| Disc One - Verdi Arias |
| 1 | UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Alzati! là tuo figlio ... Eri tu | 6.29 |
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| Metropolitan Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor |
| Rec: 9 January 1955 Victor LP LM 1911 |
| 2 | IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Il balen ... Qual suono!...Per me ora fatale | 7.26 |
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| RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini, conductor, with Nicolai Moscona and The Robert Shaw Chorale |
| Rec: 11 March 1952 Victor LP LM 6008 |
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| 3 | SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Verdi, Dinne, perche in ques’eremo ... Figlia! a tal nome palpito | 9.39 |
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| RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini, conductor, with Astrid Varnay |
| Rec: 4 February 1950 Victor LP WDM 1426 |
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| 4 | RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Pari siamo | 3.34 |
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| RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini, conductor |
| Rec: 25 May 1950 Victor LP LM 6101 |
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| 5 | RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Povero Rigoletto ... Cortigiani, vil razza dannata | 7.41 |
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| RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini, conductor, with The Robert Shaw Chorale |
| Rec: 25 May/6 April 1950 Victor LP LM 6101 |
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| 6 | LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Solenne in quest’ora | 3.56 |
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| RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini, conductor, with Jan Peerce |
| Rec: 7 April 1955 Victor LP LM 1916 |
| 7 | LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Morir! tremenda cosa ... urna fatale | 7.31 |
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| RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini, conductor, with Raymond Keast |
| Rec: 16 February 1950 Victor LP LM 1916 |
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| 8 | LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Invano, Alvaro ... Ah! una suora mi lasciasti | 8.53 |
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| RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini, conductor, with Jan Peerce |
| Rec: 7 April 1955 Victor LP LM 1916 |
| 9 | AIDA, Verdi, Ciel! mio padre ... Rivedrai le forester imbalsamate | 8.24 |
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| with Zinka Milanov. Rome Opera House Orchestra, Jonel Perlea, conductor |
| Rec: 4 July 1955 Victor LP LM 6122 |
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| 10 | OTELLO, Verdi, Credo in un Dio crudel | 4.45 |
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| Rome Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Bellezza, conductor |
| Rec: 4 July 1955 Victor LP LM 1932 |
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| 1 | OTELLO, Verdi, Era la notte | 3.36 |
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| RCA Victor Orchestra, Jonel Perlea, conductor |
| Rec: 3 March 1955 Victor LP LM 1932 |
| 2 | FALSTAFF, Verdi, È sogno? O realtà? | 4.22 |
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| Rome Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Bellezza, conductor |
| Rec: 4 July 1955 Victor LP LM 1932 |
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| Disc Two |
| Sea Shanties |
| 1 | Blow the Man Down | 2.18 |
| 2 | The Drummer and the Cook | 2.17 |
| 3 | Haul-A-Way, Joe | 2.55 |
| 4 | The Drunken Sailor | 2.38 |
| 5 | A-Rovin’ | 2.54 |
| 6 | Low Lands | 3.25 |
| 7 | Shenandoah | 3.43 |
| 8 | Rio Grande | 2.42 |
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| The Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra, Robert Shaw, conductor |
| Rec: 8 & 9 July 1947 Victor LP Catalogue Number: LM 1168 |
| Rolling Down to Rio - songs of Kipling, arrangements by Frank Black |
| 9 | On the Road to Mandalay, Speaks | 3.38 |
| 10 | Rolling Down to Rio, German | 2.16 |
| 11 | Gunga Din, Spross | 5.26 |
| 12 | Recessional, DeKoven | 4.39 |
| 13 | Danny Deever, Damrosch | 5.09 |
| 14 | Boots, McCall | 3.05 |
| 15 | Mother O’Mine, Tours | 2.39 |
| 16 | Smuggler’s Song, Kernochan | 3.03 |
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| RCA Victor Orchestra, Frank Black, conductor |
| Rec: 2 & 5 October 1951 Victor LP Catalogue Number LM 147 |
| Songs for Everyone |
| 10 | America the Beautiful, Ward | 3.14 |
| 11 | Love’s Old Sweet Song, Molloy | 3.29 |
| 12 | Mother Machree, Olcott | 2.23 |
| 13 | A Little Bit of Heaven, Ball | 3.27 |
| 14 | Home on the Range, Guion | 3.48 |
| 15 | Ol’ Man River (from Show Boat), Kern | 3.30 |
| 16 | Battle Hymn of the Republic, Steffe | 3.39 |
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| RCA Victor Orchestra, Frank Black, conductor |
| Rec: 26 & 28 September 1950 Original Victor LP Catalogue Number LM 94 |
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