	Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1935) - Norma - Melodramma (Tragedia Lirica) In Two Acts
1-1	Sinfonia	5:56
	Act 1, Scene 1
1-2	Indoduzione: Andandte Grave ... Ite Sul Colle, O Druidi	5:23
1-3	Dell'Aura Tua Profetica (Oroveso, Chorus)	4:38
1-4	Svanir Le Voci! (Pollione, Flavio)	2:41
1-5	Meco All'Altar Di Venere (Pollione)	2:35
1-6	Odi? I Suoi Riti A Compiere (Flavio, Chorus, Pollione)	1:36
1-7	Me Protegge, Me Difende (Pollione)	1:30
1-8	Allegro Assai (Orchestra) ... Norma Viene (Chorus)	4:22
1-9	Sediziose Voci (Norma, Oroveso, Chorus)	4:22
1-10	Casta Diva (Norma)	7:18
1-11	Fine Al Rito, E Il Sacro Bosco	1:37
1-12	Ah! Bello A Me Ritorna (Norma, Oroveso, Chorus)	3:28
	Act 1, Scene 1 - Continued
2-1	Andante (Orchestra) ... Sgombra È La Sacra Selva	4:10
2-2	Deh! Proteggimi, O Dio! (Adalgisa)	1:52
2-3	Eccola - Va, Mi Lascia	1:29
2-4	Va, Crudele	5:23
2-5	Vieni In Roma (Pollione, Adalgisa)	3:20
	Scene 2
2-6	Allegro Agitato (Orchestra) ... Vanne, E Ii Cela Entrambi (Norma, Clotilde)	4:45
2-7	Adalgisa! ... Alma, Costanza	3:21
2-8	Oh, Rimembranza!	5:23
2-9	Ah Sì, Fa'Core, Abbracciami (Norma, Adalgisa)	3:08
2-10	Ma Di: L'Amato Giovane	3:02
2-11	Oh, Di Qual Sei Tu Vittima	4:13
2-12	Perfido! ... Or Basti! (Norma, Adalgisa, Pollione)	1:22
2-13	Vanne, Sì, Mi Lascia, Indegno (Norma, Pollione, Adalgisa, Chorus)	2:36
	Act 2, Scene 1
3-1	Introduzione: Allegro Assai Moderato	3:44
3-2	Dormono Entrambi! (Norma)	4:44
3-3	Olà! Clotilde! (Norma, Clotilde)	0:49
3-4	Mi Chiami, O Norma?	2:34
3-5	Deh! Con Te, Con Te Li Prendi	4:15
3-6	Miro, O Norma	3:58
3-7	Cedi, Deh Cedi!	1:06
3-8	Sì, Fino All'Ore Estreme ( Adalgisa, Norma)	2:09
	Scene 2
3-9	Allegro Maestroso (Orchestra) ... Non Parti? (Chorus)	5:33
3-10	Guerrieri! A Voi Venirne	1:51
3-11	Ah! Del Tebro Al Giogo Indegno (Oroveso, Chorus)	3:03
	Scene 3
3-12	Andante Maestroso (Orchestra) ... Ei Tornera! Si! (Norma, Clotilde)	4:12
3-13	Squilla Il Bronzo Del Dio!	1:48
3-14	Guerra! Guerra! (Oroveso, Chorus, Norma)	2:14
3-15	Né Compi Il Rito, O Norma? (Oroveso, Norma, Clotilde, Chorus, Pollione)	4:12
3-16	In Mia Man Alfin Tu Sei	4:02
3-17	Ah, Crudele! In Sen Del Padre (Norma, Pollione)	4:11
3-18	Dammi Quel Ferro!	3:26

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Alto Vocals – Ebe Stignani (tracks: 28-1 to 29-21), Ebe Ticozzi (tracks: 13-1 to 13-20), Mafalda Masini (tracks: 47-1 to 49-16), Maria Amadini (tracks: 8-1 to 9-14)
Artwork By – Music Alliance Membran GmbH
Baritone Vocals – Arturo La Porta (tracks: 43-1 to 44-20), Carlo Forti (tracks: 41-1 to 42-17), Carlo Tagliabue (tracks: 34-1 to 36-7), Enzo Mascherini (tracks: 37-1 to 38-17, 47-1 to 49-16), Enzo Sordello (tracks: 28-1 to 29-21), Ettore Bastianini (tracks: 43-1 to 44-20), Ezio Giordano (tracks: 32-1 to 33-30), Gino Bechi (tracks: 39-1 to 40-17), Giulio Mauri (tracks: 20-1 to 21-12, 45-1 to 46-23), Giuseppe Modesti (tracks: 8-1 to 9-14), Manuel Spatafora (tracks: 14-1 to 15-16), Mariano Stabile (tracks: 26-1 to 27-16), Mario Borriello (tracks: 16-1 to 17-19, 20-1 to 21-12), Mario Carlin (tracks: 24-1 to 25-22), Rolando Panerai (tracks: 4-1 to 5-21, 12-1 to 15-16, 45-1 to 46-23, 50-1 to 52-9), Tito Gobbi (tracks: 10-1 to 12-24, 18-1 to 19-20, 24-1 to 25-22, 30-1 to 33-30, 41-1 to 42-17)
