World’s Greatest Operas Madama Butterfly Eleanor Steber Armand Tokatyan
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World’s Greatest Operas Madama Butterfly
Three discs in E+ condition, cover V. Program notes included.
WORLD’S GREATEST OPERAS on 78 rpm Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. This is part of a series of 12” albums were released under the sponsorship of the Publishers Service Company, an arm of the New York Post newspaper as a Music Appreciation project promoted nationwide. These albums were recorded on a very low budget but using performers from major orchestras and conductors who either were or would become renown and were willing to record for very little payment and with no label credit. Excellent performances and recordings overall.
This album contains a recording of selections from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and was recorded on May 30, 31 and June 26, 1940 at Town Hall, New York and released on 3 discs. The 45-47 piece orchestra was conducted by Wilfred Pelletier and featuring Eleanor Steber, Lucielle Browning, Armand Tokatyan and George Cehanovsky. The discs are in E+ condition and the album cover is in V+ condition, slightly worn with some rusting at the rivets. Program notes are included. (Recording information by Michael R. Gray: World’s Greatest Music and World’s Greatest Opera Records-A Discography, ARSC Journal 1975)
KEY TO GRADING ABBREVIATIONS (I aim to be conservative) (Grading is done visually):N = Mint; E = Excellent; V = Very Good; G = Good; F = Fair;: means a little less; + means a little more; rmflk = rim flake; nap = not affecting play; cresc crk = crescent shaped crack; ULC = under-label crack; labscr = scratches on label, wol = writing on label, sol = sticker on label.
2015-3
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