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His known recordings

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Complete Operas:

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Adriana Lecouvreur, F. Cilea

Performing: Magda Olivero, Giulietta Simionato; Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini
Orchestra and chorus of Teatro S. Carlo, Naples
Conductor: Mario Rossi
Recorded 1959 live; sound quality: ****
Label: Hardy Trading srl, Milan Italy
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Aida, G. Verdi

Performing: Leontyne Price; Giulietta Simionato, Dimiter Usunov, Ettore Bastianini, Walter Kreppel
Wiener Philarmoniker and Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Conductor: Lovro Von Matacic
Recorded live June 3rd, 1963
Label and sound quality: Unknown
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Aida, G. Verdi

Performing: Maria Curtis Verna, Oralia Dominguez, Umberto Borso', Ettore Bastianini, Norman Scott
Orchestra and chorus of La Fenice, Venice
Conductor: Francesco Capuana
Recorded live in 1954
Label and sound quality: Unknown
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Andrea Chenier, U. Giordano

Performing: Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker, Ettore Bastianini
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro S.Carlo, Naples
Conductor: Oliviero De Fabritiis
Recorded live in 1958
Label and sound quality: Unknown
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Andrea Chenier, U. Giordano

Performing: Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini, Renato Ercolani
Wiener Philarmaniker and Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Conductor: Lovro Von Matacic
Recorded live: 1960
Label: Warner Fonit (Italy); Sound quality:***

Andrea Chenier, U. Giordano


Performing: Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini, 
Orchestra and Chorus of Accademia Nazionale di S.Cecilia, Rome
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Recorded 1957, sound quality *****
Label: Decca Records ltd
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Ballo in maschera (Un), G. Verdi

Performing: Antonietta Stella, Ebe Stignani, Giuseppe di Stefano, Eugenia Ratti
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Recorded live in 1956; Sound quality: **
Label: Unknown

Ballo in maschera (Un), G. Verdi

Performing: Antonietta Stella, Adriana Lazzarini, Giuliana Tavolaccini, Gianni Poggi, Ettore Bastianini
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Sound quality: *****
Label: Deutsche Grammophon G.

Ballo in maschera (Un), G. Verdi

Performing: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, Giulietta Simionato, Eugenia Ratti, Giuseppe Morresi, Antonio Gassinelli, Marco Stefanoni
Orchestra e coro del teatro alla scala di Milano
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Label: Sakkaris records, Greece
Sound quality: ***

 
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Ballo in maschera (Un), G. Verdi

Performing: Anita Cerquetti, Ebe Stignani, Maria Manni Jottini, Gianni Poggi, Ettore Bastianini
Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Emidio Tieri
Recorded live in 1957
Label and sound quality: Unknown

Battaglia di Legnano (La), G. Verdi

Performing: Antonietta Stella, Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini, Marco Stefanoni
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatroa alla Scala, Milan
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Recorded live in 1961
Label: Myto Sound quality: ***

Barbiere di Siviglia (il), G. Rossini

Performing: Giulietta Simionato, Alvinio Misciano, Ettore Bastianini, Fernando Corena, Cesare Siepi
Coro e orchestra del Maggio musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Alberto Erede
Label: Decca Records, London

Boheme (La), G. Puccini

Performing: Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Cesare Siepi, Ettore Bastianini, Fernando Corena
Orchestra and chorus of Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia, Rome
Conductor : Tullio Serafin
Studio recorded in 1958 Sound quality: *****
Label: Decca records, London
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Boheme (La), G. Puccini

Performing: Victoria de Los Angeles, Marilyn Horne, Sandor Konia, Giorgio Tozzi
San Francisco War memorial opera house orchestra
Conductor: Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Recorded live in 1962
Label: Unknown; Sound quality:**

Cavalleria rusticana, P. Mascagni

Performing: Renata Tebaldi, Jussi Bjorling, Rina Corsi, Ettore Bastianini, Lucia Dani
Orchestra e coro del Maggio musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Alberto Erede
Recorded on September 1957
Label: Decca records 
Sound quality: *****
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Dama di Picche (La), P. Tchaikovsky (in Italian)

