April 26: Featured Classical Music CDs

ARNOLD ROSÉ
S0250. Arnold Rosé – First Violin of Vienna, incl. Bach, Nardini, Simonetti, Wieniawski, Chopin, Popper, Svendsen, Ernst, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Goldmark & Sarasate; Arnold Rosé Cond. Vienna Phil.: Orchestral Suite #3 in D – Air (Bach) & Die Ruinen von Athen – Overture (Beethoven); Rosé Quartet: Cherubini, Boccherini, Mozart & Beethoven. Arbiter 148, recorded 1909-36. $16.90

The Record Of Singing Vol. IV
V0614. (From 1939 to the End of the 78 Era) incl. Geori Boué, Guillamat, Joachim, Kolassi, Dolukhanova, Novikova, Obukhova, Elsie Houston, Bouvier, Gorr, Danco, Robin, Grandi, Elmo, Quartararo, Gatti, de los Angeles, Tebaldi, Rysanek, Schumann, Schwarzkopf, Seefried, Stader, Lail, Steber, Teyte, Ferrier, Traubel, Thebom, Dermota, Gedda, Jobin, Kozlovsky, Lisitsian, Gmyria, Reizen, Nelepp, Vinogradov, Zhadan, Christoff, Natzke, Borg, Gorin, Hotter, Harrell, London, Warren, Bernac, Souzay, Pears, Sönnerstedt Sonnerstedt, Rothmüller Rothmuller, etc.; also featuring bonus tracks (not included in the LP issue) by Leppée Leppee, Scuderi, Beckmann, Juyol, Ferrier & Josef Herrmann. 7-EMI 69741, Slipcase Edition. Out of Print; duly limited quantity! $89.90, the Set

JAMES MELTON
PE0080. Souvenirs – 23 Original Recordings. (England) ASV AJA 5585, recorded 1927-51. $13.90

Mozart Singers of the Past
V1002. incl. Peter Anders, Salvatore Baccaloni, Erna Berger, Augusto Beuf, Lucrezia Bori, Maria Cebotari, Toti dal Monte, Anton Dermota, Willy Domgraf-Fassbaender, Beniamino Gigli, Ria Ginster, Hilde Güden, Luise Helletsgruber, Gerhard Hüsch, Sena Jurinac, Alexander Kipnis, Hilde Konetzni, Miliza Korjus, Erich Kunz, Frida Leider, Tiana Lemnitz, Wilma Lipp, Emmy Loose, Walther Ludwig, Tancredi Pasero, Koloman von Pataky, Julius Patzak, Margherita Perras, Ezio Pinza, Maria Reining, Helge Roswaenge, Bidú Sayão, Arno Schellenberg, Heinrich Schlusnus, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Paul Schöffler, Lotte Schöne, Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Schumann, Irmgard Seefried, Ina Souez, Eleanor Steber, Italo Tajo, Richard Tauber, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Wilhelm Tisch, Margarete Teschemacher & Ludwig Weber. (Austria) 3‑Preiser 90690. $49.90, the Set

FAUST (in Bulgarian)
OP1175. Live Performance, 7 March, 1959, Sofia, w.Margaritov Cond. Bulgarian National Opera; Ilija Jossifov, Katja Popova, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Georgi Genov, etc.; Ilija Jossifov, Katja Popova & Georgi Genov: Arias from La Boheme, Eugen Onégin, Manon, Faust, Gianni Schicchi & Tsar’s Bride; Attila – Excerpts (in Bulgarian), w.Ghiaurov, Marinov, Vassilev & Krekorova. (Portugal) 3-Gala 100.625. $23.90, the Set

AÏDA
OP1177. Live Performance, 7 Dec., 1956, w.Votto Cond. La Scala Ensemble; Antonietta Stella, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giulietta Simionato, Giangiacomo Guelfi, etc. (Italy) 2-GOP 66.353. $23.90, the Set

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Les Introuvables du Chant Français
V0588. incl. Alda, Ansseau, d’Arkor, Arletty, Balbon, Baldous, Balguerie, Baugé, Bertin, Billot, Boons, Boué, Bourdin, Bourvil, Brancato, Brothier, Calvé, Caron, Cazette, Cernay, Cesbron-Viseur, Charpini, Claudel, Clément, Coiffier, Coline, Couzinou, Cuénod, Dalmorès, David, Delmas, Delna, Deschamps-Jehin, Devriès, Doria, Dranem, Eames, Endrèze, Escalaïs, Favart, Féraldy, Fouché, Franz, Fremstad, Friant, Frozier, Fugère, Gall, Galli-Curci, Garden, Georges, Guilbert, Hahn, Heldy, Hérent, Journet, Kouznetzoff, Lawrence, Leider, Litvinne, Luart, Lubin, Luccioni, Lugo, Maison, Germaine Martinelli, Marquet, Mason, Maurane, Melchissédec, Merguillier, Mertens, Micheau, Micheletti, Morlet, Musy, Narçon, Nespouslous, Noréna, Onégin, Oudart, Panzéra, Pernet, Plançon, Ponzio, Raveau, Regelly, Madeleine & Maurice Renaud, Renaux, Revoil, Ritter-Ciampi, Rogatchewsky, Scaramberg, Sibille, Souzay, Supervia, Teyte, Thill, Tirard, de Trévi, Vallin, van Dyck, Vanni-Marcoux, Vezzani, Villabella, etc. (E.U.) 8-EMI 85828, recorded 1902-48. Slipcase Edition, w.39pp. Brochure offering all sources, recording dates & numerous photos. Final remaining copies! $89.90, the Set.

