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Some Naxos Historicals

8.110930

Naxos Historical 8.110029: Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde - Kathleen Ferrier, Set Svanholm, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (Carnegie Hall, 1948)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110001/2: Bizet - Carmen - Gladys Swarthout, Licia Albanese, Charles Kullman, Leonard Warren, New York Metropolitan Opera, Wilfrid Pelletier (15 March 1941)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110008/10: Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Lauritz Melchior, Helen Traubel, Kerstin Thorberg, Julius Huehn, Alexander Kipnis, New York Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf (recorded 6 February 1943)
(3 discs - GB pounds 14.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110013/14: Mozart - Don Giovanni - Ezio Pinza, Rose Bampton, Jarmila Novotna, Charles Kullman, Bidu Sayao, Alexander Kipnis, New York Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter (recorded 7 March 1942)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.11016/17: Gounod - Faust - Helen Jepson, Richard Crooks, Ezio Pinza, Leonard Warren, New York Metropolitan Opera, Wilfred Pelletier (recorded Boston, 6 April 1940)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110022/23: Donizetti - Don Pasquale - Bidu Sayao, Salvatore Baccaloni, Nino Martini, New York Metropolitan Opera, Gennaro Papi (recorded 21 January 1940)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110032/33: Verdi - La Traviata - Rosa Ponselle, Frederick Jagel, Lawrence Tibbett, New York Metropolitan Opera, Ettore Panizza (recorded 5 January 1935)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110037: Leoncavallo - Pagliacci - Licia Albanese, Raoul Jobim, Leonard Warren, New York Metropolitan Opera, Cesare Sodero (recorded 25 March 1944)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110044/46: Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov - Pinza, Thorborg, Kullman, Warren, New York Metropolitan Opera, Ettore Panizza (9 December 1939)
(3 discs - GB pounds 14.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110047/48: Wagner - Das Rheingold - Friedrich Schorr, Rene Maison, Hans Clemens, Julius Huehn, New York Metropolitan Opera, Artur Bodanzky (3 April 1937)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110049/50: Wagner - Parsifal - Karl Muck, Alfred Hertz, and Siegfried Wagner, conductors; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus; Singers include Gotthelf Pistor, Ludwig Hofmann, Cornelius Bronsgeest, Fritz Wolff, Alexander Kipnis, and others (from 1913, 1927 and 1928)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110051/52: Verdi - Rigoletto - Jussi Bjorling, Bidu Sayao, Leonard Warren, Martha Lipton, New York Metropolitan Opera, Cesare Solero (29 December 1945)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110054/55: Beethoven - Fidelio - Kirsten Flagstad, Rene Maison, Alexander Kipnis, Herbert Janssen, New York Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter (February 1941)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110058/60: Wagner - Die Walkure - Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior, Astrid Varnay, Kerstin Thorborg, Friedrich Schorr, Alexander Kipnis, New York Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf (recorded 6 December 1941)
(3 discs - GB pounds 14.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110061/62: Massenet - Werther - Vallin, Thill, Feraldy, Paris Opera, Elie Cohen (recorded 1931)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110063/64: Saint-Saens - Samson et Dalila - Bouvier, Luccioni, Cabanel, Cambon, Paris National Opera, Louis Fourestier (September 1946)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110066/67: Giordano - Andrea Chenier - Rasa, Marini, Galeffi, La Scala Milan, Lorenzo Molajoli (recorded 1931)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110068/70: Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Royal Opera House Chorus, London Philharmonic, Fritz Reiner (recorded 1936)
(3 discs - GB pounds 14.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110072/73: Puccini - La Boheme - Gigli, Albanese, Menotti, La Scala Milan, Umberto Berrettoni (recorded 1938)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110096/97: Puccini - Tosca - Gigli, Caniglia, Bongiolo, Rome Opera, Oliviero de Fabritis (recorded 1938)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110098/99: Smetana - The Bartered Bride - Konstantin, Pixova, Norenova, Otava, Chorus and Orchestra of The National Opera Company of Prague, Otakar Ostrcil (recorded 1933)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110102/4: Gustave Charpentier - Louise - Grace Moore, Roaul Jobin, Irra Petina, Ezio Pinza, Thelma Votipka, New York Metropolitan Opera, Sir Thomas Beecham (recorded 20 February 1943)
(3 discs - GB pounds 14.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110105: Mussorgsky (Ravel) - Pictures from an Exhibition; Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitsky (recorded 1943/4)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110112/14: Ponchielli - La Gioconda - Lombardi, Stignani, Rota, La Scala Milan, Lorenzo Molajoli (recorded 1931)
(3 discs - GB pounds 14.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110115/16: Verdi - La Traviata - Giuseppi di Steffano, Eleanor Steber, Robert Merill, New York Metropolitan Opera, Giuseppi Antonicelli (recorded 22 January 1949)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110117/18: Gounod - Faust - Georges Nore, Roger Rico, Roger Bourdin, Huguette Saint-Arnaud, Royal Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham (recorded 1947/8 - Ward Marston transfer)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110123/24: Puccini - Manon Lescaut - Dorothy Kirsten, Jussi Bjorling, Giuseppe Valdengo, New York Metropolitan Opera, Giuseppe Antonicelli (10 December 1949)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110125/26: Donizetti - L'elisir d'amore - Bidu Sayao, Ferrucio Tagliavini, Giuseppe Valdenzo, New York Metropolitan Opera, Giuseppe Antonicelli (24 December 1949)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110127/28: Mozart - Die Zauberflote - Lemnitz, Berger, Roswaenge, Hush, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Thomas Beecham (recorded 1937/8)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110135/37: Mozart - Don Giovanni - Brownlee, Baccaloni, Souez, Helletsgruber, Glyndebourne Opera, Fritz Busch (recorded 1936 - transfer by Ward Marston)
(3 discs - GB pounds 14.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110140/41: Gounod - Romeo & Juliet - Norena, Swarthout, Wakefield, Hackett, New York Metropolitan Opera, Louis Hasselmans (recorded 26 January 1935)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110142: Opera Arias by Puccini, Massenet, Gounod, Granados sung by Jussi Bjorling and Anna-Lisa Bjorling
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110143: Flagstad in Concert: Wagner arias from Flying Dutchman, Lohengrin, Tristan & Isolde, Tannhauser & Meistersinger sung by Kirsten Flagstad with Set Svanholm, San Francisco Opera, Gaitano Merova
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110145: Dusolina Giannini in Concert: arias by Mascagni, Verdi, Thomas, Ponchielli, Rogers, Puccini and Jacobs-Bond - Dusolina Giannini soprano, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, Pietro Cimini
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110148/49: Verdi - Rigoletto - Leonard Warren, Erna Berger, Jan Peerce, Nan Merriman, Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini (recorded 1950 - Mark Obert-Thorn transfer)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110155: Leoncavallo - I Pagliacci - Gigli, Pacetti, Basiola, Nessi, La Scala Milan, Franco Ghione (recorded 1934 - Ward Marston transfers)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110178/79: Verdi - Un ballo in maschera - Gigli, Becchi, Caniglia, Rome Opera, Tulio Serafin (recorded 1943 - Ward Marston transfers)
(GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110180/81: J Strauss II - Die Fledermaus - Lipp, Gueden, Wagner, Patzak, Vienna State Opera, Clemens Krauss (studio recording 1950)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110183/84: Puccini - Madama Butterfly - Gigli, Palombini, dal Monti, Basiola, Rome Opera, Oliviero de Fabritis (recorded in 1939)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110189/90: Wagner - Der Fliegender Hollander - Hans Hotter, Sven Nilsson, Set Svanholm, Thomas Hayward, Astrid Varnay, New York Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Reiner (recorded 1950)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110211/13: Wagner - Siegfried - Melchior, Flagstad, Schorr, Thorborg, New York Metropolitan Opera, Artur Bodanzky (recorded January 1937)
(3 discs - GB pounds 14.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110228/30: Wagner - Gotterdammerung - Marjorie Lawrence, Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr, Ludwig Hoffman, New York Metropolitan Opera, Artur Bodanzky (recorded 11 January 1936) (new transfer)
