CMYK N 8.110240-41 Giuseppe ADD AXOS Historical 2 CDs VERDI Playing h THIS COMPACTAND COPYING OF BROADCASTING DISC PROHIBITED. UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, RESERVED. TRANSLATIONS ALLAND TEXTS ARTWORK, THIS SOUND RECORDING, RIGHTS IN (1813-1901) 2003 HNH International Ltd. Time 2:14:41 8.110240-41 Il Trovatore Manrico . Jussi Björling Il trovatore was the middle opera of the three masterpieces that consolidated Leonora . Zinka Milanov Giuseppe Verdi’s fame. It has been Count di Luna . Leonard Warren lucky on record: two excellent versions Azucena. Fedora Barbieri circulated on 78rpm discs and the early Ferrando . Nicola Moscona 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 . Paul Franke 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 Renato Cellini 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 Yugoslavia’ (1944) E.C. Archivist & Restoration Producer: Mark Obert-Thorn 8.110240-41 Special thanks to Maynard F. Bertolet, Jerry Miller and Don Tait www.naxos.com A complete track list can be found in the booklet AXOS Historical Cover Image: Jüssi Bjorling (Lebrecht Collection) N.