Mascagni
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) was an Italian opera composer, chiefly associated with the rise of verismo. Born in Livorno, he achieved sudden fame with Cavalleria rusticana in 1890.
Cavalleria rusticana became one of the defining works of Italian verismo and has remained central to the repertory, often paired with Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. Mascagni also wrote L’amico Fritz, Iris, Il piccol...
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
SAINT-SAËNS Danse Macabre
BIZET Petite Suite
Music by Chopin, Meyerbeer, Mascagni, Schubert & many more
Studio and Live Recordings, 1920 - 1925
Total duration: 2hr 20:22
Alfred Cortot
Jesse Crawford
Giuseppe De Luca
Art Gillham
Mischa Levitzky
Margarete Matzenauer
Landon Ronald
Leopold Stokowski
and many more
DEBUSSY Petite Suite
OFFENBACH Tales of Hoffman
STRAVINSKY The Firebird - Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
and many more
Studio recordings, 1910-1918
Total duration: 2hr 32:36 (CD) or 2hr 39:21 (download)
Beecham Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
MASCAGNI Cavalleria Rusticana
LEONCAVALLO Pagliacci
Studio recordings, 1953
Total duration: 2hr 20:44
Turiddu - Jussi Björling
Santuzza - Zinka Milanov
Alfio - Robert Merrill
Mamma Lucia - Margaret Roggero
Lola - Carol Smith
Canio - Jussi Björling
Nedda - Victoria de los Angeles
Tonio - Leonard Warren
Silvio - Robert Merrill
Beppe - Paul Franke
The Columbus Boychoir
The Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA Victor Orchestra
conducted by Renato Cellini
Studio recording, 1953
Total duration: 77:25
Giuseppe di Stefano - Turridu
Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Tullio Serafin, conductor
French music by Lisle, Debussy, Thomas, Delibes, Offenbach, Padilla, Gounod, Saint-Saëns
Italian music by Denza, Mascagni, Paganini, Wolf-Ferrari, Tchaikovsky, Bohn, Curtis
Recorded in 1956 and 1957
Total duration: 68:50
The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
The Capitol Symphony Orchestra
arranged and conducted by Carmen Dragon
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
REGER Four Tone Poems after Böcklin
IBERT Escales
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 10 for Two Pianos
CHOPIN/ROGAL-LEVITZKY Chopiniana
MENOTTI Sebastian - Ballet Suite
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
Live and Studio recordings, 1945-47
Total duration: 3hr 32:16
Vitya Vronsky, piano
Victor Babin, piano
Dimitri Mitropoulos, piano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia
conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
