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 48/3 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 45 {3LPS} (1982)ª; Paragon DSV 52002 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 2307-2309 {3CDS}; Living Stage LS 1093 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1989 p. [AB]
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.56 (mention)
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 January 1957). The Fonit Cetra LPs areadvertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1982 p.238
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Canio - Mario Del Monaco
Nedda - Lucine Amara
Tonio - Leonard Warren
Beppe - Charles Anthony
Silvio - Mario Sereni
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Black Disc - Longanesi Editori 11 {1LP}; I Gioelli della Lirica GML 11 (Highlights) {1LP}
Compact Disc - Arkadia MP 473.1 {1CD}; Omega Opera Archive 948
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Recordings of Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.209; Opera on Record p.547; CELLETTI p.359; MARINELLI p.333; Opera on CD (1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.136; MET p.209; MET(VID) p.119; PENGUIN p.184; Opera on Video p.192; GIUDICI p.325 (2) p.562; Répertoire No.101 avril 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone March 2008 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.50
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 January 1959). For a review of an earlier performance in the series see OPERA February 1959 p.97). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Canio - Kurt Baum
Nedda - Lucine Amara
Tonio - Robert Merrill
Beppe - Charles Anthony
Silvio - Frank Guarrera
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 342
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Recordings of Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.209; Opera on Record p.547; CELLETTI p.359; MARINELLI p.333; Opera on CD (1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.136; MET p.209; MET(VID) p.119; PENGUIN p.184; Opera on Video p.192; GIUDICI p.325 (2) p.562; Répertoire No.101 avril 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone March 2008 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (30 January 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Santuzza - Zinka Milanov
Turiddu - Daniele Barioni
Alfio - Mario Zanasi
Lola - Rosalind Elias
Lucia - Thelma Votipka
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Compact Disc - Arkadia 352 472 {1CD}; Arkadia CDMP 472.1 {1CD}
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - mai 1999 No.235 pp.64-66 [SS]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.125
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Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.54
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (for a review of an earlier performance inthis series see OPERA February 1959 p.57)
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Santuzza - Nell Rankin
Turiddu - Jan Peerce
Alfio - Walter Cassel
Lola - Helen Vanni
Lucia - Thelma Votipka
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 341
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (30 January 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi
Donna Anna - Elisabeth Grümmer
Don Ottavio - Léopold Simoneau
Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa
Leoporello - Fernando Corena
Il Commendatore - Gottlob Frick
Masetto - Walter Berry
Zerlina - Rita Streich
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Black Disc; - Replica 2422-2425 {4LPS} (1980)ª; Replica RPL 42422 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Sony SM3K 64263 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Myto «Historical» 3CD 00128 (+Lisa della Casa en Concert) {3CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1994 p.146 [AB]
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Opera - December 1994 p.1389: Festival Issue 1995 p.62
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Opera Now - November 1994 p.54
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Opera News - December 24 1994 p.32
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Fanfare - Vol.15 No.3 January/February 1982 p.139 [MHF]; Vol.18 No.3 January/ February 1995 p.210; Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.175-176 [RT]
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Orpheus - November 1994 S.64; September+Oktober 2007 S.57-S.58 [DN]
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Opéra International - novembre 1994 No.185 p.64
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Diapason - No.410 décembre 1994 p.155
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Classic CD - January 1995 p.71
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BBC Music Magazine - February 1995 p.70
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Stereophile - March 1995 p.169
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Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.54
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American Record Guide - January/February 1995 Vol.58 No.1 p.252
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.182 novembre 1984 p.110
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55
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Classica Répertoire - No.96 octobre 2007 p.110 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (24 July 1956)
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - George London
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Giulio Gari
Marina - Blanche Thebom
Pimen - Giorgio Tozzi
Varlaam - Lorenzo Alvary
Shuisky - Charles Kullman
Missail - Thomas Hayward
Rangoni - Clifford Harvuot
Fyodor - Mildred Miller
Xenia - Laurel Hurley
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Charles Anthony
Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney
Nurse - Sandra Warfield
Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson
