tracks

Faust Que Vois-je Là?... Je Ris De Me Voir Si Belle (Jewel Song)
La Bohème: Sì. Mi Chiamano Mimì
Dinorah: Ombre Légère (Shadow Song)
Carmen: Si, Des Contrebandiers … Je Dis Que Rien Ne M’Épouvante
Semiramide: Bel Raggio Lusinghier
Turandot:
Signore, Ascolta
Tu Che di Gel Sei Cinta
Lakmé: Où Va la Jeune Hindoue (Bell Song)
Sweethearts From Sweethearts
Kiss In The Dark From Orange Blossoms
Lover, Come Back To Me From The New Moon
You Are Love From Show Boat
Indian Love Call From Rose-Marie
Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life From Naughty Marietta
Yours Is My Heart Alone From The Land Of Smiles (Das Land Des Lächelns)
I’ll See You Again From Bitter Sweet
My Hero From The Chocolate Soldier (Der Tapfere Soldat)
One Alone From The Desert Song
Some Day From The Vagabond King
Will You Remember From Maytime
I Vespri Siciliani: Mercé, Dilette Amiche
Ernani: Surta È La Notte … Ernani, Ernani, Involami
Aida: Qui Radamès Verrà … O Patria Mia
Il Trovatore: Timor Di Me? … D’Amor Sull’Ali Rosee
Giovanna D’Arco: Oh, Ben S’Addice Questo Torbido Cielo …Sempre All’alba Ed Alla Sera
Otello: Emilia, Te Ne Prego … Piangea Cantando (Willow Song) …
Un Ballo In Maschera: Morrò, Ma Prima In Grazia
Simon Boccanegra: Come In Quest’Ora Bruna
Manon (Excerpts)
Eh! J’Imagine
Je Suis Encore Tout Étourdie
Regardez-moi Bien Dans Les Yeux!
Ne Bronchez Pas
Voyons, Manon, Plus De Chimères!
Quelqu’Un … J’Ai Marqué L’Heure Du Depart
Nous Vivrons À Paris
Allons! Il Le Faut
Adieu, Notre Petite Table
Enfin, Manon … En Fermant Les Yeux
Obéissons, Quand Leur Voix Appelle
Je Suis Seul!
Ah! Fuyez, Douce Image
Toi! Vous! – Oui, C’Est Moi!
N’Est-ce Plus Ma Main Que Cette Main Presse?
Ah! Des Grieux – Ô Manon!
Le Portrait De Manon (Excerpts)
L’Amour, Toujours L’Amour Maudit!
On Se Serait Assis Sur Le Gazon
Manon Lescaut (Excerpts)
Cortese Damigella
Donna Non Vidi Mai
Vedete? Io Son Fedele
Dispettosetto Questo Riccio!
In Quelle Trine Morbide
Oh, Sarò La Più Bella!
Taci, Taci, Tu Il Cor Mi Frangi!
Affé, Madamigella
Senti, Di Qui Partiamo
Ah, Manon, Mi Tradisce
Il Passo M’Aprite
No! Pazzo Son!
Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata
Die Fledermaus (Excerpts)
Overture
Though Honesty Is Said To Be The Policy That’s Best
Calamity, Catastrophe
Alfred! – Here We Are, Just You And I
Propriety, Propriety
More Often Than Not … Chacun À Son Gout
Look At How I Look
Echoes Of Hungary! (Czárdás)
Champagne Is So Romancing, Tra La La La
Oh, Mon Ami, We’ll Meet Again
Happiness, Here’s To Health And Happiness
A Waltz, Let’s Have A Waltz
Oh, For The Life Of An Actress
I’m Very Fond Of Elderberry Wine And Sherry
One Night Of Love From One Night Of Love
Lover From Love Me Tonight