Bass Vocals – Antonio Zerbini (tracks: 43-1 to 44-20), Atilio Barbesi* (tracks: 37-1 to 38-17), Boris Christoff (tracks: 47-1 to 49-16, 50-1 to 52-9), Bruno Carmassi (tracks: 47-1 to 49-16), Carlo Badioli (tracks: 14-1 to 15-16), Carlo Forti (tracks: 4-1 to 5-21, 14-1 to 15-16), Dario Caselli (tracks: 18-1 to 19-20, 37-1 to 38-17), Daro Caselli* (tracks: 34-1 to 36-7), Dimitri Lopatto (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Enrico Campi (tracks: 8-1 to 9-14, 16-1 to 17-19), Eraldo Coda (tracks: 14-1 to 15-16), Franco Calabrese (tracks: 18-1 to 19-20, 26-1 to 27-16), Fritz Ollendorff (tracks: 24-1 to 25-22), Giuseppe Modesti (tracks: 6-1 to 7-18, 30-1 to 31-18, 50-1 to 52-9), Iginio Riccò (tracks: 39-1 to 40-17), Italo Tajo (tracks: 37-1 to 38-17), Ivo Vinco (tracks: 37-1 to 38-17), Lido Pettini (tracks: 47-1 to 49-16), Luciano Neroni (tracks: 39-1 to 40-17), Marco Stefanoni (tracks: 22-1 to 23-14), Mario Frosini (tracks: 47-1 to 52-9), Mario Tommasini (2) (tracks: 37-1 to 38-17), Melchiorre Luise (tracks: 18-1 to 19-20), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (tracks: 1-1 to 5-21, 26-1 to 29-12, 34-1 to 36-7), Nicola Zaccaria (tracks: 14-1 to 15-16, 20-1 to 21-12, 24-1 to 25-22, 28-1 to 33-30, 41-1 to 42-17, 45-1 to 46-23), Pierluigi Latinucci* (tracks: 6-1 to 7-18), Plinio Clabassi (tracks: 16-1 to 17-19, 34-1 to 36-7, 41-1 to 42-17), Raffaele Arié (tracks: 10-1 to 11-27), Renato Capecchi (tracks: 34-1 to 36-7), Silvio Maionica (tracks: 32-1 to 33-30, 43-1 to 44-20), Vittorio Tatozzi (tracks: 28-1 to 29-21, 41-1 to 42-17)
Bass Vocals [Bass-baritone] – William Dickie (tracks: 41-1 to 42-17)
Choir – Coro Della RAI* (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9)
Chorus – Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino* (tracks: 10-1 to 11-27, 47-1 to 49-16), Coro Del Teatro Comunale Di Firenze* (tracks: 22-1 to 23-14), Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano* (tracks: 1-1 to 9-14, 12-1 to 21-12, 26-1 to 38-17, 41-1 to 46-23), Coro Del Teatro San Carlo Di Napoli* (tracks: 39-1 to 40-17), Philharmonia Chorus (tracks: 24-1 to 25-22)
Composed By – Gaetano Donizetti (tracks: 10-1 to 11-27), Gaspare Spontini (tracks: 28-1 to 29-21), Giacomo Puccini (tracks: 14-1 to 21-12), Gioacchino Rossini (tracks: 22-1 to 27-16), Giuseppe Verdi (tracks: 30-1 to 49-16), Luigi Cherubini (tracks: 8-1 to 9-14), Pietro Mascagni (tracks: 13-1 to 13-20), Richard Wagner (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Ruggero Leoncavallo* (tracks: 12-1 to 12-24), Vincenzo Bellini (tracks: 1-1 to 7-18)
