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Historical Performances on Compact Disc from Fono Enterprise

A major catalogue of historical performances from Fono Enterprise in Italy, available at budget price - all at GB pounds 4.99 per disc, excepting the new 24-bit transfer Fono label which are GB pounds 5.25 per disc, all inclusive of postage and packing (air mail world-wide). We only keep a percentage of the catalogue in stock at any one time so there may be a delay of up to two months on some items - quicker delivery may be possible at a surcharge of GB pounds 1.00 per disc - please enquire.

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MARIA CALLAS AND OTHER
GREAT VERDI VOICES:

Arias from Aida, Ballo in Maschera,
Don Carlo, Ernani, Forza del Destino,
Macbeth, Otello, Rigoletto, Traviata
Simon Boccanegra, Il Trovatore
Callas, Bjorling, Tebaldi, Ruffo, Gigli,
Pasero, Chaliapin, Ponselle, Caruso
Melba, Tamagno, Schipa, Tagliavini,
de Luca, Pons, di Steffano, Pinza,
Tetrazzini, Muzio, Pertile
Recordings: 1903 - 1949
FONO1001

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

MARIA CALLAS (soprano):

MY FIRST RECORD
Arias from Norma; I Puritani; Tristan, Parsifal
Recordings: 1949/50
FONO1006

(GB pounds 5.25)

THE SECRET OF A VOICE
Arias from I Puritani, Norma, Il Trovatore,
Aida, Tosca, Tristan & Isolde
FONO1011

(GB pounds 5.25)

THE FIRST DOCUMENTS
Arias from Turandot, Norma, Nabucco,
Aida, Tosca, Il Trovatore
Recordings: Buenos Aires, Naples, Mexico City;
1949 - 1950
FONO1012

(GB pounds 5.25)

BELLINI: NORMA
Callas, Simionato, Baum, Mexico City,
Guido Picco
Recording: 23 May 1950
FONO1014/15

(2 discs - GB pounds 10.50)

PUCCINI: TOSCA
Callas, Filippeschi, Weede, Mexico City,
Umberto Mugnai
Recording: 8 June 1950
FONO1018/19

(2 discs - GB pounds 10.50)

VERDI: AIDA
Callas, Simionato, Baum, Mexico City,
Guido Picco
Recording: 30 May 1950
FONO1016/17

(2 discs - GB pounds 10.50)

VERDI: IL TROVATORE
Callas, Baum, Simionato, Warren, Mexico City,
Guido Picco
Recording: 20 June 1950
FONO1020/21

(2 discs - GB pounds 10.50)

VERDI: LA TRAVIATA
Callas, Valletti, Taddei, Mexico City,
Oliviero di Fabritis

Recording: 17 July 1951
FONO1029/30

(2 discs - GB pounds 10.50)

VERDI: AIDA
Callas, Del Monaco, Dominguez, Taddei,
Mexico City, Oliviero di Fabritis
Recording: 3 July 1951
FONO1031/32

(2 discs - GB pounds 10.50)

VERDI: NABUCCO
Callas, Bechi, Sinimberghi, Neroni,
San Carlo Naples, Vittorio Gui
Recording: 20 December 1949
FONO1033/34

(2 discs - GB pounds 10.50)

WAGNER: PARSIFAL
Callas, Christoff, Baldelli, Panerai, Lopatto,
RAI Rome, Vittorio Gui
Recording: 20/21 November 1950
FONO1035/37

(3 discs - GB pounds 15.75)

ONE YEAR, ONE VOICE: 1950
Arias from Norma, I Puritani, Parsifal, Aida,
Il Trovatore, Tosca
Recording: Buenos Aires, Rome, Naples, Mexico City; 1950
FONO1038

(GB pounds 5.25)

ONE YEAR, ONE VOICE: 1951
Arias from Tristan & Isolde, Aida, Il Trovatore,
I Vespri Siciliani, La Traviata, Un ballo in maschera
Recording: Buenos Aires, Naples, Mexico City; 1950
FONO1042

(GB pounds 5.25)

ONE YEAR, ONE VOICE: 1949
Arias from Norma, Nabucco, Turandot
Recording: Buenos Aires, Naples, Mexico City; 1949
FONO1044

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST CONCERT
Martini & Rossi Concerts, Turin
Arias from Macbeth, Werther, Nabucco, Zaza, Lucia di Lammermoor, Mefistofele, Lakme, Norma, Un ballo in Maschera, Mignon
Recording: 1951 - 1952
FONO1052

(GB pounds 5.25)

