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Maria
Callas - Soprano Assoluta

Title: Maria Callas -
Soprano Assoluta
Label: BJR Enterprises
Reference: BJR 143
Catalogue: MC-VIN-032
Media format: LP vinyl disc, 12", 33⅓ rpm, 3 discs, 6 sides
Year:
1977
Terms of Use and
Copyright Notice
These three records of concert performances by Maria Callas
might well be considered one of the most spectacular and
important vocal collections ever produced. A sweeping statement,
surely, but one borne out by incomparable singing throughout a
wide range of material and interpretations which convey the
soprano's remarkable contribution to the art of opera in the
20th Century. Selections contained herein span the soprano's
greatest years, the decade 1949-1959, from her early days as
leading prima donna in Italy, to her reign as international
artist of first magnitude.
In the age of recording, there have been few recognized
titans, those whose impact carried from Buenos Aires to Tokyo,
Milwaukee to Moscow, their names familiar even to the
non-musical. Toscanini, Chaliapin and Caruso are foremost
examples of that rare few, who by force of unique talent and
personality changed the course of musical history in our time.
Callas stands among them. Whether through some evolutionary need
in music, or, if you will, some design of the gods, Maria Callas
presides over a musical elite whose legends will prevail as long
as recording technology exists to document their achievements.
(© 1977, Bruce Saxon).
By courtesy of Charles Johson
and Santiago Rodríguez of BJR, and Dagoberto Jorge.
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Side 1 (vinyl
disc)
Catalogue: MC-VIN-032.1
Media format: LP vinyl disc, 12", 33⅓ rpm
Matrix number: BJR-1431-A-E-1
Audio (MP3)
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Side 1 (master
tape reel)
Catalogue: MC-RTR-082.1
Media format: 10.5" Reel-to-reel
tape, 15 ips
Tape number: BJR-1431-A-E-2
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1. Casta diva ... Ah! bello a me
ritorna (Norma, Vincenzo Bellini)
CETRA recording, Torino, Rai Auditorium
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai, Arturo Basile
conductor
November 1949
2. Vieni! t'affretta! ... Or tutti sorgete, ministri infernali
(Macbeth, Giuseppe Verdi)
Radio broadcast, Torino, Rai Studios, Grandi concerti Martini
e Rossi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai, Oliviero de
Fabritiis conductor
18 February 1952
3. Il dolce suono ... Ardon gl'incensi (Lucia di Lammermoor,
Gaetano Donizetti)
Radio broadcast, Torino, Rai Studios, Grandi concerti Martini
e Rossi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai, Oliviero de
Fabritiis conductor
18 February 1952

Side 2 (vinyl
disc)
Catalogue: MC-VIN-032.2
Media format: LP vinyl disc, 12", 33⅓ rpm
Matrix number: BJR-1431-B-E-1
Audio (MP3)
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Side 2 (master
tape reel)
Catalogue: MC-RTR-082.2
Media format: 10.5" Reel-to-reel
tape, 15 ips
Tape number: BJR-1431-B-E-2
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1. Ben io t'invenni, o fatal scritto!
... Anch'io dischiuso un giorno (Nabucco, Giuseppe Verdi)
Radio broadcast, Torino, Rai Studios, Grandi concerti Martini
e Rossi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai, Oliviero de
Fabritiis conductor
18 February 1952
2. Dov'è l'indina bruna? (Lakmé, Léo Delibes)
Radio broadcast, Torino, Rai Studios, Grandi concerti Martini
e Rossi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai, Oliviero de
Fabritiis conductor
18 February 1952
3. Tutte le torture (Il ratto dal serraglio, Wolfgang A.
Mozart)
Radio broadcast, Sanremo, Teatro dell’Opera del Casinò
Municipale, Grandi concerti Martini e Rossi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della Rai, Alfredo Simonetto
conductor
27 December 1954
4. Depuis le jour (Louise, Gustave Charpentier)
Radio broadcast, Sanremo, Teatro dell’Opera del Casinò
Municipale, Grandi concerti Martini e Rossi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della Rai, Alfredo Simonetto
conductor
27 December 1954

