Conductor  Thomas Beecham

Cast  Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Bjorling, Robert Merrill, John Reardon.

RCA Victor Orchestra and Chorus

Recorded 1956.

2 CDs

Awards/Reviews BBC Music Magazine (5 Star), Penguin Guide Rosette and Gramaphone’s list of Top 100 recordings

"The orchestra (LPO in disguise?) plays ravishingly and the transfer of the EMI recording is unbelievably real and vivid. If that were not enough, Mark Obert-Thorn has found an introductory promotional speech by Beecham himself, which ends with a characteristic touch of wit"

- BBC Music Magazine