Ljuba Welitsch sings... "Salome" - Mozart, Strauss, Puccini - Reiner / Rudolf - CBS 1949/1950

Side One: Richard Strauss:  "Salome", op.54 - Final Scene
Mozart:  "Don Giovanni" - Or sai chi l'onore  (with Alessio De Paolis, Tenor)  / ..Non mi dir, bell' idol mio
Side Two: Puccini:  "Tosca" - Quagl' occhio al mondo  (with Richard Tucker, Tenor)  /  Vissi d'arte  
Johann Strauss:  "Die Fledermaus" - Klänge der Heimat  /  "Der Zigeunerbaron" - So elend und so treu
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra  conducted by  Fritz Reiner  /  Max Rudolf (s.2)                       6 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
CBS Classics 61088  c.1982 UK LP/recut matrices: A2 / B1    Rec: 14/3/1949 - 10 Feb.1950 - 23/3/1950  
Ljuba Welitsch... Austrian Radio 1944  /  Columbia 1947-8  /  Decca 1950  
Richard Strauss: "Salome" - Final Scene (1944/48)    /   Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin"   /   Verdi: "Aida"
Puccini: "Tosca" / "La Boheme"    //   Tchaikovsky: "The Queen of Spades"   /   Verdi: "Un Ballo in Maschera"
Lehar: "Zigeunerliebe" / "Die Lustige Witwe" / "Der Zarewitsch"   /   Millocker: "Grafin Dubarry"
FLAC/WAV files @ http://musicparlourhistorical.blogspot.co.uk    CBS sleeve-note/EMG reviews >>> 

Puccini. La Boheme - Beecham - RCA 1956 / Jussi Bjorling recital - RCA/Decca 1957

Rudolpho, a poet................................. Jussi Bjorling,  Tenor    
Marcello, a painter.................................. Robert Merrill,  Baritone
Schaunard, a musician................................ John Reardon,  Baritone
Colline, philosopher....................................... Giorgio Tozzi,  Bass
Benoit, the landlord / Alcindoro, a state counsellor...... Fernando Corena,  Bass
Mimi, a seamstress............................................. Victoria de los Angeles,  Soprano
Musetta, a grisette................................................. Lucine Amara,  Soprano
Parpignol, a toy vendor............................................... William Nahr,  Tenor
A Customs Officer........................................................ Thomas Powell,  Baritone
A Sergeant.................................................................... George del Monte,  Baritone
Columbus Boychoir (dir. Herbert Huffman), Chorus (chorus master: Thomas Martin)   -  
RCA Victor Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham                          The Complete Opera:  4 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
RCA Victor  LM 6042 1/2  1957 USA LP's/matrices: G2RP3580 -1S/3581 -1S/3582 -7S/3583 -3S  (A1/B1/A1/A2)  Rec: 16/17/30 March & 1-3/5/6 April 1956 - Manhattan Center, N.Y.

Ponchielli: "La Gioconda" - Cielo e mar!  /  Puccini: "La Fanciulla del West" - Ch’ella mi creda  /  Giordano: "Fedora" - Amor ti vieta    
Cilea: "L’Arlesiana" - E la solita storia  /  Verdi: "Un Ballo in Maschera" - Di' tu se fidele  /  Puccini: "Manon Lescaut" - Tra voi belle  
Jussi Bjorling  with  Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra  conducted by  Alberto Erede                                 2 files zip FLAC   Mega Download
RCA  SB 2021   STEREO   1959 Decca pressing/matrix: J2RY3029/D -2K    Recorded: Aug./Sept.1957 - Teatro Pergola, Florence               EMG 1957/1959 reviews >>>

Puccini. La Tosca - Arturo Basile - Cetra 1956

Floria Tosca............................ Gigliola Frazzoni,  Soprano
Mario Cavaradossi........................ Ferruccio Tagliavini,  Tenor
Il barone Scarpia.............................. Giangiacomo Guelfi,  Baritone 
Il Sagristano...................................... Alfredo Mariotti,  Bass
Cesare Angelotti.................................... Antonio Zerbini,  Bass
Spoletta................................................ Vittorio Pandano,  Tenor
Sciarrone  /   Un carceriere ........................... Alberto Albertini,  Baritone
Un pastore.................................................. Editta Amedeo,  Soprano
Chorus & Orchestra of Radiotelevisione Italiana, Torino  conducted by  Arturo Basile      
Complete Opera  3 file zip FLAC  Mega Download
Concert Hall  CM 2286 A/B   (from Cetra OLPC1261 1-2)  1964 Philips UK masters/pressings.     Recorded: 12 October 1956, Turin.