| Carlo Sabajno was the mainstay of the Gramophone Company’s Italian operations. He recorded orchestral works, and many complete operas. | |
| Don Pasquale – Coro dei servitori (complete) Faust – Kermesse (VS pp29-41, 44-46) CORI DELLA SCALA Aristide Venturi, chorus master Orchestra, Carlo Sabajno Mediafire link for Aida, Cavalleria, Carmen, Don Pasquale, Faust – Carlo Sabajno (This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded) |
Gramophone Monarch Record 054502/054503 Matrices 570c (054502 III), 629c (054503L) Recorded October-December 1905 (approved 19/3/06), May 1906 (approved 17/9/06) |
| Gounod – Faust – Trio: Alerta! Alerta! (sung in Italian) Giuseppina Huguet, soprano Pietro Lara, tenor Giuseppe Torres de Luna, bass Orchestra, Carlo Sabajno |
Gramophone Concert Record G.C.-54298 Matrix 8041b Recorded: May 1906, Milan The record label states “FAUST (Gounod) – O del ciel angeli immortali – HUGUET LARA – TORRES DE LUNA – Mo direttore d’orchestra Carlo Sabaino – MILANO” The record is rather worn and noisy in places. |
| Bizet – Carmen – Prelude to Act III (Intermezzo) Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Carlo Sabajno Bizet – Carmen – Prelude Act 3 – Sabajno (mp3 file – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”) |
Gramophone Concert Record G.C.-760 Matrix 8121b (side number 760) Recorded May 1906, Milan |
| Elgar – Salut d’amour La Scala Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Sabajno Download – Elgar – Salut d’amour – Carlo Sabajno (mp3 file – right click the link, then select “Save as”) |
His Master’s Voice C431 Matrix 921c (0546) Recorded Milan 1906 This issue available from September 1915 On C431 this recording was coupled with: |
| Bizet – Carmen – Selection I Bizet – Carmen – Preludio Atto I La Scala Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Sabajno Bizet – Carmen – Selection I – Sabajno (mp3 files – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”) |
His Master’s Voice C428 (0548, 05025) Matrices: 925c, 1045c Recorded 1906, April 1907, Milan No conductor is identified in the recording ledgers for the April 1907 sessions – Fred Gaisberg recorded various solo items with Alice Cuccini, the La Scala Chorus and La Scala Orchestra. Other items from Carmen were recorded at these sessions. When Gaisberg returned to Milan in May 1907, after recording in Egypt, Sabajno was in the studios, and identified as such in the ledgers. It remains uncertain, therefore, whether he was involved in the April sessions. |
| Bizet – Carmen – Preludio atto IV Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Carlo Sabajno Bizet – Carmen – Prelude Act 4 – Sabajno (mp3 file – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”) Mediafire link for Aida, Cavalleria, Carmen, Don Pasquale, Faust – Carlo Sabajno (This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded) |
Gramophone Concert Record G.C.-50547 (10”) Matrix 10383b (50547 IV) Recorded April 1907 |
| Verdi – Il Trovatore – Miserere Antonio Paoli, tenor Clara Joanna, soprano Cori della Scala, Mo. del Cori Cav. Giuseppe Cairati Mo. direttore d’orchestra, Carlo Sabajno |
His Master’s Voice 054159 Matrix 1178c (054159) Recorded May or June 1907 (approved 23rd September 1907) |
| Wagner – The Valkyrie – Ride of the Valkyries Wagner – Lohengrin – Preludio Atto 3o La Scala Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Sabajno |
His Master’s Voice B 311 (10″) Matrices 11028½b (50551), 11134b (50555) Recorded late 1907 (October – December) (approved 21/2/08 and 20/2/08 respectively) |
| Wagner – Walkyria – Motivo del Fuego (Fire Music) J Mackenzie Rogan and the Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards Wagner – La Walkyria – Cavalcata (Ride of the Valkryies) Orchestra della Scala, diretta dal Mo. Carlo Sabajno |
Sabajno appears on just one side of this curious double sided Gramophone Company record. It does not have an overall catalogue number, just separate numbers on each side, 0117 and 050572. It seems to be a Spanish pressing imported into France. Both sides have “Importé d’Espagne” printed on the outer ring of the record label and have a stamp affixed with “Compagnie Française du Gramophone – Exempt des droits d’Édition.” The well known Carlo Sabajno is clearly credited, but on 0117, the presence of Mackenzie Rogan and the Coldstream Guards Band is not made obvious at all.
Disque Pour Gramophone (pre-dog, recording angel) 0117 Fabriqué par Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd. SPANISH BAND Ejecutado por la Banda BARCELONA In fact performed by J Mackenzie Rogan and the Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards Gramophone Monarch Record 050572 ITALIAN ORCHESTRA Orchestra della Scala, diretta dal |
| Wagner – Tannhauser – Allor che tu coll’estro (Als du im kühnen Sange) Mattia Battistini, baritone Orchestra, Carlo Sabajno |
His Master’s Voice 052303 Matrix 274ai Recorded 3rd June 1911 |
| Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre (abridged) Gounod – Filemoni e Bauci – Baccanale Orchestra Sinfonica, Carlo Sabajno |
Gramophone Monarch 0250541, 0250542 Matrices: 02340v, 02341v Recorded 5th March 1912, 26th February 1912 |
| Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana – Scena Ia Parte Ia – “Gli aranci olezzano” (VS p11 – 20.2.2) Parte IIa – “Cessin le rustiche opre” (VS p20.2.3 – 26) La Scala Chorus Grande Orchestra, Carlo Sabajno Mediafire link for Aida, Cavalleria, Carmen, Don Pasquale, Faust – Carlo Sabajno (This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded) |
Gramophone Concert Record S 5094 Matrices 3017c, 3018c (2-0524500, 2-0254501) Recorded 6th April 1915 80.8rpm These are sides 3-4 of a 20 side complete recording of Cavalleria Rusticana |
| Verdi – Aida – Sacerdoti, compiste un delitto (Scena del Giudizio, Act IVo) (VS pp288 – 295) Verdi – Aida – La fatal pietra (VS pp296 – 298) Grande Orchestra, Carlo Sabajno Valentina Bartolomasi, soprano – Aida Guido Fernandez, bass – Ramfis Rosita Pagani, mezzo-soprano – Amneris Enrico Trentini, tenor – Radames Mediafire link for Aida, Cavalleria, Carmen, Don Pasquale, Faust – Carlo Sabajno (This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded) |
Gramophone Concert Record S 5178 Matrices 1013Aj (2-20254147), 971Aj (2-0254148) Recorded 3rd November 1919, 27th October 1919 Issued 1920 These are sides 37-38 of a 40 side complete recording of Aida |
| Verdi – Un Ballo in Maschera – Eri tu che macchiavi quell’ anima Orchestra, John Barbirolli Verdi – Rigoletto – Pari siamo! Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Carlo Sabajno Giovanni Inghilleri, baritone Mediafire link for Aida, Tosca, Ballo, Rigoletto – Inghilleri, Poli-Randaccio (This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded) |
His Master’s Voice D 1823 Matrices CR 2424-II (2-052424), CF 2359-IV (2-052394) Recorded 19th June 1929, 10th December 1928 This record has a small chunk chipped from the rim, affecting the start of the groove on both sides. |