Maria Callas VERDI
I vespri siciliani
Recorded on 26 May 1951 at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Maria Callas, Giorgio Kokolios-Bardi, Enzo Mascherini, Boris Christoff, Bruno Carmassi, Mario Frosini, Mafalda Masini, Gino Sarri, Aldo de Paoli, Lido Pettini, Brenno Ristori
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Erich Kleiber
Great Arias from French Operas
Gluck, Bizet, Saint-Saëns, Gounod, Thomas, Massenet, Charpentier
Maria Callas
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Georges Prétre
VERDI Aida, Otello
LEONCAVALLO La Bohème, I Pagliacci
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut, Turandot
MASCAGNI L’Amico Fritz, Cavalleria rusticana
GIORDANO Andrea Chénier
CILEA Adriana Lecouveur
MEYERBEER L’Africana
FLOTOW Marta
BIZET Carmen
MASSENET Werther
WAGNER Lohengrin
Mario del Monaco
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Argeo Quadri, Tomaso Benintende-Neglia
Arias from:
VERDI Rigoletto
MASSENET Manon
DELIBES Lakmé
BELLINI La Sonnambula
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Golden Cockerel
Songs and Lieder:
SCHUBERT
Die Entzückung an Laura; La Pastorella; Nacht und Träume; Heidenröslein;
Liebhaber in allen Gestalten
BRAHMS Auf dem Schiffe; Wiegenlied; Nachtigallen schwingen; Botschaft
WOLF Die Spröde; Die Bekehrte; Zitronenfalter im April
FAURÉ Clair de lune; Notre amour
HAHN Si mes vers avaient des ailes
CHAUSSON Le Colibri; La Cigale
Mattiwilda Dobbs, Rolando Panerai
Philharmonia Orchestra
Alceo Galliera
Gerald Moore
A PDF of the sung text can be downloaded from the download section at the top of the Homepage page.
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto, Op.129
3 Fantasiestücke, Op.73; 3 Romanzen, Op.94
Maurice Gendron
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet
Jean Françaix
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op.21
Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op.1 Nos.11, 17, 24 & 5; 24 Caprices, Op.1 – No.5 in A minor
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28
Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin; Tambourin Chinois, Op.3
Schalit: Serenade after a Jewish folk song
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op.77; Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 – excerpt
Bach: Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV.1004 – I, II & IV
Kroll: Banjo and Fiddle
Dvorák Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op.72, No.2
Debussy (arr. Hartmann): Preludes, Bk.I – No.8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
Kroll: Banjo and Fiddle
Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantelle, Op.43
Falla (arr. Kreisler): La vida breve – Spanish Dance No.1
Schumann (arr. Heifetz): Waldszenen, Op.82 – No.7, Vogel als Prophet
Kreisler (after Cartier): La Chasse
Chopin (arr. Sarasate): Nocturne in E flat, Op.9, No.2
Wieniawski: Polonaise No.1 in D, Op.4
Carpenter: Violin Sonata
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op.46
Michael Rabin