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Giacomo Puccini, Mario del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Mario Borriello, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Manon Lescaut Highlights

Album UK 1965 on Decca label
Classical (Opera, Romantic)

Excerpts from the complete recording which was first issued in stereo in the US on London Records OSA 1317 in 1960. There was no complete stereo version in the Decca SXL or SET series. This is the first UK version for this cat# LABELS: - Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels - "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock - "Made in England" at bottom - "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1960" - "BIEM" in a box on both sides SLEEVE: - Front laminated - Straight two-way flipbacks - Bold "STEREO" on spine - "Printed in England by MacNeill Press, London, S.E.1" - Sleeve notes in English on back OTHER INFORMATION: - Recorded July 1954 in Rome - Labelography code: ED1 - No corresponding mono issue in the UK, but the complete opera was also issued in mono - These excerpts were only released in 1965, despite the 'earlier' cat# - Mario Borriello is spelled "Boriello" on sleeve and labels

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	Giacomo Puccini , 1858-1924 IT album by
	Mario del Monaco voc, 1915-1982 IT tenor vocals, album by
	Renata Tebaldi voc, 1922-2004 IT soprano vocals, album by
	Mario Borriello voc, 1914-2000 IT baritone vocals, album by
	Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia , IT orchestra, album by
	Francesco Molinari-Pradelli , 1911-1996 IT conductor, album by
	Antonio Sacchetti b, IT baritone vocals
	Dario Caselli voc, IT bass vocals
	Fernando Corena voc, 1916-1984 CH bass vocals
	Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia , IT chorus
	E , mastered by, side a
	G , mastered by, side b
	Piero De Palma voc, ts, 1925-2013 IT tenor vocals

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