Mityukha - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Frontier Guard - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 256
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 March 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(SE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Giorgio Tozzi
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Albert Da Costa
Marina - Nell Rankin
Pimen - Norman Scott
Shuisky - Charles Kullman
Rangoni - Frank (Francesco) Valentino
Fyodor - Margaret Roggero
Xenia - Laurel Hurley
Simpleton - Paul Franke
Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney
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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 710; RCA Victor LM 6063
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of excerpts of the original version in English
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Minnie - Eleanor Steber
Dick Johnson - Mario Del Monaco
Jack Rance - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Nick - Piero De Palma
Ashby - Vito Susca
Jake Wallace - Giorgio Tozzi
Billy Jackrabbit - Paolo Washington
José Castro - Mario Frosini
Wowkle - Laura Didier-Gambardella
Sonora - Enzo Viaro
Trin - Breno Ristori
Sid - Lido Pettini
Bello - Virgilio Carbonari
Harry - Valiano Natali
Joe - Enzo Guagni
Happy - Agostino Ferrin
Jim Larkens - Giorgio Giorgetti
Un postiglione - Alberto Lotti-Camici
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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 64/3 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 41 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Arkadia 565.2 {2CDS}; Myto 2 MCD 975.169 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Myto 2 MCD H087 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0077 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - mai 1983 No.59 pp.53-54 [SS]
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Classical Express - Issue 95 February 1998 p.6 [MT]
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American Record Guide - March/April 1998 Vol.61 No.2 p.284 [LM]
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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.66
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 p.88 [JV]
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Comments:- The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1982 p.238
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Gianni Schicchi - Fernando Corena
Lauretta - Laurel Hurley
Zita - Belen Amparan
Rinuccio - Charles Anthony
Gherardo - Alessio De Paolis
Nella - Madelaine Chambers
Gherardino - Andrew Strasfogel
Betto di Signa - George Cehanovsky
Simone - Nicola Moscona
Marco - Clifford Harvuot
Ciesca - Thelma Votipka
Spinelloccio - Gerhard Pechner
Pinellino - Osie Hawkins
Guccio - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Amantio di Nicolao - Ezio Flagello
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1131; The Opera Lovers SCH 195901 {1CDR} (Canada)
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Recordings of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.321; CELLETTIp.603; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.451; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.303; GIUDICI p.649; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 February 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDR issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. The year of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as 1959.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Cio Cio San - Licia Albanese
Pinkerton - Daniele Barioni
Sharpless - John Brownlee
Suzuki - Rosalind Elias
Kate Pinkerton - Madelaine Chambers
Goro - Alessio De Paolis
Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky
Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins
Il commissario imperiale - Lawrence Davidson
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Black Disc - Movimento Musica MM 3027
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 701 {2CDRS}; Bensar OL 121556 (BRO 125550) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 December 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(SE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Cio Cio San - Dorothy Kirsten
Pinkerton - Daniele Barioni
Sharpless - Clifford Harvuot
Suzuki - Mildred Miller
Kate Pinkerton - Madelaine Chambers
Goro - Alessio De Paolis
Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins
Il commissario imperiale - Calvin Marsh
L'ufficiale del Registro - Luigi De Cesari
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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 722 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Theorema TH 121167/68 {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 1038 (+Chopiana) {2CDS} (2003)ª
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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - March 1995 p.61
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 p.83 [JV]
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Comments:- The writer of the short review of the Theorema CDs in ORPHEUS suggests that the recording is of a perfomance at the MET in 1957. Kirsten, Barioni and Harvuot sang together in Madame Butterfly on January 4 and 16 1957. However, it seems more likely that it is a re-issue of the abridged studio recording made for the Metropolitan Opera Record Club in 1956.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Cio Cio San - Antonietta Stella
Pinkerton - Eugenio Fernandi
Sharpless - Clifford Harvuot
Suzuki - Margaret Roggero
Kate Pinkerton - Madelaine Chambers
Goro - Alessio De Paolis
Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky
Lo zio Bonzo - Ezio Flagello
Il commissario imperiale - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 680
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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 March 1958). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.233-235. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Cio Cio San - Dorothy Kirsten
