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8.110240-41 Giuseppe ADD AXOS Historical 2 CDs VERDI Playing h DISC PROHIBITED. BROADCASTING AND COPYING OF THIS COMPACT TRANSLATIONS RESERVED. UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, RIGHTS IN THIS SOUND RECORDING, ARTWORK, TEXTS AND ALL (1813-1901) 2003 HNH International Ltd. Time 2:14:41 8.110240-41 Manrico ...... Jussi Björling Il trovatore was the middle of the three masterpieces that consolidated Leonora ...... ’s fame. It has been Count di Luna ...... lucky on record: two excellent versions Azucena...... circulated on 78rpm discs and the early Ferrando ...... LP era brought the present recording, the most consistently cast of all. It © Inez ...... Margaret Roggero introduced a whole generation to the 2003 HNH International Ltd. Ruiz ...... opera and in many collectors’ VERDI: An Old Gypsy ...... George Cehanovsky affections it still reigns supreme. Much AMessenger ...... Nathaniel Sprinzena, tenor of its success must be put down to the conductor who draws RCA Victor Orchestra • Renato Cellini beautiful playing from the orchestra. Il Trovatore

Robert Shaw Chorale (Director: Robert Shaw) Cellini was also renowned in the Il Trovatore Recorded 21st February through 16th March, 1952 in profession as a coach and it is surely Manhattan Center, New York due to his careful preparation that a cast consisting of a Croatian, an Italian, Matrices: E2-RC-0170 through 0191 • First issued on a Swede, an American and a Greek

VERDI: RCA Victor LM-6008 (LP) and WDM-6008 (45 rpm) sounds so convincing. CD 1 62:07 CD 2 72:34 1-9 Act I 9:47 1-7 Act III 19:29 0-™ Act II 36:16 8-& Act IV 34:57 *-£ Appendix: Zinka Milanov 18:09 MADE IN ‘Song Gems of ’ (1944) E.C.

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