2x Hybrid SACD

The Callas Rarities

Compilation by Maria Callas

Released 10 November 2014

Hybrid SACD 1: The Callas Rarities 1953–61
1
Don Giovanni, Act II: Non mi dir (Take 1)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5:23
2
Don Giovanni, Act II: Non mi dir (Take 2)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5:02
3
Macbeth, Act IV: Una macchia è qui tuttora
Giuseppe Verdi
11:12
4
Semiramide, Act I: Bel raggio lusinghier
Gioachino Rossini
5:35
5
I vespri siciliani, Act IV: Arrigo! ah parli a un core
Giuseppe Verdi
4:05
6
Lucrezia Borgia, Prologue: Tranquillo ei posa…Com’è bello
Gaetano Donizetti
8:03
7
Guglielmo Tell, Act II: S’allontanano alfine…Selva opaca
Gioachino Rossini
8:27
8
Semiramide, Act I: Bel raggio lusinghier
Gioachino Rossini
5:23
9
Il pirata, Act I: Sorgete…Lo sognai ferito, esangue
Vincenzo Bellini
9:25
Hybrid SACD 2: The Callas Rarities 1962–69
1
Don Carlo, Act IV: "O don fatale"
Giuseppe Verdi
4:30
2
La Cenerentola, Act II: "Nacqui all’affanno…Non più mesta"
Gioachino Rossini
6:10
3
Oberon, Act II: "Ocean! thou mighty monster"
Carl Maria von Weber
8:08
4
Aida, Act III: "Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida"
Giuseppe Verdi
9:39
5
I lombardi alla prima crociata, Act I: "Te, Vergin santa"
Giuseppe Verdi
3:51
6
Il trovatore, Act IV: "Vanne…D’amor sull’ali rosee"
Giuseppe Verdi
6:28
7
I vespri siciliani, Act IV: "Arrigo! ah, parli a un core"
Giuseppe Verdi
3:40
8
Attila, Act I: "Liberamente or piangi!"
Giuseppe Verdi
4:45
9
Il corsaro, Act II: "Verró…Ah conforto è sol la speme"
Giuseppe Verdi
2:03
10
I lombardi alla prima crociata, Act I: "Te, Vergin santa"
Giuseppe Verdi
3:23

Alexander Young
tenor vocals [9]
Antonio Tonini
conductor [1.4-9, 2.1, 2.1-2, 2.2-3, 2.3]
Dino Olivieri
producer [1-2]
Douglas Larter
balance [1.6-9, 2.1-3]
Franco Corelli
tenor vocals [4]
Georges Prêtre
conductor [4]
Harold Davidson
balance [4-5]
Maria Callas
soprano vocals [2.1, 2.1-2, 2.2-3, 2.3-6, 2.6-7, 2.7, 2.7-8, 2.8, 2.8-9, 2.9, 2.9-10, 2.10, 1.1-3, 1.3, 1.3-9], vocal [9]
Michel Glotz
producer [4-6]
Monica Sinclair
contralto vocals [9]
Neville Boyling
balance [3]
Nicola Rescigno
conductor [1.3, 2.5-6, 2.6-7, 2.7, 2.7-8, 2.8, 2.8-9, 2.9, 2.9-10, 2.10]
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
performing orchestra [1-2]
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
performing orchestra [5-6, 6, 9]
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
performing orchestra [4, 7, 7-8, 8, 8-9, 9, 9-10, 10]
Oswaldo Varesco
balance [1-2]
Paul Vavasseur
balance [4-10]
Peter Andry
producer [7-10]
Philharmonia Chorus
choir vocals [9]
Philharmonia Orchestra
performing orchestra [1.3, 1.3-9, 2.1, 2.1-2, 2.2-3, 2.3]
Tullio Serafin
conductor [1-2]
Walter Legge
producer [2.1-3, 1.3-9]