(3 discs - GB pounds 14.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110262: Great Singers: Gigli Edition Vol.1 (1918-1919) - Arias by Boito, Puccini, Donizetti, Ponchielli, Cannio, Mascagni and Gounod - Beniamino Gigli tenor, Orchestra conducted by Carlo Sabajno
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110263: Great Singers: Gigli Edition Vol.2 (1919-1922) - Arias and Songs by Mascagni, Bizet, Giordano, Boito, Ponchielli, Donizetti, Gounod, Mascagni, de Curtis, Mario, Drigo, Lalo, Leoncavallo, Toselli and Giordano - Beniamino Gigli tenor
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110264: Great Singers: Gigli Edition Vol.3 (Camden and New York recordings 1923-1925) - Arias and Songs by Catalani, de Curtis, Donizetti, Flotow, Gounod and Saint-Saens - Beniamino Gigli tenor
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110265: Great Singers: Gigli Edition Vol.4 (Camden and New York recordings 1926-1927) - Arias and Songs by Puccini, Drigo, Toselli, Buzzi Peccia, Mascagni, Mario, de Crescenzo, Verdi, Ponchielli, Boito, Cottrau and Donaudy - Beniamino Gigli tenor
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110277/79: Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier - Steber, List, Stevens, Thompson, Lipton, di Stefano, New York Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Reiner (recorded November 1949)
(3 discs - GB pounds 14.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110601: Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos 2 & 3 - Sergei Rachmaninov, Philadelphia Orchestra, Stokowski, Ormandy (recorded 1929 & 1939 - transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110602: Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos 1 & 4; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Sergei Rachmaninov, Philadelphia Orchestra, Stokowski, Ormandy (recorded 1939 - 1941 & 1934 - transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110603: Mozart - Piano Sonatas 5, K283 and No.18, K576; Beethoven - 6 Variations Op.34; Eroica Variations - Claudio Arrau (piano) (recorded 1941)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110613: Franck - Symphonic Variations; Ravel - Concerto for the Left Hand; Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto No.4 - Alfred Cortot (piano); London Philharmonic, Landon Ronald; Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Charles Munch (recorded 1931-1935)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110651/52: Bach - Well Tempered Klavier Book 1- Edwin Fischer (piano) (recorded 1933-1936)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110653/54: Bach - Well Tempered Klavier Book 2 - Edwin Fischer (piano) (recorded 1933)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110658: Bach - Piano Transcriptions played by Rachmaninov, Cortot, Christie, Ethel Bartlett, Samaroff, Copeland, Harriet Cohen, Kelberine, Gieseking, Backhaus, Janis and Rubinstein
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110680: Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1; piano music by Liszt and Chopin - Solomon, Halle Orchestra, Hamilton Harty (recorded 1929-1934)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110682: Bliss - Piano Concerto; Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.3 - Solomon, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8110692: Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - William Kapell piano, Robin Hood Dell Orchestra, William Steinberg, Fritz Reiner
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110701: Opera Arias by Verdi, Donizetti, Ponchielli, Meyerbeer, Flotow, Gounod, Bizet, Massenet, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano and Puccini - Jussi Bjorling (recorded in Stockholm Concert Hall - transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110714/15: Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana - Gigli, Rasa, Bechi, Marcucci, La Scala Milan, Pietro Mascagni (recorded 1940)+ arias by Rossini, Verdi and Mascagni (transfers by Ward Marston)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110723: Wagner - Great Duets from Lohengrin, Tristan & Isolde, Gotterdammerung and Parsifal - Kirsten Flagstad soprano and Lauritz Melchior tenor (recorded 1939 & 1940 - transfers by Ward Marston)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110821/22: The Reopening of La Scala Concert: Music by Rossini, Verdi, Puccini and Boito - Tebaldi, Favero, Gardino, Malipiero, Stabile, Pasero, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Arturo Toscanini (12 May 1946)
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110828/29: Mozart - Die Zauberflote - Roswaenge, Thorborg, Domgraf-Fassbender, Osvath, Novotna, Kipnis, Vienna State Opera, Arturo Toscanini
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110839: Brahms - German Requiem (in English) - Chiesa, Jansson, Westminster Choir, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (recorded 1943)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110901: Dvorak - Symphony No.9; Cello Concerto - Emanuel Feuermann, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Erich Kleiber, Michael Taube (recorded 1928/9 - transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110902: Elgar - Violin Concerto; Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 - Yehudi Menuhin, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar, Landon Ronald (London, 1932 & 1931 - transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110903: Beethoven - Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto - Bronislaw Huberman (violin); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, George Szell; Staatskapelle Dresden, William Steinberg (recorded 1934 and 1928 - transfers by David Lennick & Mark Obert-Thorn)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110904: Delius Orchestral Works Vol.1 - Eventyr; Paris; Koanga - closing scene; Hassan - London Philharmonic, Sir Thomas Beecham (recorded 1927 - 1934)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110905: Delius Orchestral Works Vol.2 - Walk to the Pardise Garden; Sea Drift; Intermezzo from Fenimore & Gerda; In a Summer Garden; Over the Hills and Far Away - Brownlee, London Select Choir, London Philharmonic, Sir Thomas Beecham (recorded 1927 - 1934)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110906: Delius Orchestral Works Vol.3 - Brigg fair; La Calinda; Hassan - Closing Scene; Irmelin Prelude; Appalachia - Jan van der Gucht (tenor), Royal Opera Chorus, BBC Chorus, Beecham Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Sir Thomas Beecham (recorded 1928 - 1938)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110907: Dvorak - Symphony No.9; Carnival Overture; Scherzo capriccioso; Smetana - Vltava - London Philharmonic; Berlin Philharmonic; Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Erich Kleiber
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110909: Beethoven - Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto - Fritz Kreisler, Berlin State Orchastra, Leo Blech (recorded 1926 - transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110922: Kreisler - Violin Concerto in C; Concerto in One Movement; Mozart - Violin Concerto No.4; Bach - Double Concerto - Fritz Kreisler, London Philharmonic, Malcolm Sargent; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (recorded 1915-1945)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110926: Beethoven - Symphony No.5 and No.7 - Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Richard Strauss (1926-1928)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110930: Dvorak - Cello Concerto; Brahms - Double Concerto - Pablo Casals (cello); Czech Philharmonic, George Szell; Jacques Thibaud (violin), Orchestra of Barcelona, Alfred Cortot (1937 & 1929)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110936: Beethoven - Violin Concerto; Brahms - Violin Concerto - Jascha Heifetz; NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky (recorded 11 March 1940 & 11 April 1939 - transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.110939: Elgar - Violin Concerto; Walton - Violin Concerto - Jascha Heifetz; London Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent; Cincinatti Symphony, Eugene Goossens (recorded 1941/9)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Nostalgia 8.120711: Murder on the High Cs - Florence Foster Jenkins and Friends (Alexander Kipnis, John Charles Thomas, Ezio Pinza, Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior)
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos Historical 8.501106: Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen - Astrid Varnay, Helen Traubel, Kerstin Thorborg, Kirsten Flagstad, Marjorie Lawrence, Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr, Rene Maison, Hans Clemens, Julius Huehn, New York Metropolitan Opera, Artur Bodanzky & Erich Leinsdorf* (Das Rheingold - 3 April 1937, Die Walkure - 6th December 1941*, Siegfried - 30 January 1937, Gotterdammerung - 11 January 1936)
(11 discs - GB pounds 39.99)

