 OP1891. MADAMA BUTTERFLY (in French), Broadcast Performance, 1959, w.Gressier Cond. Radio-Lyrique Ensemble; Lyne Cumia, Alberyt Lance, Gabriel Bacquier, etc. (France) 2–Malibran 715. $39.90 |
 OP1892. MONA VANNA (Février), Broadcast Performance, 1958, Besançon, w.Suzanne Sarroca, Pierre Nougaro, René Damiro, Pierre Fleta, Georges Lecoz, etc.; Mona Vanna – Historical recordings by Ansseau, Muratore (Creator), Vezzani & Vanni-Marcoux. (France) 2–Malibran 712. $39.90 |
 V1543. WALDEMAR KMENTT, w.Böhm, Krombholc, Stein, Krips, Danon, Erede, Prêtre & Bernstein Cond.: Arias from Iphigénie en Tauride, Idomeneo, Così, Fidelio, Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Prodaná Nevesta, Jenufa, The Rake’s Progress, Cenerentola, Faust & Les Contes d’Hoffmann. (Germany) Orfeo C 770 091, Live Performances, 1955-96, Vienna Staatsoper. $18.90 |
 V1544. ANNETTE TALIFERT: Arias from Hamlet, Louise, Roméo, La Fille du Régiment, Songe d’une Nuit d’Hiver (de Boeck), Chanson de Kaatje (Buffin), Der Rosenkavalier & Hänsel und Gretel; ÉMILE COLONNE: Arias from La Légende du Preux (Scassola), Mireille, Cendrillon, Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame & Don Quixote; Songs by Ravel, Adam & Schubert.
(France) Malibran 713. $19.90 |
 V1545. CHARLES BURLES: Arias from Les Paladins, Le Postillon de Longjumeau, La Dame Blanche, Mireille, Mignon, Guillaume Tell, Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame, Si j’étais Roi, Les Dragons de Villars, Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Lakmé, I Puritani, Le Compte Ory, Il Matrimonio Segreto, Barbiere, Don Pasquale, L’Italiana in Algeri, Rigoletto, La Boheme, Entführung & Das Land des Lächelns. (France) 2–Malibran 714, Live Performances. $39.90 |
 V1539. The Record of Singing, Vol. V, from the LP to the digital era, incl. de los Angeles, Berganza, Bergonzi, Björling, Caballé, Callas, Carreras, Christoff, Corelli, van Dam, Deller, Domingo, Fischer-Dieskau, Flagstad, Ferrier, Freni, Gobbi, Hotter, Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Nilsson, Panerai, Schwarzkopf, Scotto, Söderström, Souzay, Sutherland, Varnay, Vickers, Wunderlich, etc. (E.U.) 10–EMI Mono / Stereo 28949, recorded 1953-2007. Limited quantity! Temporarily unavailable. $74.90 |
 V1542. The Great Tenors, Vol. IV, incl. Alfonso Garulli & Amedeo Bassi. (England) Symposium 1380, recorded 1903–11. $22.90 |
 V1541. Creator Records, Vol. I (Puccini & Mascagni), incl. Hipólito Lázaro (Il Piccolo Marat), Florence Easton (Gianni Schicchi), Cesira Ferrani (Manon Lescaut & La Boheme), Emilio de Marchi (Tosca), Giovanni Zenatello (Madama Butterfly), Maria Zamboni (Turandot), Giuseppe Nessi & Emilio Venturini (both Turandot), Gemma Bellincioni (Cavalleria), Fernando de Lucia (L’Amico Fritz & Iris), Giuseppe Pacini (Guglielmo Ratcliff), Celistina Boninsegna & Ferruccio Corradetti (both Le Maschere). (England) Symposium 1379, recorded 1903–29. $22.90 |
 V1540. LJUBA WELITSCH, w.Moralt, Reiner, Rudolf, Süsskind & Krips Cond.: Arias & Duets (w.de Paolis & Tucker) from Don Giovanni, Ballo, Aïda, Tosca, Der Freischütz, Eugen Onégin, Pique Dame, Salome, Die Fledermaus, Die Lustige Witwe, Zigeunerliebe & The Dubarry. (England) 2–Nimbus 7959/60, recorded 1947–50. Specially priced. $23.90 |
 V1538. Les Urnes de l’Opéra, incl. Mérentié, Auguez de Montalant, Brohly, Korsoff, Calvé, Huguet, Patti, Galvany, Boninsegna, Viafora, Kurz, Sembrich, Schumann-Heink, Melba, Lindsay, Abott, Homer, Farrar, Affre, Beyle, Campagnola, Vigneau, de Lucia, Franz, Daddi, Pugno, Tamagno, Caruso, Journet, Plançon, Renaud, Hahn, Dufranne, Noté, Amato, Scotti, Battistini, Chaliapin, etc. (France) 3–EMI 66567. Limited quantity! Specially priced. $23.90 |
