Carlo Sabajno
Carlo Sabajno (1874 in Rosasco, Italy – 1938 in Milan) was an Italian conductor. From 1904 to 1932, he was the Gramophone Company's chief conductor and artistic director in Italy, responsible for some of the earliest full-length opera recordings, most of them with the orchestra of La Scala, Milan and prominent singers there. Particularly outstanding among these are his stately, authoritative late-1920s and early-1930s electrical recordings of Don Pasquale (with Tito Schipa in his only complete opera recording as Ernesto), Traviata (sadly limited by more than the usual cuts, but with silvery-voiced Alessandro Ziliani as Alfredo), Aida (with Irene Minghini-Cattaneo's Amneris and Aureliano Pertile's Radamès), Otello (with Apollo Granforte as a formidable Iago) and Bohème (a superb understated, but highly distinguished, collaboration with excellent, if lesser-known, singers).
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Top Tracks
- Don Pasquale, Act II: Quando Avrete Introdutto il Dottor Malatesta
- Don Pasquale, IGD 22, Act II: "Cercherò lontana terra" (Ernesto)
- Don Pasquale, Act II: Povero Ernesto!
- Don Pasquale, IGD 22, Act I: "Vado, corro al gran cimento" (Norina, Dottore)
- Don Pasquale, Act I Scene II: Mi Volete Fiera?
- Don Pasquale, Act I Scene II: Pronta Son
- Don Pasquale, Act I Scene II: E il Dottor Non Si Vede!
- Don Pasquale, IGD 22, Act I: "So anch'io la virtù magica" (Norina)
- Don Pasquale, Act I Scene II: Quel Guardo il Cavaliere
- Don Pasquale, Act I Scene I: Mi Fa il Destin Mendico
- Don Pasquale, Act I Scene I: Due Parole Ancor di Volo
- Don Pasquale, Act I Scene I: Sogno Soave e Casto
- Don Pasquale, Act I Scene I: Prender Moglie?
- Don Pasquale, IGD 22, Act I: "Son rinato. Or si parli al nipotino" (Don Pasquale, Ernesto)
- Don Pasquale, Act I Scene I: Un Focco Insolito
- Don Pasquale, Act I Scene I: Bella Siccome un Angelo
- Don Pasquale, Act I Scene I: Son Nov' Ore
- Don Pasquale: Sinfonia
- Otello, Act IV: "Niun mi tema"
- Otello, Act IV: "Aprite! Aprite!"
Albums (42)
- The Beniamino Gigli Collection, Vol. 5: True Belcanto in Opera and Songs (Recordings 1927-1949) [2014 Digital Remaster] (2014)
- Puccini: Le Villi (1910-1952) (2014)
- Il mito dell'opera: Pagliacci (Recordings 1907) (2014)
- Gounod, C.-F.: Faust (2013)
- Giuseppe Verdi: Otello (2013)
- Beniamino Gigli, Vol. 5 (Recordings 1925-1939) (2013)
- Beniamino Gigli, Vol. 1 (1918-1923) (2013)
- Beniamo Gigli, Vol 2 (2013)
- Favourite Operas: Rigoletto (2012)
- Singer Portrait - Fernando de Lucia, Vol.1 (2012)
- Verdi: Don Carlo (Christoff, Filippeschi, Gobbi) (1954) (2006)
- Otello (2006)
- Tosca (2006)
- Bellini: Norma (Callas, Filippeschi) (1953) (2005)
- Gigli, Beniamino: Gigli Edition, Vol. 8: Milan, London and Berlin Recordings (1933-1935) (2005)
- Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (Callas, Di Stefano, Gobbi) (1953) (2005)
- Giuseppe Verdi: Grandes Operas. Otello (Volumen II) (1970)
- Gaetano Donizzeti: Grandes Operas. Don Pasquale (Volumen II) (1970)
- Gaetano Donizett: Grandes Operas. Don Pasquale (Volumen I) (1970)
- Gigli, Beniamino: Gigli Edition, Vol. 7: London, New York and Milan Recordings (1931-1932) (2004)
- Gigli, Beniamino: Gigli Edition, Vol. 2: Milan, Camden and New York Recordings (1919-1922) (2003)
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Gigli, Dal Monte) (1939) (2002)
- Rigoletto (2000)
- Operatic Arias and Songs (2000)
- Lebendige Vergangenheit (2000)
- La Boheme (2000)
- Il Trovatore (2000)
- Great Voices of the Century: Titta Ruffo (2000)
- Giovanni Zenatello: Tenor (2000)
- Elena Ruszkowska (2000)
- Don Pasquale (2000)
- Aida (2000)
- Great Voices Of The Century (2000)
- Tito Schipa in Opera and Song (1999)
- Vocal Recital: Gigli, Beniamino - Verdi, G. / Massenet, J. / Puccini, G. / Bizet, G. (Complete Collection of Opera Highlights, Vol. 3) (1930-1941) (1999)
- Opera Arias (Tenor): Battistini, Mattia - Mozart, W.A. / Wagner, R. / Tchaikovsky, P.I. (Complete Opera Highlights Collection, Vol. 1) (1902-1906) (1998)
- PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY (1997)
- PUCCINI: LA BOHÈME (1997)
- MASCAGNI: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (1997)
- LEONCAVALLO: PAGLIACCI (1997)
- VERDI: OTELLO (1997)
- Antonio Cortis (Recorded 1925 - 1930) (1993)
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