 
Guild

GHCD2201A series of releases of historical broadcasts, many from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, in excellent sound quality. All priced at GB pounds 6.25 per disc.

GHCD2201: Wagner - Parsifal - Act II complete; finale to Act III - Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Arnold Gabor, New York Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf (recorded 1938)
(GB pounds 6.25)

GHCD2202: Schubert - Symphony No.8; Strauss - Don Juan; Haydn - Sinfonia Concertante; Bach/Respighi - Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (recorded 14 October 1939)
(GB pounds 6.25)

GHCD2203/5: Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro - Ezio Pinza, Bidu Sayao, Jarmila Novotna, John Brownlee, Eleanor Steber, Salvatore Baccaloni, New York Metroplitan Opera, Paul Breisach (recorded 1943)
(3 discs - GB pounds 18.75)

GHCD2206: Mussorgsky - Boris Godounov - Prologue, Act IV Scenes 1 & 2 complete, Scenes from Act II & Act III - Feodor Chaliapin, Astride Barrachi, Angelo Bada, Salvatore Baccaloni, Dennis Noble, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Vincenzo Bellezza (recorded 1928)
(GB pounds 6.25)

GHCD2207/9: Wagner - Siegfried - Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr, Kirsten Flagstad, Kerstin Thorborg, Karl Laufkoetter, Eduard Habich, Kerstin Thorborg, New York Metropolitan Opera, Artur Bodanzky (recorded 1937)
(3 discs - GB pounds 18.75)

