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Giacomo Puccini
A Discography
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2012
Summary
Opera recordings have been with us since the creation of the first wax cylinders. Now at a time when the 25-year reign of the compact disc appears to be coming to an end is the moment to take stock of the history of recordings of arguably the most popular composer of operas, Giacomo Puccini. In Giacomo Puccini: A Discography, librarian and music historian Roger Flury looks at each opera chronologically from Le Villi to Turandot, followed by sections on Puccini's instrumental, chamber, orchestral, and solo vocal works. Details of each complete opera are listed by recording date, followed by excerpts in the order in which they occur in the opera. Recordings of each aria are listed alphabetically by the name of the artist. For ease of use, Flury establishes as the main criteria for inclusion those recordings assigned a commercial issue number and available for purchase.
This book does not limit itself to mainstream recordings but includes as well 'unofficial' recordings taken from broadcasts or illegally recorded in theaters, ensuring that the audio recording history of Puccini is free of gaps. (Video and DVD issues, whether of staged performances or excerpts in concert, are not included unless they have been issued in a sound-only format.) This volume brings together information on nearly 10,000 recordings of Puccini's music. It provides a comprehensive overview of the recorded history of the composer's works and serves as a useful guide for the transfer of recordings from one format to another.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8154-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8329-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
918
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CONTENTS No access
Abbreviations No access
Foreword No access
Introduction No access
Acknowledgments No access
Guide to the Discography No access
1 Le Villi No access Pages 1 - 8
2 Edgar No access Pages 9 - 14
3 Manon Lescaut No access Pages 15 - 90
4 La Bohème No access Pages 91 - 286
5 Tosca No access Pages 287 - 486
6 Madama Butterfly No access Pages 487 - 596
7 La Fanciulla del West No access Pages 597 - 634
8 La Rondine No access Pages 635 - 648
9 Il Trittico: Il Tabarro No access Pages 649 - 662
10 Il Trittico: Suor Angelica No access Pages 663 - 678
11 Il Trittico: Gianni Schicchi No access Pages 679 - 708
12 Turandot No access Pages 709 - 786
13 Solo Vocal and Choral Music No access Pages 787 - 800
14 Orchestral Music No access Pages 801 - 802
15 Chamber Music No access Pages 803 - 808
16 Instrumental Music No access Pages 809 - 810
17 Miscellaneous Pucciniana No access Pages 811 - 814
Bibliography No access Pages 815 - 818
Index No access Pages 819 - 916
About the Author No access Pages 917 - 918
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