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Robert1 · 10-15-2005, 10:36 PM

The recording "Opera Without Singing" has long been OOP. Occasionally you can find a copy either in used LP stores, or on online auction sites. To my knowledge, it was never on CD (I realize a similarly titled CD exists), and found only in LP or cassette.

Anyway, the original recording is on RCA, and the album # is
LM-1906. The Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler, Conductor. It has a red album cover, with a sort of a sketch of an opera singer with her mouth bound with a cloth. The liner notes are copyright 1956, so it goes back a few years. The bands are as follows:

Side I

Band 1 Verdi - Aida: Act II: Grand March
Band 2 Rossini - Barber of Seville: Act I: Largo al Factotum
Band 3 Offenbach - Tales of Hoffman: Act III: Barcarolle
Band 4 Bizet - Carmen: Act II: Toreador Song
Band 5 Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor: Act II: Sextet
Band 6 Puccini - La Boheme: Act I: Che Gelida Manina
Band 7 Verdi - Rigoletto: Act I: Caro Nome

Side II

Band 1 Verdi Il Trovatore: Act II: Anvil Chorus
Band 2 Massenet Thais: Act II: Meditation
Band 3 Verdi Rigoletto: Act IV: Quartet
Band 4 Verdi Il Trovatore: Act IV: Miserere
Band 5 Wagner Tannhauser: Act III: Evening Star
Band 6 Bizet Carmen: Act I: Habanera
Band 7 Puccini La Boheme: Act II: Musetta's Waltz
Band 8 Gounod Faust: Act IV: Soldiers' Chorus

Lots of great solo trumpet playing on several of these by Armando Ghitalla. Some is really quite stunning in my opinion, particularly that found in Largo al Factotum, Che Gelida Manina, and the Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor. What an exquisite sound and style.

10-15-2005, 10:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
Robert1 New Friend Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 7	Opera w/o Singing The recording "Opera Without Singing" has long been OOP. Occasionally you can find a copy either in used LP stores, or on online auction sites. To my knowledge, it was never on CD (I realize a similarly titled CD exists), and found only in LP or cassette. Anyway, the original recording is on RCA, and the album # is LM-1906. The Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler, Conductor. It has a red album cover, with a sort of a sketch of an opera singer with her mouth bound with a cloth. The liner notes are copyright 1956, so it goes back a few years. The bands are as follows: Side I Band 1 Verdi - Aida: Act II: Grand March Band 2 Rossini - Barber of Seville: Act I: Largo al Factotum Band 3 Offenbach - Tales of Hoffman: Act III: Barcarolle Band 4 Bizet - Carmen: Act II: Toreador Song Band 5 Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor: Act II: Sextet Band 6 Puccini - La Boheme: Act I: Che Gelida Manina Band 7 Verdi - Rigoletto: Act I: Caro Nome Side II Band 1 Verdi Il Trovatore: Act II: Anvil Chorus Band 2 Massenet Thais: Act II: Meditation Band 3 Verdi Rigoletto: Act IV: Quartet Band 4 Verdi Il Trovatore: Act IV: Miserere Band 5 Wagner Tannhauser: Act III: Evening Star Band 6 Bizet Carmen: Act I: Habanera Band 7 Puccini La Boheme: Act II: Musetta's Waltz Band 8 Gounod Faust: Act IV: Soldiers' Chorus Lots of great solo trumpet playing on several of these by Armando Ghitalla. Some is really quite stunning in my opinion, particularly that found in Largo al Factotum, Che Gelida Manina, and the Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor. What an exquisite sound and style.