Maria Callas: Complete Recordings Deluxe (Limited Edition, 70PC, Boxed Set)
Maria Callas
Label: EMI Classics
Release Date: 12/4/2007
UPC: 5099950624324
Product Description:
This is the ultimate and final word in Maria Callas boxed sets. This release contains all of her studio recordings lovingly packaged in a beautiful Art-Deco wooden box containing glossy art prints, a comprehensive book guiding you through the Callas story, and a numbered certificate of authenticity. It also includes rare and unseen pictures of Callas in the studio plus letters and documents following her tumultuous career. Completely new notes have been provided by EMI's Callas expert, Tony Locantro, with a CD-ROM of all opera libretti. All in all, the finest, most elegantly-presented tribute to La Divina ever made, from the company that was synonymous with her music.
Deluxe Set Includes:
FIRST RECITAL (1 CD)
PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda (3 CDs)
DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (2 CDs)
BELLINI: I puritani (2 CDs)
MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana (1 CD)
PUCCINI: Tosca (2 CDs)
VERDI: La traviata (2 CDs)
BELLINI: Norma (3 CDs)
LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci (1 CD)
VERDI: La forza del destino (3 CDs)
ROSSINI: Il turco in Italia (2 CDs)
Puccini Arias (1 CD)
Lyric and Coloratura Arias (1 CD)
Callas at La Scala (1 CD)
PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly (2 CDs)
VERDI: Aida (2 CDs)
VERDI: Rigoletto (2 CDs)
VERDI: Il trovatore (2 CDs)
PUCCINI: La bohème (2 CDs)
VERDI: Un ballo in maschera (2 CDs)
ROSSINI: Il barbiere di Siviglia (2 CDs)
BELLINI: La sonnambula (2 CDs)
PUCCINI: Turandot (2 CDs)
PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut (2 CDs)
CHERUBINI: Medea (2 CDs)
Verdi Arias I (1 CD)
Mad Scenes (1 CD)
DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (2 CDs)
PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda (3 CDs)
BELLINI: Norma (3 CDs)
Callas à Paris I (1 CD)
Callas à Paris II (1 CD)
Mozart, Beethoven & Weber (1 CD)
Verdi Arias II (1 CD)
Rossini & Donizetti Arias (1 CD)
BIZET: Carmen (2 CDs)
PUCCINI: Tosca (2 CDs)
Verdi Arias III (1 CD)
The EMI Rarities (2 CDs)
CD-ROM containing libretti - Included in Book
Release Contains:
First Recital - Bellini and Wagner (Recorded November 1949 in Turin), remast. 2007 (1 CD) RAI Orchestra, Turin, Arturo Basile
Puccini Arias (Recorded September 1954, London) Philharmonia, Tullio Serafin
Lyric & Coloratura Arias (Recorded September 1954, London) Philharmonia, Tullio Serafin
Callas at la Scala (Recorded June 1955) Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
Mad Scenes (Recorded September 1958, London) Philharmonia, Nicola Rescigno
Verdi Arias I (Recorded September 1958, London) Philharmonia, Nicola Rescigno
Verdi Arias II (Recorded December 1963 & February 1964, Paris) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
Verdi Arias III (Recorded 1964 to 1969) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra & Paris Opéra Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
Callas à Paris I (Recorded March-April 1961, Paris) French Radio National Orchestra, Georges Prêtre
Callas à Paris II (Recorded May 1963, Paris) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Georges Prêtre
Rossini & Donizetti Arias (Recorded April, 1964) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
Mozart, Beethoven & Weber Arias (Recorded December 1963 & January 1964, Paris) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
The EMI Rarities (2 CDs) CD-ROM (Opera-Libretti & Callas-Photos)
Bellini: Norma (Recorded April 1954) - Mono (3 CDs) Mario Filippeschi, Ebe Stignani Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
Norma (Recorded September 1960) - Stereo (3 CDs) Christa Ludwig, Franco Corelli Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
I Puritani (Recorded March 1953) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Rolando Panerai Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
La Sonnambula (Recorded March 1957) (2 CDs) Eugenia Ratti, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicola Monti Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto
Bizet: Carmen (Recorded July 1964, Paris) (2 CDs) Nicolai Gedda, Robert Massard Paris Opéra Orchestra, Georges Prêtre
Cherubini: Medea (Recorded September 1957), remast. 2007 (2 CDs) Renata Scotto, Mirto Picchi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Recorded February 1953, Florence) - Mono (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin
Lucia di Lammermoor (Recorded March 1959, London) - Stereo (2 CDs) Ferruccio Tagliavini, Piero Cappuccilli Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Recorded May 1954) Giuseppe di Stefano Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (Recorded August 1953) Giuseppe di Stefano Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Recorded September 1959) (3CDs) Fiorenza Cossotto, Piero Cappuccilli Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto
La Gioconda (Recorded September 1952, Turin) (3 CDs) Fedora Barbieri, Gianni Poggi, Paolo Silveri RAI Turin Chorus & Orchestra, Antonino Votto
Puccini: La Bohème (Recorded August-September 1956) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Anna Moffo, Rolando Panerai Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto
Madama Butterfly (Recorded August 1955) (2 CDs) Nicolai Gedda, Lucia Danielli Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan
Manon Lescaut (Recorded July 1957) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
Tosca (Recorded August 1953) - Mono (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Victor de Sabata
Tosca (Recorded December 1964, Paris) - Stereo (2 CDs) Carlo Bergonzi, Tito Gobbi Paris Opéra Chorus & Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Georges Prêtre
Turandot (Recorded July 1957) (2 CDs) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eugenio Fernandi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Recorded February 1957, London) (2 CDs) Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera
Il Turco in Italia (Recorded August-September 1954) (2 CDs) Nicolai Gedda, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Verdi: La Traviata (Recorded September 1953, Turin), remast. 2007 (2 CDs) Francesco Albanese, Ugo Savarese RAI Chorus and Orchestra, Turin, Gabriele Santini
Aida (Recorded August 1955) (2 CDs) Richard Tucker, Fedora Barbieri, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
Un ballo in maschera (Recorded September 1956) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto
Rigoletto (Recorded September 1955) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
La forza del destino (Recorded August 1954) (3 CDs) Richard Tucker, Carlo Tagliabue Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
Il Trovatore (Recorded August 1956) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Fedora Barbieri Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan
Maria Callas (soprano)
70CD DELUXE BOXED SET comes brand new, never opened or played, factory - fresh and sealed. |