Conductor – Alceo Galliera (tracks: 24-1 to 25-22), Antonino Votto (tracks: 14-1 to 15-16, 28-1 to 29-21, 32-1 to 33-30), Carlo Maria Giulini (tracks: 43-1 to 44-20), Erich Kleiber (tracks: 47-1 to 49-16), Gianandrea Gavazzeni (tracks: 26-1 to 27-16), Herbert von Karajan (tracks: 16-1 to 17-19, 45-1 to 46-23), Leonard Bernstein (tracks: 6-1 to 9-14), Tullio Serafin (tracks: 1-1 to 5-21, 10-1 to 13-20, 20-1 to 23-14, 30-1 to 31-18, 34-1 to 36-7, 41-1 to 42-17), Victor De Sabata (tracks: 18-1 to 19-20, 37-1 to 38-17), Vittorio Gui (tracks: 39-1 to 40-17, 50-1 to 52-9)
Libretto By – Antonio Ghislanzoni (tracks: 30-1 to 31-18), Antonio Somma (tracks: 32-1 to 33-30), Camille Du Locle (tracks: 30-1 to 31-18), Carlo Pepoli (tracks: 4-1 to 5-21), Cesare Sterbini (tracks: 24-1 to 25-22), Charles Duveyrier (tracks: 47-1 to 49-16), Eugène Scribe (tracks: 47-1 to 49-16), Felici Romani* (tracks: 1-1 to 3-21, 6-1 to 7-18), Felice Romani (tracks: 26-1 to 27-16), Francesco Maria Piave (tracks: 34-1 to 38-17, 41-1 to 44-20), François-Benoît Hoffmann* (tracks: 8-1 to 9-14), Giovanni Schmidt (tracks: 22-1 to 23-14), Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (tracks: 13-1 to 13-20), Giuseppe Adami (tracks: 20-1 to 21-12), Giuseppe Giacosa (tracks: 14-1 to 19-20), Guido Menasci (tracks: 13-1 to 13-20), Leone Emanuele Bardare (tracks: 45-1 to 46-23), Luigi Illica (tracks: 14-1 to 19-20), Renato Simoni (tracks: 20-1 to 21-12), Ruggero Leoncavallo* (tracks: 12-1 to 12-24), Salvatore Cammarano (tracks: 10-1 to 11-27, 45-1 to 46-23), Tenistocle Solera* (tracks: 39-1 to 40-17), Victor-Joseph Étienne De Jouy (tracks: 28-1 to 29-21)
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Adriana Lazzarini (tracks: 41-1 to 42-17), Amalia Pini (tracks: 39-1 to 40-17), Angela Vercelli (tracks: 37-1 to 38-17), Anna Maria Canali (tracks: 10-1 to 11-27, 13-1 to 13-20), Ebe Stignani (tracks: 1-1 to 3-21), Elena Nicolai (tracks: 34-1 to 36-7), Fedora Barbieri (tracks: 30-1 to 33-30, 45-1 to 46-23), Gabriella Carturan (tracks: 6-1 to 7-18, 24-1 to 25-22), Giuseppina Gerbino* (tracks: 41-1 to 42-17), Jolanda Gardino (tracks: 26-1 to 27-16), Lucia Danieli (tracks: 16-1 to 17-19), Luisa Mandelli (tracks: 41-1 to 42-17), Rina Cavallari (tracks: 1-1 to 3-21, 34-1 to 36-7), Silvana Zanolli (tracks: 43-1 to 44-20)
Orchestra – Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano* (tracks: 1-1 to 9-14, 12-1 to 21-12, 26-1 to 38-17, 41-1 to 46-23), Orchestra Del Teatro San Carlo Di Napoli* (tracks: 39-1 to 40-17), Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino* (tracks: 10-1 to 11-27, 47-1 to 49-16), Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Firenze* (tracks: 22-1 to 23-14), Orchestra Sinfonica Della RAI* (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Philharmonia Orchestra (tracks: 24-1 to 25-22)
Other [Versione Ritmica Italiana] – Giovanni Pozza (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9)