Pinkerton - Eugenio Fernandi
Sharpless - Mario Sereni
Suzuki - Margaret Roggero
Kate Pinkerton - Joan Wall
Goro - Charles Kullman
Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky
Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins
Il commissario imperiale - Roald Reitan
L'ufficiale del Registro - Kurt Kessler
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Black Disc - Reader's Digest Productions RDIS 132-6/7/8 {3LPS}
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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 April 1960). This recording is listed in the Dmitri Mitropopoulos Discography p.108.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Manon Lescaut - Licia Albanese
Des Grieux - Jussi Björling
Lescaut - Frank Guarrera
Geronte - Fernando Corena
Edmondo - Thomas Hayward
Una voce sola - Rosalind Elias
L'oste - George Cehanovsky
Il maestro di ballo - Alessio De Paolis
Un sergente degli arcieri - Raemond Martin
Lampionaio - James McCracken
Un comandante di Marina - Osie Hawkins
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Black Disc - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 9 {2LPS}
Compact Disc - *Melodram CD 27502 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.174; Opera December 1968 p.958; Opera on Record 3 p.209; CELLETTI p.618; Opera on CD (1) p.105 (2) p.116 (3) p.130; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.137 p.100; MET p.391; MET(VID) p.223; PENGUIN p.309; Opéra International avril 1991 No.146 p.21, juin 1998 No.225 p.52; Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.77; GIUDICI p.578 (2) p.960; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - mai 1983 No.59 pp.53-54 [SS]
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (31 March 1956). The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE March 1982 p.1271
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi
Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker
Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren
Il Sagristano - Salvatore Baccaloni
Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot
Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis
Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky
Un pastore - Peter Mark
Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh
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Black Disc - Readers Digest Productions RDIS 132.9/10 {2LPS} Paragon DSV 52003 (+Tosca excerpts - Callas - Mitropoulos) {3LPS}
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - mai 1983 No.59 pp.53-54 [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 December 1955). More details are givenin «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis pp.109-110.The «filler» on side 6 of the Paragon LPs is a recording of an abridged version of Act 2 of Tosca with Maria Callas and George London conducted by Mitropoulos from the «Ed Sullivan Show». This recording was also issued on Voce 13 and GFC 008/9
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi
Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker
Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren
Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena
Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot
Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis
Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky
Un pastore - Peter Mark
Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh
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Black Disc - Metroplitan Opera Guild 10 {2LPS} Melodram MEL 097 {2LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 7 {2LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 143 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 044 297 (+La traviata - highlights with Tebaldi) {2CDS} (2004)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9001 {2CDS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.87 [VJ]: No.91 junio 2006 p.86 [JV]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 January 1956). More details are given in «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis pp.109-110,according to which the date given on the LPs issued by Fonit-Cetra is incorrect.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Licia Albanese
Mario Cavaradossi - Daniele Barioni
Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren
Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner
Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot
Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis
Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky
Un pastore - George Keith
Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1024
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 March 1957). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.425-426. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(SE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Dorothy Kirsten
Mario Cavaradossi - Daniele Barioni
Il barone Scarpia - Frank Guarrera
Il Sagristano - Salvatore Baccaloni
Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot
Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis
Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky
Un carceriere - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 724 {1LP}
Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 446-2 {1CD}
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.80-81 [GH]
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Comments:- According to the review in ORPHEUS the recording on the CD issued by Legato (Premiere?) is of a performance at the MET, but according to the «MET Annals» (CD-ROM edition) Mitropoulos never conducted Tosca with Kirsten and Barioni in the same performance there. Rather, it appears to be a re-issue of the studio recording made for the «Metropolitan Opera Record Club». According to «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis p.111 this was made in March 1957.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Antonietta Stella
Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker
Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren
Il Sagristano - Salvatore Baccaloni
Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott
Spoletta - Paul Franke
Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky
Un pastore - George Keith
Un carceriere - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 899
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 March 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Maria Curtis Verna
Mario Cavaradossi - Jussi Björling
Il barone Scarpia - Cornell MacNeil
Il Sagristano - Lawrence Davidson
Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott
Spoletta - Paul Franke
Sciarrone - Osie Hawkins
Un pastore - George Ryan
Un carceriere - Roald Reitan
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 148 {2LPS} (1973)ª
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.56 (mention)
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 November 1959)
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Zinka Milanov
Mario Cavaradossi - Eugenio Fernandi
Il barone Scarpia - Walter Cassel
Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner
Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott
Spoletta - Paul Franke
Sciarrone - Osie Hawkins
Un pastore - George Ryan
Un carceriere - Roald Reitan
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 373
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 March 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1951
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Die Frau - Dorothy Dow
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Black Disc; - Columbia ML 4524 (+Krenek - Symphonic elegy for string orchestra);; {1LP} (USA) (1952)ª; Philips ABL 3393 (UK) {1LP} (1961)ª; Philips A 01 495 {1LP} (Continental Europe)
Compact Disc; - AS Disc AS 540 (Hindemith - Die Harmonie der Welt +Webern - ;; Pasacaglia) {2CDS} (1990)ª; Sony «Classical Masterworks» MH2K 62759 {2CDS} (+Wozzeck +Krenek - Symphonic elegy) (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Erwartung by Arnold Schönberg are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.354; PENGUIN p.382
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1961 p.198; February 1998 p.100 [MEO]
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Opera - January 1963 p.48 [HK]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.96 [GH]
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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.110 [CA]
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Orpheus - Januar 1998 S.58 (mention) [GH]
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Opéra International - janvier 1998 No.220 p.49 [CG]
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Diapason - No.443 décembre 1997 p.64 [PEB]
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American Record Guide - June 1952 Vol.18 No.10 p.299 [CJL]: March/April 1998 Vol.61 No.2 p.279 [AA]
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Classic CD - Christmas 1997 p.75 [MH]
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Classical Express - Issue 93 December 1997 p.3 [MT]
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.75 [SP]
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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 pp.25-28 [PB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.108 marzo 1998 p.35 [JPS]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.93 [DMGR]
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Das Opernglas - März 1998 S.70 [NE]
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Comments:- According to «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» Erwartung received its first performance in the USA on 15 November 1951 and the recording on the CD issued by AS Disc is of a performance on 18 November 1951. The recording on the LPs issued by Columbia and Philips and on the CD issued by Sony is a studio recording made on 19 November 1951. See also a letter in OPERA August 2005 p.910. However, according to the Arnold Schönberg website the recording on the LPs issued by Columbia and Philips and on the CD issued by AS Disc is of the performance on 18 November and the recording on the CD issued by Sony was made on 19 November 1951 (click link below). The former assignment seems to me to be more likely as Sony are the present owners of the catalogue of the former US Columbia company.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1949(LI)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - New York Philharmonic Chorus
Elektra - Astrid Varnay
Chrysothemis - Irene Jessner
Clytemnestra - Elena Nikolaidi
Aegisth - Frederick Jagel
Orest - Herbert Janssen
Der Pfleger des Orest - Michael Rhodes
1. Magd - Miriam Stockton
2. Magd - Edith Evans
3. Magd - Elinor Warren
4. Magd - Beverly Dame
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Black Disc - Off the Air Record Club OTA 4; Robin Hood Records RHR 510 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 20/22 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2213/4 (+Varnay recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 2002 p.84 [MEO]
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Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.59; Oktober 2002 S.52 (mention) [SS]
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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.80
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.125
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International Record Review - July 2002 p.84 [JTH]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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Répertoire - No.76 January 1995 p.74
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54: Januar 1/1997 S.60
