For fun stuff, I look forward to cleaning and auditioning the rest of my Menotti records.
I opened the Maria Golovin box set for a peek yesterday to find there was no booklet of notes and libretto. That's pretty unusual for an opera recording; people who collected classical recordings rarely lost parts of these sets. My first thought was, okay, no biggie, go on eBay and pick up a dirt cheap copy and scavenge the book. Well, guess what? Not one listing. There are three from Amazon sellers: for $70, $150, and $255. Hahaha, thanks but no thanks, guys. I'll find one someday.
Interestingly, there are no other recordings. Naxos had issued this one on a CD reissue, quite possibly from LP but it doesn't say, and there are just a few of those on Amazon. But their notes on the back say the LP is rare. Oops. That CD includes the Violin Concerto from its RCA LP (all of this is from the mono days), and I have that, too, so I do hope these are in good shape.
