No Artist - Mechanical Opera: Opera Favourites On Musical Boxes
| Genre: | Classical |
| Singer: | No Artist |
| Title: | Mechanical Opera: Opera Favourites On Musical Boxes |
| Short-info: | Label:
Saydisc – CD-SDL 354
Type: CD, Compilation Country: UK Date of released: 1986 Category: Classical Style: Opera, Technical |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1845 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1707 mb |
| Digital formats: | MP3 FLAC AA AIFF VQF MP4 DXD MMF ASF |
- 1845 downloads at 53 mb/s
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- 1707 downloads at 43 mb/s
RAR archive FLAC format
Tracklist
| Verdi Operas | 10:18 |
| 1a | Cabaletta From Il Trovatore (Di Tale Amor) |
| 1b | Chorus From Il Trovatore (Convent Scene) |
| 1c | Ernani (Ernani Involami) |
| 1d | La Traviata (Gypsy Chorus) |
| 1e | La Traviata (Gypsy Chorus) |
| 1f | Rigoletto (La Donna E Mobile) |
| 1g | Nabucco (Overture) |
| 1h | Il Trovatore (Miserere) |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | 6:03 |
| 2a | The Mikado (The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring) |
| 2b | The Mikado (The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring) |
| 2c | The Pirates Of Penzance (Poor Wandering One) |
| 2d | H.M.S. Pinafore (I'm Called Little Buttercup) |
| 2e | H.M.S. Pinafore (When I Was A Lad I Served A Term) |
| 2f | The Mikado (Tit Willow) |
| Gounod/Bizet | 4:50 |
| 3a | Faust (Soldier's Chorus) |
| 3b | Faust (Soldier's Chorus) |
| 3c | Carmen (Toreador's Song) |
| 3d | Carmen (Toreador's Song) |
| Meyerbeer | 3:05 |
| 4a | Les Huguenots (Air De Ballet) |
| 4b | Robert Le Diable (Sicilienne) |
| 4c | Robert Le Diable (Sicilienne) |
| Miscellany | 10:29 |
| 5a | Czar & Zimmerman (Once I Played With A Sceptre) |
| 5b | Marriage Of Figaro (Non Piu Andai) |
| 5c | La Dame Blanche (Viens Gentille Dame) |
| 5d | Mignon (Caonnais Tu Le Pays?) |
| 5e | Lohengrin (Bridal Chorus) |
| 5f | Tannhauser (Grand March) |
| 5g | Les Cloches De Corneville (Chorus) |
| 5h | A Midsummer Night's Dream (Wedding March) |
| Donizetti | 4:39 |
| 6a | La Fille Du Regiment (Ah! Mes Amis, Quel Jour De Fete) |
| 6b | Linda De Chamounix (Mia Vendetta) |
| 6c | Lucia De Lammermoor |
| 6d | Lucia De Lammermoor (Sextet) |
| Rossini | 4:16 |
| 7a | William Tell (Tyrolienne) |
| 7b | William Tell (Ah Mathilde Je T'aime) |
| 7c | Barber Of Seville (Una Voce Poco Fa) |
| 7d | Barber Of Seville (La Calunnia) |
| Bellini | 6:01 |
| 8a | I Puritani (A Te O Cara Amor Talora) |
| 8b | I Puritani (Se Tra Il Buio) |
| 8c | La Sonnambula (Ah Perche Non Posso Odiarti?) |
| 8d | Norma (Mira, O Norma) |
| 8e | Norma (Mira, O Norma) |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Nimbus
- Mastered At – Nimbus
- Glass Mastered At – Nimbus
- Printed By – APB Process Print
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Saydisc
Credits
- Composed By – Lortzing* (tracks: 5a), Thomas* (tracks: 5d), Gounod* (tracks: 3a, 3b), Mendelssohn* (tracks: 5h), Boieldieu* (tracks: 5c), Donizetti* (tracks: 6a to 6d), Bizet* (tracks: 3c, 3d), Meyerbeer* (tracks: 4a to 4c), Gilbert & Sullivan (tracks: 2a to 2f), Rossini* (tracks: 7a to 7d), Verdi* (tracks: 1a to 1h), Wagner* (tracks: 5e, 5f), Planquette* (tracks: 5g), Bellini* (tracks: 8a to 8e), Mozart* (tracks: 5b)
- Design [Booklet] – Genny Lucena
- Producer, Recorded By – Gef Lucena
- Research [Helping To Identify The Music] – Peter Williamson , Vivian A. Liff
Notes
Booklet in English, French and German.Total duration 49:46
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The Instruments:
• 24½" disc Polyphon musical box: 1a; 5a
• Le Croix 'Mandoline' cylinder musical box: 1b, 1e; 4c; 5c, 5g; 7b, 7d; 8e
• Paillard Vaucher Fils (PVF) cylinder musical box: 1c, 1f; 4b; 5b, 5f, 5h; 7a, 7c; 8c
• 27" disc Regina musical box: 1d; 3d; 6d; 8d
• Excelsior Piccolo 12 air cylinder musical box: 2a; 3a
• Nicole Freres 19½" 'Fortepiano' interchangeable cylinder musical box of 1903: 2b, 2e, 2f; 4a; 6a, 6b
• 48 note penny-in-the-slot piano: 2c
• Sublime Harmony Piccolo cylinder musical box: 2d; 3c
• 15½" disc Regina musical box: 3b,
• 22" disc Polyphon musical box with glockenspiel attachment (penny-in-the-slot): 5d
• Sublime Harmony Piccolo cylinder musical box by George Baker & Co: 5e
• 12 air, 2 comb, cylinder musical box: 6c
• Nicole Freres 10 air cylinder musical box : 8a, 8b
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Musical Boxes from the collections of Roy Mickleburgh and Tony Sherriff.
Illustrations from the Roy Mickleburgh Collection.
With thanks to Vivian A. Liff and Peter Williamson for helping to identify the music.
Manufactured by Nimbus Records Ltd., England.
Printed by APB Process Print Ltd., England.
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℗ 1986 Saydisc Records
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 5013133435422
- Matrix / Runout: CD-SDL 354
- Other: Mastered by Nimbus
- Rights Society: MCPS
- SPARS Code: AAD