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (25 December 1949; according to «Priest of Music» by William R Trotter there were three performances on 22, 23, and 25 December 1949; see also OPERA, February 1950 p.40). There are some cuts
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Elektra - Anny Konetzni
Chrysothemis - Daniza Ilitsch
Clytemnestra - Martha Mödl
Aegisth - Franz Klarwein
Orest - Hans Braun
Ein alter Diener - Ljubomir Pantscheff
Ein junger Diener - Josef Schmidinger
Die Schleppträgerin - Aenne Michalsky
Die Vertraute - Dorothea Fraß
Der Pfleger des Orest - Wilhelm Felden
Die Aufseherin - Charlotte Markus
1. Magd - Gertrud Schuster
2. Magd - Polly Batic
3. Magd - Katja Sabo
4. Magd - Dagmar Schmedes
5. Magd - Friedl Riegler
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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1209 (Italy); Cetra N 1209 (UK)
Compact Disc; - DINO 2 CD 9075; Fonit Cetra CD0 4 {2CDS}; Hommage 7001841 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Nuova Fonit Cetra 0927 43 560 2 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1893-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1950 p.134; August 1957 p.107; October 1961 p.225
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Opera - August 1957 p.514
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Opera News - April 16 1994 p.37
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Fanfare - Vol.17 No.3 January-February 1994 p.322
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Orpheus - August + September 2002 S.86-S.87 [IW]
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Diapason - December 1992 p.178
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Gramophone Record Review - August 1957 p.814 [WM]
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Répertoire - November 1992 p.96
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American Record Guide - October 1950 Vol.17 No.2 p.68 [PHR]: November 1950 Vol.17 No.3 p.108 [PHR]: May/June 1994 Vol.57 No.3 p.219 (mention) [LM]
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.164 settembre 2002 pp.122-123 [MG]
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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.106 (mention) [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. See «Priest of Music» by William R.Trotter p.302
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Lisa Della Casa
Clytemnestra - Jean Madeira
Aegisth - Max Lorenz
Orest - Kurt Böhme
Ein alter Diener - Gyorgy Littasy
Ein junger Diener - Erich Majkut
Die Schleppträgerin - Karol Loraine
Die Vertraute - Anny Felbermayer
Der Pfleger des Orest - Alois Pernerstorfer
Die Aufseherin - Audrey Gerber-Candy
1. Magd - Kersten Meyer
2. Magd - Sonja Draksler
3. Magd - Sieglinde Wagner
4. Magd - Marilyn Horne
5. Magd - Lisa Otto
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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 83 {2LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 4569 72 {2CDS} (1997)ª;; Opera d'Oro 1190 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7033 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.90 [AB]
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Opera - June 1998 pp.661-662 [AB]
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Orpheus - November 1997 S.93 (mention) [GH]; Dezember 1997 S.56 [GH]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.181-182 p.219 [CM]
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International Opera Collector - Winter 1998 No.10 p.98 [PP]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.105 diciembre 1997 pp.38-39 (mention) [MC]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 pp.89-90 [DMGR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (August 1957; see OPERA October 1957 pp.626-628). See Comments under the entry for the recording conducted by Beecham.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Frances Yeend
Clytemnestra - Blanche Thebom
Aegisth - David Lloyd
Orest - Giorgio Tozzi
Der Pfleger des Orest - Thomas Fisher
1. Magd - Margery Mayer
2. Magd - Lizabeth Pritchett
3. Magd - Evelyn Sachs
4. Magd - June Kelly
5. Magd - Marjorie McClung
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Compact Disc; - Arkadia CDMP 459.3 (+Salome) {3CDS} (1993)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - December 1994 p.1384
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Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.82
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Diapason - No.397 octobre 1993 p.186
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.155 p.155
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Répertoire - No.60 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.98
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Salome - Christel Goltz
Jochanaan - Paul Schöffler
Herodes - Ramón Vinay
Herodias - Blanche Thebom
Narraboth - Brian Sullivan
Ein Page - Mildred Miller
Erster Nazarener - Nicola Moscona
Zweiter Nazarener - Calvin Marsh
Erster Soldat - Norman Scott
Zweiter Soldat - Lorenzo Alvary
Ein Cappadocier - Osie Hawkins
Ein Sklave - Vilma Georgiou
Erster Jude - Gabor Carelli
Zweiter Jude - James McCracken
Dritter Jude - Alessio De Paolis
Vierter Jude - Paul Franke
Fünfter Jude - Gerhard Pechner
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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Performances Edition HOPE 238 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 281; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0143 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Salome by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera July 1957 p.420; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.795; Opera on CD (1) p.117 (2) p.128 (3) p.143; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.47-48 p.184, mise à jour novembre 2001; No.240 p.92; MET p.514; MET(VID) p.304; PENGUIN p.421; Répertoire No.73 octobre 1994 p.13; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.195; GIUDICI p.796; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.16; Opéra International novembre 1999 No.240 pp.60-61; The Gramophone February 2005 p.36; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.62; Gramophone May 2008 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2006 p.79 [AB]
