50 Best Callas Classics

Release Date: 1st Mar 2010
Catalogue No: 4575102
Label: EMI
Series: 50 Best
Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio...Quando rapito in estasi (Act I)

Work length8:02

Tullio Serafin, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Anna Maria Canali, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1953-02-06
Recording Venue: 29 & 30 January and 3,4 & 6 February 1953, Teatro Communale, Florence

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II, Scene 2: Chi mi frena in tal momento (Edgardo / Enrico / Lucia / Raimondo / Arturo / Alisa / Coro)

Work length3:35

Tullio Serafin, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Valiano Natali, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Anna Maria Canali, Maria Callas, Raffaele Arie
Recorded: 1953-02-06
Recording Venue: 29, 30 January & 1, 3, 4, 6 February 1953 / Teatro Communale, Florence

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III, Scene 1: Spargi d'amaro pianto (Lucia / Raimondo / Coro / Enrico)

Work length3:51

Tullio Serafin, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tito Gobbi, Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Maria Callas, Raffaele Arie
Recorded: 1953-02-06
Recording Venue: 29, 30 January & 1, 3, 4, 6 February 1953 / Teatro Communale, Florence

Rossini: Il Turco in Italia, Act I

Work length11:01

Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Teatro alla Scala, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Maria Callas, Franco Calabrese
Recorded: 1954-09-08
Recording Venue: 31 August - 8 September 1954 / Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Non si da follia maggiore

Track length3:39

Serva...Servo

Track length3:39

No, mia vita, mio tesoro

Track length3:43

Rossini: Il turco in Italia: Credete alla femmine...In Italia certamente (Selim / Fiorilla)

Work length5:09

Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Teatro alla Scala, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1954-09-08
Recording Venue: 31 Aug - 8 Sep 1954, La Scala Milan

Excerpt, Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Work length11:34

Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera, Tito Gobbi, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1957-02-14
Recording Venue: 7-14 February 1957 / Kingsway Hall, London

Una voce poco fa

Track length6:20

Dunque io son

Track length5:14

Rossini: Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide)

Work length8:38

Nicola Rescigno, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1964-02-21
Recording Venue: 9 December 1963, 6 January & 21 February 1964: Salle Wagram, Paris

Rossini: Gugliemo Tell, Act II: Selva opaca

Work length5:15

Nicola Rescigno, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1963-12-04
Recording Venue: 4 December 1963: Salle Wagram, Paris

Rossini: La Cenerentola, Act II: Non più mesta - extract (Angelina)

Work length2:37

Nicola Rescigno, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1964-01-06
Recording Venue: 23, 30 December 1963 & 6 January 1964: Salle Wagram, Paris

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore: Prendi, per me sei libero (Act II)

Work length3:36

Nicola Rescigno, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1964-04-24
Recording Venue: 24 April 1964 / Salle Wagram, Paris

Rossini: La figlia del reggimento: Convien partir (Act I)

Work length4:06

Nicola Rescigno, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1964-04-24
Recording Venue: 24 April 1964: Salle Wagram, Paris

Donizetti: Anna Bolena: Al dolce guidami castel natio

Work length4:26

Nicola Rescigno, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1958-09-25
Recording Venue: 24 & 25 September 1958, Kingsway Hall, London

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia, Act I: Com'è bello (Lucrezia)

Work length5:27

Nicola Rescigno, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1964-04-13
Recording Venue: 13 April 1964 / Salle Wagram, Paris

Excerpt, Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Work length8:49

Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1954-09-22
Recording Venue: 15-18,21,22 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

In quelle trine morbide

Track length2:56

Sola, perduta, abbandonata

Track length5:53

Puccini: La Bohème: Sì. mi chiamano Mimì (Mimì / Rodolfo)

Work length4:56

Antonino Votto, Teatro alla Scala, Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1956-09-04
Recording Venue: 20-25 August & 3-4 September 1956 / Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Puccini: O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

Work length4:06

Nicola Zaccaria, Antonino Votto, Manuel Spatafora, Rolando Panerai, Teatro alla Scala, Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1956-09-04
Recording Venue: 20-25 August & 3-4 September 1956 / Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Excerpt, Puccini: La Bohème

Work length9:11

Antonino Votto, Teatro alla Scala, Rolando Panerai, Maria Callas, Anna Moffo, Giuseppe di Stefano
Recorded: 1956-09-04
Recording Venue: 20-25 August & 3-4 September 1956 / Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Donde lieta uscì al tuo grido d'amore (Mimì)

Track length3:21

Dunque è proprio finita? (Rodolfo / Mimì / Marcello / Musetta)

Track length5:50

Puccini: Tosca: Non la sospiri, la nostra casetta (Act I)

Work length2:24

Giuseppe di Stefano, Victor de Sabata, Teatro alla Scala, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1953-08-21
Recording Venue: 10-21 August, 1953/Teatro all Scala, Milano