If I Loved You From Carousel
Italian Street Song From Naughty Marietta
Kiss Me Again From Mlle Modiste
Vilja Song From The Merry Widow (Die Lustige Witwe)
Falling In Love With Love From The Boys From Syracuse
Stars In My Eyes From The King Steps Out
Strange Music From Song Of Norway
I’ll See You Again From Bitter Sweet
Love Is Where You Find It From The Kissing Bandit
Always
Chants D’Auvergne
L’Antouènou (Vol. Ii, No. 2)
Pastourelle (Vol. Ii, No. 1)
L’Aïo Dè Rotso (Vol. I, No. 3a)
Baïlèro (Vol. I, No. 2)
Passo Pel Prat (Vol. Iii, No. 2)
Malurous Qu’O Uno Fenno (Vol. Iii, No. 5)
Brezairola (Vol. Iii, No. 4)
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Ária (Cantilena)
Dança (Martelo)
Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14
Cinq Poèmes De Baudelaire
Le Balcon
Harmonie Du Soir
Le Jet D’Eau
Recueillement
La Mort Des Amants
Fêtes Galantes (Set I)
En Sourdine
Fantoches
Clair De Lune
Voici Que Le Printemps
Romance
Mandoline
Chansons De Bilitis
La Flûte De Pan
La Chevelure
Le Tombeau Des Naïades
La Fille Du Régiment: Chacun Le Sait, Chacun Le Dit
La Damnation De Faust: D’Amour L’Ardente Flamme
Hérodiade: Celui Dont la Parole … Il Est Doux, Il Est Bon
Hamlet: Mais Quelle Est Cette Belle … À Vos Jeux, Mes Amis (Mad Scene)
Les Pêcheurs De Perles: Ô Dieu Brahma!
Robert Le Diable: Robert, Toi Que J’Aime
Roméo Et Juliette: Ah! Je Veux Vivre Dans Le Rêve
Werther: Werther! Qui M’Aurait Dit
Louise: Depuis Le Jour
Orfeo Ed Euridice
Qual Vita È Questa Mai
Che Fiero Momento!
Avvezza Al Contento
Che Fiero Momento!
La Serva Padrona
Act I: Stizzoso, Mio Stizzoso
Act Ii: A Serpina Penserete
Lucia Di Lammermoor Act I
Ancor Non Giunse!
Regnava Nel Silenzio
Quando Rapito In Estasi
Lucia Di Lammermoor Act III (Mad Scene)
Eccola! … Il Dolce Suono
Ohimè! Sorge Il Tremendo Fantasma
Ardon Gl’Incensi
S’Avanza Enrico
Spargi D’Amaro Pianto
Luisa Miller: Lo Vidi, E ’L Primo Palpito
Rigoletto: Gualtier Maldè … Caro Nome
La Traviata
È Strano, È Strano! … Ah, Fors’È Lui
Follie! Follie! Delirio Vano
Sempre Libera
Teneste La Promessa
Addio Del Passato
La Bohème: Sì. Mi Chiamano Mimì
La Rondine: Chi Il Bel Sogno di Doretta
Madama Butterfly
Bimba, Bimba, Non Piangere
Ah! Dolce Notte, Quante Stelle
La Bohème: O Soave Fanciulla
Manon Lescaut
Oh, Sarò La Più Bella!
Taci, Taci, Tu Il Cor Mi Frangi!
Lucia Di Lammermoor
Sulla Tomba Che Rinserra
Qui Di Sposa Eterna Fede … Veranno A Te Sull’Aure
La Traviata: Parigi, O Cara
Rigoletto
Giovanna, Ho Dei Rimorsi
È Il Sol Dell’Anima
Manon
Toi! Vous! – Oui, C’Est Moi!
N’Est-ce Plus Ma Main
Luisa Miller: Ah! L’Ultima Preghiera
La Traviata: Un Dì Felice Eterea
La Rondine
Che Caldo! Che Sete!
Perché Mai Cercate di Saper
Zitti! Non Disturbiamoli!

