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Columbia, Columbia
artwork [zeichnung, beweinung christi] Andrea Schiavoni
artwork [zeichnung, engel des jüngsten gerichts] Michelangelo Buonarroti
bass vocals Cesare Siepi
chorus Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
chorus master Vittore Veneziani
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
conductor Victor De Sabata
liner notes Antoine-E. Cherbuliez
mezzo-soprano vocals Oralia Dominguez
orchestra Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala
soprano vocals Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
tenor vocals Giuseppe Di Stefano
typography, graphic design [grafische gestaltung] Alberto Garcia Izquierdo
Recorded At Teatro Alla Scala, Milano
Printed By J.F. Ziegler KG, Remscheid
Record Company Electrola Gesellschaft m.b.H.
German reissue from the 1960s with light blue labels.
Originally released in the UK with cat# 33CX 1195/6 in December 1954.

LABELS:
- Light blue labels with black and white text
- Triangular 33 logo at bottom
- MADE IN GERMANY at bottom

BOX:
- Grey cloth covered box
- No print on back of box
- No cat# on spine
- Title on spine is just Requiem
- May have a Grand Prix du Disque sticker on front

BOOKLET:
- Full-size, 8 pages
- Contains notes and the libretto in Latin and in German translation
- Aufgenommen in Zusammenarbeit mit E. A. Teatro alla Scala, Milano
- Herausgeber: ELECTROLA GESELLSCHAFT M. B. H. Köln
- Printed in Germany [...]

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 18 June 1954 at the Teatro alla Scala, Milano
- Sub tracks in track A1 are not banded on vinyl.
Matrix / Runout: XBX 160-2 (Runout side A - stamped)
Matrix / Runout: XBX 161-2 (Runout side B - stamped)
Matrix / Runout: XBX 162-2 (Runout side C - stamped)
Matrix / Runout: XBX 163-2 (Runout side D - stamped)
Matrix / Runout: XBX 160 (Matrix on label - side A)
Matrix / Runout: XBX 161 (Matrix on label - side B)
Matrix / Runout: XBX 162 (Matrix on label - side C)
Matrix / Runout: XBX 163 (Matrix on label - side D)
Other: C 90 387 (Individual cat# LP 1)
Other: C 90 388 (Individual cat# LP 2)
Other: 33 WCX 1195 (Individual cat# LP 1, in small print)
Other: 33 WCX 1196 (Individual cat# LP 2, in small print)



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