GHCD2210: Mahler - Symphony No.2 - Jo Vincent, Kathleen Ferrier, Amsterdam Toonkunstchor, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (recorded Holland Festival July 1951)
(GB pounds 6.25)

GHCD2211/12: Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis; Brahms - Symphony No.3; Martucci - Notturno & Novelletta; Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet Overture; Bach - Air from Suite No.3; Haydn - Symphony No.101 "Clock" - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (Complete Concert 15 October 1938; War Bond Concert 4 April 1942)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2213/14: R Strauss - Elektra - Astrid Varnay, Elena Nicolaidi, Herbert Janssen, Frederick Jagel, New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos (1949 broadcast); plus excerpts from Freischutz, Oberon, Flying Dutchman, Cavalleria Rusticana, Herodiade, Manon Lescaut, Un Ballo in Maschera & Simon Boccanegra with Astrid Varnay, Richard Tucker & Leonard Warren
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2215/17: Wagner - Die Walkure - Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Lotte Lehmann, Karin Branzell, Friedrich Schorr, Emanuel List, New York Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf (recorded 19 February & 30 March 1940)
(3 discs - GB pounds 18.75)

GHCD2218/19/20: All Berlioz Concert - Romeo & Juliet Symphony; Damnation of Faust Scene VII; Rehearsal Sequence - Swarthout, Garris, Moscona, Chorus & NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (recorded February 1947)
(3 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2221/22: Wagner - Rheingold - Friedrich Schorr, Rene Maison, Karin Branzell, Kerstin Thorborg, Eduard Habich, Karl Laufkotter, New York Metropolitan Opera, Artur Bodanzky (recorded 1937)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2223: Rossini - Cenerentola overture; Strauss - Don Quixote; Beethoven - Symphony No.5 - Emmanuel Feuermann cello, Carlton Cooley viola, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (recorded October 1938)
(GB pounds 6.25)

GHCD2224/27: Wagner - Gotterdammerung - "The Dream Ring" - Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Herbert Janssen, Kirstin Thorborg, Eduard Habich, New York Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Artur Bodanzky, Fritz Stiedry, Wilhelm Furtwangler (1936 - 1951)
(4 discs - GB pounds 25.00)

GHCD2228/29: Beethoven Complete Concert - Coriolan Overture; Cavatina from Quartet Op.130; Fugue from Quartet Op.59/3; Piano Concerto No.4 (two performances); Mozart - Piano Concerto No.27; rehersal sequence - Rudolf Serkin piano, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (November 1944 & February 1936 broadcasts)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2230/31: Puccini - Gianni Schicchi (Tajo, Di Stefano, Albanese, Elmo, Lazzari, New York Metropolitan Opera, Giuseppe Antonicelli); Strauss - Salome (Welitsch, Jagel, Thorborg, Janssen, New York Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Reiner) (1949)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2232/33: Mozart Concert - Magic Flute Overture; Divertimento in B flat; Symphony No.35; rehersal sequence - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (November 1946 broadcast)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2234/35: Montemezzi - L'amore dei tre re - Ezio Pinza, Grace Moore, Charles Kullman, Richard Bonelli, New York Metroplitan Opera, Italo Montemezzi (1941)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2236/7: Mozart - Don Giovanni - Ezio Pinza, Zinka Milanova, Jarmila Novotna, Bidu Sayao, New York Metropolitan Opera, Paul Breisach (recorded April 1943)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2238/40: San Francisco Opera Gems Vol.1: Little known operatic broadcasts of acts from Manon, Carmen, Le nozze di Figaro, Un Ballo in Maschera and Die Walkure with Bidu Sayao, Tito Schipa, Marjorie Lawrence, Ezio Pinza, Elisabeth Rethberg, Rise Stevens, John Brownlee, Jussi Bjoerling, Friedrich Schorr, Kirsten Flagstad, Lautitz Melchior, Lotte Lehman and many others; conducted by Gaetolo Merola, Erich Leinsdorf, Gennaro Papi and Fritz Reiner (recorded 1936 - 1940)
(3 discs - GB pounds 18.75)

GHCD2241: Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana - Lina Bruna Rasa, Antonio Melandri, Afro Poli, Maria Meloni, Rina Gallo-Toscani, Chorus & Orchestra of the Opera Italiana d'Olanda, Pietro Mascagni (recorded at Den Haag, November 1938)
(GB pounds 6.25)

GHCD2242/3: The complete All Wagner Concert - 22 February 1941 & Rehearsal Segment 1947: selections from Lohengrin, Tannhauser, Tristan und Isolde, Die Walkure and Gotterdammerung - Lauritz Melchior, Helen Traubel, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturio Toscanini
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2244/7: Wagner - Die Meistersinger - Friedrich Schorr, Elisabeth Rethberg, Rene Maison, Karin Branzell, Emanuel List, New York Metropolitan Opera, Artur Bodanzky (recorded February 1936)
(4 discs - GB pounds 25.00)

GHCD2248: Beethoven - Missa Solemnis; Violin Concerto (recorded March & December 1940) - Bjorling, Milanov, Castagna, Kipnis, Westminster Choir; Jascha Heifetz violin; NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2250/3: Georgi Vinogradov - The Russian Legacy: Arias, Duets and Songs by Glinka, Gounod, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini, Rubinstein, Schubert, Schumann. Tanayev and Tchaikovsky (recorded 1938-1954)
(4 discs - GB pounds 25.00)

