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Digital remastering (P) 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.
(C) 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.
Manufactured and printed in the EU.

On box cover (additional sleeve):
*The complete collection of studio recordings by Maria Callas.
*26 operas and 13 solo recitals, each repackaged in a special slipcase with it's own booklet featuring the original album cover artwork.
*New transfers from the original master tapes, made at Abbey Road Studios using 24-bit 96kHz remastering.
*Bonus CD-ROM contains libretti and translations.
*Includes a luxury 132-page book containing rare images, a chronology, and articles about Callas's career, the recordings and the remastering process

Editor's notes:
* Package: Hard cardboard rectangular box contains 40 individual card slipcases with a total of 69 CDs and 1 CD-ROM. Each slipcase contains the CD/CDs (some operas comes in 2 or 3 discs) in individual paper wallets and a booklet with info and liner notes in English, German, French and Italian. Librettos are not included in the booklets but inside the bonus CD-ROM in PDF files. The box also contains an exclusive book of 134 pages in English, German, French and Italian

* First released on 22 September 2014. All 39 individual slipcases (except the CD-ROM) were also issued as stand-alone releases at the same time or a month later (not more than November 10). The stand-alone releases are identical (same package, including cat#, barcode, etc.) with the ones contained in the box although some were also reissued in jewel cases (from 2016 and on).

* Individual slipcases are ordered into the box in cronological order but there is no evident sign on them that shows the order (usually CD1, CD2 etc.). Cat# and barcodes are not in sequence either. The only way to find out the order is the matrix/runout info on each CD. The matrix/runout begins with the cat# of the individual slipcase followed by two digits indicating the number of the CD. For example: Release Maria Meneghini Callas Sings Arias From Tristano E Isotta, Norma, I Puritani has a matrix/runout info 0825646340040-01 and is the 1st CD in the box while release Libretti (The Complete Studio Recordings) has a matrix/runout info 0825646339914-70 and is the 70th CD.

For complete info/credits/tracklist please consult the links of the individual titles/slipcases below. The date used before the title is the recording date as printed on each inner wallet of the slipcases.

* 1949: Maria Meneghini Callas Sings Arias From Tristano E Isotta, Norma, I Puritani
* 1952: La Gioconda
* 1953: Lucia Di Lammermoor
* 1953: I Puritani
* 1953: Cavalleria Rusticana
* 1953: Tosca
* 1953: La Traviata
* 1954: Norma
* 1954: Pagliacci
* 1954: La Forza Del Destino
* 1954: Il Turco In Italia
* 1954: Maria Meneghini Callas Sings Operatic Arias By Puccini
* 1954: Maria Meneghini Callas Sings Operatic Arias
* 1955: Callas At La Scala (Her Great Opera Revivals: Medea, La Vestale, La Sonnambula)
* 1955: Madama Butterfly
* 1955: Aida
* 1955: Rigoletto
* 1956: Il Trovatore
* 1956: La Bohème
* 1956: Un Ballo In Maschera
* 1957: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia
* 1957: La Sonnambula
* 1957: Turandot
* 1957: Manon Lescaut
* 1957: Medea
* 1958: Callas Portrays Verdi Heroines: Lady Macbeth, Abigaille, Elvira, Elisabetta Di Valois
* 1958: Mad Scenes From Anna Bolena, Hamlet, Il Pirata
* 1959: Lucia Di Lammermoor
* 1959: La Gioconda
* 1960: Norma
* 1961: Maria Callas Sings Great Arias From French Operas
* 1963: Callas À Paris (More Arias From French Opera)
* 1963-4: Maria Callas Sings Mozart, Beethoven, Weber Arias
* 1963-4: Callas Sings Verdi Arias (Aroldo • Don Carlo • Otello)
* 1963-4: Callas Sings Rossini And Donizetti Arias
* 1964: Carmen
* 1964-5: Tosca
* 1964-9: Arias From Aida, Attila, Un Ballo In Maschera, I Lombardi, I Vespri Siciliani, Il Corsaro, Il Trovatore
* 1953-69: The Callas Rarities
* Libretti (The Complete Studio Recordings)

credits

Consultant [Recording Consultant During The Remastering Process] – Andrew Cornall
Liner Notes – Tony Locantro, Warwick Thompson
Liner Notes [Translation] – Andreas Klatt (2), Carlo Maria Perselli, Daniel Fesquet, Leandra Rhoese, Noémie Gatzler
Photography By [Box Book: p. 10] – Luc Fourno,
Photography By [Box Book: p. 123] – Brian Seed
Photography By [Box Book: p. 5] – Jean Tesseyre
Photography By [Box Book: pp. 11, 24, 29, 30, 33, 43, 80, 93, 94, 102, 103, 105, 106, 109, 110, 113, 122, 127] – Erio Piccagliani
Photography By [Box Book: pp. 21, 113] – Angus McBean
Photography By [Box Book: pp. 23, 79, 119] – Pic Roger,
Photography By [Box Book: pp. 27, 126] – Ken Veeder
Photography By [Box Book: pp. 84, 90] – Robert Doisneau
Remastered By – Andrew Walter, Ian Jones (4), Simon Gibson
Remastered By [Team Leader] – Allan Ramsay

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Classics
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Music UK Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Warner Classics
Copyright (c) – Warner Music UK Ltd.
Remastered At – Abbey Road Studios
Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH

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