Soprano Vocals – Angela Vercelli (tracks: 8-1 to 9-14), Anna Moffo (tracks: 14-1 to 15-16), Aurora Cattelani (tracks: 4-1 to 5-21), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (tracks: 20-1 to 21-12), Elvira Galassi (tracks: 30-1 to 31-18, 41-1 to 42-17), Eugenia Ratti (tracks: 6-1 to 7-18. 32-1 to 33-30), Fedora Barbieri (tracks: 8-1 to 9-14), Luisa Mandelli (tracks: 43-1 to 44-20), Luisa Villa (tracks: 16-1 to 17-19, 45-1 to 46-23), Maria Callas, Maria Luisa Nache (tracks: 8-1 to 9-14), Silvana Tenti (tracks: 39-1 to 40-17)
Soprano Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Alvaro Cordova (tracks: 18-1 to 19-20)
Tenor Vocals – Africo Baldelli (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Aldo Bertocci (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Aldo de Paoli (tracks: 47-1 to 49-16), Alessandro Ziliani (tracks: 22-1 to 23-14), Angelo Mercuriali (tracks: 4-1 to 5-21, 18-1 to 19-20), Brenno Ristori (tracks: 47-1 to 49-16), Cesare Valletti (tracks: 6-1 to 7-18), Eugenio Fernandi (tracks: 20-1 to 21-12), Francesco Albanese (tracks: 22-1 to 23-14), Franco Corelli (tracks: 28-1 to 29-21), Franco Ricciardi (tracks: 14-1 to 15-16, 30-1 to 31-18, 43-1 to 44-20), Gianni Raimondi (tracks: 22-1 to 23-14), Gino Del Signore (tracks: 34-1 to 36-7), Gino Penno (tracks: 8-1 to 9-14, 37-1 to 38-17), Gino Sarri (tracks: 10-1 to 11-27, 47-1 to 49-16), Gino Sinimberghi (tracks: 39-1 to 40-17), Giorgio Bardi Kokolios (tracks: 47-1 to 49-16), Giuseppe Nessi (tracks: 6-1 to 7-18, 20-1 to 21-12), Giuseppe Zampieri (tracks: 43-1 to 44-20), Giuseppe di Stefano (tracks: 4-1 to 5-21, 10-1 to 15-16, 18-1 to 19-20, 32-1 to 33-30, 41-1 to 46-23), Luciano della Pergola (tracks: 37-1 to 38-17), Luciando della Pergola* (tracks: 39-1 to 40-17), Luigi Alva (tracks: 24-1 to 25-22), Mario Carlin (tracks: 16-1 to 17-19), Mario Filippeschi (tracks: 1-1 to 3-21, 22-1 to 23-14), Nicola Monti (tracks: 12-1 to 12-24), Nicolai Gedda (tracks: 16-1 to 17-19, 26-1 to 27-16), Paolo Caroli (tracks: 1-1 to 3-21), Piero De Palma (tracks: 20-1 to 21-12, 26-1 to 27-16), Renato Ercolani (tracks: 16-1 to 17-19, 20-1 to 21-12, 32-1 to 33-30, 41-1 to 42-17, 45-1 to 46-23), Richard Tucker (2) (tracks: 30-1 to 31-18, 34-1 to 36-7), Valliano Natali* (tracks: 10-1 to 11-27)
Vocals [Esquires] – Aldo Bertocci (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Franco Baldaccini (2) (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Miti Truccato Pace (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Silvana Tenti (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9)
Vocals [Flower Maidens] – Anna Maria Canali (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Liliana Rossi (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Lina Pagliughi (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Miti Truccato Pace (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Renato Broile* (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9), Silvana Tenti (tracks: 50-1 to 52-9)

Notes

Contains 4 boxes (CD cover size) in a 11" x 11" cardboard box and a 28-page 11" x 11" booklet.

