SR3-9000: CHERUBINI: Medea (Complete Recordings)
La Scala with chorus, Serafin; Callas

	Label Type :	maroon Mercury Stereo Living Presence High Fidelity
	Matrix Number :	SR-90013 SIDE-A	SR 90013A FR5    A1    I
		SR-90013 SIDE-B	SR 90013B FR2    A1    I
		SR-90014 SIDE-A	SR 90014A FR2    A2    I
		SR-90014 SIDE-B	SR 90014B FR7    A1    I
		SR-90015 SIDE-A	SR 90015B FR2    B1    I
		SR-90015 SIDE-B	SR 90015B FR2    D1    I

Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury OL3-104 (mono).

3LP box set with gorgeous booklet.

FR pressing: sound/press quality is nice, but not the Mercury's best.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

-

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

7 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin (cond).
Maria Meneghini Callas (as Medea, soprano), Renata Scotto (as Glauce, soprano),
Lidia Marimpietri (as First Maidservant, sporano), Elvira Galassi (as Second Maidservant, soprano),
Miriam Pirazzini (as Neris, mezzo-soprano), Mirto Picchi (as Jason, tenor),
Alfredo Giacommotti (as The Captain of the Guard, baritone), Giuseppe Modesti (as Creon, bass).
Recorded at Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy on September 3 & 14-19, 1957.

Wilma Cozart, recording director.
Harold Lawrence, musical supervisor.
Dr. Carlo E. Ricordi, representative of G. Ricordi at the sessions.
C.R. Fine, engineer, technical supervisor.
Tape to disc transfer by George Piros.

Jackets

Front	Back
	(N/A)

Labels

SR-90013 Side A	SR-90013 Side B
SR-90014 Side A	SR-90014 Side B
SR-90015 Side A	SR-90015 Side B

Booklet

Booklet Front Page	Booklet Back Page