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Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedRobert Merrill (Rigoletto), Roberta Peters (Gilda), Jussi Björling (Il Duca), Anna Maria Rota (Maddalena), Giorgio Tozzi (Sparafucile)
Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Jonel Perlea
[On the original release in 1956] under Perlea, the orchestral playing is firm and dramatic, well balanced with the voice. The music is well paced. Björling’s tone is a constant pleasure. He... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut RecommendedLicia Albanese (Manon Lescaut), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Robert Merrill (Lescaut), Franco Calabrese (Geronte/Un sergente degli arcieri), Mario Carlin (Edmondo/Il maestro di ballo/Lampionaio), Anna Maria Rota (Una voce sola), Plinio Clabassi (L'oste/Un comandante di Marina)
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With Bjoerling as Des Grieux giving one of this very finest performances on disc and with Robert Merrill in glorious voice as Lescaut, the Romanian conductor Jonel Perlea conducts one of the... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2006, First Choice
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera RecommendedGiuseppe di Stefano (Riccardo), Tito Gobbi (Renato), Maria Callas (Amelia), Fedora Barbieri (Ulrica), Eugenia Ratti (Oscar), Silvio Maionica (Samuele), Nicola Zaccaria (Tom), Ezio Giordano (Silvano)
Orhcestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto
Gobbi's chocolate-smooth tones almost steal the show, but Callas gives a touching Amelia, and di Stefano is dashing and irresponsible. There is a strong cast and theatrical conducting from Votto. — More…
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Building a Library, October 2013, Recommendation available on single CD
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Bellini: I Puritani RecommendedMaria Callas, Aurora Cattelani, Carlo Forti, Angelo Mercuriali, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giuseppe di Stefano
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
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Building a Library, January 2005, Budget Choice
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Tito Gobbi (Simon Boccanegra), Giuseppe Campora (Gabriele Adorno), Boris Christoff (Jacopo Fiesco), Victoria de los Angeles (Amelia Grimaldi/Maria Boccanegra), Walter Monachesi (Paolo), Paolo Dari (Pietro)
Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Gabriele Santini
An enthusiastic welcome to this classic recording...admirably brought back to life by Mark Obert-Thorne...The set preserves two outstanding interpretations, Gobbi's Boccanegra and Christoff's... — More…
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (Prima Donna/Ariadne), Rita Streich (Zerbinetta), Irmgard Seefried (The Composer), Rudolf Schock (The Tenor/Bacchus), Alfred Neugebauer (Major Domo), Karl Dönch (The Music Teacher) (An Officer) Gerhard Unger (An Officer), Lisa Otto (Naiad), Grace Hoffman (Dryad), Anny Felbermayer...
Karajan's recording may yield top position to Rudolf Kempe's 1968 account, but surely to no other. His feeling for the music, as well as his cast - especially Schwarzkopf's Ariadne, Streich's... — More…
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill, Margaret Roggero, Carol Smith
The Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini
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Massenet: Manon RecommendedGermaine Féraldy, Louis Guénot, Joseph Rogatchewsky, Georges Villier
Chorus & Orchestra of the Opéra-Comique Paris, Elie Cohen
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also recommended
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Verdi: Il Trovatore Jussi Bjorling (Manrico), Zinka Milanov (Leonora), Leonard Warren (Il Conte di Luna), Fedora Barbieri (Azucena), Nicola Moscona (Ferrando), Margaret Roggero (Ines), Paul Franke (Ruiz), George Cehanovsky (Un vecchio zingaro), Nathaniel Sprinzena (Un messo)
RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale,...
among the very finest recorded versions. The transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn bring out the full beauty and character of all four principals very vividly...Bjorling is, as ever, superb in his heroic... — More…
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Gounod: Faust
RecommendedRoger Bourdin, Georges Nore, Roger Rico
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Beecham
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Building a Library, April 2005, Historic Choice
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