(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1967(LI) - Capuana Franco - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*
2 1983(LI) - Franci Carlo - Teatro Bellini di Catania*
3 1987(LI) - Ramin Manfred - Gran Teatro del Liceo*
4 1989(LI) - Collado José M. - Salzburger Kammerorchester*
5 1995(LC) - Benini Maurizio - National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Franco Capuana - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Saffo - Leyla Gencer
Dirce - Vittoria Maniachi
Climene - Franca Mattiucci
Faone - Tito Del Bianco
Ippia - Mario Guggia
Alcandro - Louis Quilico
Lisimau - Maurizio Piacente
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 404 {2LPS} (1967)ª; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 10 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Hunt Productions 2 HUNTCD 541 {2CDS} (1988)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1450 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol 12 No.2 November/December 1988 p.244 [DJ]; Vol.30 No.1 September/ October 2006 pp.198-199 [BR]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo (April 1967; see OPERA June 1967 p.501)
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Conductor Carlo Franci - 1983(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Bellini di Catania
Chorus - Teatro Bellini di Catania
Saffo - Adelaide Negri
Dirce - Elda Ricciardello
Climene - Mirella Parutto (-Boyer)
Faone - Piero Visconti
Ippia - Luigi Paolillo
Alcandro - Gabriele Floresta
Lisimau - Alberto Capitano
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3713; House of Opera CD 2731 New Ornamenti NOC 150-52 {2CDS}
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Bellini di Catania (2 March 1983). The assignment of the singers to the roles as given above may be incorrect. The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and the CDs issued on the New Ornamenti label are listed on the website http://www.Lrmusic.net. Here the year of the performance recorded is given as 1981.
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Conductor Manfred Ramin - 1987(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Saffo - Montserrat Caballé
Dirce - María (Asunción) Uriz
Climene - Petra Malakova
Faone - Antonio Ordoñez
Ippia - Alfredo Heilbron
Alcandro - Enric Serra
Lisimau - Vicente (Vicenç) Esteve
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 1013 (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona (24 June 1987). The cast listed above is that given in «El Gran Teatro del Liceo» by Roger Alier i Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.518. The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue in November 2002.
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Conductor José M. Collado - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Salzburger Kammerorchester
Chorus - Wiener Singakademie
Saffo - Montserrat Caballé
Dirce - Foula Dimitriades
Climene - Raquel Pierotti
Faone - Antonio Ordoñez
Ippia - Richard Burke
Alcandro - Enric Serra
Lisimau - Claudio Otelli
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Compact Disc; - *Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 436-2 {2CDRS}; Celestial Audio CA 437 {2CDRS} (2005)ª; Encore CD 137-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Konzerthaus, Vienna (17 June 1989; see «Casta Diva» p.331). The CDRs issued by Premiere carry a recording of a radio transmission in quite good sound. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues on January 2005 and those issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Maurizio Benini - 1995(LC)
Orchestra - National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Chorus - Wexford Festival
Saffo - Francesca Pedaci
Dirce - Gemma Bertagnolli
Climene - Mariana Pentcheva
Faone - Carlo Ventre
Ippia - Aled Hall
Alcandro - Roberto De Candia
Lisimau - Davide Baronchelli
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Compact Disc; - Marco Polo 8.223883-4 {2CDS} (1996)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1997 p.117
Opera - June 1997 p.744
Opera Now - March/April 1997 p.96
Opera News - March 22 1997 p.52
Fanfare - Vol.20 No.5 May/June 1997 p.212
Orpheus - November 1996 S.32
Opéra International - mars 1997 No.211 p.61
Diapason - No.442 novembre 1997 p.116 [MP]
BBC Music Magazine - April 1997 p.70
International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.97
Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.4
American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.173 [LM]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.206 janvier 1997 p.95 [CFP]
Opernwelt - 3/März 1997 S.59
Répertoire - No.101 avril 1997 p.54
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.107 - aprile 1997 p.98
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - septiembre - octubre 1998 No.29 p.98 [MC]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 pp.38-39 [SV]
Musica (Milano) - N.110 Anno 22 ottobre/dicembre 1998 p.108 [EG]
Comments:- Recorded at the Wexford Festival (October, November 1995). See OPERA, January 1996 p.36
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