Decca Sound 55 Great Vocal Recitals

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Tracklist

1CD: Suzanne Danco - Operatic Recital (LXT 2557)
2CD: Paul Schoeffler - Operatic Recital (LXT 2554)
3CD: Kathleen Ferrier – A Recital of Bach and Handel Arias (LXT (5382)
4CD: Cesare Siepi – Operatic Arias for Bass (LXT 5096)
5CD: Fernando Corena – Operatic Arias For Bass Vol. 2 (LXT 5307)
6CD: Mario Del Monaco – Great Tenor Arias (SXL 2122)
7CD: Kirsten Flagstad – Wagner Recital (LXT 5249)
8CD: Lisa Della Casa – Lieder Recital (LXT 5258)
9CD: Giulietta Simionato – Operatic Recital (LXT 5458)
10CD: Gérard Souzay – French Operatic Arias (LXT 5269)
11CD: Virginia Zeani – Operatic Recital (LXT 5317)
12CD: Jennifer Vyvyan – Mozart and Haydn Recital (SXL 2233)
13CD: Carlo Bergonzi – Operatic Recital (SXL 2048)
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1Aida: Atto I. “Se quel guerrier io fossi!” … “Celeste Aida”
tenor vocals [Radamès]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1957)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (in 1957)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) (in 1957)
performer:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès) (in 1957)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1871)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni (in 1870)
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi5:01
2Luisa Miller: Atto II. “Oh! fede negar potessi“ … “Quando le sere al placido”
tenor vocals [Rodolfo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1957)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (in 1957)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) (in 1957)
performer:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia)
recording of:
Luisa Miller: Atto II. “Oh! fede negar potessi” / “Quando le sere al placido” (Rodolfo) (in 1957)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
part of:
Luisa Miller: Atto II. “L'intrigo”
Giuseppe Verdi4:56
3La forza del destino (original): Atto III. “La vita è inferno” … “Oh, tu che in seno agli angeli”
tenor vocals [Don Alvaro]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1957)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (in 1957)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) (in 1957)
performer:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia)
recording of:
La forza del destino: Atto III, scena 1. “La vita è inferno all'infelice" (Alvaro) (in 1957)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La forza del destino: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi5:59
4Il Trovatore: Atto III. “Ah sì ben mio”
tenor vocals [Manrico]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1957)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (in 1957)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) (in 1957)
performer:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto III, scena 2. “Ah si, ben mio, coll'essere io tuo” (Manrico) (in 1957)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1853)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist) (in 1853)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto III. Il figlio della zingara
Giuseppe Verdi2:59
5Un ballo in maschera: Atto III. “Forse la soglia attinse” … “Ma se m'è forza perderti”
tenor vocals [Riccardo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1957)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (in 1957)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) (in 1957)
performer:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia)
recording of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto III, scena 2. Nº 21a. Scena “Forse la soglia attinse” (Riccardo) (in 1957)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Somma
part of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto III
recording of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto III, scena 2. Nº 21b. Romanza “Ma se m'è forza perderti” (Riccardo) (in 1957)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Somma
part of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi5:13
6L'Africaine : Acte IV. “Mi batte il cor … O Paradiso!”
