Catalogue numbers for LP format unless specified as CD
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)
reissued as:
1940 Walhall WHL 25 (2 CDs)
Rec. live in New York (21 December)
Metropolitan Opera Orch,. Gennaro Papi (cond.)
Salvatore Baccaloni (DP), Frank Valentino (M),
Bidu Sayao (N), Nino Martini (E)
includes highlights of 1946 version (next)
1946 Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 789 (2 CDs)
Rec. live in New York (5 January)
Metropolitan Opera Orch., Fritz Busch (cond.)
Salvatore Baccaloni (DP), John Brownlee (M),
Bidu Sayao (N), Nino Martini (E)
includes Baccaloni opera arias
1951 Urania URLP 5228-2
Orch. Teatro alla Scala, Armando La Rosa Parodi (cond.)
Fernando Corena (DP), Afro Poli (M),
Dora Gatta (N), Agostino Lazzari (E)
reissued as:
1952 Westminster WAL 206
Staatsoper Wien, Angelo Quadri (cond.)
Melchiorre Luise (DP), Scipio Colombo (M),
Lina Aimaro (N), Juan Oncina (E)
reissued as:
1952 Royal ROY 1205
Orch. Opera di Roma, Luigi Ricci (cond.)
Luciano Neroni (DP), Gino Conti (M),
Angelica Tuccati (N), Cesare Valletti (E)
1952 CETRA LPC 1242
Orch. RAI Turin, Mario Rossi (cond.)
Sesto Bruscantini (DP), Mario Borriello (M),
Alda Noni (N), Cesare Valletti (E)
reissued as:
1954 Plymouth 45
Orch. Opera di Roma, Luigi Ricci (cond.)
Andrea Mongelli (DP), Walter Monachesi (M),
J. Guido (N), Antonio Pirino (E)
1955 Philips A 00323/24
Orch. Teatro San Carlo Naples, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (cond.)
Renato Capecchi (DP), Giuseppe Valdengo (M),
Bruna Rizzoli (N), Petre Munteanu (E)
reissued as:
1956 CETRA LO23
Orch. Metropolitan Theatre New York, Thomas Schippers (cond.)
Fernando Corena (DP), Frank Guarrera (M),
Roberta Peters (N), Cesare Valletti (E)
1963 Movimento Musica 02.019
Edinburgh Festival Orch., Alberto Erede (cond.)
Fernando Corena (DP), Renato Capecchi (M),
Gianna D'Angelo (N), Alfredo Kraus (E)
reissued as:
1964 DG SLPM 138 971/2
Orch. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Ettore Gracis (cond.)
Alfredo Mariotti (DP), Mario Basiola (M),
Anna Maccianti (N), Ugo Benelli (E)
1965 DECCA MET/SET 280/1
Staatsoper Wien, István Kertész (cond.)
Fernando Corena (DP), Tom Krause (M),
Graziella Sciutti (N), Juan Oncina (E)
reissued as:
1967 GFC GOP 038/39
Orch. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bruno Rigacci (cond.)
Fernando Corena (DP), Walter Alberti (M),
Renata Scotto (N), Luigi Alva (E)
reissued as:
1969 FABBRI GOL 59/62
Orch. Opera Stabile del Viotti, Nino Verchi (cond.)
Giuseppe Valdengo (DP), Orazio Mori (M),
Romana Righetti (N), Eduardo Gimenez (E)
1971 Eterna Berlin Classics BC 2031-2
Staatskapelle Dresden, Siegfried Kurz (cond.)
Reiner Suss (DP), Gunther Leib (M),
Anneliese Rothenberger (N), Peter Schreier (E)
sung in German, highlights
1971 Melodram CDM 27094 (2 CDs)
Rec. live at Salzburg Festival (8 Nov. 1971)
Wiener Philarmoniker, Riccardo Muti (cond.)
Fernando Corena (DP), Rolando Panerai (M),
Emilia Ravaglia (N), Piero Bottazzo (E)
1972 Foyer 2 CF 2067 (2 CDs)
Rec. live in Salzburg (13 August)
Wiener Philarmoniker, Riccardo Muti 8cond.)
Fernando Corena (DP), Rolando Panerai (M),
Graziella Sciutti (N), Pietro Bottazzo (E)
1973 GAO 202/3 (2 CDs)
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Piero Bellugi (cond.)
Paolo Montarsolo (DP), Rolando Panerai (M),
Margherita Guglielmi (N), Alfredo Kraus (E)
1974 Arkadia MP 490 (2 CDs)
Rec. live at the Lyric Opera Chicago (2 Nov. 1974)
Chicago Lyric Opera Orch., Bruno Bartoletti (cond.)
Ganzarolli (DP), Sardinero (M),
Ileana Contrubas (N), Alfredo Kraus (E)
1978 EMI 3C 165 03372/73
London Symphony Orch., Sarah Caldwell (cond.)
Donald Gramm (DP), Alan Titus (M),
Beverly Sills (N), Alfredo Kraus (E)
1979 Eurodisc 300 382-435
Munich Radio Symphony Orch., Heinz Wallberg (cond.)
Evgenij Nesterenko (DP), Bernd Weikl (M),
Lucia Popp (N), Francisco Araiza (E)
reissued as:
1981 Hungaroton SLPD 12416/18
Hungarian State Orch., Ivan Fischer (cond.)
József Gregor (DP), István Gáti(M),
Magda Kalmár (N), János Bándi (E)
1983 EMI 1C 15714-3463
Philarmonia Orch., Riccardo Muti (cond.)
Sesto Bruscantini (DP), Leo Nucci (M),
Mirella Freni (N), Gösta Winbergh (E)
reissued as:
1988 Nuova Era 6715/16 (2 CDs)
Orch. Teatro Regio Turin, Bruno Campanella (cond.)
Enzo Dara (DP), Alessandro Corbelli (M),
Luciana Serra (N), Aldo Bertolo (E)
Highlights on:
1990 Erato 2292-4587-2-ZA (2 CDs)
Lyon Opera Orch., Gabriele Ferro (cond.)
Gabriel Bacquier (DP), Gino Quilico (M),
Barbara Hendricks (N), Luca Canonici (E)
1994 RCA 09026-61924-2 (2 CDs)
Munich Radio Symphony Orch., Roberto Abbado (cond.)
Renato Bruson (DP), Thomas Allen (M),
Eva Mei (N), Frank Lopardo (E)
1997 Arte Nova 74321 49698 2 (2 CDs)
Putbus Festival Orch,. Wilhelm Keitel (cond.)
Ezio Maria Tisi (DP), Gianpiero Ruggeri (M),
Paola Antonucci (N), Patrizio Saudelli (E)
contributed by Giovanni Christen and Guillem-Jordi Graells