CD 1
Vincenzo Bellini 1801–1835
1 A te, o cara (I puritani, Act I)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Franco Ferraris
Recorded 29.VI & 1, 3, 5, 13.VII.1961 & 8.IX.1962, Kingsway Hall, London / Produce: Victor Olof • Balance engineer: Harold Davidson (P) 1963/2003*
2 Meco all’altar di Venere…Me protegge, me difende (Norma, Act I)
Piero de Palma tenor
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Recorded: 5–16.IX.1960, Teatro alla Scala, Milan / Producers: WalterLegge & Walter Jellinek • Balance engineer: Robert Gooch (P) 1961/1989*
Gaetano Donizetti 1797–1848
3 Favorita del Re!...Spirto gentil (La favorita, Act IV)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Franco Ferraris
Recorded 29.VI & 1, 3, 5, 13.VII.1961 & 8.IX.1962, Kingsway Hall, London / Produce: Victor Olof • Balance engineer: Harold Davidson (P) 1963/2003*
Giuseppe Verdi 1813–1901
4 Ah sì, ben mio…Di quella pira (Il trovatore, Act III)
Gabriella Tucci soprano • Angelo Mercuriali enor, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Thomas Schippers
ecorded: 6–12, 14, 17, 19, 31.VII & 7.VIII.1964, Opera House, Rome /Producer: Victor Olof • Balance engineer: Francis Dillnutt (P) 1965/1990*
5 O! Fede negar potessi …Quando le sere al placido (Luisa Miller, Act II)
6 La vit è inferno…O tu che in seno agli angeli (La forza del destino, Act III)
7 O figli, o figli miei!...Ah! La paterna mano (Macbeth, Act IV)
8 La donna è mobile (Rigoletto, Act III)
9 Merc, diletti amici…Come rugiada…Oh, tu che l’alma adora (Ernani, Act I)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Franco Ferraris
Recorded: 15, 17, 20, 25.II.1967, Kingsway Hall, London / Producer:Ronald Kinloch Anderson • Balance engineer: Robert Gooch (P) 2003/2003*
10 Forse la sogliaattinse…Ma se m’è forza perderti (Un ballo in maschera, Act III)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduardo Pedrazzoli
Recorded: 26, 30.IX & 3,4.X.1958, Kingsway Hall London (orchestra) & 25, 28.IX.1964, Basilica Santa Eufemia, Milan (voice, Producers: Victor Olof (orchestra) & Ronald Kinloch Anderson (voice) • Blance engineers: Robert Gooch (orchestra) & unknown (voice) (P) 2003/2003*
Aida (Ghislanzoni)
11 Se quel guerrier io fossi!... Celeste Aida (Act I)
12 Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida …Ma dimmi (Act III)
Birgit Nilsson soprano (12) • Grace Bumbry mezzosoprano (12) Mario Sereni baritone (12) • Bonaldo Giaiotti bass (12)
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Zubin Mehta
Recorded: 21.VI–6.VII.1967, Opera House, Rome / Produce: Ronald Kinloch Anderson • Balance engineer: Robert Gooch (P) 1967/1989*
Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791–1864
13 Nonlunge della torre…Bianca al par di neve alpina (Les Huguenots, Act I)
Philharmonia Orchestra , Franco Ferraris
Recorded 29.VI & 1, 3, 5, 13.VII.1961 & 8.IX.1962, Kingsway Hall, London / Produce: Victor Olof • Balance engineer: Harold Davidson (P) 1963/2003*
Alfredo Catalani 1854–1893
14 Nel verde maggio (Loreley, Act I)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Franco Ferraris
Recorded: 15, 17, 20, 25.II.1967, Kingsway Hall, London / Producer:Ronald Kinloch Anderson • Balance engineer: Robert Gooch (P) 2003/2003*

CD 2
Amilcare Ponchielli 1834–1886
1 Cielo e mar (La Gioconda, Act II)
Francesco Cilea 1866–1950
2 L’anima ho stanca (Adriana Lecouvreur, Act II)