THE EARLIEST TESTIMONIAL Arias from Turandot, Norma, Nabucco,
Aida, Tosca, Il Trovatore
Recordings: Buenos Aires, Naples, Mexico City;
1949 - 1950
FONO1066

(GB pounds 5.25)

A VOICE FROM HEAVEN
with Galli-Curci, Tetrazizini, Cigna, Ponselle, Raisa, Tebaldi, Muzio, Flagstad
Arias from I Puritani, Norma, Tristan & Isolde, Aida, Tosca & Il Trovatore
Recordings: 1917 - 1950
FONO1067

(GB pounds 5.25)

MARIA IN MEXICO
with Simionato, del Monaco, Valletti, di Stefano
Arias by Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, and Donizetti
Recordings: 1950 - 1952
FONO1070

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST RECORD
Arias from Norma; I Puritani; Tristan, Parsifal
Recordings: 1949/50
FONO1071

(GB pounds 5.25)

HER EARLIEST SUCCESSES
From Turandot in Buenos Aires to the first steps in 1949
FONO1072

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST CONCERT
Martini & Rossi Concerts, Turin
Arias from Macbeth, Werther, Nabucco, Zaza, Lucia di Lammermoor, Mefistofele, Lakme, Norma, Un ballo in Maschera, Mignon
Recording: 1951 - 1952
FONO1073

(GB pounds 5.25)

VERDI:
Arias from Nabucco, Aida and Il Trovatore
Recording: 1949 - 1950
VA3001

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

MARIA CALLAS (soprano) and
AMELITA GALLI-CURCI (soprano):

THE NIGHTINGALES
Arias by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi and Delibes
Recording: 1916 - 1952
FONO1076

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

MARIA CALLAS (soprano) and
GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO (tenor):

MY ONLY COLLEAGUE
with Di Steffano's private photos and testimonials
FONO1074

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

MARIA CALLAS (soprano) and
RENATA TEBALDI (soprano):

THE RIVALS
Arias from Norma, I Puritani, Il Trovatore, Aida;
Faust, Tosca, Il Trovatore, Aida, La Traviata,
La Boheme
Recordings: Geneva, Milan, Turin, Mexico City
FONO1013

(GB pounds 5.25)

THE TWO QUEENS
Arias from Norma, I Puritani, Il Trovatore, Aida;
Faust, Tosca, Il Trovatore, Aida, La Traviata,
La Boheme
Recordings: Geneva, Milan, Turin, Mexico City 1949 - 1950
FONO1068

(GB pounds 5.25)

VIOLETTA VALERY
Verdi - Arias from La Traviata
Recording: 1952
FONO1075

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

ENRICO CARUSO (tenor):

MY FIRST RECORD
Arias from Rigoletto, Manon, Elisir d'Amore,
Mefistofele, Tosca, Iris, Aida, Germania,
La Gioconda, Cavalleria Rusticana,
Adriana Lecouvreur, Fedora, Pagliacci,
Gli Ugonotti
Recordings: 1902 - 1904
FONO1027

(GB pounds 5.25)

CARUSO & FRIENDS
Enrico Caruso, Aureliano Pertile, Mario del Monaco, Carlo Bergonzi, Jussi Bjorling, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Beniamino Gigli, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Cesare Valletti, Francesco Merli, Tito Schipa, Giuseppe di Stefano
Recording: 1906 - 1951
FONO1053

(GB pounds 5.25)

THE FIRST RECORDINGS
Arias from Rigoletto, Manon, L'elisir d'Amore, Mefistofele, Tosca, Iris, Aida, Germania, La Gioconda, Cavalleria Rusticana, Adriana Lecouvreur, Fedora, Gli Ugonotti, Pagliacci
Recording: 1902 - 1904
FONO1048

(GB pounds 5.25)

THE TENOR OF THE CENTURY
Arias from Un Ballo in Maschera, Manon, Aida, Elisir d'Amore, La Gioconda, Carmen, Tosca, Rigoletto, Manon Lescaut, Marta, La Juive, La Favorita, L'Africana, Il Trovatore, Faust, La Boheme, Gli Ugonotti, Don Pasquale, I Pescatore di Perle
Recording: 1904 - 1920
FONO1051

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

A TRIO OF TENORS:
Enrico Caruso - Mario del Monaco -
Giuseppe di Stefano

Arias from Marta, Aida, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Faust, Pagliacci, Manon, Carmen & La Gioconda
Recording: 1904 - 1952
FONO1054