notes

CD 1:
Original LP: LM/LSC-2504 Released February 17, 1961
Recording: Rome, Opera House, July 29, 1960 [1/4];
August 1, 1960 [2/7]; July 28, 1960 [3/8]; July 30, 1960 [5];
July 30 & August 1, 1960 [6]
Producer: Richard Mohr · Recording Engineer: Lewis Layton
(P) 1961 Sony Music Entertainment

CD 2:
Original LP: LM/LSC-2675 Released September 20, 1963
Recording: New York City, Webster Hall,
February 21, 1963 [1/2/6/10]; February 16, 1963 [3/4];
February 21/22, 1963 [5]; February 22, 1963 [7];
February 20, 1963 [8/9/12]; February 16/22, 1963 [11]
Producer: Joseph Habig
Recording Engineers: Ernest Oelrich [1/2/5–10/12];
Bernard Keville [3/4]; Bernard Keville & Ernest Oelrich [11]
Publishers: Harms, Inc. [3/5/8/10]; P.B. Harms [4]; Shubert ASCAP [7];
M. Witmark [2/6/9]; Famous Music [11]; G. Schirmer [1/12]
(P) 1963 Sony Music Entertainment

CD 3:
Original LP: LM/LSC-2685 Released October 18, 1963
Recording: Italy, September 1962
Producer: not documented
LP-Matrix: N2RY-2921 [1–5]; N2RY-2922 [6–8] (stereo);
N2RP-2919 [1–5]; N2RP-2920 [6–8] (mono)
(P) 1963 Sony Music Entertainment

CD 4:
Original LP: LM/LSC-7028-1/2 Released February 17, 1964
Note: Tracks 17 & 18 were not originally part of LM/LSC-7028-1.
First release in this collection.
Recording: Rome, RCA Italiana Studios, August 1/2, 1963 [1/2];
August 2, 1963 [3–7]; August 5, 1963 [8/9]; August 6, 1963 [10/11];
August 7/8, 1963 [12/13]; August 8, 1963 [14/15];
August 1, 1963 [16]; August 1–8, 1963 [17/18]
Producer: Richard Mohr · Recording Engineer: Lewis Layton
(P) 1964 [1–16], 2015 [17/18] Sony Music Entertainment

CD 5:
Note: Track 8 was not originally part of LM/LSC-7028-2.
First release in this collection.
Recording: Rome, RCA Italiana Studios, August 10, 1963 [1/2];
August 8–10, 1963 [3]; August 10/12/13, 1963 [4/5];
August 10, 1963 [6/7]; August 8–14, 1963 [8];
August 13/14 1963 [9/10]; August 12, 1963 [11–13]
Producer: Richard Mohr · Recording Engineer: Lewis Layton
(P) 1964 [1–7, 9–13], 2015 [8] Sony Music Entertainment

CD 6:
Original LP: LM/LSC-2728 Released May 18, 1964
Recording: Vienna, Sofiensaal, June 28–30, 1963
Producers: George Marek, Charles Gerhardt
Recording Engineers: Gordon Parry, James Brown (Decca)
(P) 1964 Sony Music Entertainment

CD 7:
Original LP: LM/LSC-2794 Released March 15, 1965
Recording: New York City, Webster Hall, December 4, 1964 [1/5/8/12];
December 1, 1964 [2/4/7/9]; December 3, 1964 [3/6/10/11]
Producer: Peter Dellheim · Recording Engineer: Ernest Oelrich
Publishers: Bourne Co. [1]; Famous Music Corp. [2];
T.B. Harms Co. [3]; M. Whitmark & Sons [4/5];
Chappel & Co. Inc. [6–9]; Harms, Inc. [10]; Leo Feist, Inc. [11];
Irving Berlin Music Corp. [12]
(P) 1965 Sony Music Entertainment

CD 8:
Original LP: LM/LSC-2795 Released April 1965
Recording: New York City, Manhattan Center, April 10, 1964 [1–5];
April 11, 1964 [6/7]; April 13, 1964 [8/9]; April 14, 1964 [10]
Producer: Peter Dellheim · Recording Engineer: Robert Simpson
Publishers: Heugel & Cie, Paris [1–7]; Assoc. Music Publishers, Inc. [8/9]
(P) 1965 Sony Music Entertainment

CD 9:
Original LP: LSC-3225 Released November 1971
Recording: New York City, RCA Studio A, May 10, 1971 [1];
May 12–14, 1971 [2]; May 11, 1971 [3/5]; May 12/14, 1971 [4/11];
May 5/6/13, 1971 [6]; May 6/13, 1971 [7/8]; May 14, 1971 [9];
May 13/14, 1971 [10]; May 6/7, 1971 [12]; May 6, 1971 [13];
May 7/14, 1971 [14]
Producer: Richard Mohr · Recording Engineer: Anthony Salvatore
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment

CD 10:
Original LP: ARL1-0844 Released January 1975
Recording: England, July 14–19, 1974
Producer: Thomas Z. Shepard · Recording Engineer: Anthony Salvatore
Publisher: Heugel & Cie, Paris [9]
(P) 1975 Sony Music Entertainment