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Opernwelt - August 8/1955 S.56 (mention)
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Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.104 (mention) [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 January 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Salome - Inge Borkh
Jochanaan - Mack Harrell
Herodes - Ramón Vinay
Herodias - Blanche Thebom
Narraboth - Giulio Gari
Ein Page - Margaret Roggero
Erster Nazarener - William Wilderman
Zweiter Nazarener - Calvin Marsh
Erster Soldat - Norman Scott
Zweiter Soldat - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Ein Cappadocier - Osie Hawkins
Ein Sklave - Mildred Allen
Erster Jude - Gabor Carelli
Zweiter Jude - Robert Nagy
Dritter Jude - Alessio De Paolis
Vierter Jude - Paul Franke
Fünfter Jude - Lawrence Davidson
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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 82 {2LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc - Arkadia CDMP 459.3 (+Elektra) {3CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 1317
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Salome by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera July 1957 p.420; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.795; Opera on CD (1) p.117 (2) p.128 (3) p.143; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.47-48 p.184, mise à jour novembre 2001; No.240 p.92; MET p.514; MET(VID) p.304; PENGUIN p.421; Répertoire No.73 octobre 1994 p.13; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.195; GIUDICI p.796; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.16; Opéra International novembre 1999 No.240 pp.60-61; The Gramophone February 2005 p.36; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.62; Gramophone May 2008 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - December 1994 p.1384
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Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.82
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Diapason - No.397 octobre 1993 p.186
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.155 p.155
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Répertoire - No.62 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.68
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 February 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Eugene Onegin - George London
Lenski - Richard Tucker
Tatyana - Lucine Amara
Olga - Rosalind Elias
Larina - Martha Lipton
Filipjewna - Belen Amparan
Gremin - Giorgio Tozzi
Triquet - Alessio De Paolis
Zaretzky - George Cehanovsky
Captain - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 50 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 707 {3CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 223
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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 December 1957; see «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.205-206). The performance on 27 October 1957 is reviewed in OPERA January 1958 p.28. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957?(SE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Eugene Onegin - Frank Guarrera
Lenski - Richard Tucker
Tatyana - Lucine Amara
Olga - Rosalind Elias
Larina - Martha Lipton
Filipjewna - Belen Amparan
Gremin - Giorgio Tozzi
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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 824
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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955 (LI;Dec 10)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Riccardo - Jan Peerce
Renato - Robert Merrill
Amelia - Zinka Milanov
Ulrica - Marian Anderson
Oscar - Roberta Peters
Silvano - Calvin Marsh
Samuele - Giorgio Tozzi
Tom - Norman Scott
Un Giudice - James McCracken
Un servo - Charles Anthony
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 942 100 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Myto 2 MCD 051 H098 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1211 {2CDRS} Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0141 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Celestial Audio CA 688 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª; House of Opera CDNY 5154 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classical Express - No.54 June 1994
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Répertoire - No. 71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.70
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.89 [PN]
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Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.104 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of the performance at the MET on 10 December 10 1955. This was not the debutof Marian Anderson at the MET (as sometimes claimed) as this took place on 7 January 1955 (See THE GRAMOPHONE July 1955 p.48). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues October 2007 and those issued by HOO are listed on their website as «New CD'S April 9, 2008»
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955 (LI:Jan 22)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Riccardo - Richard Tucker
Renato - Josef Metternich
Amelia - Zinka Milanov
Ulrica - Jean Madeira
Oscar - Roberta Peters
Silvano - Calvin Marsh
Samuele - Nicola Moscona
Tom - Norman Scott
Un Giudice - James McCracken
Un servo - Charles Anthony
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 4/3 {3LPS}; foyer FO 1020 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *foyer 2-CF 2004 {2CDS}; Bongiovanni GB HOC 019/20-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bensar OL 12255 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Seies» WLCD 0104 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.154-156 [WA2]
