[78-L] Miserere/La Vergine Degli Angeli

[Francesco Martinelli]

Thank you very much for all the replies to my inquiries; I gather that this 
particolar coupling was used only for this edition in its many incarnations.
FM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spats" <spats47 at ntlworld.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Miserere/La Vergine Degli Angeli


> Hi!
>
> Just to add that this is a particularly common record.
> I have seen multiple copies both on Victor and HMV.
> The reason for this is simple.
>
> The Forza side is one of the finest operatic excerpts on record (and
> this particular Forza excerpt wasn't issued that often) whereas the
> Miserere threatens to be THE definitive recording of this often
> performed excerpt. People bought this in their thousands...and
> rightly so. I wouldn't be without it! ;-)
>
> Earl.
>
> At 8:43 am -0800 06/12/2008, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:
>>Hi All
>>The coupling of Martinelli/Ponselle & Pinza/Ponselle was the same in North
>>America.The Miserere had 2 takes issued.The second version can be 
>>identified
>>when Martinelli makes his entry.The level is very high,almost blasting.You
>>can hear the engineers cut the gain after a few seconds.
>>Tom Hood
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Francesco Martinelli" <francesco.martinelli at gmail.com>
>>To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 7:03 AM
>>Subject: [78-L] Miserere/La Vergine degli Angeli
>>
>>
>>>  Request of information from the learned members of the list:
>>>  I saw that this coupling of two arias from two different Verdi operas
>>>  (Trovatore/Forza) was used at least once, in a Ponselle/Martinelli (no
>>>  relation alas) 78 rpm record for Victor. I have an English copy of it, 
>>> I
>>>  saw
>>>  it was also printed for South America; I'd like to know when it was
>>>  available for sale in the USA, and if it the same coupling was used in
>>>  other
>>>  editions.
>>>  thanks for any help
>>>  Francesco Martinelli
>>>  Lungarno Mediceo 10
>>>  56127 PISA ITALY
>>  > http://xoomer.alice.it/upsma/index.htm
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