1932 Compl Don PASQUALE Schipa Sabaino 78 rpm

$

108

A series of great orchestral recordings:

The first COMPLETE recording of Donizetti's Don Pasquale, and the only complete opera recorded by famous Italian Baritone TITO SCHIPA.

This recording is considered by experts of opera recordings as one of the finest opera recordings ever made.

1932 HMV SQSO 53/55 and QUALP 10121
The only complete opera recording featuring Tito Schipa
Orch. Teatro alla Scala, Carlo Sabajno (cond.)
Ernesto Badini (Don Pasquale), Afro Poli (Malatesta), Adelaide Saraceni (Norina), Tito Schipa (Ernesto)

15x 12" Victor 78 rpm records with 2 original original albums  and notes.

 

Condition:

EXCELLENT, direct quiet pressing of original HMV matrices. records have light spots of rubbing. Album I has sound sleeves, but spine is missing and covers are loose.Album II has split sleeves, binding is loose, spine is somewhat rough.

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From a review:

Badini's sparkling comic style leads this celebrated recording, featuring the most imaginative Ernesto (Schipa) on records, and a Norina (Saraceni) who gives fingernails on blackboards a run for their money; (...) (this recording would) outclass all the rest; Mono.

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I noticed that my grading seems to be more conservative than what I have seen from other sellers, so here some notes.

Surface VISUAL GRADING:

EXCELLENT - clean and shiny, as new. E minus is the same, with light scuffing.

Very Good Plus - Clean, with a little more scuffing. Some grooves spots may have some light greying. Little if any distortion.

Very Good - a clean copy, some scuffing, some greying on a single groove or a few small groove bands. Enjoyable record, maybe light distortion on some top notes.

=> Everything up to here is a great and enjoyable record

Very Good Minus - May have areas of visible wear, may have some scuffing or dulled surface. Still a great record, but ticks, pops and some distortion.

Good Plus - a worn and scuffed copy. May have other defects separately stated. Plays well, but with noise, may require filtering.

All other defects (if any: Chips, cracks, scratches, lamination cracks, label damage, needle digs) will be stated SEPARATELY.

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