Philharmonia Orchestra , Franco Ferraris
Recorded 29.VI & 1, 3, 5, 13.VII.1961 & 8.IX.1962, Kingsway Hall, London / Produce: Victor Olof • Balance engineer: Harold Davidson (P) 1963/2003*
Pietro Mascagni 1863–1945
Cavalleria rusticana (Menasci & Targioni-Tozetti)
3 Intanto amici…Viva il vino spumeggiante
4 Mamma, quel vino è generoso
Adriana Lazzarini (3) & Corinna Vozza (4) mezzo-sopranos, oro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Gabriele Santini
Recorded: 1–5.VII.1962, Opera House, Rome / Prodcer: Victor Olof • Balance engineer: Francis Dillnutt (P) 1963/1991*
Ruggero Leoncavallo 1858–1919
Pagliacci
5 Un grande spettacolo…Un tal gioco (Act I)
6 Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (Act I)
7 No, Pagliaccio non son (Act II)
Lucine Amara soprano (5 & 7 • Mario Spina tenor (5 & 7), Tito Gobbi (5 & 7) & Mario Zanasi (7) baritoes, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano , Lovro von Matacic
Recorded 27.VI–7.VII.1960, Teatro alla Scala, Milan / Producers: Walter Legge & Wlter Jellinek • Balance engineer: Harold Davidson (P) 1961/1991*
Giacomo Puccini 1858–1924
8 Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut, Act I)
Tosca (Illica & Giocosa)
9 Recondita armonia (Act I)
10 E lucevan le stelle (Act III)
Philharmonia Orchestra , Franco Ferraris
Recorded 29.VI & 1, 3, 5, 13.VII.1961 & 8.IX.1962, Kingsway Hall, London, Poducer: Victor Olof • Balance engineer: Harold Davidson (P) 1963/2003*
Turandot (Adami & Simoni)
11 Non piangere, Liù…Ah! Per l’ultima volta (Act I)
12 Nessun dorma (Act III)
13 Principessa di morte! (Act III)
Renat Scotto (11) & Birgit Nilsson (13) sopranos Franco Ricciardi & Piero e Palma tenors (11) Bonaldo Giaiotti & Guido Mazzini basses (11) Coro e rchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Recorded: 24.I & 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16.VII.1965, Opera House, Rome, Producer: Ronad Kinloch Anderson • Balance engineer: Francis Dillnutt (P) 1966/1988*
Umberto Giordano 1867–1948
Andrea Chénier (Illica)
14 Colpito…Un dì all’azzuro spazio (Act I)
15 Credo a una posanza arcana (Act II)
16 Legray!...Andrea Chénier!...Sì, fui soldato (Act III)
17 Come un bel dì di maggio (Act IV)
18 Vicino a te (Act IV)
Antonietta Stella soprano (16 & 18) • MarioSereni baritone (16) Paolo Pedani (16) & Giuseppe Modesti (15 & 16) bases, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Gabriele Santini
Recorded: 5–27, 30.VI & 1, 2.VII.1963, Opera House, Rome ,.Producer:Victor Olof • Balance engineer: Francis Dillnutt (P) 1964/1994*

CD 3
Jules Massenet 1842–1912
1 Ah ! Tout est bien fini…? souverain, ô juge, ô père (Le Cid, Act III)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Franco Ferraris
Recorded: 15, 17, 20, 25.II.1967, Kingsway Hall, London / Producer:Ronald Kinloch Anderson • Balance engineer: Robert Gooch (P) 2003/2003*
Charles Gounod 1818–1893
Roméo et Juliette (Barbier & Carré)
2 Ange adorable (Act I)
3 L’amour…Ah ! Lève-toi, soleil ! (Act II)
4 O nuit divine ! (Act II)
5 C’est là ! Salut ! Tombeau ! (Act V)
Mirella Freni soprao (4), Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Alain Lombard
Recorded: 20.VI–6.VII.1968, Salle Wagram, Paris, Producers: Victo Olof & Eric Macleod • Balance engineer: Christopher Parker (P) 1969/1994*
Franz Schubert 1797–1828
6 Ave Maria, D839
George Frideric Handel 1685–1759
Serse (Stampiglia)