Les Ténors Français, Vol. II
V1004. incl. Rousselière, Beyle, Devrès, Campagnola, Villabella, Planel, Marcelin, Devriès, Campagnola, Villabella, Planel, Marcelin, Verdière, Régis, Cuénod, Franz, Jouatte, Sardet, Affre, Sens, Nuibo, Hérent, Burdino, Thill, Lapelletrie, Orliac, Rouquetty, Vaguet & Pujol. (France) Malibran 627. $19.90

1873 – Annus Mirabilis
V1005. incl. Adams, von Bary, Blauvelt, Brodersen, Butt, Caruso, Chaliapin, Décléry, de Segurola, Dzerwiecki, Fleischer-Edel, Florence, Goritz, Grisi, Guiraudon, Heinemann, Howard, Jörn, Kirkby-Lunn, Koenen, Kubatova, Kruszelnicka, Lordman, Maclennan, Marignan, Maubourg, Nani, Nezhdanova, Polese, Rappold, Rio, Olitzka, Rüsche-Endorf, Salvaneschi, Slezak, Sutter, Tamara, Tiphaine, Verlet, Witherspoon, Zaccari & Zador. (France) 2-Malibran 629. $39.90, the Set.

OTELLO
OP1165. Live Performance, 3 Dec., 1938, w.Panizza Cond. Maria Caniglia, Giovanni Martinelli, Lawrence Tibbett, Alessio de Paolis, Nicola Moscona, etc. (Italy) 2-GOP 806. Long Out-of-print. $39.95, the Set.

“…almost every phrase comes to take the impress of [Martinelli’s] voice and style. The taut concentration of tone matches the intensity; at every point a close and receptive study of the score has yielded its reward….Walter Legge reported of his singing the role at Covent Garden in 1937 that ‘a thread of pure gold runs through his voice’, and he added that it was ‘unlike any other tenor in the world today’ save possibly the young Jussi Björling, 23 years Martinelli’s junior. At its best, as in the monologue, Martinelli’s Otello remains finest of all….Tibbett’s Iago is superbly caught, the best account of the role on records, not forgetting Gobbi….Like Martinelli, his response to every phrase is specific and vivid; and his voice resonates richly.”

- John Steane, GRAMOPHONE, Feb., 2006

OTELLO (in French)
OP1168. Live Performance, 7 Oct., 1955, w.Sébastian Cond. l’Opéra Ensemble; José Luccioni, Régine Crespin, René Bianco, etc. (France) 2-Malibran 186. $39.90, the Set.

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Anselmo Colzani
V0997. Arias from La Favorita, Lucia, Cavalleria, Ernani, Forza, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Falstaff, Otello, Macbeth, Andrea Chénier, La Fanciulla del West, Adriana Lecouvreur, I Pagliacci, La Gioconda & Il Tabarro; w.Renata Tebaldi: Duets from Tosca & Simon Boccanegra. (Italy) 2-GOP 834, Live Performances, 1957-77. Long Out of Print. 39.90, the Set.

“Anselmo Colzani, an operatic baritone whose dramatic sensibility helped make him a fixture at the Metropolitan Opera and other houses in the 1950s and 1960s, died [19 March, 2006] in Milan. He was 87….it was at the Met that he established his most lasting foothold in the United States.”
- Anne Midgette, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 24 March, 2006

Madama Butterfly
OP1162. (in Russian), recorded 1953, w.Bron Cond. Moscow Radio Ensemble; Yelizaveta Shumskaya, Ivan Kozlovsky, Pavel Lisitsian, etc.; Pavel Lisitsian: Zazà – Excerpts (in Russian). (Portugal) 2-Gala 100.775. 23.90, the Set.

La Traviata
OP1163. (in Russian), recorded c.1953, w.Orlov Cond. Moscow Radio Ensemble; Yelizaveta Shumskaya, Ivan Kozlovsky, Pavel Lisitsian, etc.; La Traviata - Excerpts (in Russian), w.Kaikhin Cond. Galina Vishnevskaya, Sergei Lemeshev, etc.; Rigoletto – Excerpts (in Russian), w.Orlov Cond. Yelizaveta Shumskaya & Ivan Kozlovsky. (Portugal) 2-Gala 100.777. 23.90, the Set.

Fra Diavolo
OP1164. (in Russian), recorded c.1949, w.Khaikin Cond. Bolshoi Opera Ensemble; Sergei Lemeshev, Elena Gribova, Andrei Sokolov, Victor Gorbunov, etc.; La Boheme – Excerpts (in Russian), w.Samosud Cond. Moscow Radio Ensemble; Sergei Lemeshev, Irina Maslennikova, Pavel Lisitsian, etc. (Portugal) 2-Gala 100.778. 23.90, the Set.