Performing: Sena Jurinac, Gianna Pederzini, Ettore Bastianini, David Poleri, Mario Petri
Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Arthur Rodzinsky
recorded live in 1952
Label: Melodram; Sound quality: **

Dannazione di Faust (La), H. Berlioz

Performing: Ettore Bastianini, Giulietta Simionato, Ruggero Bondino, Plinio Clabassi
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro S. Carlo, Neaples, Italy
Conductor: Peter Maag
Recorded live on Dec12th 1964
Label: G.O.P, Crema, Italy
Sound quality: ***

Don Carlo, G. Verdi

Performing:Jerome Hines, Richard Tucker, Ettore Bastianini, Nicola  Moscona, Eleaor Steber, Blanche Thebom
Metropolitan Opera House of New York City Orchestra and choir
Conductor: Kurt Adler
Recorded Live on March, 5th 1955 
Label: Myto records
Sound quality: ***
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Don Carlo, G. Verdi

Performing: Anita Cerquetti, Fedora Barbieri, Angelo Lo Forese, Cesare Siepi, Giulio Neri
Orchestra and chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Antonino Votto
Recorded live in 1956
Label and sound quality: Unknown
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Don Carlo, G. Verdi

Performing: Sena Jurinac, Giulietta Simionato, Eugenio Fernandi, Cesare Siepi, Marco Stefanoni
Wiener Philarmoniker and chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Conductor : Herbert Von Karajan
Recorded at Salzburg festival on July, 1958
Label and sound quality: Unknown
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Don Carlo, G. Verdi

Performing: Sena Jurinac, Regina Resnik, Eugenio Fernandi, Boris Christoff, Raffaele Arie'
Wiener Philarmoniker  orchestra and chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Conductor: Nello Santi
Recorded live in Salzburg on August 1960
Label: Melodram(?), sound quality:**
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Don Carlo, G. Verdi

Performing: Antonietta Stella, Fiorenza Cossotto, Flaviano Labo', Boris Christoff, Ivo Vinco
Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala , Milan
Conductor: Gabriele Santini
Recorded in 1961, Sound quality:*****
Label: Deutsche Grammophon G.

Ernani, G. Verdi

Performing: Anita Cerquetti, Mario Del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini, Boris Christoff, Luciana Boni, Athos Cesarini
Orchestra e coro del Maggio musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos
Recorded live on June, 25th 1957 
Label: Myto records 

Favorita (La), G. Donizetti

Performing:Ettore Bastianini, Giulietta Simionato, Gianni Poggi, Jerome Hines, Piero de Palma,
Bice Magnani.
Orchestra e coro del Maggio musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Alberto Erede
Recorded 1955; Sound quality:*****
Label Decca records ltd, London

Fledermaus (Die),  J.Strauss

Singing as "guest" with Giulietta Simionato "Anything you can do" from "Annie get your gun"
by Irvin Berlin.
Sound quality:*****
Label Decca Records ltd, London, England

Forza del destino (La), G.Verdi

Performing:Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini
Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di S. Cecilia, Roma
Conductor: Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Recorded: July 1955; Sound Quality:*****
Label: Decca records ltd, London
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Forza del destino (La), G. Verdi

Performing: Renata Tebaldi, Oralia Dominguez; Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini, Boris Christoff, Renato Capecchi
Orchestra and chorus of Teatro S. Carlo, Neaples
Conductor: Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Recorded live on March 1958
Label: Unknown; Sound quality: Unknown
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Forza del destino (La), G. Verdi

Performing: Antonietta Stella, Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ettore Bstianini, Walter Kreppel, Karl Doench
Wiener philarmoniker and chor der Wiener staatsoper
Conductor : Dmitri Mitropoulos
Recorded live on September 1960
Label: melodram; Sound quality:**
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Forza del destino (La), G. Verdi

Performing: Gabriella Tucci, Joann Grillo, Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini, Giorgio Tozzi, Elfego Esparza
Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra and chorus
Conductor: Nello Santi
Recorded live on February 1965; Sound quality:**; Label: GOP, Italy 
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Forza del destino (La), G. Verdi

