Singer: Verdi
Title: Aida Highlights
Label: Decca ‎– SXL 2242, Decca ‎– SXL.2242
Type: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: UK
Date of released: Nov 1960
Category: Classical, Stage & Screen
Style: Romantic, Opera
Size MP3 zip: 1844 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1383 mb
Rating: 4.3✭
Format: MP3 FLAC MMF MP1 MP3 MP4 TTA AC3 FLAC

Tracklist

Act I
A1	Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi ... Celeste Aida
A2	Su! Del Nilo ... Ritorna Vincitor
Act II
A3	Gloria All 'Egitto (Triumphal Scene)
Act III
A4	Oh Patria Mia
B1	Ciel! Mio Padre! ... Rivedrai Le Foreste Imbalsamate
Act IV
B2	Già I Sacerdoti Adunansi ... Ah! Tu Dei Vivere!
B3	La Fatale Pietra Sovra Me Si Chiuse ...

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Sofiensaal
• Mastered At – Decca Studios
• Printed By – St. James Press
• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Amonasro] – Cornell MacNeil
• Bass Vocals [King Of Egypt] – Fernando Corena
• Bass Vocals [Ramphis, High Priest] – Arnold Van Mill
• Chorus – Singverein Der Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde*
• Composed By – Verdi*
• Conductor – Herbert Von Karajan
• Engineer [Uncredited] – James Brown
• Libretto By – Ghislanzoni*
• Mastered By [Side A] – L
• Mastered By [Side B] – E
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Amneris] – Giulietta Simionato
• Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*
• Producer [Uncredited] – John Culshaw
• Soprano Vocals [Aida] – Renata Tebaldi
• Tenor Vocals [Messenger] – Piero De Palma
• Tenor Vocals [Radamès] – Carlo Bergonzi

Notes

This is the first UK version for this Category

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock
- "Made in England" at bottom
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1960"
- "B.I.E.M." in a box on both sides
- Tax code "E/T"
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Front laminated
- 'Half-moon' flipbacks (aka scalloped)
- Boxed Decca logos on front and back
- Large "STEREO" on front
- Thin spine with no text on it
- "© The Decca Record Co. Ltd., London, 1960"
- "Printed in England. St. James Press, London, S.E.1."
- "Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited"
- Unsigned sleeve notes in English on back

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 2242 on sleeve
- SXL.2242 on labels

VERSIONS WITH THE SAME Category:
- ED1 label (this version)
- ED2 label
- ED4 label

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Highlights from the complete recording on SXL 2167/9
- Recorded 2 - 15 September 1959 in the Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has Category LXT 5597

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - machine stamped - this variant): ZAL-4795-3L IC BC ET 1 [IC crossed out]
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - machine stamped - this variant): ZAL-4796-1E I ET 1
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side A): ZAL.4795
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side B): ZAL.4796
• Rights Society: B.I.E.M.
• Other (Tax code on labels): E/T

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SXL 2242	Verdi*	Aida (Highlights) ‎(LP, RE)	Decca	SXL 2242	UK	1963
NUX 390013	Giuseppe Verdi	Aïda Hoogtepunten (Highlights) ‎(LP)	Decca	NUX 390013	Netherlands	1968
SXL 20 510-B	Verdi*, Renata Tebaldi, Giulietta Simionato, Carlo Bergonzi, Fernando Corena, Cornell McNeill*, Arnold van Mill, Karajan*, Wiener Philharmoniker	Verdi*, Renata Tebaldi, Giulietta Simionato, Carlo Bergonzi, Fernando Corena, Cornell McNeill*, Arnold van Mill, Karajan*, Wiener Philharmoniker - Aida Highlights ‎(LP)	Decca	SXL 20 510-B	Germany	1960
417 763-2	Verdi*, Tebaldi*, Bergonzi*, Simionato*, MacNeil*, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karajan*	Verdi*, Tebaldi*, Bergonzi*, Simionato*, MacNeil*, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karajan* - Aida Highlights ‎(CD)	London Records	417 763-2	US	1988
OS 25206	Verdi*	Aida Highlights ‎(LP, Blu)	London Records	OS 25206	US	Unknown

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