1930 compl TROVATORE Pertile Granforte Minghini Cattaneo SABAJNO La Scala MILAN

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A series of great Violin, Piano and Orchestra records on rare labels, from 1902 Monarch to 1940 War Germany recordings.

Great first complete recoding of  Il Trovatore on 15 records

 Maria Carena, soprano ; Irene Minghini-Cattaneo, mezzo-soprano ; Aureliano Pertile, tenor ; Apollo Granforte, baritone ; Bruno Carmassi, bass ; supporting soloists ; Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan ; Gino Nastrucci, Carlo Sabajno, conductors.
Event notes: Recorded in the La Scala Opera House, Milan 24 October-26 November 1930.

Orig Issue HMV 15x12" 78 rpm record in generic 12 sleeve album and 3 loose records

Condition: EXCELLENT pristine, but record 1/30 has slight heat damage causes light rumble light swish

ALL OTHER RECORDS play very quiet lightest crackle

A GREAT COPY

References to the "Golden Age of Opera" must always be taken with several pounds of salt for there was nary a singer without some faults. But still I love listening to the old 78 rpm versions of complete operas because they all had a certain style which seems to be lacking in performances today by singers who sound as if they have their next engagement on their minds as they plod through roles they have done either too many times or not at all on the stage. Take the Romophone release of the 1930 La Scala recording of <Il Trovatore> (89003-2) with tenor Aureliano Pertile as Manrico and soprano Maria Carena as Leonora as an example of the older values. In doing background work for this review, I ran across the following comments by critic John Higgins in the excellent "Opera on Record" (Harper Colophon Books, 1979). He calls the conducting "plodding," and claims the Leonora starts as an "ingenue" and ends as a "fishwife." But he has the highest praise for Pertile who "molds and shapes his singing in a way many of his contemporary rivals disdained to do." High marks also for baritone Apollo Granforte as the Count. James Camner, writing for "Opera News" in December of 1998, has nothing but praise for the entire cast including the soprano who "emerges with full, dramatic tone." Much praise is also given to mezzo Irene Minghini-Cattaneo for one of the best Azucenas on recordings. Recalling what the state of recording art was back then and after making all possible allowances, I think I am going to play this version a lot more than the more modern ones with the wooden-acting Richard Tucker or Domingo or even the younger Pavarotti. I find I am doing that with the Romophone release of the La Scala "Aida" from the same period.

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issued first in 1901 Record No 485 on rare COLUMBIA CONDITIONS RECORD

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10" 78 rpm record

Condition:

VERY GOOD PLUS, plays w hissy swish, light fuzziness on top

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