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 pp.88-89 [JC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET on Jan 22 1955 (see «Sign-Off For the Old Met» pp.191-194). The foyer LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(SE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Riccardo - Jan Peerce
Renato - Leonard Warren
Amelia - Zinka Milanov
Ulrica - Marian Anderson
Oscar - Roberta Peters
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 1911 {1LP} (1955)ª;; HMV ALP 1476 {1LP} (1957)ª; *RCA; «Red Seal» «Le grandi Voci della Lirica» LM 20146 {1LP} (Italy) (1971)ª
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 121-1 {1CDR} (2001)ª; Preiser Records 90695 {1CD} (2005)ª; Naxos 8.111042-44 (+Aida - Perlea) {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1955 p.48 [HCS]; September 1957 p.151; October 1957 p.171
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Orpheus - 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.60 [WD]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.154-156 [WA2]
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American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.255 [JN]
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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1955 Vol.5 No.3 p.63 [JH]
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54
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Comments:- The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Ernani - Mario Del Monaco
Elvira - Zinka Milanov
Carlo - Leonard Warren
Silva - Cesare Siepi
Riccardo - James McCracken
Iago - George Cehanovsky
Giovanna - Helen Vanni
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Black Disc - *Cetra LO «Opera Live» 12 {3LPS}; foyer FO 1019-1021 {3LPS} Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 6 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - foyer 2-CF 2006 {2CDS); Arkadia 352 470 {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 1031 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Myto 2 MCD 061 H107 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Urania URN 22 294 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9005 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.147-148 [WA2]
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Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.74
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.92 julio-agosto 2006 p.87 [MC]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.203 marzo 2006 pp.88-91 [GL]
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Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 December 1956). Silva's aria and cabaletta are separated from one another. See THE OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.20 No.2 Spring 2004 pp.186-187.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Ernani - Mario Del Monaco
Elvira - Anita Cerquetti
Carlo - Ettore Bastianini
Silva - Boris Christoff
Riccardo - Athos Cesarini
Iago - Aurelian Neagu
Giovanna - Luciana Boni
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Black Disc - *Paragon DSV 52018 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents> DOC 61 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 1001 (+Medea +La forza del destino +La Dame de Pique+concert) {14LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Melodram 27016 {2CDS} (1988)ª; Myto 2MCD 981.179 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Belcanto Society #5011 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1287 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9017 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 2001 p.100 [AB]
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Opera News - September 2001 pp.90-92 [NL]
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Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 pp.273-275 [ADC]
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Orpheus - April 1998 p.62 (with photograph) [GH]
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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.53 [SS]
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Classical Express - Issue 96 March 1998 p.3 [RB]
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American Record Guide - November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.320 [LM]
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International Record Review - January 2008 pp.27-28 [JTH]
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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.81
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.104 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (14 June 1957). See OPERA August 1857 pp.494-496; «Anita Cerquetti - Umilità e Firezza» by Elio Trovato pp.79-81. The BCS CDs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 2000 p.95 and in «Opera Fanatic's Catalog» No.63 p.57 where the date of the performance recorded is given as «June 25 1957».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Aldo Protti
Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco
Preziosilla - Fedora Barbieri
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Angela Vercelli
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma
Un Chirurgo - Walter Finessi
Un Alcalde - Giorgio Giorgetti
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 4/3 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 62 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 1001 (+Medea +Ernani +La Dame de Pique + concert) {14LPS}; Vox Turnabout THS 65117/9 {3LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 125 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - House of Opera CAS 485 (2000)ª
Compact Disc; - foyer 3-CF-2005 {3CDS}; House of Opera #485 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0126 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 233 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2004)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.53 [SS]
