Fernando Corena, bass ; the Cliff Adams Singers, orchestra, Iller Pattacini, conductor (1st-16th tracks) ; orchestra, Ernesto Nicelli, conductor (18th-23 tracks) ; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Alberto Erede, conductor (24th-27th tracks)
Tracks 1-16 recorded 1962 August Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London.
Principally sung in Italian; some selections in English, French, or German.
West Side story. Tonight / Bernstein (2:35) -- Brother Will, brother John / Sacco (2:56) -- À Paris / Lemarque (3:45) -- Besoin de vous / Trommer (3:47) -- Valse musette ; Vielles années / Pattacini (1:10) -- Lioba / Ruprecht (:54) -- Mon p'tit suisse / Lancelle (1:30) -- Luxembourg polka (Renaud) (:33) -- Wien, Wien, nur du allein / Sieczynski (1:09) -- Es muss was wunderbares sein / Benatzky (2:40) -- Frag' nicht, warum ich gehe / Stolz (3:01) -- Canta, se la vuoi cantar / Bixio (2:00) -- La biondina in gondoleta / Mayr (:50) -- Nostalgia di Milan / Bracchi (3:02) -- Mandolino italiano / Pattacini (2:46) -- Marechaire / Tosti (2:53) -- bonus tracks from A gala performance of Die Fledermaus. Domino / Louis Ferrari (2:07) ; Italian songs. Napule ca se ne va! / Tagliaferri (3:36) ; Autunno / De Curtis (3:25) ; I' te vurria vasà / Di Capua (3:24) ; Pulecenella / Parente (2:55) ; Me so'mbricato é sole / Desposito (3:08) ; Dicitencello vuie / Falvo (3:31) ; Famous operatic excerpts. Il barbiere di Siviglia. A un dottor della mia sorte / Rossini (4:13) ; Operatic recital. La gazza ladra. Il mio pianto è preparato / Rossini (4:33) ; L'elisir d'amore. Udite, udite, o rustici (6:02) ; Don Pasquale. Ah! un foco insolito (2:18) / Donizetti