tracks 2-4, 2-5, 2-10, 2-14 baritone vocals [alfio] Gino Bechi
tracks 1-7 to 1-9, 1-12, 1-17, 1-18 baritone vocals [silvio] Leone Paci
tracks 1-1, 1-3, 1-6, 1-8, 1-9, 1-12, 1-14 to 1-16 baritone vocals [tonio / taddeo] Mario Basiola
tracks 1-2 to 1-4, 1-12, 1-17, 1-18, 2-2, 2-4 to 2-6, 2-12 to 2-14 chorus Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
tracks 1-20 to 2-14 composed by Pietro Mascagni
tracks 1-1 to 1-18 composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
tracks 1-1 to 1-18 conductor Franco Ghione
tracks 1-20 to 2-14 conductor Pietro Mascagni
tracks 2-3, 2-5 to 2-7, 2-14 contralto vocals [lucia] Giulietta Simionato
liner notes Mark Ricaldone
liner notes Roland Vernon
tracks 2-8, 2-9, 2-12 to 2-14 mezzo-soprano vocals [lola] Maria Marcucci
tracks 1-1 to 1-18, 1-20 to 2-14 orchestra Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala
photography by Benedikt & Salmon
photography by Hulton Picture Company
research [series consultant] Norman White
tracks 1-3, 1-5 to 1-9, 1-12 to 1-18 soprano vocals [nedda / colombina] Iva Pacetti
tracks 2-3, 2-5 to 2-10 soprano vocals [santuzza] Lina Bruna Rasa
tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-9, 1-10, 1-16 to 1-18 tenor vocals [canio / pagliaccio] Beniamino Gigli
tracks 1-3, 1-9, 1-12 to 1-15 tenor vocals [peppe / arlecchino] Giuseppe Nessi
tracks 1-21, 2-8, 2-9, 2-12 to 2-14 tenor vocals [turiddu] Beniamino Gigli
tracks 1-1 to 1-18 translated by [french translation] Antoine Vierne
Manufactured By Nimbus Manufacturing
Mastered At Nimbus Manufacturing
Phonographic Copyright (p) Nimbus Records Limited
Copyright (c) Nimbus Records Limited
Beniamino Gigli · Milan 1934 & 1940

Pagliacci [Tracks 1-1 to 1-18] Recorded in Milan, July 1934. First issued on November 1st 1934 on record numbers DB 2299-2307.

Cavalleria Rusticana [Tracks 1-20 to 2-14] Recorded in the Milan Conservatory from April 14th to 20th, 1940. First issued on June 1st 1940 on record numbers DB 3960-3970

Original records from the Norman White Collection

DISC 1 TOTAL PLAYING TIME 79.14
DISC 2 TOTAL PLAYING TIME 77.32

Digital Ambisonic Recording from original 78rpm discs. Transferred in England by Nimbus Records Limited.
Mastered and manufactured in the UK and USA by Nimbus Manufacturing.
℗ 1993 Nimbus Records Limited.
© 1993 Nimbus Records Limited.

Comes in cardboard outer box holding double jewel case and 148 page booklet containing libretti (with English, French and German translations) and other information.

Barcode: 0 83603 78432 4
Label Code: LC 5871
Other: NI 7843 [Disc 1]
Other: NI 7844 [Disc 2]
SPARS Code: ADD