Tracklist

CD 1
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1Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Dovunque al mondo”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
baritone vocals [Sharpless]:
Enzo Sordello (baritone) (in 1958-07)
tenor vocals [Pinkerton]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Dovunque al mondo” (Pinkerton, Sharpless) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini3:21
2Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Ancora un passo”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
baritone vocals [Sharpless]:
Enzo Sordello (baritone) (in 1958-07)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
chorus master:
Bonaventura Somma (chorus master) (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Ah, ah! Quanto cielo!”… “Ancora un passo or via” (Le amiche, Butterfly, Sharpless) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini3:33
3Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “O amico fortunato”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
baritone vocals [Sharpless]:
Enzo Sordello (baritone) (in 1958-07)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
tenor vocals [Pinkerton]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
chorus master:
Bonaventura Somma (chorus master) (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “L’Imperial Commissario” … “Che burletta” … “O amico fortunato” … “Mi pare un re” (Goro, Pinkerton, coro, Butterfly, Cugina, Madre, Yakusidè, Zia, Sharpless) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
quotes music from:
君が代
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini1:26
4Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Quest’ obi pomposa” – “Con moti di scoiattolo”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
tenor vocals [Pinkerton]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Quest’obi pomposa” (Butterfly) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:12
5Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Bimba dagli occi pieni di malia”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
tenor vocals [Pinkerton]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malìa” (Butterfly, Pinkerton) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini4:05
6Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vogliatemi bene”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
tenor vocals [Pinkerton]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Limited (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1958) and The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino” … “Un pò'di vero c'è” … “Oh quanti occhi fisi” (Butterfly, Pinkerton) (Love Duet) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A.
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini8:02
7Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Io te lo dico”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]:
Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo soprano) (in 1958-07)
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “C’è. Entrate” (Goro, Sharpless, Butterfly, Suzuki, Yamadori) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:18
8Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel di vedremo”
producer:
Christopher Raeburn and James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (in 1958-07)
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1958-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Limited (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1958) and The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini4:52
9Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Ebbene, che fareste, Madama Butterfly”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
baritone vocals [Sharpless]:
Enzo Sordello (baritone) (in 1958-07)
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Ebbene, che fareste, Madama Butterfly” … “Due cose potrei far” (Butterfly, Sharpless) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini5:10
10Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Che tua madre dovrà”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
baritone vocals [Sharpless]:
Enzo Sordello (baritone) (in 1958-07)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]:
Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo soprano) (in 1958-07)
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
tenor vocals [Goro]:
Angelo Mercuriali (tenor) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Che tua madre dovrà” (Butterfly) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Io scendo al piano” (Sharpless, Butterfly) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Vespa! Rospo maledetto!” (Suzuki, Butterfly, Goro) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini6:11
11Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Una nave da guerra” – “Gettiamo a mani piene…!”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]:
Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo soprano) (in 1958-07)
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Il cannone del porto! Una nave da guerra…” (Suzuki, Butterfly) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Il cannone del porto!” (Butterfly, Suzuki) (Flower Duet, complete)
Giacomo Puccini12:12
12Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
chorus master:
Bonaventura Somma (chorus master) (in 1958-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Limited (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:20
13Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Io so che alle sue pene”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
baritone vocals [Sharpless]:
Enzo Sordello (baritone) (in 1958-07)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]:
Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo soprano) (in 1958-07)
tenor vocals [Pinkerton]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Io so che alle sue pene” (Sharpless, Suzuki, Pinkerton) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto III (also: Atto II, parte 2)
Giacomo Puccini3:46
14Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Addio, fiorito asil”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
baritone vocals [Sharpless]:
Enzo Sordello (baritone) (in 1958-07)
tenor vocals [Pinkerton]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Addio, fiorito asil” (Pinkerton, Sharpless) (Pinkerton’s Farewell) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto III (also: Atto II, parte 2)
Giacomo Puccini1:58
15Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “A lui devo obbedir” – “Con onor muore” – “Tu, tu, piccolo iddio!”
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (in 1958-07)
baritone vocals [Sharpless]:
Enzo Sordello (baritone) (in 1958-07)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]:
Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo soprano) (in 1958-07)
soprano vocals [Butterfly]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1958-07)
soprano vocals [Kate]:
Lidia Nerozzi (in 1958-07)
tenor vocals [Pinkerton]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) (in 1958-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (in 1958-07)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (in 1958-07)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Con onor muore … Tu? Tu? Piccolo Iddio” (Butterfly, Pinkerton) (in 1958-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto III (also: Atto II, parte 2)
Giacomo Puccini9:41