Gala Farewell
Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustave Charpentier, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Peter Cornelius (2), Gioacchino Rossini, Amilcare Ponchielli, Modest Mussorgsky, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Samuel Barber, Richard Strauss, Umberto Giordano, Charles Gounod, Richard Wagner
- Label
- MRF Records
- Catalog number
- MRF-7
- Format
- LP
- Country
- US
- Released
- 1970
- Genre
- Classical
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Released in 1970 by MRF Records, the 'Gala Farewell' (MRF-7) serves as a significant archival artifact from the era of private-label opera recordings. During the late 1960s and 1970s, MRF Records established itself as a niche boutique label dedicated to documenting rare live performances, radio broadcasts, and historical gala concerts that major commercial labels typically ignored due to licensing complexities or limited market appeal.
The album serves as a diverse anthology featuring works from a wide-ranging roster of composers including Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner. As a compilation, it reflects the curatorial spirit of the time, capturing the ephemeral nature of grand opera galas which brought together various arias and scenes. These MRF pressings were prized by vocal enthusiasts and musicologists for preserving high-quality field recordings that provided a broader view of operatic history beyond standard studio repertoire.
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Gala Farewell is a record in the Vinyl Records catalog on collecto.rs. Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustave Charpentier, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Peter Cornelius (2), Gioacchino Rossini, Amilcare Ponchielli, Modest Mussorgsky, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Samuel Barber, Richard Strauss, Umberto Giordano, Charles Gounod, Richard Wagner. Catalog data is sourced from Discogs. No public records collectors track this one yet — adding yours would make you the first on collecto.rs.
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