GHCD2254/5: Rossini - Petite Messe Solenelle; Strauss - Salome final scene; 2 lieder; Wagner - Parsifal from Act 1 (Ginster, Pauly, Castagna, Kullman, Bonelli, Warren, Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli); Gounod - Ring Out Wild Bells; Saint-Saens - Mon coeur; Verdi - Eri tu (Tibbett, Meisle, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli) (recorded 1938 - 40)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2256/7: Loeffler - Memories of My Childhood; Creston - Choric Dance No.2; Morton Gould - A Lincoln Legend; Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; Francesco Mignone - Festa des igrejas (recorded November 1942) - Benny Goodman, Earl Wild, Oscar Levant, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2258/59: Gounod - Faust - Jobin, Pinza, Albanese, Sigher, New York Metropolitan Opera, Sir Thomas Beecham (recorded April 1944)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2260/2: Kathleen Ferrier: Bach - Mass in B minor (with Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Schoffler, Poell, Vienna Singverein, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan - June 1950); Brahms - 4 Serious Songs - (with BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent - January 1949); recitals - Oslo October 1949 and London June 1952) - music by Handel, Bridge, Jensen, Parry, Purcell, Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Warlock, Wolf and Trad. (pianists unknown) - all Kathleen Ferrier mezzo
(3 discs - GB pounds 18.75)

GHCD2263: Bellini - Norma (Introduction and Druids Chorus); Verdi - Te Deum; Boito - Mefistofele (Prologue) - Nicola Moscona, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
(GB pounds 6.25)

GHCD2264/65: Gounod - Romeo & Juliette - Kozlovsky, Shumskaya, Mikhailov, Burlak, Sokolov, Bolshoi Theatre Opera, Alexander Orlov (sung in Russian; recorded 1947)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2266/68: Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Kerstin Thorborg, Alexander Kipnis, New York Metroplitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf (recorded 1940 - 1941)
(3 discs - GB pounds 18.75)

GHCD2269/70: Beethoven - Fidelio - Flagstad, Maison, Kipnis, Janssen, New York Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter (recorded February 1941)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2271/72: All Debussy concert: Iberia; Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un Faune; La Mer + rehearsal sequence - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (broadcast February 1953)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2273/74: Saint-Saens - Samson et Dalila - Maison, Wettergren, Pinza, List, New York Metropolitan Opera, Maurice Abravanel (recorded December 1936)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

GHCD2275/77: Verdi - Otello + rehearsal sequence - Vinay, Nelli, Valdengo, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (recorded December 1947)
(3 discs - GB pounds 18.75)

GHCD2278/80: Wagner: Lohengrin - Melchior, Rethberg, Thorborg, List, Warren, New York Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf (recorded February 1940) + rare broadcast recordings of Melchior (1935/36)
(3 discs - GB pounds 18.75)

 
A Selection of Other Historical releases

Archipel ARPCD0012: Verdi - Il Trovatore - Maria Callas soprano, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi tenor, Naples, Tullio Serafin (recorded 1951)
(2 discs - GB pounds 10.50)

Archipel ARPCD0016: Verdi - I Vespri Siciliani - Maria Callas, Boris Christoff, Enzo Mascherini, Teatro Communale Firenze, Erich Kleiber (recorded Florence, March 1951 - newly remastered)
(3 discs - GB pounds 15.75)

Archipel ARPCD0021: Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Sven Nilsson, ROH Covent Garden Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham (recorded 1937)
(3 discs - GB pounds 10.50)

Archipel ARPCD0022: Bruckner - Symphony No.7 - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler
(GB pounds 5.25)

Archipel ARPCD0038: Wagner - Tannhauser - Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Lawrence Tibbett, Emmanuel List, New York Metropolitan Opera, Artur Bodanzky (recorded January 1936)
(3 discs - GB pounds 15.75)

Archipel ARPCD0063: Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Paul Schoffler, Hans Hopf, Richard Holm, Herbert Janssen, Alois Pernerstorfer, Thomas Hayward, Walburga Wegner, Clifford Harvuot, New York Metroplitan Opera,. Fritz Reiner (recorded March 1952)
(4 discs - GB pounds 21.00)

Archipel ARPCD0065: Wagner - Parsifal - Jerome Hines, Hans Hopf, Gerhard Pechner, Margareth Harshaw, Hans Hotter, Lubomir Vichegonov, New York Metroplitan Opera, Fritz Stiedry (recorded April 1952)
(3 discs - GB pounds 15.75)

Archipel ARPCD0069: Wagner - Die Walkure - Traubel, Varnay, Berglund, Melchior, Thorborg, List, New York Metropolitan Opera, Paul Breisach (recorded 1946)
(3 discs - GB pounds 15.75)

Archipel ARPCD0079: Wagner - Tannhauser - Lauritz Melchior, Helen Traubel, Alexander Kipnis, Kerstin Thorborg, Herbert Janssen, New York Metropolitan Opera, Georg Szell (recorded 1942)
(3 discs - GB pounds 15.75)

Archipel ARPCD0116: Mozart - Don Goivanni - Pinza, Kullman, Steber, Baccaloni, Sayao, New York Metropolitan Opera, George Szell (recorded December 1944)
(2 discs - GB pounds 10.50)

Archipel ARPCD0149: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASTRID VARNAY - 2nd volume to celebrate her 85th Birthday - Strauss - Elektra - Varnay, Höngen, Wegner, Schöffler, Svanholm, New York Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Reiner (recorded 1952); bonus tracks - rare concert from 1951
(2 discs - GB pounds 10.50)

Archipel ARPCD0151: Wagner - Die Walkure - Rose Bampton, Max Lorenz, Helen Traubel, Kerstin Thorborg, New York Metropolian Opera, Fritz Stiedry (recorded January 1949)
(3 discs - GB pounds 15.75)

Archipel ARPCD0152: Wagner - Lohengrin - Astrid Varnay, Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, New York Metropolian Opera, Fritz Stiedry (recorded January 1950)
(3 discs - GB pounds 15.75)

