RCA Victor 45 Record Album Set Caruso Treasury of Immortal Performances

Collectibles : Music

 

This is a really nice set of 5 red 45 RPM records in the original record album. The album is entitled “A Treasury of Immortal Performances, Caruso in Opera and Song, Arias by Leoncavallo, Massenet, Puccini, Verdi, Domine Deus from Rossini Mass, Vaghissima sembianza, A Vucchella, A Granada.” The cover has the RCA logo, Nipper the dog on it. The album cover background is red. It contains the original insert with a picture of Caruso on the front. The insert describes the 10 musical pieces on the 5 records. There is a message from Dorothy Caruso, Enrico Caruso’s widow on the back page. The records include the following musical arrangements: Side 1 – Un Ballo in maschera: Act 1; Di’ tu se fedle, Verdi; Side 2 – Tosca: Act III, E lucavan le stelle, Puccini; Side 3 – Vaghissima sembianza, Donaudy; Side 4 – Il Trovatore: Act III; Ah si, ben mio Verdi; Side 5 – Il Trovotore: Act III; Di quella pira, Verdi; Side 6 – Le Cid: Act III; O souverain, O Juge, O Pere, Massenet; Side 7 – A Vuchella, Tosti; Side 8 – La Boheme: Act IV; Testa adorata Leoncavallo; Side 9 - A Granada, Alvarez; Side 10 – Messe Solennelle: Domine Deus, Rossini. All of the records are in mint condition. They look as though they were never played. All but one of the records is in its original RCA Victor Record sleeve. The album cover is in very nice shape with only some wear on the corners and on the spine back. It measures approximately 7 ¼” by 7 ¼” and ½” in width.

Item ID: RBC-R-01