Tracks 1-1 to 3-21 (Bellini - Norma) recorded April 1954 at the Metropol Film Theatre in Milan (complete recording). Libretto after the frenche tragedy "Norma" by Alexandre Saumet.
Tracks 4-1 to 5-21 (Bellini - I Puritani) recorded 1953 (complete recording). Libretto based on the play "Têtes rondes et cavaliers" (1833) by J. Anelot and J-X. Bonifac.
Tracks 6-1 to 7-18 (Bellini - La Sonnambula) recorded live on March 5th, 1955 at the La Scala, Milan (complete recording). Libretto after the novel "La sonnambula ou l'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur" by Eugène Scribe.
Tracks 8-1 to 9-14 (Cherubin - Medea) recorded 1953 (complete recording).
Tracks 10-1 to 11-27 (Donizetti - Lucia Di Lammermoor) recorded early 1953 in Florence (complete recording). Libretto after Walter Scott.
Tracks 12-1 to 12-24 (Leoncavallo - I Pagliacci) recorded 1954 (complete recording).
Tracks 13-1 to 13-20 (Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana) recorded Summer 1953 (complete recording).
Tracks 14-1 to 15-16 (Puccini - La Bohème) recorded 1956 (complete recording). Libretto based on Henry Murger's "Scènes de la vie de bohème".
Tracks 16-1 to 17-19 (Puccini - Madama Butterfly) recorded 1955 (complete recording).
Tracks 18-1 to 19-20 (Puccini - Tosca) recorded in 1953 (complete recording).
Tracks 20-1 to 21-12 (Puccini - Turandot) recorded 1957 (complete recording). Libretto after Carlo Gozzi.
Tracks 22-1 to 23-14 (Rossini - Armida) recorded 1952 (complete recording - the duet Armida/Rinaldo is missing from the last act).
Tracks 24-1 to 25-22 (Rossini - Il Barbiere Di Siviglia) recorded 1957 in London (complete recording). Libretto based on Pierre-Augustine de Beaumarchais' "Le Barbier de Séville!".
Tracks 26-1 to 27-16 (Rossini - Il Turco In Italia) recorded 1954 (complete recording).
Tracks 28-1 to 29-21 (Spontini - La Vestale) recorded 1954 (complete recording).
Tracks 30-1 to 31-18 (Verdi - Aida) recorded 1955 (complete recording). Libretto based on "La fiancée du Nil" by Auguste Mariette.
Tracks 32-1 to 33-30 (Verdi - Un Ballo In Maschera) recorded 1956 (complete recording). Libretto after "Gustave Ill ou Le bal Masqué" by Eugène Scribe.
Tracks 34-1 to 36-7 (Verdi - La Forza Del Destino) recorded 1954 (complete recording).
Tracks 37-1 to 38-17 (Verdi - Macbeth) recorded live 1952 (complete recording).
Tracks 39-1 to 40-17 (Verdi - Nabucco) recorded live 1949 (complete recording).
Tracks 41-1 to 42-17 (Verdi - Rigoletto) recorded 1955. Libretto after Victor Hugo.
Tracks 43-1 to 44-20 (Verdi - La Traviata) recorded live 1955 (complete recording).
Tracks 45-1 to 46-23 (Verdi - Il Trovatore) recorded 1956 (complete recording). Libretto after Antonio Garcia Gutiérrez' "El trovador".
Tracks 47-1 to 49-16 (Verdi - I Vespri Siciliani) recorded 1951 (complete recording).
Tracks 50-1 to 52-9 (Wagner - Parsifal) recorded 1950 (complete recording in italian).

Tracks 1-1 to 23-14 and 26-1 to 52-6 recorded in mono.
Tracks 24-1 to 25-22 recorded in stereo.

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Barcode: 4 011222 329028
Label Code: LC 12281
Rights Society: mcps
SPARS CODE: ADD
Other: PC 325

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