The Art Of Nicolai Ghiaurov

LABELS: - Black/silver 'narrow band' labels - Boxed Decca logo - Decca 'Musical Notes' logo on both sides - "℗ [...] The Decca Record Co. Ltd." (see below for ℗ dates) - "Made in England" SLEEVE: - Laminated on front - Negative stereo Ⓢ on spine - Sleeve notes in English, French and German on back - "Made in England" - "© 1979, The Decca Record Company Limited, London" - "Sleeve printed in England by Robert Stace." INSERT: - One sheet, folded into 4 full-size pages - Contains the lyrics in original language and in English translations - "© 1978, The Decca Record Company Limited, London." - "Printed in England by Record Graphics Ltd." OTHER INFORMATION: - This release compiles excerpts from recordings that were all available previously:  Tracks A1, A2: from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Gounod-Bonynge-Conducting-The-London-Symphony-OrchestraAmbrosian-Opera-ChorusChoir-Of-Highgate-Schoo/release/5406309]Decca SET 327/30[/url] (first released in 1967)  Track A3: from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Mussorgsky-Rimsky-Korsakov-Ghiaurov-Vienna-Philharmonic-Karajan-Vishnevskaya-Spiess-Maslennikov-Talv/release/2370433]Decca SET 514/7[/url] (first released in 1971)  Track A4: from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Peter-Ilyich-Tchaikovsky-Sir-Georg-Solti-Orchestra-Of-The-Royal-Opera-House-Covent-Garden-John-Alldi/release/5405979]Decca SET 596/8[/url] (first released in 1975)  Track A5: from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Nicolai-Ghiaurov-Zlatina-Ghiaurov-Russian-Songs/release/7699059]Decca SXL 6530[/url] (first released in 1972)  Tracks A6, A7: from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Ghiaurov-Kaval-Chorus-Kaval-Orchestra-Conducted-By-Atanas-Margaritov-Popular-Russian-Songs/release/6740405]Decca SXL 6659[/url] (first released in 1974)  Track B1: from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Rossini-Silvio-Varviso-Conducting-Chorus-And-Orchestra-Of-The-Teatro-Di-San-Carlo-Di-Napoli-Fernando/release/5376727]Decca SET 285/7[/url] (first released in 1965)  Track B2: from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Joan-Sutherland-Luciano-Pavarotti-Piero-Cappuccilli-Nicolai-Ghiaurov-I-Puritani/release/7561360]Decca SET 587/9[/url] (first released in 1975)  Track B3: from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Sutherland-Pavarotti-Milnes-Ghiaurov-Bonynge-Donizetti-Lucia-Di-Lammermoor/release/5242074]Decca SET 528/30[/url] (first released in 1972)  Track B4: from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Verdi-Tebaldi-Bergonzi-Fischer-Dieskau-Ghiaurov-Bumbry-Solti-Chorus-Orchestra-Of-The-Royal-Opera-Hou/release/3197562]Decca SET 305/8[/url] (first released in 1966)  Track B5: from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Ghiaurov-Boito-Mefistofele-Selections/release/5013268]Decca SXL 6305[/url] (first released in 1967)  Track B6: from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Puccini-Pavarotti-Freni-Ghiaurov-Harwood-Panerai-Maffeo-Berlin-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Herbert-von-Ka/release/3195593]Decca SET 565/6[/url] (first released in 1973) - Arias are taken from the following operas:  Tracks A1, A2: Faust  Track A3: Boris Godunov  Track A4: Eugene Onegin  Track B1: Il Barbiere di Siviglia  Track B2: I Puritani  Track B3: Lucia di Lammermoor  Track B4: Don Carlo  Track B5: Mefistofele  Track B6: La Bohème - ℗ dates are:  Tracks A1, A2: 1966; A3: 1971; A4: 1975; A5: 1971; A6, A7: 1974  Track B1: 1965; B2: 1975; B3: 1972; B4: 1965; B5: 1967; B6: 1973 - Labelography code: ED4 or ED5