The Puccini Collection

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Tracklist

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1La bohème: “Che gelida manina” (Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer) and Erik Smith (British producer, pianist and harpsichordist)
tenor vocals [Rodolfo]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1959-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia (in 1959-08)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1959-08)
balance engineer:
Peter Attwood (in 1959-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1959)
recorded at:
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1959-08)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo) (in 1959-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini4:54
2Madame Butterfly: “Vogliatemi bene” (Love Duet)
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
tenor vocals [Pinkerton]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Limited (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1958) and The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino” … “Un pò'di vero c'è” … “Oh quanti occhi fisi” (Butterfly, Pinkerton) (Love Duet) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A.
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini7:59
3La rondine: “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta”
soprano vocals:
Leona Mitchell (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1980)
recording of:
La rondine: Atto I. “Ch’il bel sogno di Doretta” (Prunier, Magda, Lisette, Suzy, Yvette, Bianca)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami
part of:
La rondine: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini3:19
4Manon Lescaut: “Manon, senti, amor mio… Vedi, son io chi piango”
choir vocals:
Bologna Teatro Communale Chorus
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
orchestra:
Bologna Teatro Communale Orchestra
conductor:
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1988)
recording of:
Manon Lescaut: Atto IV. “Manon, senti, amor mio! … Vedi, son io che piango” (Des Grieux)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi
part of:
Manon Lescaut: Atto IV
Giacomo Puccini2:04
5La bohème: “Si, mi chiamano Mimì”
baritone vocals:
Ettore Bastianini (baritone) and Renato Cesari (bass-baritone)
bass vocals:
Cesare Siepi (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
soprano vocals:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1959)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 7. “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” (Mimì)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini5:28
6Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro”
soprano vocals:
Leona Mitchell (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1980)
recording of:
Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giovacchino Forzano
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Ltd.
part of:
Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini2:37
7Suor Angelica: “Senza mamma”
soprano vocals:
Felicia Weathers (soprano)
orchestra:
Vienna Opera Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym; also Vienna Strauss Orchestra)
conductor:
Argeo Quadri (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1967)
recording of:
Suor Angelica: “Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto!” (Suor Angelica)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giovacchino Forzano
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A.
part of:
Suor Angelica
Giacomo Puccini4:54
8La fanciulla del West: “Ch’ella mi creda”
tenor vocals:
Bruno Prevedi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conductor:
Edward Downes (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1964)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III. “Ch’ella mi creda libero e lontano” (Johnson, Rance)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1910)
librettist:
Guelfo Civinini (Italian librettist) and Carlo Zangarini
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini2:20
9Madame Butterfly: “Un bel di vedremo” (One Fine Day)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer) and James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (in 1958-07)
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1958-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Limited (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1958) and The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini4:49
10Tosca: “Vissi d’arte”
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1973)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II
Giacomo Puccini3:36
11Manon Lescaut: “In quelle trine morbide”
soprano vocals:
Maria Chiara (soprano)
orchestra:
Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
conductor:
Nello Santi (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1972)
recording of:
Manon Lescaut: Atto II. “In quelle trine morbide” (Manon)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi
part of:
Manon Lescaut: Atto II
Giacomo Puccini2:26
12Turandot: “Signore, ascolta!... Non piangare, Liu!... Ah! Per l’ultima volta”
baritone vocals:
Fernando Corena (operatic bass)
bass vocals:
Nicola Zaccaria (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
soprano vocals:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Mario Carlin (tenor), Mario Del Monaco (tenor) and Renato Ercolani (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1959)
recording of:
Turandot: Atto I. “Signore, ascolta!” (Liù)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
part of:
Turandot: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:38
13Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1958)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:19
14Tosca: “Te deum”
baritone vocals:
George London (bass-baritone)
bass-baritone vocals [Scarpia]:
George London (bass-baritone) (in 1959)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia (in 1959)
tenor vocals [Spoletta]:
Piero de Palma (tenor) (in 1959)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (in 1959)
conductor:
Francesco Molinari‐Pradelli (conductor) (in 1959)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1960)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Tre sbirri … una carrozza …” … “Te Deum” (Scarpia, Spoletta, Coro) (in 1959)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A.
part of:
Tosca: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini4:40
15La bohème: “C’è Mimì che mi segue”
baritone vocals:
Ettore Bastianini (baritone) and Renato Cesari (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
soprano vocals:
Gianna D’Angelo (soprano) and Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1959)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto IV. no. 23. “C’è Mimì che mi segue” (Musetta, Rodolfo, Schaunard, Mimi, Marcello, Colline)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto IV. In soffitta (Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini6:03
16Turandot: “Nessun dorma”
tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Calaf]:
Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
conductor:
Franco Patanè (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1959)
recording of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA
part of:
Turandot: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini3:30

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Release

manufactured in:the U.K.
liner notes:Martin Furber (in 1998)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Marks & Spencer PLC (in 1998)
licensed from:The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!)
ASIN:UK: B000026ESC [info]