Robert Merrill
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Verdi: Aida
RecommendedLeontyne Price (Aida), Jon Vickers (Radamès), Rita Gorr (Amneris), Robert Merrill (Amonasro), Plinio Clabassi (Il Re di Egitto), Giorgio Tozzi (Ramfis), Franco Ricciardi (Un Messaggero), Mietta Sighiele (Una Sacerdotessa)
Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Sir Georg Solti
Solti motivates his account of Verdi's score with thrilling dynamism, fully displaying the music's grandeur and depth as well as deriving considerable refinement from his Roman forces. His cast... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Opera Recording
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Puccini: La Bohème RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles, Jussi Björling, Fernando Corena, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi
The Columbus Boychoir & RCA Victor Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
A classic, with extra electricity derived from the hasty recording, with Beecham's living, vivid conducting and a superb cast, both stellar and supporting, even though the mono sound is less... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2008, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4 RecommendedFrom 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical
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Bizet: Carmen
RecommendedHerbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bernard Demigny (baritone), Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Mirella Freni (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Frank Schooten (bass vocal), Leontyne Price (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Monique Linval (soprano), Geneviève Macaux (mezzo-soprano), Vienna...
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Grammy Awards, 7th Awards (1964), Best Opera Recording
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Puccini: La Bohème Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Angeles, Robert Merrill, Lucine Amara & Giorgio Tozzi
RCA Victor Chorus and Orchestra (Thomas Martin) & The Columbus Boychoir (Herbert Huffman), Sir Thomas Beecham
One of the great classics of recording, expertly restored. Victoria de los Angeles and Jussi Björling are an incomparable pair, and Beecham's conducting is, as ever, inimitable. — More…
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Verdi: Rigoletto RecommendedRobert Merrill (Rigoletto), Roberta Peters (Gilda), Jussi Björling (Il Duca), Anna Maria Rota (Maddalena), Giorgio Tozzi (Sparafucile)
Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Jonel Perlea
[On the original release in 1956] under Perlea, the orchestral playing is firm and dramatic, well balanced with the voice. The music is well paced. Björling’s tone is a constant pleasure. He... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Falstaff
RecommendedGeraint Evans (Sir John Falstaff), Giulietta Simionato (Mistress Quickly), Ilva Ligabue (Alice Ford), Robert Merrill (Ford), Mirella Freni (Nannetta), Alfredo Kraus (Fenton), Rosalind Elias (Meg Page), John Lanigan (Dr Cajus), Piero de Palma (Bardolfo), Giovanni Foiani (Pistola)
RCA Italiana...
Geraint Evans has deservedly earned great praise for his splendid characterisation and singing of Falstaff ... in all this is a very good-humoured and well-rounded portrait of the part ... this... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
RecommendedErich Leinsdorf, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Ferruccio Mazzoli (bass vocal), Reri Grist (soprano), RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Ezio Flagello (bass vocal), Robert Merrill (baritone), Piero de Palma (tenor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Mario Basiola, Jr. (baritone), Fernando...
With Leontyne Price's regal Amelia, Carlo Bergonzi's fervent Riccardo, Robert Merrill's imposing Renato, and Reri Grist's button-cute Oscar, Erich Leinsdorf's 1966 Ballo with the RCA Italiana... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
RecommendedLeontyne Price (Amelia), Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo), Robert Merrill (Renato), Shirley Verrett (Ulrica), Reri Grist (Oscar), Mario Basiola Jnr (Silvano), Ezio Flagello (Samuele), Ferruccio Mazzoli (Tom)
RCA Italiana Opera Chorus & RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
With Leontyne Price's regal Amelia, Carlo Bergonzi's fervent Riccardo, Robert Merrill's imposing Renato, and Reri Grist's button-cute Oscar, Erich Leinsdorf's 1966 Ballo with the RCA Italiana... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
RecommendedJoan Sutherland (Lucia), Renato Cioni (Edgardo), Robert Merrill (Enrico), Cesare Siepi (Raimondo), Kenneth MacDonald (Arturo), Rinaldo Pelizzoni (Normanno), Ana Raquel Satra (Alisa)
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir John Pritchard
Sutherland enthusiasts will be thrilled, as indeed I am, by the sheer beauty and power of the singing, by the soprano's total command of the technical requirements the role calls for, and by... — More…
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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