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Summer: Featured Products

Madama Butterfly (2–Malibran 715)
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
Monna Vanna
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
Waldemar Kmentt (Orfeo C 770 091)
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
Annette Talifert & Émile Colonne
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
Charles Burles (2–Malibran 714)
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
The Record of Singing, Vol. V, from the LP to the digital era  (10–EMI  28949)
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
The Great Tenors, Vol. IV - Alfonso Garulli & Amedeo Bassi  (Symposium 1380)
V1542. The Great Tenors, Vol. IV, incl. Alfonso Garulli & Amedeo Bassi. (England) Symposium 1380, recorded 1903–11.
$22.90
Creator Records, Vol. I (Puccini & Mascagni) (Symposium 1379)
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
Ljuba Welitsch (2–Nimbus 7959/60)
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
Les Urnes de l’Opéra (3–EMI 66567)
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
Giuseppe Giacomini (Bongiovanni 1211)
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
Paul Kletzki, w.David Oistrakh (Medici Arts MM018)
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
Fritz Reiner (6–WHRA 6024)
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
Sviatoslav Richter (WHRA 6023)
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
Eidé Noréna (Dutton CDBP 9793)
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
Wilhelm Furtwängler, w.Gerhard Taschner  & Yehudi Menuhin    (12–Audite 21.403)
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
Mindru Katz (Cembal d’Amour 142)
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
Richard Strauss (2–Testament SBT2 1441)
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 (Gala 100.637)
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
Un Ballo in Maschera (Myto 00200)
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 (WHRA 6021)
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 (Walhall WLCD 0263)
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
Michael Rabin (Doremi 7951/53)
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
Paul Makanowitzky, w.Noël Lee (4–Doremi 7946/49)
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
Eugenio Burzio (Preiser 89723)
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
Rosalia Chalia (Marston 51007)
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
E Lucevan le Stelle (Bongiovanni 1209)
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
Cavalleria Rusticana (Walhall 0257)
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
Aïda (Ponto 1059)
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
Mario Lanza (Urania 22.381)
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
William Matteuzzi (Bongiovanni 1210)
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
Giovanni Malipiero (Preiser 89719)
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
Manon (Myto 00209)
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
I Pagliacci (Walhall 0258)
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
Tannhäuser (Andromeda 9051)
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
Il Trovatore (Myto 00175)
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
Die Walküre (Elmendorff;  Teschemacher, Lorenz, Herrmann & Böhme) (Hänssler Profil PH07048)
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
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
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
Claudio Abbado
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
Verbier Festival - Highlights, 2007
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
Recording the ‘Twenties – The Evolution of the American Recording Industry, 1920-29
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