tenor vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1957)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (in 1957)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) (in 1957)
performer:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia)
recording of:
L’africana: Atto IV. “Mi batte il cor” … “O Paradiso” (in 1957)
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer)
librettist:
Eugène Scribe
translated version of:
L'Africaine: Acte IV. "Pays merveilleux" ... "Ô Paradis"
Giacomo Meyerbeer2:54
7Andrea Chénier: Atto IV. “Come un bel dì di maggio”
tenor vocals [Chénier]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1957)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (in 1957)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) (in 1957)
performer:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia)
recording of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto IV. “Come un bel dì di maggio” (Chénier) (in 1957)
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Luigi Illica (in 1896)
part of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto IV
Umberto Giordano3:00
8Adriana Lecouvreur: Atto I. “La dolcissima effigie”
tenor vocals [Maurizio]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1957)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (in 1957)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) (in 1957)
performer:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia)
recording of:
Adriana Lecouvreur: Atto I. “La dolcissima effigie” (Maurizio) (in 1957)
composer:
Francesco Cilea (composer)
librettist:
Arturo Colautti
part of:
Adriana Lecouvreur: Atto I
Francesco Cilea2:03
9Adriana Lecouvreur: Atto II. “L'anima ho stanca, e la meta è lontana”
tenor vocals [Maurizio]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1957)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (in 1957)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) (in 1957)
performer:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia)
recording of:
Adriana Lecouvreur: Atto II. “L’anima ho stanca” (Maurizio) (in 1957)
composer:
Francesco Cilea (composer) (in 1902)
librettist:
Arturo Colautti (in 1902)
part of:
Adriana Lecouvreur: Atto II
Francesco Cilea1:43
10Tosca: Atto I. “Recondita armonia”
tenor vocals [Cavaradossi]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1957)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (in 1957)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) (in 1957)
performer:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Recondita armonia” (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano) (“Dammi i colori”) (in 1957)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini2:45
11Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle”
tenor vocals [Cavaradossi]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1957)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (in 1957)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) (in 1957)
performer:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi) (in 1957)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini2:46
12Manon Lescaut: Atto I. “Donna non vidi mai”
tenor vocals [Des Grieux]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1957)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (in 1957)
conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) (in 1957)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1958)
recording of:
Manon Lescaut: Atto I. “Donna non vidi mai simile a questa!” (Des Grieux) (in 1957)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1893)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi
part of:
Manon Lescaut: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:38
13Aida: Atto IV. “La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse”
producer:
John Culshaw
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Aida]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
tenor vocals [Radamès]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1959-09)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1959-09)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1959, in 1959-09)
balance engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (in 1959-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1960)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-09)
recording of:
Aida: Atto IV, scena 2: Scena e duetto: “La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse” – “Presago il core della tua condanna” – “Morir si pura e bella” – “Vedi?... di morte l'angelo” (Radamès, Aida) (in 1959)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi2:19
14Aida: Atto IV. “Presago il core della tua condonna”
producer:
John Culshaw
soprano vocals [Aida]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1959-09)
tenor vocals [Radamès]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1959-09)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1959-09)
balance engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (in 1959-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1960)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-09)
partial recording of:
Aida: Atto IV, scena 2: Scena e duetto: “La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse” – “Presago il core della tua condanna” – “Morir si pura e bella” – “Vedi?... di morte l'angelo” (Radamès, Aida)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi4:02
15Aida: Atto IV. “O terra, addio; addio valle di pianti”
producer:
John Culshaw
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gellschaft der Musikfreunde (in 1959-09)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Amneris]:
Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano) (in 1959-09)
soprano vocals [Aida]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1959-09)
tenor vocals [Radames]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1959-09)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1959-09)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1959-09)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, composer) (in 1959-09)
balance engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) (in 1959-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1960)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-09)
recording of:
Aida: Atto IV, scena 2: Finale Ultimo: “O terra addio” (Aida, Radamès, coro, Amneris) (in 1959-09)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi5:12
16Un ballo in maschera: Atto II. “Teco io sto … M'ami, m'ami”
soprano vocals:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
Giuseppe Verdi9:05
17La traviata: Atto I. “Libiamo ne'lieti calici” (Brindisi)
choir vocals:
Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (on 1962-11-16)
soprano vocals [Violetta]:
Joan Sutherland (soprano) (on 1962-11-16)
tenor vocals [Alfredo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (on 1962-11-16)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (on 1962-11-16)
conductor:
Sir John Pritchard (conductor) (on 1962-11-16)
recorded at:
Teatro Della Pergola in Firenze (Florence), Firenze, Toscana (Tuscany), Italy (on 1962-11-16)
recording of:
La traviata: Atto I. Brindisi “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” (Alfredo, Coro, Violetta) (on 1962-11-16)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto I (La traviata: Act I)
Giuseppe Verdi2:59
18La traviata: Atto III. “Parigi, o cara … Ah! Gran Dio!”