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Gioconda (La), A. Ponchielli

Performing: Anita Cerquetti, Franca Sacchi; Cesare Siepi, Giulietta Simionato, Mario del  Monaco
Ettore Bastianini
Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Firenze
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Recorded on July 1957
Label: Decca recors ltd; Sound quality:*****
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Guerra e pace, S. Prokofiev (in Italian)

Performing: Rosanna Carteri, Cesy Broggini, Vittoria Calma, Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini, Fedora Barbieri, Mirto Picchi, Italo Tajo, Renato Capecchi
Orchestra and chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Arthur Rodzinsky
Recorded in Florence in 1953
Label: Unknown; Sound quality:**
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Lucia Di Lammermoor, G Donizetti

Performing: Renata Scotto, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, Ivo Vinco
Orchestra and chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Conductor: Nino Sanzogno
Studio recording (1959)
Label: Ricordi; Sound quality: ****

Mazepa, P.I. Tchaikovski (in Italian)

Performing: Magda Olivero, Boris Christoff, Maryana Radev, Ettore Bastianini, David Poleri
Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Conducting: Jonel Perlea
Recorded live on June 6th, 1954 in Florence
Label: Melodram; Sound quality:**

Nabucco, G. Verdi

Performing: Ettore Bastianini, Mirella Parutto, Luigi Ottolini, Ivo Vinco, Annamaria Rota, Renato Spagli
Orchestra e coro del Maggio musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Recorded live on August 26th, 1961 
Label: G.O.P.; Sound quality:***
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Nabucco, G. Verdi

Performing: Margherita Roberti, Miriam Pirazzini, Gastone Limarilli, Paolo Washington
Orchestra and chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Recorded in 1959
Label: Unknown; Sound quality: **
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Pagliacci, R. Leoncavallo

Performing: Marylin Horne, Mario Del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini
San Francisco War Memorial House Orchestra
Conductor: Oliviero De Fabritiis
Recorded live in 1962
Label: Unknown Sound quality: **
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Pagliacci, R. Leoncavallo

Performing: Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini, Tito Gobbi, Mafalda Micheluzzi
Orchestra: Unknown
Conductor: Unknown
Label: Unknown; Sound quality: Unknown

Poliuto, G. Donizetti

Performig: Maria Callas,Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini, Nicola Zaccaria
Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Conductor: Antonino Votto
Recorded live in 1960
Label: EMI records 724356544826

Rigoletto, G. Verdi

Performing: Renata Scotto, Ettore Bastianini, Alfredo Kraus, Ivo Vinco, Fiorenza Cossotto
Orchestra e coro del Maggio musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Recorded in studio in 1960
Label: BMG Ricordi ( DIschi Ricordi); Sound quality:*****

Tabarro (Il), G. Puccini

Performing: Ettore Bastianini, Nora De Rosa, Salvatore Puma, Luigi Alva
Hamburg Radio Orchestra
Conductor: Mario Cordone
Recorded on 1954
Label: Myto records, Standing room only; Sound quality:****

Thais, Massenet J.

Performing: Carmen Forti, Ettore Bastianini, Antonio Massaria, Glauco Scarlini
Orchestra e coro del Teatro G. Verdi
Conductor: Luigi Toffolo
Recorded live on February 10th, 1954 in Trieste, Italy
Label: GOP; Sound quality:***

Traviata (La), G.Verdi

Performing: Renata Scotto, Gianni Raimondi; Ettore Bastianini, Armanda Bonato
Coro e orchestra del Teatro alla scala, Milano
Conductor: Antonino Votto
Recorded 1962
Label: Deutsche Grammophon G. ; Sound quality:*****

Traviata (La), G. Verdi

Performing: Maria Callas, Gianni Raimondi, Ettore Bastianini, Silvana Zanoli, Luisa Mandelli
Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla scala , Milano
Conductor : Carlo Maria Giulini
Recorded: January, 19th 1956 
Label: Myto records; Sound quality:***

Traviata (La), G Verdi

Performing: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini,
Orchestra and chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Recorded May 28th, 1955
Label: EMI; Sound quality:***
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Traviata (La), G. Verdi