7 Frondi tenere…Ombra mai fu (Act I)
Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem
8 Ingemisco
Gioachino Rossini 1792–1868
Petite Messe solennelle
9 Domine Deus
Agustin Lara 1900–1970
10 Granada
Stefano Donaudy 1879–1925
11 Vaghissima sembianza (Alberto Donaudy)
Ernesto de Curtis 1875–1937
12 Ti voglio tanto bene (Furnò)
Renato Cairone
13 Mon ciel, c’est toi (Loysel)
Eduardo Pedrazzoli
14 Il canto della rinuncia
Raffaele Mingardo 1923–1978
15 Carrettiere (Mingardo)
Giovanni Berrafato
16 Tu lo sai (anon.)
Arrangements by Raffaele Mingardo, Chorus & Orchestra Raffaele Mingardo
Recorded: 6, 19.VI & 16, 21.IX.1963, Mian (6–9); 18.V.1964 & 16, 17.VI & 27.IX.1965, Rome (10– 16) / Producer & blance engineer: unknown / (P) 1964/1996* (6–9) & (P) 1966/1996* (10–16)
Renato Cairone
17 Pourquoi fermer ton cœur ? (Loysel)
Luigi Denza 1846–1922
18 Si tu m’amais (Paris)
Orchestra, Franco Ferraris
Recorded: 14, 16, 26.X & 21.XII.1961, Milan / Producer & balanceengineer: unknown (P) 1962/1996* (17) & (P) 1962/2009* (18)

CD 4
Luigi Tortorella
1 Mammina mia (de Palois & Testoni)
José Serrano 1873–1941
El trust de los tenorios (Arniches & Álvarez)
2 Te quiero, morena
Arrangements by Raffaele Mingardo, Chorus & Orchestra, Raffaele Mingardo
Recorded: 18.V.1964 & 16, 17.VI& 27.IX.1965, Rome / Producer & balance engineer: unknown (P) 1966/1996*
Salvatore Cardillo 1874–1947
3 Core ’ngrato (Cordiferro)
Ernesto de Curtis
4 Senza nisciuno (Barbieri)
Luigi Tortorella
5 Addà turnà
Vincenzo d’Annibale
6 ’O paese d’ ’o solé (Bovio)
Gaetano Errico Pennino
7 Pecchè? (de Flaviis)
Anon.
8 Fenesta che lucive (anon)
Ernesto Tagliaferri 1889–1937
9 Piscatore ’e Pusilleco (Murolo)
Ernesto de Curtis
10 Tu, ca nun chiagne! (Bovio)
Eduardo di Capua (1865–1917)
11 I’ te vurria vasà (Russo)
Ernesto de Curtis
12 Torna a Surriento (G. B. de Curtis)
Rodolfo Falvo 1874–1936
13 Dicitencello vuje (Fusco)
14 Guapparia (Bovio)
Gaetano Lama
15 Silenzio cantatore (Bovio)
Ernesto de Curtis
16 Voce ’e notte! (Nicolardi)
Salvatore Gambardella
17 ’O marenariello (Ottaviano)
Vincenzo Valente 1855–1921 & Ernesto Tagliaferri
18 Passione (Bovio)
Eduardo di Capua
19 ’O sole mio (Capurro)
Enrico Cannio 1874–1949
20 ’O surdato ’nnammerato (Califano)
Francesco Paolo Tosti 1846–1916
21 ’A vucchella (d’Annunzio)
Nicola Valente 1881–1946
22 Torna! (Vento)
23 Addio, mia bella Napoli (Manlio)
Arrangements by Franco Ferraris, Orchestra, Franco Ferraris
Recorded: 7, 9, 11.VII.1961, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (3–12) & 14, 16, 26.X & 21.XII.1961, Milan (13–23) / Producers: Ronald Kinloch Anderson (3–12) & unknown (13–23) / Balance engineers: unknown (P) 1962/1996* (3–12) & 1963/1996* (13–23)