Description: Shipping: All items will be packed safely in a sturdy package for safe shipping.We ship internationally and offer combined shipping for multiple purchases. Expedited, Priority Mail and FedEx shipping available Once payment is received, we ship your item on the next business day.INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Pls check the shipping tab. Ebay does not display cheapest shipping on top of the listing. Over 1000 Records available. If you plan to buy several records: Click the "ADD TO CART" button. Once you have selected all the records you want, go to Cart and check out. COMBINED SHIPPING will be applied automatically. If shipping seems high: In Cart click REQUEST TOTAL, and I will send you an invoice. A series of great OPERA, Oratorio, Lied and Art Song Records from early G&Ts to World War II recordings on 78 rpm Victrola RecordsClick this link for more great RICHARD WAGNER Records in my other listings! Click this link for more great Opera and Vocal Records in my other listings! How can one even try to put into words the phenomenon of Claudia Muzio. The greatest singer-actress of her time (think about Callas without the histrionics and a much better voice) in her last and only electric Columbia session Rome, 1935 in two recordings of unbelievable beauty: Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918)Mefistofele L’altra notte in fondo al mare Claudia Muzio, soprano Roma, 1935Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925) - "O DEL MIO AMATO BEN" Columbia, Milano LCX25 Roma, 1935Orig Issue UK Columbia 12" 78 rpm record Condition: Better than EXCELLENT PRISTINE, plays very quiet faintest hiss A SUPERB COPY First a note: A singer who tries this aria needs to have a good upper extension and a firm bottom to the voice. Farrar tried once (on a 1906 Berlin G&T and couldn't) Alda could do it beautifully. Now this slow song is full of dread in minor key and then come these extreme up and down scales that have to sound like unconscious outburst of emotion free of artifice. This is not a coloratura piece but just emotions set in music. What can I say Muzio is incomparable. At the end you are deeply disturbed about the state of mind of the protagonist. The best evidence is when you read from other singers of her time: there are always singers and then there is MUZIO on a godess-like pedestal. Singers and audience alike always went gaga over her passionate impersonations of the famous opera heroins. To present a quote from my favorite website - cantabile-subito.de where you will also find soundfiles: The tenor Giacomo Lauri-Volpi wrote of Muzio “singing with that unique voice of hers made of tears and sighs and restrained interior fire.” The best years around 1930 were probably her best precisely the years in which she did not record! Between 1924 and 1934 there is a ten-year gap. The missing period would seem to be the very one in which her interpretations had matured while her voice was still in prime condition. The early records may lack the intensity and creativeness of her later recordings and in the famous Columbias one is aware of some physical limitations (uneasy high notes flatness mannerisms in style and enunciation vowels!) but there is a pathos an inner committment and charm in her singing that is immensely moving and touching. Only a few sopranos equalled her in this aspect of emotional involvement. Unfortunately because of stage politics she never had a big career at the Met but excelled in Chicago and San Francisco. That in part prevented her from a major recording career. We are fortunately enough that someone put her performance of Act I Tosca at the 1932 opening of the new built SF opera house on disc. Other than that precious little has Muzio recorded: There are a smattering of early Pathes some great 1920 Edisons (on auction now) then nothing for a long time and then a year before her death about 20 sides recorded in Rome (in auction now).Unbelievable as it is Muzio did not record after 1920 and only a year before her death in 1934/35 did she record a few electric sides in Rome. More Great Records on sale right now: CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE MORE GREAT RECORDS CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE ALL ITEMS - VINTAGE BOOKS, VICTROLA and TURNTABLE ITEMS, CDs, Books and DVDs http://shop.ebay.com/carsten_sf/m.html ==== A Quick NOTE ON GRADING AND SHIPPING: As you can see from my feedback, I try hard to earn your POSITIVE FEEDBACK and FIVE STAR RATINGS. If for any reason your transaction was NOT SATISFACTORY, pls contact me and I will work something out with you. YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A REASON TO GIVE ME A NEGATIVE RATING or a LOW STAR RATING. Quick note on grading: The Grade (Excellent to Poor, I don't give Mint) refers to the WEAR of the record. Any other defects are stated separately When I listen to a record, I may also give it an aural grade (again E to P), and make a SUBJECTIVE judgment of the pressing quality for hiss and surface noise."EXCEPTIONALLY QUIET" is close to noiseless, like a vinyl pressing."VERY QUIET" is an above average quiet record for a given pressing."Quiet" is a record that is a great example with some noise. These judgments are SUBJECTIVE and will depend one the styli, phonograph etc. you use on your own equipment. Multiple item shipping: I am happy to combine items for shipment in one parcel. Records will be packed safely between corrugated cardboard in a sturdy box with plenty of padding for safe shipment. Shipment is usually Media Mail, unless you request another service. Shipping is at your risk, I will be happy to insure items at your cost. I charge actual postage plus a small handling fee for packing materials As always, I guarantee your satisfaction. If you don't like the item, just return it, and I will refund the full purchase price. If you are in the San Francisco area, I welcome pick-up in person. I am very happy to ship records worldwide. Please use the EBAY shipping cost as a guideline. As always, I would appreciate any suggestions and corrections from you, pls contact me with any question. Thank you very much, and enjoy these great records!!! Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution
Price: 29.99 USD
Location: San Francisco, California
End Time: 2024-12-15T20:12:14.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.49 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Claudia Muzio
Format: Record
Material: Shellac
Genre: Classical, Opera
Record Label: Columbia
Record Size: 12"
Style: A Capella, Aria, Ars Nova, Ballad, Barcarolle, Canon, Cantata, Canzona, Chorale, Duet, Eastern European Music, Elegy, Film Score/Soundtrack, France & Belgium, French Music & Chansons, German music, Germany & Austria, Italian Music, Lied, Lullaby, Madrigal, Mass, Motet, Musical/Original Cast, Oratorio, Requiem, Russian Music, Spanish Music, Traditional & Vocal, Vocal
Speed: 78 RPM
Release Title: Mefistofele L’altra notte/ Donaudy O DEL MIO AMATO BEN
Language: Italian
Catalog Number: LCX25, LCX-25, LCX 25
