Discography

Catalogue numbers for LP format unless specified as CD

1912 Pathé
[the original 1857 french version, with additional dances]
with orch., Maurice Ruhlmann (cond.)
Jean Noté (Conte di Luna), Jeanne Morlet (Leonora), Kett Lapeyrette (Azucena), Charles Fontaine (Manrico)
reedited as:

1930 Columbia QCX 10143/4
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Lorenzo Molajoli (cond.)
Enrico Molinari (C), Bianca Scacciati (L), Giuseppina Zinetti (A), Francesco Merli (M), Corrado Zambelli (Ferrando)
reedited as:

1930 HMV QALP 10104/06
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Carlo Sabajno (cond.)
Apollo Granforte (C), Maria Carena (L), Irene Minghini Cattaneo (A), Aureliano Pertile (M), Bruno Carmassi (F)
reedited as:

1939 Legato Classics LCD 173-2 (2 CDs)
Royal Opera Orch., Vittorio Gui (cond.)
Maurizio Basiola (C), Gina Cigna (L), Gertrud Wettergren(A), Jussi Björling (M), Corrado Zambelli (F)

1941 CETRA LO 71
Orch. Metropolitan Theatre New York, Ferruccio Calusio (cond.)
Francesco Valentino (C), Norina Greco (L), Bruna Castagna (A), Jussi Björling (M), Nicola Moscona (F)
reedited as:

1950 Melodram CDN 26017 (2 CDs)
Rec. live in Mexico City (May 20 1950)
Palacio de las Bellas Artes Orch., Guido Picco (cond.)
Leonard Warren (C), Maria Callas (L), Giulietta Simionato (A), Kurt Baum (M)

1951 CETRA 1226
RAI Orch. Roma, Fernando Previtali (cond.)
Carlo Tagliabue (C), Caterina Mancini (L), Miriam Pirazzini (A), Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (M), Alfredo Colella (F)
reedited as:

1951 CETRA LO 29
Orch. Teatro S. Carlo Napoli, Tullio Serafin (cond.)
Paolo Silveri (C), Maria Callas (L), Cloe Elmo (A), Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (M), Italo Tajo (F)
reedited as:

1952 RCA Victor B12R 0023/24
RCA Orch., Renato Cellini (cond.)
Leonard Warren (C), Zinka Milanov (L), Fedora Barbieri (A), Jussi Björling (M), Nicola Moscona (F)
reedited as:

1952 Capitol PBR 8180
Orch. Opera di Roma, Luigi Ricci (cond.)
Antonio Manca Serra (C), Stella Roman (L), S. Sawyer (A), Gino Sarri (M)

1953 CETRA LO 35
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Antonino Votto (cond.)
Carlo Tagliabue (C), Maria Callas (L), Ebe Stignani (A), Gino Penno (M), Giuseppe Modesti (F)
reedited as:

1956 DECCA SXL 2129, LXT 5260-2
Orch. Grand Théâtre Génève, Alberto Erede (cond.)
Ugo Savarese (C), Renata Tebaldi (L), Giulietta Simionato (A), Mario Del Monaco (M), Giorgio Tozzi (F)
reedited as:

1956 Columbia QCX 10268, QCXS 10267
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Herbert von Karajan (cond.)
Rolando Panerai (C), Maria Callas (L), Fedora Barbieri (A), Giuseppe Di Stefano (M), Nicola Zaccaria (F)
reedited as:

1957 Replica RPL 2413/16
RAI Orch. Roma, Fernando Previtali (cond.)
Ettore Bastianini (C), Leyla Gencer (L), Fedora Barbieri (A), Mario Del Monaco (M), Plinio Clabassi(F)
reedited as:

1957 Bongiovanni GAO 101/2 (2 CDs)
Rec. live, Milan (Dec. 7 1957)
Orch. Teatro S. Carlo Naples, Franco Capuana (cond.)
Ugo Protti (C), Antonietta Stella (L), Fedora Barbieri (A), Mario Filippeschi (M), Plinio Clabassi(F)

1959 RCA LM/LSC 6150
Orch. Opera di Roma, Arturo Basile (cond.)
Leonard Warren (C), Leontyne Price (L), Rosalind Elias (A), Richard Tucker (M), Giorgio Tozzi (F)
reedited as:

1961 Datum DAT 12313 (2 CDs)
Rec. live in Berlin (Oct. 1 1961)
Orch. Opera di Roma, Oliviero de Fabritiis (cond.)
Ettore Bastianini (C), Mirella Parutto (L), Fedora Barbieri (A), Franco Corelli (M), Agostino Ferrin (F)

1962 DG LPM/SPLM 18835/7
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Tullio Serafin (cond.)
Ettore Bastianini (C), Antonietta Stella (L), Fiorenza Cossotto (A), Carlo Bergonzi (M), Ivo Vinco (F)
reedited as:

1962 Arkadia ARK 7
Wiener Philarmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (cond.)
Ettore Bastianini (C), Leontyne Price (L), Giulietta Simionato (A), Franco Corelli (M), Nicola Zaccaria (F)
reedited as:

1962 Melodram MEL 27068 (2 CDs)
Rec. live (July 12 1962)
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
Ettore Bastianini (C), Antonietta Stella (L), Fiorenza Cossotto (A), Franco Corelli (M), Ivo Vinco (F)
also on:

1963 Eklipse EKR P-9 (2 CDs)
(?), Oliviero de Fabritiis (cond.)
Leontyne Price (L), Fiorenza Cossotto (A), Carlo Bergonzi (M), Ivo Vinco (F)

1964 EMI Angel AN/SAN 151/3
Orch. Opera di Roma, Thomas Schippers (cond.)
Robert Merrill (C), Gabriella Tucci (L), Giulietta Simionato (A), Franco Corelli (M), Ferruccio Mazzoli (F)
reedited as:

1964 Memories HR 4390/91 (2 CDs)
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
Piero Cappuccilli (C), Gabriella Tucci (L), Giulietta Simionato (A), Carlo Bergonzi (M)

1964 Myto MCD 917.51 (2 CDs)
Orch. Metropolitan Theatre New York, Fausto Cleva (cond.)
Mario Sereni (C), Leontyne Price (L), Irene Dalis (A), Franco Corelli (M)

1965 Electrecord ECE 971/09 2/1-3
National Opera Bucarest, Egizio Massini (cond.)
Octav Enigarescu (C), Elena Dima-Toroiman (L), Zenaide Palli (A), Cornel Stavru (M), Constantin Dimitrescu (F)

1965 Melodram MEL 27008 (2 CDs)
Rec. live in Moscow
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
Piero Cappuccilli (C), Gabriella Tucci (L), Giulietta Simionato (A), Carlo Bergonzi (M)
also on:

1968 Melodram MEL 27035 (2 CDs)
Orch. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Thomas Schippers (cond.)
Mario Zanasi (C), Montserrat Caballé (L), Franca Mattiucci (A), Richard Tucker (M), Ivo Vinco (F)
reedited as:

1968 Melodram MEL 27047 (2 CDs)
New Orleans Orch., K. Andersson (cond.)
Enzo Sordello (C), Montserrat Caballé (L), Placido Domingo (M)

1969 RCA LMDS 6194
New Philarmonia Orch., Zubin Mehta (cond.)
Sherrill Milnes (C), Leontyne Price (L), Fiorenza Cossotto (A), Placido Domingo (M), Bonaldo Giaiotti (F)
reedited as:

1971 Supraphon 112 0501-3
Prague Philarmonic Orch., Ino Savini (cond.)
Franco Pagliazzi (C), Linda Vajna (L), Maria Grazia Allegri (A), Gaetano Bardini (M), Eftimios Michalopoulos(F)
reedited as:

1972 DreamLife LSZS 00178 (LaserDisc NTSC)
Video rec. live in Orange (France), July 23 1972
Orch. National O.R.T.F., R. Giovaninetti (cond.)
Peter Glossop (C), Montserrat Caballé (L), Irina Arkhipova (A), Ludovic Spiess (M)

1975 Eurodisc 28169 XFR
Staatsoper Berlin, Bruno Bartoletti (cond.)
Giorgio Zancanaro (C), Raina Kabaivanska (L), Viorica Cortez (A), Franco Bonisolli (M), Giancarlo Luccardi (F)
reedited as:

1975 DECCA D82 D3
National Philarmonic Orch., Richard Bonynge (cond.)
Ingvar Wixell (C), Joan Sutherland (L), Marilyn Horne (A), Luciano Pavarotti (M), Nicolai Ghiaurov (F)
reedited as:

1977 EMI 165 02981/3
Berliner Philarmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (cond.)
Piero Cappuccilli (C), Leontyne Price (L), Elena Obraztsova (A), Franco Bonisolli (M), Ruggero Raimondi (F)
reedited as:

1980 Philips 6769 063
Covent Garden Orch. London, Colin Davis (cond.)
Jurij Mazurok (C), Katia Ricciarelli (L), Stefania Toczyska (A), José Carreras (M), Robert Lloyd(F)
reedited as:

1983 DG 413 355-1/2 (2 CDs)
Orch. Accademia S. Cecilia Roma, Carlo Maria Giulini (cond.)
Giorgio Zancanaro (C), Rosalind Plowright (L), Brigitte Fassbaender (A), Placido Domingo (M), Evgenij Nesterenko (F)
reedited as:

1983 Topaz Classic 0131 (VHS)
Elizabethan Sydney Orch., Richard Bonynge (cond.)
J. Summers (C), Joan Sutherland (L), Lauris Elms (A), Kenneth Collins (M), D. Shanks (F)

1988 DG 072 413-1 (LaserDisc)
Orch. Metropolitan Theatre New York, James Levine (cond.)
Sherril Milnes (C), Eva Marton (L), Dolora Zajick (A), Luciano Pavarotti (M), Jeffrey Wells (F)

1991 Sony Classical S2K 48070 (2 CDs)
Metropolitan Opera Orch. New York, James Levine (cond.)
Vladimir Chernov (C), Aprile Millo (L), Dolora Zajick (A), Placido Domingo (M), James Morris (F)

1995 ASV 225 (2 CDs)
European Chamber Orch., Duncan Hinnels (cond.)
with Gerard Quinn (C), Susan Bisalt (L)
1995 Decca 430 694-2 (2 CDs)
Recording: June 1990
Orch. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Metha (cond.)
Leo Nucci (C), Antonella Banaudi (L), Shirley Verret (A), Luciano Pavarotti (M), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (F)

Other recordings

RCA VL 42799
Compilation of "Victor" historical recordings.
Performers: Giovanni Martinelli, Rosa Ponselle, Giuseppe De Luca, Ezio Pinza, Riccardo Stracciari

Giovanni Martinelli - Pearl GEMM 9350 (CD)
12 selections from Trovatore and 3 sel. from Aida
Recording years: 1915-1939
Performers: Giovanni Martinelli, Rosa Ponselle, Louise Homer, Giuseppe De Luca, Ezio Pinza, Riccardo Stracciari

"Di quella pira" - Bongiovanni GB 1501-2 (CD)
34 historic recordings of Manrico's cabaletta.
Tenors: Caruso, Zenatello, Lazaro, Escalaïs, Pertile, Martinelli, Lauri-Volpi, De Muro, Slezak, Björling and many others.

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