Arts Archive 430202: Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg- Gundula Janowitz, Sandor Kónya, Stewart, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hans Unger, Thomas Hemsley, Crass, Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (studio recording - October 1967)
(4 discs - GB pounds 36.00)

Bella Voce BLV107407: Bizet - Carmen - Regine Crespin, William Lewis, Jose van Dam, Katia Ricciarelli, New York Metropolitan Opera, Henry Lewis (recorded December 1975) plus bonus tracks from Lohengrin, Die Walkure and Tosca with Regine Crespin, Sandor Konya and Jon Vickers
(3 discs - GB pounds 19.99)

Bella Voce BLV107403: Mozart - Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi, Joan Sutherland, Nicolai Gedda, Pilar Lorengar, New York Metropolitan Opera, Karl Bohm (recorded January 1967) plus bonus tracks from Idomeneo and Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail with Nicolai Gedda, Jessye Norman and Teresa Stich-Randall
(3 discs - GB pounds 19.99)

Bella Voce BLV107224: Offenbach - The Tales of Hoffmann - Placido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Thomas Stewart, New York Metropolitan Opera, Richard Bonynge (recorded November 1973)
(2 discs - GB pounds 15.50)

Bella Voce BLV107246: Puccini - La Fanciulla del West - Renata Tebaldi, Sandor Konya, Anselmo Velis, Paul Franke, Paul Plishka. New York Metropolitan Opera, Jan Behr (recorded 14 March 1970); bonus tracks from Madama Butterfly
(2 discs - GB pounds 15.50)

Bongiovanni GB1175-2: Leoncavallo - Pagliacci - Mario del Monaco, Paolo Silveri, Delia Rigal, Renato Capecchi, Thomas Haywood, New York Metropolitan Opera, Alberto Erede (recorded April 1953)
(GB pounds 12.50)

DG 4712892: Wilhelm Furtwangler - Live Recordings 1942-1944 - Volume 1:
Mozart - Symphony No.39; Beethoven - Overture 'Coriolan'; Symphony No.4; Symphony No.5; Symphony No.7; Violin Concerto; Handel - Concerto Grosso Op.6/10; Schubert - Symphony No.9; Weber - Overture 'Der Freischutz' - Erich Rohn violin, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler

(4 discs - GB pounds 24.00)

4712942DG 4712942: Wilhelm Furtwangler - Live Recordings 1942-1944 - Volume 2:
Schumann - Piano Concerto; Cello Concerto; Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2; Bruckner - Symphony No.5; Strauss - Sinfonia domestica; Don Juan; Till Eulenspiegel; Sibelius - En Saga; Ravel - Daphnis & Chloe Suite No.2 - Walter Gieseking piano, Tibor De Machula cello, Edwin Fischer piano, Arthur Troester, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler

(5 discs - GB pounds 29.99)

EMI 5626682: Bellini - Norma - Maria Callas, Ebe Stignani, Joan Sutherland, Giacomo Vaghi, Mirto Picchi, Chorus & Orchestra of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Vittorio Gui (recorded November 1952)
(3 discs - GB pounds 29.99)

Gebhardt JGCD0039-3: Wagner - Tristan & Isolde - Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Emanuel List, Buenos Aires, Fritz Busch (recorded August 1943)
(3 discs - GB pounds 28.50)

Gebhardt JGCD0008-3: Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Alexander Kipnis, Kerstin Thorborg, New York Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf (recorded 1941)
(3 discs - GB pounds 28.50)

IDIS 6370/71: Rossini - Armida - Maria Callas, Licia Albanese, Mario Filippeschi, Ruggiero Raimondi, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin (recorded 1952)
(2 discs - GB pounds 24.00)

IDIS6373/74: Verdi - Falstaff - Leonard Warren, Giuseppi di Stefano, Licia Albanese, Regina Resnik, New York Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Reiner (recorded February 1949)
(2 discs - GB pounds 24.00)

Living Stage LS1020: Puccini - Turandot - Birgit Nilsson, Monserrat Caballe, Catena, Buenos Aires, Fernando Previtali (recorded 1965)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Living Stage LS1044: Verdi - Don Carlo - Franco Corelli, Leo Tucci, Robert Merrill, Ruggiero Raimondi, Francesca Cossotto, Frederica von Stade, New York Metroplitan Opera, Francisco Molinari-Pradelli (recorded 1972)
(3 discs - GB pounds 27.00)

Living Stage LS1051: Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor - Roberta Peters, Franco Corelli, Manuguerra, New York Metropolitan Opera, Carlo Franci (recorded January 1971 - first release in any format)
(3 discs - GB pounds 27.00)

Living Stage LS1053: Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde - Maureen Forrester, Richard Lewis, Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (recorded Berlin April 1967)
(GB pounds 9.00)

Living Stage LS1058: Wagner - Die Walkure - Marianne Schech, Ramon Vinay, Kurt Bohme, Harshaw, Edelmann, New York Metropolitan Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos (recorded February 1957)
(3 discs - GB pounds 27.00)

Living Stage LS4034701: Verdi - Ballo in Maschera - Caballe, Domingo, McNeil, Chookasian, Barcelona Opera, Patane (recorded 1972)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Living Stage LS4034707: Leoncavallo - Gli Zingari & Edipo Re - Galli, Bottion, Scorsori, RAI Torino, Elio Bonconpagni; Fioravanti, Infantino, Malagrida, San Carlo Napoli, Armando Larosa Parodi (recorded 1975 & 1966)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Living Stage LS4034710: Verdi - Ernani - Bergonzi, Gencer, Cappuccilli, Raimondi, Teatro Bellini Catania, Giandrea Gavazzeni (recorded 1972)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Living Stage LS4034712: Meyerbeer Gli Ugonotti - Sutherland, Corelli, Cossotto, Simionato, Ghiaurov, La Scala Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (recorded 1962)
(3 discs - GB pounds 27.00)

