7 LP 7 TC (plus bonus LP/TC: 'Scheherazade')
Released 1978
Cat No.: RDS9591-7 (RDC90761-7)
RD Code : HIL009 (GHIL-7-A on Box)
In the 50s and 60s, the Decca Record Label produced some of the finest operatic recordings ever made. Here are many of the highlights from those operas, featuring some of the finest recording artists in the genre.
1 Highlights from La Boheme (Puccini)
1 Che Gelida Manina (Your
Tiny Hand Is Frozen).../ Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi (Yes, They Call Me Mimi)
2 O Soave Fanciulla (O
Lovely Maiden)
3 Quando Me'n Vo
(Musetta's Waltz Song)... End Of Act II
4 In Un Coupe?... / O Mimi,
Tu Piu Non Torni
5 Vecchia Zimarra (Cloak
Song)
Carlo
Bergonzi (Rodolfo)
Renata
Tebaldi (Mimi)
Renato
Cesari (Schaunard)
Cesare
Siepi (Colline)
Ettore
Bastianini (Marcello)
Gianna
Corena (Alcindoro)
With
the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome (Chorus-Master: Bonaventura Somma)
conducted by Tullio Serafin
2 Highlights from Tosca (Puccini)
6 Santa Ampolle!...
Recondita Armonia (Strange Harmony)
7 Love Duet (Concluding
Section)
8 Te Deum
9 Vissi d'arte (Love and
Music)
10 E lucevan Le Stelle (The
Stars Were Shining)
11 E Non Giungono
(Conclusion Of Opera)
Renata
Tebaldi (Tosca)
Mario
del Monaco (Cavaradossi)
George
London (Scarpia)
Fernando
Corena (Sacristan)
With
the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome (Chorus-Master: Bonaventura Somma)
conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
3 Highlights from Aida (Verdi)
12 Se Quel Guerrier Io
Fossi...Celeste Aida (Heavenly Aida)
13 Gloria all'Egitto
14 O Patria Mia (O My
Country)
15 La Fatal Pietra... O
terra Addio (Final Duet)
Renata
Tebaldi (Aida)
Giulietta
Simionato (Amneris)
Carlo
Bergonzi (Radames)
Cornell
MacNeil (Amonasro)
Arnold
van Mill (Ramphis)
Fernando
Corena (King Of Egypt)
With
the Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde and the Vienna Philharmonnic
Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan
4 Highlights from Rigoletto (Verdi)
16 Questa O Quella
17 Gualtier Malde...Caro
Nome (Dear Name)
18 Tutte Le Feste .....Ah!
Solo Per Me
19 La Donna E Mobile (Woman
Is Fickle)
20 Bella Figlia Dell'amore
(Quartet)
21 Lassu In Cielo (Farewell
Duet Death Of Gilda)
Joan
Sutherland (Gilda)
Cornell
MacNeil (Rigoletto)
Renato
Cioni (Duke of Mantua)
Stefania
Malagu (Maddalena)
With
the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome conducted by Nino Sanzogno
5 Highlights from La Traviata (Verdi)
22 Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici
(Brindisi)
23 E' Strano (How
Strange)... Ah, Fors' E Lui....
24 Sempre Libera
25 Di Provenza
Il Mar (From Fair Provence)
26 Tenesta La Promessa....
27 Addio Del Passato
28 Ah, Violetta (Death Of
Violetta)
Joan
Sutherland (Violetta Valery)
Carlo
Bergonzi (Alfredo Germont)
Robert
Merrill (Giorgio Germont)
Dora
Carral (Annina)
Giovanni
Foiani (Doctor di Grenvil)
With
the Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by John
Pritchard
6 Highlights from Il Trovatore (Verdi)
29 Tacea la Notte (The
Peaceful Night)
30 Di Tale Amor (Cabaletta)
31 Vedi! Le Fosche (Anvil
Chorus)
32 Stride La Vampa (The
Flames Are Roaring)
33 Il Balen (The Light Of
Her Smile)
34 Or Co' Dadi...Squilli
Echeggi (Soldiers' Chorus)
35 Di Quella Pira
36 Miserere
Renata
Tebaldi (Leonora)
Mario
del Monaco (Manrico)
Giulietta
Simionato (Azucena)
Giorgio
Tozzi (Ferrando)
Ugo
Savarese (Count di Luna)
With
the Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and L’Orchestre du
Grand Theatre de Geneve conducted by Alberto Erede
7 Highlights from Carmen (Bizet)
37 La Cloche A Sonne....L
Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle
38 Votre Toast...Toreador
(Toreador's Song)
39 Au Quartier....La Fleur
Que Tu M'avais Jetee (Flower Song)
40 C'est Toi! C'est Moi!
(Death Of Carmen)
Regina Resnik (Carmen)
Mario
del Monaco (Don Jose)
Tom
Krause (Escamillo)
With
the Chorus of the Grand Theatre de Geneve and L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
conducted by Thomas Schippers
8 Highlights from Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
41 Prologue…Si Puo? Si Puo?
42 Un Tal Gioco (Canio's
Warning To Tonio)
43 Stridone Lassu.....Sei
La?