soprano vocals [Violetta]:
Joan Sutherland (soprano) (in 1962)
tenor vocals [Alfredo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1962)
vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (in 1962)
conductor:
Sir John Pritchard (conductor) (in 1962)
performer:
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
recording of:
La traviata: Atto III. Duetto “Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo” (Alfredo, Violetta) (in 1962)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto III (La traviata: Act III)
Giuseppe Verdi9:52
19Don Carlo, Version 1867 for the Paris Opéra: Atto I. “Fontainebleau! Foresta immensa e solitaria!”Giuseppe Verdi2:10
20Don Carlo, Version 1867 for the Paris Opéra: Atto I. “Io la vidi e al suo sorriso”Giuseppe Verdi2:32
21Don Carlo, Version 1867 for the Paris Opéra: Atto II. “Dio, che nell'alma infodere”
baritone vocals [Rodrigo]:
Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone) (in 1965)
bass vocals:
Tugomir Franc (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
tenor vocals [Carlo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1965)
tenor vocals [un frate]:
Vincenzo Bello (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1965)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto I, scena 1. N°4 “Dio, che nell’alma infondere amor …” (Carlo, Rodrigo) (in 1965)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto I (II) (1883 revision (4 acts) in italian)
Giuseppe Verdi4:44
14CD: Di Stefano – Operatic Recital (SXL 2111)
15CD: Joan Sutherland – Operatic Arias (SXL 2159)
16CD: Regina Resnick – On the Wings of Opera (SXL 2304)
17CD: Hilde Gueden – Sings Operetta Evergreens (LXT 5658)
18CD: Teresa Berganza – Sings Mozart (SXL6045)
19CD: Tom Krause – Recital (SXL 6046)
20CD: Peter Pears – Winterrreise
21CD: Birgit Nilsson – Sings German Opera Arias (SXL 6077)
22CD: Robert Merril (SXL 6083) and James McCracken
23CD: Marilyn Horne – Recital (SXL5149)
24CD: Renata Tebaldi (SXL 6152)
25CD: Herman Prey – Schubert Schwanengesang (SXL 6069)
26CD: Elena Souliotis – Donizetti Verdi (SXL6306)
27CD: Regine Crespin – Recital Schumann Wolf Debussy Poulenc(SXL 6333)
28CD: Gwyneth Jones – Scenes From Verdi (SXL 6376)
29CD: Luciano Pavarotti – Arias By Verdi And Donizetti (SXL 6377)
30CD: Nicolai Ghiaurov – Great Scenes From Verdi (SXL 6443)
31CD: Huguette Tourangeau – Arias From Forgotten Operas (SXL 6501)
32CD: Maria Chiara Sings Verdi Arias (SXL 6605)
33CD: Sherrill Milnes – Great Scenes From Italian Opera (SXL 6609)
34CD: The Art of Hans Hotter (SXL 6625)
35CD: Sylvia Sass – Opera's Sensational New Star (SXL 6841)
36CD: Portrait of Pilar Lorengar
37CD: Elisabeth Söderström Sings Songs For Children (SXL 6900)
38CD: Mirella Freni and Renata Scotto in Duet (SXL 6970)
39CD: Martti Talvela – Mussorgsky Songs & Dances of Death / Rachmaninov Songs (SXL 6974)
40CD: Paata Burchuladze – Boris Godunov • Don Carlos • Macbeth • Simon Boccanegra • Ernani (414 335-2)
41CD: Leo Nucci – Bel Canto Arias (421 129-2)
42CD: Susan Dunn – Verdi • Beethoven • Wagner (421 420-2)
43CD: Cecilia Bartoli – Rossini Arias (425 430-2)
44CD: Josephine Barstow – Salome • Turandot • Médée • Věc Makropulos: Final Scenes (430 203-2)
45CD: Kiri te Kanawa - In Recital Liszt Obradors Ravel (425 820-2)
46CD: Brigitte Fassbaender – Liszt Lieder (430 512-2)
47CD: Sumi Jo – Carnaval! (French Coloratura Arias) (440 679-2)
48CD: Angela Gheorghiu – Arias (452 417-2)
49CD: Andreas Scholl – Heroes (Handel, Gluck, Mozart) (466 196-2)
50CD: Renée Fleming – Great Opera Scenes (455 760-2)
51CD: Barbara Bonney – Diamonds In The Snow (Nordic Songs) (466 762-2)
52CD: Matthias Goerne – Arias (467 263-2)
53CD: Juan Diego Flórez – Una Furtiva Lagrima (473 440-2)
54CD: Jonas Kaufmann – Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Wagner (478 1463)
55CD: Joseph Calleja – The Maltese Tenor (478 2720)

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