Living Stage LS4034714: Ponchielli - I Lituani - Garaventa, Cassis, Riva, RAI Milan, Giandrea Gavazzeni (recorded 1979)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Living Stage LS4034715: Weber - Der Freischutz - Grummer, Streich, Hopf, Poell, Vienna State Opera, Wilhelm Furtwangler (recorded Salzburg 1954)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Living Stage LS4035138: Verdi - Luisa Miller - Caballe, Tucker, Milnes, Tozzi, Flagello, New York Metropolitan Opera, Thomas Schippers (recorded February 1968)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Living Stage LS4035147: Handel - Rodelinda - Joan Sutherland, Janet Baker, Raymond Herincx, Margreta Elkins, Alfred Hallett, Patricia Kern, Philomusica Orchestra & Chandos Choir, Charles Farncombe (recorded June 1959)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Living Stage LS4035153: Ponchielli - La Gioconda - Eileen Farrell, Franco Corelli, Robert Merrill, Nell Rankin, Giorgio Tozzi, New York Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva (recorded 31 March 1962)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Living Stage LS4035158: Puccini - Turandot - Nilsson, Corelli, Freni, Giaiotti, Uppman, Anthony, Nagy, New York Metropolitan Opera, Zubin Mehta (recorded 1966)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Living Stage LS4035166: Puccini - La Boheme - Franco Corelli, Montserrat caballe, Dominic Cossa, Maralin Niska, New York Metropolitan Opera, Leif Segerstam (recorded February 1974)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Living Stage LS4035171: Verdi - Don Carlo - Leonie Rysanek, Franco Corelli, New York Metropolitan Opera, Kurt Adler (recorded 1963)
(3 discs - GB pounds 27.00)

Living Stage LS4035175: Verdi - Otello - James McCracken, Monserrat Caballe, Titto Gobbi, New York Metropolitan Opera, Zubin Mehta (recorded 1967)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Living Stage LS4035179: Strauss - Elektra - Inge Borkh, Thebom, Tozzi, New York Metropolitan Opera, Dmitri Mitropoulos (recorded 1958)
(2 discs - GB pounds 18.00)

Malibran CDRG161: Gounod - La Colombe (Micheau, Peyron, Lenoty, Lovano, Aubin - 1947); SONGS BY GOUNOD, BIZET, OFFENBACH, THOMAS & ROSSINI - Janine Micheau (soprano) (recorded 1949)
(GB pounds 12.50)

Malibran CDRG163: FANNY HELDY SINGS RAVEL, HAHN, GOUNOD & VERDI - Arias from L'Heure Espagnole, Le Marchand de Venise, Manon, Faust, Thais, Louise, La Traviata & La Boheme - Fanny Heldy soprano (Disques Pathe saphir/ Hill & dale)
(GB pounds 12.50)

Malibran CDRG164: GEORGES THILL SINGS VERDI - Arias from Aida La Traviata, Rigoletto and Othello; Vina Bovy sings arias from La Traviata and Rigoletto - Georges Thill tenor plus Vina Bovy soprano (GB pounds 9.50)
(GB pounds 12.50)

Malibran CDRG165: EMILE MARCELIN SINGS AUBER, MASSENET,, MESSAGER, OFFENBACH, BIZET, GOUNOD, DELIBES, MEYERBEER, ROSSINI, LEONCAVALLO, MOZART, WAGNER & FAURE - Emile Marcelin (tenor) (Disques Gramophone)
(GB pounds 12.50)

Malibran CDRG166: JEAN MARNY SINGS LEVADÉ, MASSENET, BIZET & DELIBES - Arias from Werther, Fortunio, Carmen, Lakmé, Le Roi d'Ys, Mireille, Mignon, Jocelyn, Manon &Mélodies - Jean Marny (tenor) (Disques Pathe saphir/ Hill & dale)
(GB pounds 12.50)

Malibran CDRG167: RENEE DORIA SINGS CHARPENTIER, ROSSINI, MOZART, OFFENBACH, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, DELIBES, PEREZ, MASSENET, GOUNOD, VERDI & DEBUSSY - incl. Louise, Rosine, Constance, Lakme, Manon, Thais, Aida, Violetta & Rocio - Renee Doria (soprano) (recorded from 1942 to 1993)
(GB pounds 12.50)

Malibran CDRG169: 300 YEARS OF OPERA IN BRUSSELS - THEATRE ROYAL DE LA MONNAIE
(4 discs - GB pounds 37.50)

MACD1104Music & Arts CD1104: Verdi - Falstaff - Mariano Stabile, Paolo Silveri, Cesare Valletti, Renata Tebaldi, La Scala Milan, Victor de Sabata (complete performance May 1952); Falstaff - Mariano Stabile, Tito Gobbi, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Adelia Zagenara, Franca Somigli, Rome Opera, Tullio Serafin (previously unissued incomplete recording for German Radio April 1941); Bonus tracks of excerpts from Otello and Aida - Gina Cigna, Benjamino Gigli, Francesco Merli, Maria Caniglia, Victor de Sabata (previously unreleased performances for German Radio, 1938)
(4 discs - GB pounds 19.00)

Music & Arts CD4009: Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen - Varnay, Hotter, Windgassen, Greindl, Suthaus, Brouwenstein, Neidlinger, Uhde, Kuen, Bayreuth Festival Opera, Hans Knappertsbusch (recorded 1956)
(13 discs - GB pounds 55.00)

Myto Historical H065: Wagner - Die Walkure - Melchior, Bampton, Traubel, Janssen, Thorborg, Kipnis, New York Metropolitan Opera, Georg Szell (recorded 1944)
(3 discs - GB pounds 28.00)

