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DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto
DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto
Recorded in 1955 and 1947
Total duration: 69:00
Enrico Mainardi, cello
Ida Haendel, violin
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Fritz Lehmann, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra
Karl Rankl, conductor
FAURÉ Piano Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op. 15
FAURÉ Piano Quartet No.2 in G minor, Op. 45
FAURÉ Ballade for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19
Recorded in 1940, 1950 and 1956
Total duration: 79:58
Marguerite Long, piano
Trio Pasquier
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conductor André Cluytens
BELLINI I Puritani; La sonnambula; Norma (both the 1954 and 1960 recordings)
Studio recordings, Milan, 1953–1960; the 1960 Norma in stereo
Total duration: 9:42:59
Maria Callas as Elvira, Amina and Norma
With Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ebe Stignani, Mario Filippeschi, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Rina Cavallari, Paolo Caroli, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicola Zaccaria, Nicola Monti, Eugenia Ratti, Giuseppe Morresi, Franco Ricciardi, Christa Ludwig, Franco Corelli, Edda Vincenzi and Piero De Palma
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Conducted by Tullio Serafin (I Puritani and both recordings of Norma) and Antonino Votto (La sonnambula)
Arias and scenes from:
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi; Turandot; Suor Angelica
VERDI Macbeth; Nabucco; Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Don Carlo
BELLINI La sonnambula; Il pirata
BOITO Mefistofele
CATALANI La Wally
CHERUBINI Medea
CILEA Adriana Lecouvreur
DELIBES Lakmé
DONIZETTI Anna Bolena
GIORDANO Andrea Chénier
MEYERBEER Dinorah
ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia
SPONTINI La vestale
THOMAS Hamlet
Ambient Stereo and stereo studio recordings, 1954-1958
Three-volume collection: PACO225, PACO239 and PACO242
Total duration: 3hr 52:47
Maria Callas, soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Philharmonia Chorus
Conducted by Tullio Serafin and Nicola Rescigno
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, La bohème, Gianni Schicchi, Turandot
VERDI Macbeth, Nabucco, Ernani
Ambient Stereo & Stereo studio recordings, 1954 & 1958
Total duration: 78:12
Maria Callas, soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Tullio Serafin & Nicola Rescigno
LYRIC ARIAS Suor Angelica, Adriana Lecouvreur, Andrea Chénier, La Wally, Mefistofele
COLORATURA ARIAS Il barbiere di Siviglia, Dinorah, Lakmé, I vespri siciliani
LA SCALA SCENES Medea, La sonnambula
Studio recordings, 1954 & 1955
Total duration: 79:15
Maria Callas, soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin
SPONTINI La vestale
VERDI Don Carlo
DONIZETTI Anna Bolena
THOMAS Hamlet
BELLINI Il pirata
Ambient Stereo and stereo studio recordings, 1955 & 1958
Total duration: 75:20
Maria Callas, soprano
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Nicola Rescigno
PUCCINI Tosca (r. 1953)
PUCCINI La Bohème (r. 1956)
PUCCINI Madama Butterfly (r. 1955)
PUCCINI Turandot (r. 1957)
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut (r. 1957)
Five EMI studio opera recordings in Ambient Stereo XR remasters, recorded at La Scala, Milan
VERDI Aïda (r. 1955)
VERDI Il trovatore (r. 1956)
VERDI La forza del destino (r. 1954)
VERDI La traviata (r. 1953)
VERDI Rigoletto (r. 1955)
VERDI Un ballo in maschera (r. 1956)
Six studio opera recordings in Ambient Stereo XR remasters
TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini*
SHOSTAKOVICH Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - 2 Arias
MUSSORGSKY Six Songs
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Live stereo concert recording, 1962
*Download only - not on CD
Total duration: 91:42 (download); 67:42 (CD)
Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano
London Symphony Orchestra
Igor Markevitch, conductor
OFFENBACH Five Overtures
Recorded in 1951
Duration 32:04
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Conductor: Jean Martinon
STRAUSS (ARR. DÉSORMIÈRE) Le Beau Danube
ROSSINI William Tell - Ballet Music
Recorded in 1955
Total duration: 38:36
London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Jean Martinon