A true Golden Age performance, LP remaster. Ingemisco 00:30 Confutatis maledictis 04:35 Dies Irae 09:07 Lacrymosa 10:30 Beniamino Gigli, Tancredi Pasero, Ebe Stignani, Maria Caniglia, Combined forces of RAI Rome & Turin, Rome Chamber Orchestra, Choruses from Florence and Verona. Victor de Sabata December 14, 1940, Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMBqpBavVLU

New York, November 26, 1966 From Corelli's private archive. This hard to find tape was made by request of Corelli for "self monitoring". The recording microphone was very close to Corelli, providing a rare "close-up" – probably not something for the average listener but a useful and interesting recording for students and fans. The other singers in this performance were Mirella Freni and Anita Välkki. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjhduiBg5Rg

London, April 30, 1965 w/ Donald Smith Amy Shuard studied with Eva Turner and was widely regarded as her successor. She had a beautiful voice that could rival Corelli's in size and ring (in-house recording of Turandot from Covent Garden from 1966) but was a somewhat unreliable performer. Here, she is superb - but in Naples she got booed so brutally that she quit after act II. Donald Smith was an excellent Calaf. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd8CSQVphKE

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