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

PABLO CASALS (cello):
MY FIRST RECORD
Handel, Rubinstein, Popper, Saint-Saens,
Tartini, Campagnoli, Liszt, Elgar, Haydn
Schumann, Bruch, Bach, Granados, Goltermann
Recordings:
FONO1023

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

BENIAMINO GIGLI (tenor):

VERDI: Opera arias from Rigoletto,
La traviata, I Lombardi, Attila,
Il trovatore, La forza del destino,
Un ballo in Maschera
Recordings: 1927-1946
FONO1003

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST RECORD
Arias from Iris, Mefistofele, Tosca, Fedora, Faust,
La Favorita, La Gioconda, Lodoletta, La Boheme,
Cavalleria Rusticana, L'Amico Fritz,
I Pescatori di Perle
Recordings: 1918-1919
FONO1028

(GB pounds 5.25)

MASCAGNI: CAVALERIA RUSTICANA
Beniamino Gigli, Lina Bruna Rasa,
Giulietta Simionato, Gino Bechi
Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala Milan
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Recording: April 1940
VA3006

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

 

 

 

 

ELVIRA DE HIDALGO (soprano) and
MARIA CALLAS (soprano):

THE PUPIL AND HER TEACHER
Arias from La Traviata, Il Barbiere di Siviglia,
Don Pasquale, L'elisir d'amore, I Puritani,
La Sonnambula, Proch - Variazioni;
I Puritani, Norma, Tristan & Isolde
Recordings: 1910-1915; 1949
FONO1010
(GB pounds 5.25)

CALLAS' TEACHER
Arias from La Traviata, Il Barbiere di Siviglia,
Don Pasquale, L'elisir d'amore, I Puritani,
La Sonnambula, Proch - Variazioni;
I Puritani, Norma, Tristan & Isolde
Recordings: 1910-1915; 1949
FONO1065

(GB pounds 5.25)

THE ATHENS YEARS
Arias from La Traviata, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Mirella, Romeo & Juliet, Dinorah, Lucia di Lammermoor, Nabucco, Aida, I Puritani
Recordings: 1908 - 1952
FONO1069

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

GIUSEPPE DI LUCA (baritone):

VERDI Vol.1:
Arias from Un Ballo in Maschera, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Ernani, La Traviata, La Forza del Destino and Don Carlo
Recording: 1902 - 1921
VA3002

(GB pounds 5.25)

VERDI Vol.2:
Arias from Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Aida, La Traviata, La Forza del Destino and Don Carlo
Recording: 1927 - 1940
VA3004

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI (piano):

MY FIRST RECORD
Granados, Marescotti, Chopin, Grieg,
Scarlatti, Albeniz, Mompou, Beethoven,
Debussy, Galuppi
Recordings:
FONO1026

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

MARIO DEL MONACO (tenor):

MY FIRST RECORD
Arias from Andrea Chenier, Turandot, L'Africana,
Lohengrin, La Juive, Luisa Miller, Otello, Aida,
Un Ballo in Maschera, Pagliacci
Recording: Milan, 1948 - 1951
FONO1008

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST CONCERT
Arias from I Vespri Siciliani, Luisa Miller,
Il Trovatore, Un ballo in maschera, Otello, Aida,
Pagliacci, La Boheme, Cavalleria Rusticana,
Carmen, Turandot, Manon Lescaut, L'Africana,
Lohengrin, La Juive
Herva Nelli soprano
Recording: 1950 - 1951
FONO1039

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST RECORD
FONO1077

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST CONCERT
FONO1078

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST OTELLO
FONO1079

(GB pounds 5.25)

FIRST DOCUMENTS
FONO1080

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

THE THREE EVERGREEN TENORS:
Mario del Monaco, Giuseppe di Stefano.
Ferruccio Tagliavini

Arias by Verdi, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Giordano, Thomas, Massenet, Cilea, Bellini & Donizetti
Recording: 1940 1951
VA3005

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

ANDRES SEGOVIA (guitar):
MY FIRST RECORD
Music by Sor, Bach, Moreno-Torroba,
Turina, Tarrega, Malats, Weiss, Ponce
Recording:
FONO1022

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

GIULIETTA SIMIONATO (mezzo):

THE COLOUR OF A VOICE
Arias from Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Aida,
Cavalleria rusticana, Werther, Mignon, Carmen
Recording: 1949 - 1951
FONO1059

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST RECORD
The early Columbia & HMV records -
Arias from Werther, Mignon, Carmen,
Samson & Dalila, Il saluto di Beatrice,
Madrigale, Andrea Chenier, Cavalleria rusticana
Recording: 1940 - 1951
FONO1060

(GB pounds 5.25)


GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO (tenor):

