Remastered: The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)

~ Release by Maria Callas (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: The First Recordings (1949)
2▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 1) (1952)
3▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 2) (1952)
4▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Acts 3 & 4) (1952)
5▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (1953)
6▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (1953)
7▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani (Act 1) (1953)
8▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani (Acts 2 & 3) (1953)
9▶CD: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (1953)
10▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (1953)
11▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (1953)
12▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 1 • Act 2, Scene 1) (1953)
13▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata (Act 2, Scene 2 • Act 3) (1953)
14▶CD: Norma: Act 1, Scene 1 (1954)
15▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1, Scene 2) (1954)
16▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 2) (1954)
17▶CD: Ruggero Leoncavallo: I pagliacci (1954)
18▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Acts 1 & 2) (1954)
19▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Act 3) (1954)
20▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Act 4) (1954)
21▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Act 1) (1954)
22▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Act 2) (1954)
23▶CD: Puccini Arias (1954)
24▶CD: Lyric and Coloratura Arias (1954)
25▶CD: Callas at La Scala (1955)
26▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (1955)
27▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 2 conclusion) (1955)
28▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 1 & 2) (1955)
29▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (Acts 3 & 4) (1955)
30▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Act 1) (1955)
31▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Acts 2 & 3) (1955)
32▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (Acts 1 & 2) (1956)
33▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (Acts 3 & 4) (1956)
34▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (Acts 1 & 2) (1956)
35▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (Acts 3 & 4) (1956)
36▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (1956)
37▶CD: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Act 2 conclusion, Act 3) (1956)
38▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Act 1 beginning) (1957)
39▶CD: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Act 1 conclusion, Act 2) (1957)
40▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 1) (1957)
41▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Act 2) (1957)
42▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Acts 1 & 2) (1957)
43▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (Acts 3) (1957)
44▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Acts 1 & 2) (1957)
45▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Acts 3 & 4) (1957)
46▶CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Act 1) (1957)
47▶CD: Luigi Cherubini: Medea (Acts 2 & 3) (1957)
48▶CD: Callas Portrays Verdi Heroines (Verdi Arias I) (1958)
49▶CD: Mad Scenes (1958)
50▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Act 1) (1959)
51▶CD: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Acts 2 & 3) (1959)
52▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 1) (1959)
53▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Act 2) (1959)
54▶CD: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Acts 3 & 4) (1959)
55▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1 beginning) (1960)
56▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 1 conclusion) (1960)
57▶CD: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Act 2) (1960)
58▶CD: Great Arias from French Opera (Callas à Paris I) (1961)
59▼CD: More Arias from French Opera (Callas à Paris II) (1963)
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1Iphigénie en Tauride : Acte II. “Ô malheureuse Iphigénie !”
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46: "Ô malheureuse Iphigénie" (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck
part of:
Ifigenia in Tauride, Wq. 46: Atto II
part of:
Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46
recording of:
Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46: "Ô malheureuse Iphigénie" (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck
part of:
Ifigenia in Tauride, Wq. 46: Atto II
part of:
Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46
Christoph Willibald Gluck4:34
2La Damnation de Faust : “D'amour l'ardente flamme”
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
La Damnation de Faust : Quatrième Partie, scène 15. « D'amour l'ardente flamme » … « Au son des trompettes » (Marguerite, Chœur) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Hector Berlioz
librettist:
Hector Berlioz and Almire Gandonnière
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Quatrième Partie
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Quatrième Partie
recording of:
La Damnation de Faust : Quatrième Partie, scène 15. « D'amour l'ardente flamme » … « Au son des trompettes » (Marguerite, Chœur) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Hector Berlioz
librettist:
Hector Berlioz and Almire Gandonnière
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Quatrième Partie
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Quatrième Partie
Hector Berlioz8:15
3Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte II. “Me voilà seule…Comme autrefois”
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte II. No. 7 Récit et cavatine « Me voilà seule dans la nuit » (Leïla) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Georges Bizet (from 1863-04 until 1863-08)
librettist:
Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon
part of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte II
recording of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte II. No. 7 Récit et cavatine « Me voilà seule dans la nuit » (Leïla) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Georges Bizet (from 1863-04 until 1863-08)
librettist:
Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon
part of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte II
Georges Bizet6:02
4Manon : Acte II. “Je ne suis qui faiblesse…Adieu, notre petite table”
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Manon : Acte II. « Je ne suis que faiblesse » (Manon) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Jules Massenet
part of:
Manon : Acte II
recording of:
Manon : Acte II. « Je ne suis que faiblesse » (Manon) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet
part of:
Manon : Acte II
Jules Massenet3:23
5Manon : Acte III. “Suis-je gentille ainsi ?…Je marche sur tous les chemins”
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Manon: Acte III, Scène I. “Voici les élégantes !…Suis-je gentille ainsi ?” (Chœur, Brétigny, Manon) (Air du Cours la Reine) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Jules Massenet
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Manon: Acte III
recording of:
Manon: Acte III, Scène I. “Voici les élégantes !…Suis-je gentille ainsi ?” (Chœur, Brétigny, Manon) (Air du Cours la Reine) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Manon: Acte III
Jules Massenet2:52
6Werther : Acte III. “Werther ! Werther ! Qui m'aurait dit la place” (Air des lettres)
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd.