Performing: Anna Moffo, Giuseppe Zampieri, Gundula Janowitz
Staatsoper orchestra and chor, Wien
Conductor: Berislav Klobucar
Recorded live in 1964
Label: Melodram; Sound quality: Unknown

Trovatore (Il), G. Verdi

Performing: Ettore Bastianini, Antonietta Stella, Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi; Ivo Vinco
Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Recorded: 1962
Label: Deutsche Grammophon G. ; Sound quality:*****

Trovatore (Il), G. Verdi

Performing: Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Giulietta Simionato, Ettore Bastianini
Wiener Philarmoniker orchestra and chorus
Conductor : Herbert Von Karajan
Recorded: July, 31st 1962 
Label: Deutsche Grammophon G.; Sound quality:****

Trovatore (Il), G. Verdi -VHS videotape

Performing: Leyla Gencer, Fedora Barbieri, Mario Del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini, Plinio Clabassi
Sung  on play-back.
Orchestra and chorus of RAI Italian Radio Television
Conductor: Fernando Previtali
Recorded on May 1957
Label: Hardy trading, Milan; Sound Quality:***; Video quality:***
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Trovatore (Il), G. Verdi

Performing: Antonietta Stella, Giulietta Simionato, Ettore Bastianini, Carlo Bergonzi
Orchestra and chorus of Metropolitan Opera House, N.Y.
Conductor: Fausto Cleva
Recorded on February 27th, 1960
Label: Unknown; Sound quality: Unknown
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Trovatore (Il), G. Verdi

Performing: Mirella Parutto, Fedora Barbieri, Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini, Agostino Ferrin
Orchestra and chorus of Detsche Oper, Berlin
Conductor: Oliviero De Fabritiis
Recorded live on October 1st, 1961
Label: Unknown; Sound quality: Unknown
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Trovatore (Il), G. Verdi

Performing: Antonietta Stella, Fiorenza Cossotto, Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini, Ivo Vinco
Orchestra and  chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Recorded live in 1962
Label: Datum; Sound quality: ***
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Trovatore (Il), G. Verdi - highlights

Performing: Antonietta Stella, Giulietta Simionato, Ettore Bastianini, Gastone Limarilli
Conductor: Oliviero De Fabritiis
Recorded live in Tokio in 1963
Label and sound quality: Unknown

Recitals:

Omaggio a Ettore Bastianini

Singing Italian songs and arias by: Verdi, Giordano, Rossini, Mascagni, Mozart, Gluck, Tosti, Denza, Di Capua, Cardillo, Billi.
Recorded at RAI Italian Radio from 1951 to 1965
Label: GOP 

Ettore Bastianini: A portrait of the Artist (1955-1962)

Singing: Verdi, Giordano, Puccini, Mascagni,
Recorded from 1955 to 1962
Label: Legato Classic 

Ettore Bastianini: Recital 1954-1962

Singing: Rossini, Verdi; Giordano, Puccini, Leoncavallo, Mascgni, Mercadante, Bossi, Ponchielli, Van Westerhout
Recorded from 1954 to 1962 
Label: Myto records 
 

Memories Great Voices

Singing live highlights from: Poliuto, Ernani, Il trovatore, La traviata, La forza del destino, Aida, Andrea Chenier, Adriana Lecouvreur
Recorded from 1955 to 1965 
Label: Memories hr4400/01 

 Great Voices of the 50's

Performing: 
  • Largo al Factotum from Il Barbiere di Siviglia
  • Morir tremenda cosa!... Urna fatale from La forza del destino
  • Nemico della patria from Andrea Chenier (unreleased version)
 Conducted by Sir George Solti, Alberto Erede, Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Label: Decca records 
 

Books:

Ettore Bastianini:una voce di bronzo e di velluto (in Italian)

Getting to know Ettore Bastianini...
Amost everything about Bastianini's life and career, an highly raccomanded book with several pictures and interviews to many great singers that Bastianini met on stage.
Written by Gilberto Starone and Marina Boagno.
Edited from Azzali, Italy