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 pp.86-87 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (14 June 1953). See OPERA September 1953 p.551. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in June 2004.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Ludwig Welter
Leonora di Vargas - Antonietta Stella
Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano
Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato
Fra Melitone - Karl Dönch
Curra - Annemarie Ludwig
Padre Guardiano - Walter Kreppel
Mastro Trabuco - Hugo Meyer-Welfing
Un Chirurgo - Franz Bierbach
Un Alcalde - Harald Pröglhoff
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Black Disc; - Morgan 6002 {3LPs}; Melodram MEL 023 {3LPS} (1981)ª
Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21022 {2CDS} ; Gala GLH 819 (highlights) {1CD} (1998)ª; *Myto 2MCD 004 228 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Orfeo C 681 0621 {2CDS} (2007)ª
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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 2007 pp.90-91 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.4 March/April 2001 pp.259-261 [JM]; Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.252-254 [JM]
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Orpheus - Februar 1999 S.53 (highlights) [IW]; März 2001 S.60 [GH]; 7+8 Juli- August 2007 S.59-S.60 [IW]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.4 Autumn 2001 pp.767-769 [RP]
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International Record Review - January 2007 p.82 [MT]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.184 [MM]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - febrero 2001 No.140 p.46, p.48 [AV]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.92 [PN]: No.98 marzo 2007 p.95 [JR]
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Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (23 September 1960; see OPERA November 1960 pp.760-761). The overture is played between Acts 1 and 2
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Frank Guarrera
Jacopo Fiesco - Giorgio Tozzi
Amelia Grimaldi - Zinka Milanov
Gabriele Adorno - Carlo Bergonzi
Paolo Albiani - Ezio Flagello
Pietro - Norman Scott
Un'ancella - Maria Yauger
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Robert Nagy
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Black Disc - foyer FO 1023 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Memories HR 4539-40 {2CDS}; Bensar OL 4260 (BRO 125830) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - June 1994 p.55
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 p.152 [WA2]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Met on April 2nd 1960 (See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.257-258. Leonard Warren sang in the first performance of this production on March 1st, but died 3 days later. The performance on March 15th is reviewed in Opera May 1960 p.336. The foyer LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670 and the CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(Act 3;LE)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - New York Philharmonic Chorus
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Ramón Vinay
Hagen - Lubomir Vichegonov
Gunther - Clifford Harvuot
Gutrune - Lucine Amara
Woglinde - Hertha Glaz
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Shakeh Vartenissian
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Compact Disc; - AS DISC AS 549 {1CD}; Urania RM 11.924 {1CD} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.202 febbraio 2006 pp.83-84 [GL]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance of Act 3 (30 October 1955). It appears that the AS CD is difficult to obtain (see IOC Autumn 1999 No.13 p.8)
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Marianne Schech
Hunding - Kurt Böhme
Brünhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Wotan - Otto Edelmann
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Carlotta Ordassy
Ortlinde - Heidi Krall
Waltraute - Mariquita Moll
Schwertleite - Belen Amparan
Helmwige - Gloria Lind
Siegrune - Rosalind Elias
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Sandra Warfield
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 004 (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1058 (+highlights from studio recording) {3CDS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers WAL 195701 {3CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.88 [MCP]
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Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.106 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 February 1957). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(SE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Marianne Schech
Hunding - Norman Scott
Brünhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Wotan - Hermann Uhde
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Carlotta Ordassy
Ortlinde - Heidi Krall
Waltraute - Mariquita Moll
Schwertleite - Belen Amparan
Helmwige - Gloria Lind
Siegrune - Rosalind Elias
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Sandra Warfield
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Black Disc; - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 728 {2LPS} (1958)ª
Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1058 (+live performance conducted by Mitropoulos) {3CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- The LPs issued by the Metropolitan Opera Record Club are advertized in OPERA NEWS, February 3 1958 (back cover) and in HIGH FIDELITY, March 1958 p.27. According to «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis p.155 this recording was made on 11, 14 February and 6 March 1957. It is not clear if all the excerpts from the LPs are included on the Gala CDs.
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