CD 11:
Recordings: Rome, RCA Italiana Studios,
July 3, 5–10, 12–18, 1965 [1–4]; 1962 [5/6];
July 26–31 & August 2–12, 1965 [7–14]; June 2–16, 1964 [15];
June 17–18, 23–28 & July 17, 1963 [16];
July 1, 4–9, 12–13, 1966 [23];
Rome Opera House, June 16–25, 1960 [17–21];
June 15–30, 1961 [22]
Producer: Richard Mohr [1–4, 7–15, 16–23]
Recording Engineer: Anthony Salvatore [1–4, 7–15, 23]
Original LPs: LSC-6169 [1–4]; LM-2650 [5/6]; LSC-6170 [7–14];
LSC-6168 [15]; LSC-7027 [16]; LSC-6154 [17–21];
LSC-6095 [22]; LSC-7048 [23]
This compilation (P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment

CD 12:
Original LP: ARL1-0165 Released June 1973 [1–12]
Recordings: Rome Opera House, Italy, July 1, 1957 [1/2];
June 20/30, 1961 [3]; June 23, 1960 [8]; June 16–25, 1960 [14];
RCA Italiana Studios, Rome, August 10, 1963 [4/5];
July 26–31 & August 2–12, 1965 [6/7];
June 17/18/23/28, 1963 [9/10]; August 8, 1963 [11/12];
June 2–16, 1964 [13]; July, 1966 [15–17]
Producer: Richard Mohr
Recording Engineers: Lewis Layton [1–5, 8–14];
Anthony Salvatore [6/7, 15–17]
Original LPs: LSC-6125 [1/2]; LSC-6095 [3]; LSC-7028 [4/5];
LSC-6170 [6/7]; LSC-6154 [8]; LSC-7027 [9/10]; LSC-7028 [11/12];
LSC-6168 [13]; LSC-6154 [14]; LSC-7048 [15–17]
This compilation (P) 1973/2015 Sony Music Entertainment

Tape Transfers CD 1: Philipp Nedel, DSD Engineer
Mixing and Mastering: Mark Donahue · Remastering Supervision: John Newton
CD 6: Digitally remastered in BMG/RCA Studios, New York City · Engineer: Michael O. Drexler
CD 8: Joaquin J. Lopes
Tape Transfers, Mixing and Mastering CDs 2–5/7/9–12:
Andreas K. Meyer, Meyer Media LLC using 24bit / 96kHz technology
Consists of previously released material.

The EPs EPA 30-379, EPA 30-365 and Singles 45N 1468, 47-8728 and N 1394,
released by RCA Italiana under license from 1960 to 1965, are not part of this edition.

Photos: cover & pp. 2, 4, 9, 10, 16, 36: RCA; pp. 15, 21, 25, 30: David B. Hecht
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CDs 1–12 (C) Sony Music Entertainment
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credits

Booklet Editor – Eva Reisinger
Chorus – RCA Italiana Opera Chorus (tracks: CD 4, 5), Vienna State Opera Chorus, (tracks: CD 6)
Conductor – Franco Ferrara (tracks: CD 3), Leopold Stokowski (tracks: CD 8), Oskar Danon (tracks: CD 6), Peter Maag (tracks: CD 10), René Leibowitz (tracks: CD 4, 5), Skitch Henderson (tracks: CD 7), Tullio Serafin (tracks: CD 1)
Design – [ec:ko] communications
Liner Notes – Jürgen Kesting
Liner Notes [Translation] – Jean-Claude Poyet, Stewart Spencer
Mixed By, Mastered By – Mark Donahue (tracks: CD 1)
Orchestra – American Symphony Orchestra (tracks: CD 8), New Philharmonia Orchestra (tracks: CD 10), Vienna State Opera Orchestra, (tracks: CD 6), Rome Opera House Orchestra, (tracks: CD 1), RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra (tracks: CD 4, 5), RCA Italiana Orchestra, (tracks: CD 3), RCA Victor Orchestra, (tracks: CD 7)
Photography By – David B. Hecht
Piano – Jean Casadesus (tracks: CD 9)
Producer – Robert Russ
Production Manager [Production] – Guido Eitberger
Remastered By – Joaquin J. Lopes (tracks: CD 6), Michael O. Drexler, (tracks: CD 6)
Research [Document] – Michael Panico
Research [Tape] – Anthony Fountain (2)
Soprano Vocals – Anna Moffo
Supervised By [Remastering] – John Newton (tracks: CD 1)
Tenor Vocals – Sergio Franchi (tracks: CD 2)
Transferred By – Philipp Nedel (tracks: CD 1)
Transferred By, Mixed By, Mastered By – Andreas K. Meyer

companies

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Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment

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