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Werther ! Qui m'aurait dit » (Charlotte) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Jules Massenet
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Ces lettres ! ... ces lettres ! ... je les relis sans cesse ! » - « Je vous écris de ma petite chambre » – « Des cris joyeux » (Charlotte) (Air des lettres) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Ces lettres ! ... ces lettres ! ... je les relis sans cesse ! » - « Je vous écris de ma petite chambre » – « Des cris joyeux » (Charlotte) (Air des lettres) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Werther ! Qui m'aurait dit » (Charlotte) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Jules Massenet
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
Jules Massenet7:06
7Faust : Acte III. “Je voudrais bien savoir…Il était un Roi de Thulé…Les grands seigneurs…Ah ! Je ris” (Chanson du Roi de Thulé et Air des bijoux)
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Maria Callas (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
balance engineer:
Francis Dillnutt
recorded at:
Salle Wagram in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04, from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
recording of:
Faust : Acte III. Scène « Je voudrais bien savoir » … No. 14a « Il était un roi de Thulé » (Marguerite) (from 1963-05-03 until 1963-05-04)
composer:
Charles Gounod
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
part of:
Faust : Acte III
recording of:
Faust : Acte III. Scène « Je voudrais bien savoir » … No. 14a « Il était un roi de Thulé » (Marguerite) (from 1963-05-06 until 1963-05-08)
composer:
Charles Gounod
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
part of:
Faust : Acte III
Charles‐François Gounod11:38
60▶CD: Mozart, Beethoven, Weber Recital (1963 & 1964)
61▶CD: Verdi Arias II (1963 & 1964)
62▶CD: Rossini & Donizetti Arias (1963 & 1964)
63▶CD: Georges Bizet: Carmen (Act 1, Act 2 beginning) (1964)
64▶CD: Georges Bizet: Carmen (Act 2 conclusion, Acts 3 & 4) (1964)
65▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) (1964 & 1965)
66▶CD: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Acts 2 & 3) (1964 & 1965)
67▶CD: Verdi Arias III (1965 & 1969)
68▶CD: The Callas Rarities (1953-1969) (1953, 1958, 1960 & 1961)
69▶CD: The Callas Rarities (1953-1969) (1962, 1964, 1965 & 1969)
70▶Data CD: Libretti

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includes:Aida by Giuseppe Verdi; Maria Callas, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Callas à Paris (Album II) by Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre
Callas à Paris I by Maria Callas, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Georges Prêtre
Callas at La Scala by Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Callas sings Rossini and Donizetti Arias by Rossini, Donizetti; Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno
Callas Sings Verdi Arias by Giuseppe Verdi; Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno
Carmen by Georges Bizet; Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Andréa Guiot, Robert Massard, Nadine Sautereau, Jane Berbié, Claude Calès, Chœurs René Duclos, Chœurs d’enfants Jean Pesneaud, Orchestre du Théâtre national de l’Opéra de Paris, Georges Prêtre
Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni; Maria Callas - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini; Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Nicola Rossi‐Lemeni, Rolando Panerai, Coro & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini; Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Alva, Carturan, Ollendorff, Zaccaria, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Alceo Galliera
Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi; Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan
Il turco in Italia by Gioachino Rossini; Maria Callas, Nicola Rossi‐Lemeni, Nicolai Gedda, Mariano Stabile, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
La bohème by Giacomo Puccini; Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Anna Moffo, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto
La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi; Maria Callas, Richard Tucker, Carlo Tagliabue, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
La Gioconda by Ponchielli; Callas, Cossotto, Companeez, Vinco, Ferraro, Cappuccilli, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto
La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli; Maria Callas, Fedora Barbieri, Giulio Neroni, Maria Amadini, Gianni Poggi, Paolo Silveri, Piero Poldi, Armando Benzi, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Antonino Votto
La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini; Nicola Zaccaria, Fiorenza Cossotto, Maria Meneghini Callas, Eugenia Ratti, Nicola Monti, Giuseppe Morresi, Franco Ricciardi, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto
La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi; Maria Callas, Francesco Albanese, Ugo Savarese, Coro Cetra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Gabriele Santini
Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti; Maria Callas, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Piero Cappuccilli, Bernard Ładysz, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin
Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti; Maria Callas, Tullio Serafin
Lyric and Coloratura Arias by Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini; Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Maria Meneghini Callas Sings Arias From Tristano e Isotta, Norma, I puritani by Wagner, Bellini; Maria Meneghini Callas, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Arturo Basile
Medea by Luigi Cherubini; Maria Callas, Renata Scotto, Miriam Pirazzini, Mirto Picchi, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Mozart, Beethoven & Weber Arias by Mozart, Beethoven, Weber; Maria Callas, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
Norma by Bellini; Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Christa Ludwig, Nicola Zaccaria, Piero de Palma, Edda Vincenzi, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Norma by Bellini; Maria Callas, Mario Filippeschi, Ebe Stignani, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Pagliacci by Leoncavallo; Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Monti, Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
Puccini Arias by Puccini; Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi; Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Maria Meneghini Callas, Nicola Zaccaria, Adriana Lazzarini, Giuse Gerbino, Plinio Clabassi, William Dickie, Renato Ercolani, Carlo Forti, Elvira Galassi, Tullio Serafin, Norberto Mola, L'Ente Autonomo del Teatro alla Scala
The Callas Rarities
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini; Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Tito Gobbi, Chœurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre
Turandot by Giacomo Puccini; Maria Callas, Eugenio Fernandi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicola Zaccaria, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Un ballo in maschera by Verdi; Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Fedora Barbieri, Eugenia Ratti, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto
Verdi Arias I by Giuseppe Verdi; Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
Verdi Arias III by Giuseppe Verdi; Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Nicola Rescigno