44 Recitar!......Vesti La
Giubba (On With The Motley)
45 Intermezzo
46 No! Pagliacci Non
Son.....La Commedia e Finita (The Comedy Is Over)
Cornell
MacNeil (Tonio)
Mario
del Monaco (Canio)
Gabriella
Tucci (Nedda)
Renato
Capecchi (Silvio)
Piero
de Palma (Beppe)
With
the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
9 Highlights from Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
47 Voi Lo Sapet
48 No, No, Turiddu.....Ah!
Il Signore Vi Manda Compar Alfio
49 Intermezzo
50 Viva Il Vino
Spumeggiante
51 Mamma, Quel Vino E Generoso (Mother, How This Wine Burns)
Giulietta
Simionato (Santuzza)
Anna
di Stasio (Lucia)
Mario
del Monaco (Turiddu)
Cornell
MacNeil (Alfio)
With
the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome conducted by Tullio Serafin
10 Highlights from The Barber Of Seville (Rossini)
53 Largo Al Factotum (Make Way For The
Factotum)
54 Una Voce Poco Fa
55 La Calunnia (Slander
Song)
56 Dunque Io Son
57 Insomma, Io Ho Tutti I
Torti (Conclusion Of Opera)
Manuel
Ausensi (Figaro)
Ugo
Benelli (Count Almaviva)
Teresa
Berganza (Rosina)
Nicolai
Ghiaurov (Don Basilio)
Fernando
Corena (Dr Bartolo)
With
the Orchestra e Coro Rossini di Napoli conducted by Silvio Varviso
11 Highlights from Faust (Gounod)
58 Vin ou biere (Carnival
Scene).....O Sainte Medaille
59 Vin ou biere (Carnival
Scene).....Avant De Quitter Ces Lieux
60 Vin ou biere (Carnival
Scene).....Allons, Amis
61 Vin ou biere (Carnival
Scene).....Le Veau D'or (The Golden Calf)
62 Quel Trouble Inconnu Me
Penetre....Salut! Demere Chaste Et Pure
63 Que Viois Je La?.....Ah!
Je Ris De Me Voir (Jewel Song)
64 Alerte! Alerte!.....Anges
Purs (Final Trio)...Christ Est Ressuscite
Franco
Corelli (Dr Faust)
Joan
Sutherland (Maruerite)
Nicolai
Ghiaurov (Mephistopheles)
Robert
Massard (Valentine)
Margreta
Elkins (Siebel)
Raymond
Myers (Wagner)
With
the Ambrosian Opera Chorus (Chorus Master: John McCarthy) and the London
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge
12 Highlights from The Magic Flute (Mozart)
65 Der Vogelfanger Bin Ich
Ja (I'm The Birdcatcher)
66 Dies Bildnis Ist
Bezaubernd Schon (Oh Loveliness Beyond Compare)
67 Bei Mannern, Welche
Liebe Fuhlen
68 Wie Stark Ist Nicht Dein
Zauberton!....
69 Schnelle Fusse.....
70 Das Klinget So
Herrlich....Konnte Jeder Brave Mann...Wenn Tugend
71 March Of The Priests
72 Der Holle Rache
73 In Diesen Heil'gen
Hallen (Within These Hallowed Walls)
74 Klinget, Glockchen,
Klinget!....
75 Pa Pa Pa Papagena!
Hilde
Gueden (Pamina)
Leopold
Simoneau (Tamino)
Wilma
Lipp (Queen Of The Night)
Walter
Berry (Papageno)
Emmy
Loose (Papagena)
Kurt
Bohme (Sarastro)
August
Jaresch (Monostatos)
With
supporting artists and the Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karl Bohm
13 Highlights from Madame Butterfly (Puccini)
76 Bimba Dagli Occhi Pieni
Di Malia (Love Duet)
77 Un Bel Di, Vedremo (One
Fine Day)
78 Humming Chorus
79 Con Onor Muore.....Tu?
Tu? Piccolo Iddio! (Death Of Butterfly)
Renata
Tebaldi (Butterfly)
Carlo
Bergonzi (Pinkerton)
With
the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome (Chorus-Master: Bonaventura Somma)
conducted by Tullio Serafin
14 Highlights from The Marriage Of Figaro (Mozart)
80 Cinque, Dieci
81 Non Piu Andrain (Now
Your Days Of Philandering Are Over)
82 Porgi Amor
83 Voii The Sapete
84 Riconosci In Questo
Amplesso (Sextet)
85 Sull' Aria (Letter Duet)
86 Deh Vieni, Non Tardar
87 Contessa, Perdono,
Perdono....(To End Of Opera)
Hilde
Gueden (Susanna)
Cesare
Siepi (Figaro)
Lisa
Della Casa (Countess Almaviva)
Alfred
Poell (Count Almaviva)
Suzanne
Danco (Cherubino)
Fernando
Corena (Doctor Bartolo)
Hilde
Rossl-Majdan (Marcellina)
Hugo
Meyer-Welfing (Don Curzio)
With
supporting artists and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Erich
Kleiber
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