Carlo Sabajno

Carlo Sabajno (1874 in Rosasco, Italy – 1938 in Milan) was an Italian conductor. From 1904 to 1932, he was the Gramophone Company's chief conductor and artistic director in Italy, responsible for some of the earliest full-length opera recordings, most of them with the orchestra of La Scala, Milan and prominent singers there. Particularly outstanding among these are his stately, authoritative late-1920s and early-1930s electrical recordings of Don Pasquale (with Tito Schipa in his only complete opera recording as Ernesto), Traviata (sadly limited by more than the usual cuts, but with silvery-voiced Alessandro Ziliani as Alfredo), Aida (with Irene Minghini-Cattaneo's Amneris and Aureliano Pertile's Radamès), Otello (with Apollo Granforte as a formidable Iago) and Bohème (a superb understated, but highly distinguished, collaboration with excellent, if lesser-known, singers).

Birth and Death Data: Born 1874 (Rosasco), Died 1938 (Milan)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1904 - 1932

Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor, piano

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Recordings (Results 326-349 of 349 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone 10601b 10-in. June 1907 Son quà Teatro alla Scala Coro Chorus, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 10609b 10-in. ca. June 1907 Versa il filtro nella tazza sua Francesco Cigada ; Josephina Huguet ; Antonio Paoli ; Gaetano Pini-Corsi Vocal quartet (soprano, 2 tenors, and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 10649½b 10-in. June 1907 Finale dell' opera Clara Joanna ; Nina Rambelli Vocal duet (contralto and baritone), with vocal chorus and orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 10897b 10-in. 3/21/1905 Spettro santo Titta Ruffo Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 10898½b 10-in. 3/21/1905 Spettro infernal Titta Ruffo Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 10900½b 10-in. 1907 Di geloso amor sprezzato Emanuele Ischierdo ; Titta Ruffo ; Fosca Titta Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 10906b 10-in. 1907 Suoni la tromba intrepido Titta Ruffo ; Andrés de Segurola Vocal duet (baritone and bass), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 11003b 10-in. approximately Nov. 1907 Sinfonia Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 11004b 10-in. approximately Nov. 1907 Sinfonia Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 11028½b 10-in. 1907 La cavalcata Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 11077½b 10-in. 1907 Casse noisette suite : Marcha Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 11134b 10-in. 1907 Preludio Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 11287b 10-in. Jan. 1908 Introduzione Carlo Sabajno Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 13240b 10-in. 5/13/1909 Danza ungherese Carlo Sabajno Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 13241b 10-in. 5/13/1909 Danza ungherese Carlo Sabajno Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 13830b 10-in. 11/2/1909 Trionfa di nuovo speme Egidio Cunego ; Elena Ruszcowska Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 13855b 10-in. 11/8/1909 Barcarola di Barnaba Ernesto Badini Baritone vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 16657L 10-in. 4/20/1914 Marianna Fulvia Musette Female vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 19036b 10-in. 3/19/1915 Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 19086b 10-in. 4/2/1915 Andate, o mamma Giorgina Ermolli Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 19088b 10-in. 4/2/1915 Tu qui, Santuzza? Giorgina Ermolli ; Francesco Tuminello Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 19089b 10-in. 4/7/1915 Turiddu mi tolse l’onore Giorgina Ermolli ; Enrico Perna Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 19092b 10-in. 4/9/1915 Comare Santa, allor Giorgina Ermolli ; Enrico Perna Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 19093b 10-in. 4/9/1915 Il cavallo scalpita Enrico Perna Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra and chorus conductor  
(Results 326-349 of 349 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sabajno, Carlo," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103658.

Sabajno, Carlo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103658.

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