Puccini: La Bohème
Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Angeles, Robert Merrill, Lucine Amara & Giorgio Tozzi
RCA Victor Chorus and Orchestra (Thomas Martin) & The Columbus Boychoir (Herbert Huffman), Sir Thomas Beecham
One of the great classics of recording, expertly restored. Victoria de los Angeles and Jussi Björling are an incomparable pair, and Beecham's conducting is, as ever, inimitable. — More…
2 CDs
$20.75Contents
Puccini: La Bohème
- Robert Merrill (baritone), William Nahr (tenor), George del Monte (baritone), Fernando Corena (bass), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Jussi Björling (tenor), John Reardon (baritone), Thomas Powell (baritone), Giorgio Tozzi (bass), Lucine Amara (soprano)
- RCA Victor Orchestra, RCA Victor Chorus, Columbus Boychoir
- Recorded: 16, 17, 30 March, 1-3, 5, 6 April 1956
- Recording Venue: Manhattan Center, New York City, USA
Act I: Questo "Mar Rosso" mi ammollisce e assidera (Marcello, Rodolfo)
Act I: Aguzza l'ingegno (Rodolfo, Marcello, Colline)
Act I: Legna! … Sigari! (Rodolfo, Marcello, Colline, Schaunard)
Beecham: Sir Thomas Beecham speaks about La boheme
- Sir Thomas Beecham (voice)
- Recorded: 1956
- Recording Venue: New York City
Puccini: La Bohème (highlights)
- Dora Labbette (soprano), Robert Easton (bass), Heddle Nash (tenor), John Brownlee (baritone), Stella Andreva (soprano), Robert Alva (baritone)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Recorded: 3 April 1936
- Recording Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London, UK
La boheme, Act III: D'onde lieta usci al tuo grido d'amore, "Mimi's Farewell"
Act IV: In un coupe? (Marcello, Rodolfo)
Act IV: O Mimi, tu piu non torni (Rodolfo, Marcello)