 V1537. GIUSEPPE GIACOMINI: Arias from Norma, Ernani, Il Trovatore, Don Carlos, Aïda, Otello, La Boheme, Tosca, La Fanciulla del West, Andrea Chénier & Turandot. (Italy) Bongiovanni 1211, Live Performances, 1969-96. $19.90 |
 C0836. PAUL KLETZKI Cond. Philharmonia Orch.: Pathétique Symphony #6 in b, recorded 1960; Kletzki Cond. Stockholm Festival Orch., w.David Oistrakh: Violin Concerto in D, Live Performance, 28 Sept., 1955 (both Tschaikowsky). (E.U.) Medici Arts Stereo / Mono MM018. $16.90 |
 C0834. FRITZ REINER Cond. NBC S.O.: Mozart, Rossini, Berlioz, Brahms, de Falla, Debussy, Ravel, Bartók, Strauss, Hindemith & Johann Strauss; w.Bidú Sayão: Bachianas Brasileiras #5 (Villa Lobos) & Madama Butterfly – Un bel dì (Puccini); Fritz Reiner Cond. NYPO, w.Alexander Kipnis: Boris Godounov – Three Scenes; Fritz Reiner Cond. Cleveland Orch.: Prokofiev & Shostakovich; Fritz Reiner Cond. Columbia S.O., w.Oscar Levant: Concertino for Piano & Orch. (Honegger). (E.U.) 6–WHRA 6024, Broadcast Performances, 1942–52. Transfers by Andrew Rose, Kit Higginson & Lani Spahr. $89.90 |
 P0686. SVIATOSLAV RICHTER: Richter in Budapest, incl. Schubert, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Debussy & Moussorgsky (the latter’s Pictures at an Exhibition). (E.U.) WHRA 6023, Live Performance, 9 Feb., 1958, Budapest (issued for the first time complete & unabridged). Transfers by Albert Frantz. $19.90 |
 V1531. EIDÉ NORÉNA: Songs by Lie, Grieg & Verdi; Arias & Duets (w.Villabella & Micheletti) from The Creation (Haydn), Atalanta (Handel), Les Huguenots, Roméo, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Carmen, Le Coq d’Or, Rigoletto & Turandot. (Austria) Dutton CDBP 9793, recorded1929-1938. Transfers by Michael J. Dutton. $11.90 |
 C0828. WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER Cond. Berlin Phil.: The Complete RIAS Recordings, incl. Bach, Beethoven, Blacher, Brahms, Bruckner, Gluck, Handel, Hindemith, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Wagner & Weber; w.Gerhard Taschner: Violin Concerto (Fortner) & w.Yehudi Menuhin: Concerto in D (Beethoven). (Germany) 12–Audite 21.403, Live Performances, 1947-54. Specially priced. $79.90 |
 P0685. MINDRU KATZ, w.Yuval Zaliouk Cond. BBC Welsh S.O.: Concerto #22 in E-flat, K.482 (Mozart), Live Performance, 31 Dec., 1974; w.Yuval Zaliouk Cond. BBC Scottish S.O.: Concerto #2 in f (Chopin), Live Performance, 31 May, 1975. Cembal d’Amour 142. $17.90 |
 C0827. RICHARD STRAUSS Cond. Philharmonia Orch.: Don Juan; Sinfonia domestica; w.Alfred Blumen (Pf.): Burleske in d; Strauss Cond. BBC S.O.: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (all Cond. by the Composer). (England) 2–Testament SBT2 1441, Live Performances, 1947. Specially priced. $21.90 |
 LA GIOCONDA, Live Performance, 3 Jan., 1953, w.Cleva Cond. Zinka Milanov, Kurt Baum, Leonard Warren, Cesare Siepi, Fedora Barbieri, Jean Madeira, etc.; La Gioconda - Excerpts, Live Performance, 3 March, 1945, w.Cooper Cond. Stella Roman, Frederick Jagel, Leonard Warren, Bruna Castagna, Margaret Harshaw, etc. (Portugal) 3-Gala 100.637. $29.95 |
 OP1879. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Live Performance, 15 Jan., 1944, w.Walter Cond. Zinka Milanov, Jan Peerce, Leonard Warren, Kerstin Thorborg, Frances Greer, etc. (E.U.) 2–Myto 00200. Specially priced. $19.95 |
 DON CARLOS, Live Performance, 11 Nov., 1950, w.Stiedry Cond. Jussi Björling, Delia Rigal, Fedora Barbieri, Robert Merill, Cesare Siepi, Jerome Hines, Lubomir Vichegonov, etc.; Don Carlos - Excerpts, Live Performance, 6 Nov., 1950 (Telecast Opening Night Performance), w.Stiedry Cond. Jussi Björling, Delia Rigal, Fedora Barbieri, Robert Merill, Cesare Siepi, Jerome Hines, Lubomir Vichegonov, etc. (E.U.) 3-WHRA 6021. Transfers by Ward Marston. $59.95 |