Side 3 (vinyl
disc)
Catalogue: MC-VIN-032.3
Media format: LP vinyl disc, 12", 33⅓ rpm
Matrix number: BJR-1432-A-E-1
Audio (MP3)
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Side 3 (master
tape reel)
Catalogue: MC-RTR-082.3
Media format: 10.5" Reel-to-reel
tape, 15 ips
Tape number: BJR-1432-A-E-1
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1. D'amour al dolce impero (Armida,
Gioachino Rossini)
Radio broadcast, Sanremo, Teatro dell’Opera del Casinò
Municipale, Grandi concerti Martini e Rossi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della Rai, Alfredo Simonetto
conductor
27 December 1954
2. Ahimè! che notte oscura ... Ombra leggiera (Dinorah,
Giacomo Meyerbeer)
Radio broadcast, Sanremo, Teatro dell’Opera del Casinò
Municipale, Grandi concerti Martini e Rossi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della Rai, Alfredo Simonetto
conductor
27 December 1954
3. Tu che invoco con onore (La vestale, Gaspare Spontini)
Radio broadcast, Milan, Rai Studios, Grandi concerti Martini e Rossi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della Rai, Alfredo Simonetto
conductor
27 September 1956

Side 4 (vinyl
disc)
Catalogue: MC-VIN-032.4
Media format: LP vinyl disc, 12", 33⅓ rpm
Matrix number: BJR-1432-B-E-1
Audio (MP3)
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Side 4 (master
tape reel)
Catalogue: MC-RTR-082.4
Media format: 10.5" Reel-to-reel
tape, 15 ips
Tape number: BJR-1432-B-E-1
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1. Bel raggio lusinghier (Semiramide,
Gioachino Rossini)
Radio broadcast, Milan, Rai Studios, Grandi concerti Martini e Rossi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della Rai, Alfredo Simonetto
conductor
27 September 1956
2. Ai vostri giochi ... Vi voglio offrir
dei fiori ... Dorme in sen
(Hamlet, Ambroise Thomas)
Radio broadcast, Milan, Rai Studios, Grandi concerti Martini e Rossi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della Rai, Alfredo Simonetto
conductor
27 September 1956
3. Oh, vieni al tempio (I puritani,
Vincenzo Bellini)
Radio broadcast, Milan, Rai Studios, Grandi concerti Martini e Rossi
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della Rai, Alfredo Simonetto
conductor
27 September 1956

Side 5 (vinyl
disc)
Catalogue: MC-VIN-032.5
Media format: LP vinyl disc, 12", 33⅓ rpm
Matrix number: BJR-1433-A-E-1 (1st version)
Matrix number: BJR-1433-A-E-2 (2nd version)
Audio - 1st (MP3)
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2nd (MP3)
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Side 5 (master
tape reel)
Catalogue: MC-RTR-082.5
Media format: 10.5" Reel-to-reel
tape, 15 ips
Tape number: BJR-1433-A-E-2
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1. Pace, pace mio Dio! (La
forza del destno, Giuseppe Verdi)
Athens, Herodes Atticus Amphitheater (Athens Festival)
Orchestra of the National Greek Radio, Antonino Votto
conductor
5 August 1957
2. Dolce e calmo
(Tristano e Isotta, Richard Wagner)
Athens, Herodes Atticus Amphitheater (Athens Festival)
Orchestra of the National Greek Radio, Antonino Votto
conductor
5 August 1957
3. Una voce poco fa (Il barbieri di Siviglia,
Gioachino Rossini)
Paris, Palais Garnier, Légion d'Honneur gala
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Georges
Sébastian conductor
19 December 1958
4. Sì, mi chiamano Mimì (La bohème,
Giacomo Puccini)
Television broadcast (ITN), London, Wood Green Empire Theatre
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent conductor
3 October 1959
5. L'altra notte in fondo al mare (Mefistofele,
Arrigo Boito)
Television broadcast (ITN), London, Wood Green Empire Theatre
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent conductor
3 October 1959

Side 6 (vinyl
disc)
Catalogue: MC-VIN-032.6
Media format: LP vinyl disc, 12", 33⅓ rpm
Matrix number: BJR-1433-B-E-1
Audio (MP3)
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Side 6 (master
tape reel)
Catalogue: MC-RTR-082.6
Media format: 10.5" Reel-to-reel
tape, 15 ips
Tape number: BJR-1433-B-E-1
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1. O rendetemi la speme ... Qui la
voce sua soave ... Vien, diletto e in ciel la luna (I puritani, Vincenzo Bellini)
Rehearsal, Dallas, State Fair Music Hall
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
conductor
20 November 1957
2. Oh! s’io potessi ... Col sorriso d’innocenza ... Qual suon ferale
... O sole, ti vela
(Il pirata, Vincenzo Bellini)
New York, Carnegie Hall (concert of complete opera)
American Opera Society Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno conductor
27 January 1959
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