Licia Albanese, soprano ; Robert Merrill, baritone (track 6) ; RCA Victor Orchestra ; Frieder Weissman [i.e. Weissmann] (tracks 1-3, 5, 7), Dick Marzello [i.e. Marzollo] (tracks 4, 8), Jean Morel (tracks 6, 9-10), Victor Trucco (track 11), conductors ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor (tracks 12-14) ; Leopold Stowkowski & his Symphony Orchestra (track 14). Recorded in New York City, between Nov. 20, 1945 and Feb. 8, 1951; exact dates & original matrix numbers listed in insert. Compact disc. Program notes in English by John Steane with German and French translations (10 pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
Tosca. Act II. Vissi d'arte (3:24) ; Gianni Schicchi. O mio babbino caro (2:30) / Giacomo Puccini -- La Wally. Act I. Ebben? Ne andrò lontana / Alfredo Catalani (3:36) -- Adriana Lecouvreur. Act I. Io son l'umile ancella / Francesco Cilèa (2:36) -- Pagliacci. Act I. Qual fiamma avea nel guardo! (4:36) ; Nedda!-- Silvio! A quest'ora che imprudenza (9:12) / Ruggero Leoncavallo (with Robert Merrill, baritone) -- Otello. Act IV. Ave Maria / Giuseppe Verdi (4:34) -- Don Giovanni. Act I. Batti, batti, o bel Masetto (3:41) ; Le nozze di Figaro. Act IV. Giunse alfin il momento-- Deh vieni, non tardar (4:22) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Manon. Act II. Allons! il le faut-- Adieu, notre petite table / Jules Massenet (3:45) -- Louise. Act III. Depuis le jour / Gustave Charpentier (4:21) -- Bachiana Brasileiras no. 5. Ária (Cantilena) (7:16) ; Dança (Martelo) (4:51) / Heitor Villa-Lobos -- Eugene Onegin. Act I. Pooskai pogibnoo ya (Tatyana's letter scene) / Pyotr Ilyich Tachikovsky (14:20).
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