 LOHENGRIN, Live Performance, 31 Jan., 1959, w.Schippers Cond. Brian Sullivan, Lisa della Casa, Margaret Harshaw, Walter Cassel, Otto Edelmann, etc. (E.U.) 3-Walhall WLCD 0263. Specially priced. $19.95 |
 S0399. MICHAEL RABIN: Kreisler, Heifetz & Paganini; w.Mitropoulos, Kubelik, Voorhees, etc. Cond.: Violin Concerti by Brahms, Bruch, Wieniawski, Prokofiev, Mohaupi & Creston; w.Zino Francescatti: Double Concerto in d for Two Violins (Bach). (Canada) 3-Doremi 7951/53, recorded 1952-67. $49.90 |
 S0400. PAUL MAKANOWITZKY, w.Noël Lee (Pf.): The ten violin sonatas (Beethoven); The six violin sonatas (Bach). (Canada) 4–Doremi 7946/49, recorded 1955-56/’58, resp., Lumen. $69.90 |
 V1525. EUGENIA BURZIO: Songs by Bettinelli; Arias from Norma, Saffo, Il Trovatore, Otello, Forza, Aïda, Mefistofele, Adriana Lecouvreur, Zulma, L’Africaine, La Fanciulla del West & Cavalleria; Eugenia Burzio & Giuseppe de Luca: La Gioconda – Così mantieni il patto? (Austria) Preiser 89723, recorded 1907–13. $17.90 |
 V1520. ROSALIA CHALIA: Rosalia Chalia: Selected Recordings of a Forgotten Soprano, incl. Songs by Camora, Álvarez, Secchi, Arditi, Yradier, de Fuentes, etc.; Arias from Semiramide, Barbiere, Stabat Mater (Rossini), Don Giovanni, Carmen, Faust, L’Étoile du Nord, La Traviata, Ballo, Aïda, Cavalleria & Bohemian Girl. Marston 51007. Transfers by Ward Marston. Booklet features discographic information, photos & extensive notes by Gregor Benko and Lawrence F. Holdridge. $17.90 |
 V1522. E Lucevan le Stelle, 26 Tenors sing the Aria, incl. Borgatti, Caruso, Fleta, Cortis, Lázaro, Martinelli, Pertile, Malipiero, di Stefano, Filippeschi, Tagliavini, Labò, Poggi, Barioni, Ciniselli, Lauri-Volpi, Corelli, del Monaco, Masini, Gigli, Zenatello, Luccioni, Lugo, Piccaver, Björling & Roswaenge. (Italy) Bongiovanni 1209. $19.90 |
 OP1874. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Live Performance, 3 Jan., 1959, w.Mitropoulos Cond. Zinka Milanov, Daniele Barioni (for Richard Tucker), Mario Zanasi, Thelma Votipka & Rosalind Elias. (E.U.) Walhall 0257. Specially priced. $13.95 |
 OP1880. AÏDA (in Russian), Live Performance, 1961, w.Melik-Pashayev Cond. Bolshoi Theatre Ensemble; Galina Vishnevskaya, Zuab Andzhaparidzhe, Irina Arkhipova, Pavel Lisitsian, Ivan Petrov, etc. (Holland) 2-Ponto 1059. $23.90 |
V1108. CESARE SIEPI: Songs by Mozart, Brahms, Schumann & Ravel (the latter’s Don Quichotte à Dulcinée); Arias from Amadis, Alceste (both Lully), Barbiere, L’Italiana in Algeri, Norma, Faust, Mefistofele, I Vespri Siciliani, Simon Boccanegra, Don Carlos & Salvator Rosa. (Italy) Bongiovanni 1194, Live Performances, 1950-56. $19.90 |
 V1521. MARIO LANZA, w.Heindorf & Sinatra Cond.: Arias from I Pagliacci, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Andrea Chénier, Fedora, La Gioconda, Rigoletto, Aïda, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Otello, L’Elisir d'Amore, Carmen, L’Africaine, Marta & Der Rosenkavalier. (Italy) 2-Urania 22.381, recorded 1957-58, RCA. $33.90 |
 V1523. WILLIAM MATTEUZZI: Arias from Otello, Tancredi, La Gazza Ladra, Zelmira, Cenerentola, Barbiere, L’Italiana in Algeri, Le Comte Ory & Ricciardo e Zoraide (all Rossini); I Puritani, Così, Il Matrimonio Segreto, Gianni Schicchi & Die Lustige Witwe. (Italy) Bongiovanni 1210, Live Performances, 1980-99. $19.90 |
 V1519. GIOVANNI MALIPIERO: Arias from L’Elisir d'Amore, La Favorita, Manon, Werther, La Damnation de Faust, Mignon, Mefistofele, La Boheme, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Tosca & Fedora; w.Florica Christoforeanu: Manon – St Sulpice Scene. (Austria) Preiser 89719, recorded 1930-41. $17.90 |
 OP1877. MANON, Live Performance, 28 Oct., 1959, w.Morel Cond.
Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Giorgio Tozzi, etc. (E.U.) 2–Myto 00209. Specially priced. $19.95 |
 OP1875. PAGLIACCI, Live Performance, 3 Jan., 1959, w.Mitropoulos Cond. Mario del Monaco, Lucine Amara, Leonard Warren, Mario Sereni & Charles Anthony. (E.U.) Walhall 0258. Specially priced. $13.95 |
 OP1873. TANNHÄUSER, Live Performance, 29 Jan., 1955, w.Kempe Cond. Ramón Vinay, Astrid Varnay, Blanche Thebom, Jerome Hines, George London, Giulio Gari, etc. (E.U.) 3-Andromeda 9051. $29.95 |
 OP1876. IL TROVATORE, Live Performance, 27 Dec., 1947, w.Cooper Cond. Stella Roman, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Margaret Harshaw, etc. (E.U.) 2–Myto 00175. Specially priced. $19.95 |
 OP1872. DIE WALKÜRE – Act I, Live Performance, 21 Sept., 1944, Dresden, w.Karl Elmendorff Cond. Margarete Teschemacher, Max Lorenz & Kurt Böhme; w.Josef Herrmann: Wotans abschied und Feuerzauber; Elmendorf & Striegler Cond. Marianne Schech, Max Lorenz, Josef Herrmann & Kurt Böhme: Excerpts from Tannhäuser, Die Fliegende Holländer, Die Meistersinger, Siegfried & Götterdämmerung. (Germany) 2-Hänssler Profil PH07048, Live Performances, 1944. $33.90 |
 CINDERELLA (Prokofiev), Telecast 2007, w.Kessels Cond. Paris Opera Orch.; Stéphane Phavorin, Stéphanie Romberg, Agnès Letestu, José Martinez, Laëtitia Pujol, Wilfried Romoli, etc. Choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev. (UK) 2-Opus Arte OA 0997 D. $39.90 |
 CHRISTOPH von DOHNÁNYI Cond. Vienna Phil.: Scottish Symphony #3 in a (Mendelssohn); The Miraculous Mandarin - Concert Suite (Bartók); w.Rudolf Buchbinder: Burleske for Piano in d (Strauss). (Austria) Medici Arts 2072208, Telecasts 1977. $24.90 |
 DVD0393. CLAUDIO ABBADO Cond. Orchestra Mozart, w.Giuliano Carmignola (Vln): The Six Brandenburg Concerti (all Bach). (E.U.) Medici Arts 2056738, Live Performance, 21 April, 2007, Reggio Emilia. $24.90 |
 DVD0394. Verbier Festival - Highlights, 2007, incl. Martha Argerich, Hélène Grimaud, Nelson Freire, Evgeny Kissin, Joshua Bell, Renaud Capuçon, Mischa Maisky, Gabriela Montero, Sir Andrew Davis, Thomas Quasthoff, etc. (E.U.) Medici Arts Stereo 3078058, Live Performances, 2007. $24.90 |
 B0137. Recording the ‘Twenties – The Evolution of the American Recording Industry, 1920-29, by Allan Sutton. Denver, CO, Mainspring Press, 2008. 346pp. Indices; A Directory of 1920s Record Manufacturers; illus; Photos (softbound) $34.90 |