Puccini: Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

Work length3:15

Teatro alla Scala, Victor de Sabata, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1953-08-21
Recording Venue: 10-21 August 1953 / Teatro all Scala, Milano

Puccini: Tosca, Act III: Senti, l'ora è vicina...Amaro sol per te (Tosca / Cavaradossi)

Work length3:26

Teatro alla Scala, Giuseppe di Stefano, Victor de Sabata, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1953-08-21
Recording Venue: 10-21 August, 1953/Teatro all Scala, Milano

Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act I: Quanto cielo!...Ancora un passo o via

Work length3:00

Herbert von Karajan, Teatro alla Scala, Maria Callas, Mario Borriello
Recorded: 1955-08-06
Recording Venue: 1-6 August 1955 / Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino

Work length7:21

Teatro alla Scala, Herbert von Karajan, Nicolai Gedda, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1955-08-06
Recording Venue: 1-6 Aug 1955, La Scala, Milan

Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act II

Work length9:58

Teatro alla Scala, Herbert von Karajan, Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda
Recorded: 1955-08-06
Recording Venue: 1-6 August 1955 / Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Un bel di vedremo

Track length4:39

Con onor muore

Track length5:19

Puccini: Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica)

Work length5:35

Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1954-09-22
Recording Venue: 15-18,21,22 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

Work length2:34

Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1954-09-22
Recording Venue: 15-18,21,22 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Puccini: Turandot, Act I: Signore, ascolta!

Work length2:30

Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1954-09-22
Recording Venue: 15-18,21,22 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Puccini: Turandot, Act II: In questa Reggia

Work length6:24

Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1954-09-22
Recording Venue: 15-18,21,22 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Puccini: Turandot, Act III: Tu, che di gel sei cinta

Work length2:50

Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1954-09-22
Recording Venue: 15-18,21,22 September 1954, Watford Town Hall

Gluck: J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orphée et Eurydice)

Work length4:25

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1997-01-01
Recording Venue: 28 March-5 April 1961, Salle Wagram, Paris

Gluck: Divinités du Styx (from Alceste)

Work length4:24

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1961-04-05
Recording Venue: 28 March-5 April 1961, Salle Wagram, Paris

Bizet: Carmen, Act I

Work length8:48

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Nicolai Gedda, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1964-07-20
Recording Venue: 6-20 July 1964 / Salle Wagram, Paris

L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)

Track length4:17

Séguidille: Près des ramparts de Séville

Track length4:31

Bizet: Carmen, Act II: Chanson bohème: les tringles des sistres tintaient

Work length4:17

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1964-07-20
Recording Venue: 6-20 July 1964 / Salle Wagram, Paris

Bizet: Carmen: Carreau! Pique! (Card Scene)

Work length3:38

Nadine Sautereau, Georges Prêtre, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Maria Callas, Jane Berbié
Recorded: 1964-07-20
Recording Venue: 6-20th July 1964. Salle Wagram Paris.

Gounod: Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette)

Work length3:38

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1997-01-01
Recording Venue: 28 March-5 April 1961, Salle Wagram, Paris

Thomas, Ambroise: Mignon: Ah, pour ce soir...Je suis Titania (Polonaise)

Work length5:08

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1961-04-05
Recording Venue: 28 March-5 April 1961, Salle Wagram, Paris

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op.24: D'amour l'ardente flamme

Work length8:12

Georges Prêtre, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1963-05-08
Recording Venue: 3-8 May 1963, Salle Wagram, Paris

Massenet: Werther: Werther! Qui m'aurait dit la place... Des cris joyeux (Air des lettres)

Work length6:59

Georges Prêtre, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1963-05-08
Recording Venue: 3-8 May 1963, Salle Wagram, Paris

Gounod: Faust: Un bouquet!...Ah! je ris (Jewel song)

Work length5:29

Georges Prêtre, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1963-05-08
Recording Venue: 3-8 May 1963, Salle Wagram, Paris

Excerpt, Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila

Work length10:29

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1961-04-05
Recording Venue: 28 March-5 April 1961, Salle Wagram, Paris

Printemps qui commence

Track length5:14

Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix

Track length5:15

Excerpt, Massenet: Manon

Work length6:05

Georges Prêtre, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1963-05-08
Recording Venue: 3-8 May 1963. Salle Wagram, Paris.

Je ne suis que faiblesse....Adieu, notre petite table

Track length3:16

Suis-je gentille ainsi? ... Je marche sur tous les chemins

Track length2:49

Charpentier, G: Depuis le jour (from Louise)

Work length4:44

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Maria Callas
Recorded: 1961-04-05
Recording Venue: 28 March-5 April 1961, Salle Wagram, Paris

50 Best Callas Classics

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