VERDI: Arias from La Traviata and Rigoletto
Recordings: 1947-1950
FONO1002
(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST RECORD
Arias from Manon, Werther, Pearl Fishers,
La Boheme, Tosca, L'amico Fritz, L'Arlesiana,
L'elisir d'amore, Mignon, La Traviata,
Verdi Requiem
Recording: London, New York; 1944 - 1951
FONO1007
(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST RECORD
Arias by Massenet, Verdi, Thomas, Puccini, Cilea, Bizet, Mascagni & Donizetti
Recording: 1944 - 1951
FONO1061

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST PUCCINI
Arias from Turandot, Tosca, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Il Tabarro
Recording: 1944 - 1952
FONO1062

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST VERDI
Arias from La Traviata, Rigoletto and Requiem
Recording: 1947 - 1952
FONO1063

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST CONCERT
Arias by Gounod, Flotow, Puccini, Massenet, Verdi, Ponchielli & Donizetti
Recording: 1950
FONO1064

(GB pounds 5.25)

THE EARLY RECORDINGS
Arias by Massenet, Puccini, Donizetti, Cilea, Verdi, Flotow, Ponchielli and Gounod
Recording: 1944 - 1950
VA3003

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

RENATA TEBALDI (soprano):

MY FIRST RECORD
Arias from Il Trovatore, Aida, La Traviata,
Otello, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut,
La Boheme, Faust, Andrea Chenier, La Wally,
Mefistofele, Le Nozze di Figaro
Recording: Geneva, Milan; 1949 - 1950
FONO1009

(GB pounds 5.25)

MY FIRST CONCERT
Arias from Mefistofele, Manon Lescaut, Otello,
Madama Butterfly, La Boheme,
Andrea Chenier, Adriana Lecouvreur,
La Traviata, L'amico Fritz
Giuseppe di Steffano tenor
Recording: San francisco 1950; Rio di Janeiro 1951
FONO1040

(GB pounds 5.25)

THE BIRTH OF A LEGEND
Arias from Mefistofele, Madama Butterfly,
Giovanna d'Arco, Tannhauser, Mose in Egitto,
Verdi Requiem, Mozart Requiem
Recording: 1946 - 1951
FONO1056

(GB pounds 5.25)

THE FIRST STUDIO RECORDINGS
Her first recordings for Decca - arias from
Aida, Madama Butterfly, Faust, Manon Lescaut,
Il trovatore, La Traviata, Otello, Le Nozze di Figaro, La Boheme, Mefistofele, La Wally, Andrea Chenier
Recording:
FONO1057

(GB pounds 5.25)

THE UNRELEASED DOCUMENTS
Arias from Andrea Chenier, Otello, La Traviata,
Le nozze di Figaro, Madama Butterfly, Louise,
Adriana Lecouvreur, Faust
Recording: 1945 - 1951
FONO1058

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

RENATA TEBALDI & CARMEN MELIS (sopranos):
THE PUPIL & THE TEACHER
Arias from La Boheme, Madama Butterfly,
Manon Lescaut, Tosca and Manon
Recording: 1920 - 1951
FONO1055

(GB pounds 5.25)

 

ARTURO TOSCANINI (conductor):

Verdi: Prelude to Act One and arias
from La traviata (Albanese, Peerce)
Otello,
Sinfonias from La forza del destino,
I Vespri Siciliani and Aida
Rehersal of La traviata
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Recordings: 1940-1946
FONO1004

(GB pounds 5.25)

TOSCANINI & L'ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO ALLA SCALA
The last recordings with the Orchestra of La Scala:
Music by Verdi, Beethoven, Wagner
The concert for the Re-opening of La Scala:
Music by Puccini, Rossini
Concert for his Friend Arrigo:
Boito: Nerone - Death of Rubria
Tebaldi, Gardino, Malipiero, Pasero, Simionato, Guarrera, Nelli
Recording: Milan & Lucerne 1946 - 1951
His Early Recordings:

Music by Bizet, Massenet, Donizetti, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Wolf-Ferrari, Berlioz, Respighi, Pizzetti, Mozart
Orchestra Toscanini-Scala
Recording: New Jersey 1920 - 1921
125 page book
FONO1045/6

(2 discs - GB pounds 10.50)

MY FIRST RECORD
Music by Bizet, Massenet, Donizetti, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Wolf-Ferrari, Berlioz, Respighi, Pizzetti, Mozart
Orchestra Toscanini-Scala
Recording: New Jersey 1920 - 1921
FONO1047

(GB pounds 5.25)

 
         

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