Myto Historical H070: Verdi - Aida - Milanov, del Monaco, Rankin, Warren, New York Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva (recorded 1952)
(2 discs - GB pounds 19.00)

Myto Historical H072: Puccini - La Boheme - Di Stefano, Albanese, Guarrera, Guden, Ciepi, New York Metropolitan Opera, Alberto Erede (recorded 1952)
(2 discs - GB pounds 19.00)

Myto Historical H073: Strauss - Salome - Welitsch, Svanholm, Hongen, Hotter, New York Metropolitan Opera, Reinert (recorded 1952)
(2 discs - GB pounds 19.00)

Myto Historical H080: Massenet - Manon - Di Stefano, Albanese, Singher, Hines, New York Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva (recorded 1951)
(2 discs - GB pounds 19.00)

Myto MCD944.107: Verdi - Otello - Mario del Monaco, Victoria de los Angeles, Leonard Warren, Rosalind Elias, New York Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva (recorded 1958)
(2 discs - GB pounds 27.00)

Myto MCD022.261: Verdi - Don Carlo - Monserrat Caballe, Franco Corelli, Grace Brumbry, Sherill Milnes, Cesar Siepi, New York Metropolitan Opera, Francisco Molinari-Pradelli (recorded 1972)
(2 discs - GB pounds 27.00)

Myto MCD022.262: Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor - Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Edwards, Flagello, New York Metropolitan Opera, Woitach (recorded 1977)
(2 discs - GB pounds 27.00)

Myto MCD023.263: Puccini - Manon Lescaut - Renato Scotto, Placido Domingo, Elvira, Capecchi, New York Metropolitan Opera, James Levine
(2 discs - GB pounds 27.00)

Ponto PO1007: Puccini - Tosca - Magda Olivero, Luciano Pavarotti, Cornel MacNeil, John Cheek, New York Metropolitan Opera, James Conlon (recorded May 1979); bonus tracks highlights: Magda Olivero, Titto Gobbi, Flaviano Labo, Verona Opera, Oliviero de Fabritis (recorded July 1962); Magda Olivero, James King, Ingvar Wixell, New York Metropolitan Opera, Jan Behr (Olivero's Met. debut - April 1975)
(3 discs - GB pounds 28.00)

Ponto PO1016: Rossini - La Donna del Lago - Frederica von Stade, Marilyn Horne, Rockwell Blake, Dano Raffanti, Nicola Zaccaria, Houston Grand Opera, Claudio Scimone (recorded October 1981)
(3 discs - GB pounds 19.00)

Regis RRC2062: Offenbach - La Belle Helene - Andre Dran, Roger Giraud, Janine Linda, Paris Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Rene Leibowitz; Chabrier - L'Etoile (highlights) - Fanely Revoil, Lucie Thelin, Rene Bonneval, Opera Comique, Roger Desormieres
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Regis RRC2063: Offenbach - Orphee aux Enfers (1858 version) - Jean Mollien, Claudine Collart, Andre Dran, Bernard Demigny, Jean Hoffman, Paris Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Rene Leibowitz; bonus tracks with Lucrezia Bori, Germaine Corney, Yvonne Printemps, Maggie Teyte, Jussi Bjorling, Reynaldo Hahn, Lawrence Tibbett and others
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Somm BEECHAMCD12: Delius - A Village Romeo & Juliet - Fabian Smith, Frederick Sharp, Sybil Hambleton, Rene Soames, Marion Davies, BBC Theatre Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, Herbert Dawson organ (Previously un-issued BBC broadcast Studio 1 Maida Vale, 23 April 1948)
(2 discs - GB pounds 19.99)

Somm BEECHAM11: Beethoven - Missa Solemnis - Isobel Baillie, Mary Jarred, Heddle Nash, Keith Faulkner, Leeds festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
(GB pounds 10.20)

Somm BEECHAM10: Delius - Brigg Fair; On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring; Walk to the Paradise Garden; Sea Drift; North Country Sketches; Song before Sunrise; Dance Rhapsody No.2 -Dennis Noble, Various Orchestras, Sir Thomas Beecham (includes previously unissued recordings)
(GB pounds 10.20)

Symposium 1284: Live Performances at the Metropolitan Opera House under Maurice Grau's management, 1901-1903: wax cylinders made by house librarian Lionel Mapleson of Georg Anthes, Lucienne Breval, Emilio de Marchi, Jean & Edouard de Reske, Luise Reuss-Belce, Thomas Salignac, Fritzi Scheff, Milka Ternina, Luigi Mancinelli, Armando Sepilli and many others
(GB pounds 12.50)

Symposium 1274/75: Mozart - Idomeneo - Richard Lewis, Leopold Simoneau, Sena Jurinac, Birgit Nilsson, Alfred Poell, Alexander Yound, Bruce Dargavel, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Fritz Busch (recorded 1951)
(2 discs - GB pounds 25.00)

Symposium 1202: British Composers conduct their own music: Holst - Beni Mora (London Symphony Orchestra); Bridge - The Sea (LSO); Bliss - Conversations; Vaughan-Williams - The Wasps Overture (Aeolian Orchestra); Harty - With the Wild Geese (Halle Orchestra); Smythe - The Wreckers Overture (British Symphony Orchestra)
(GB pounds 12.50)

Symposium 1192/93: Delibes - Lakme - Lily Pons, Ezio Pinza, Armand Tokayan, New York Metropolitan Opera, Wilfrid Pelletier (recorded January 1940) (2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.50)

Urania RM11913: Verdi - Il Trovatore - Jussi Bjorling, Bruna Castagna, Norina Greco, Francesco Valentino, New York Metropolitan Opera, Ferruccio Calusio (recorded January 1941)
(3 discs - GB pounds 19.99)

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