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In the mid to late 1920s Lorenzo Molajoli was for Columbia’s Italian arm what Carlo Sabajno was for the Gramophone Company. He’s best remembered now for the complete operas he recorded for Columbia with Milanese forces. He did however record a number of smaller works – overtures, operatic excerpts, and so on. On this Regal electrical he remains uncredited on the label. The “Classic Symphony Orchestra” was a standard Regal nom de disque, disguising a variety of performers, most frequently UK Columbia’s house band under the direction of Clarence Raybould.
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Rossini – Semiramide – Overture
Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Milan Symphony Orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli
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Columbia 9663-4
Matrices WBX 174-1, 175-1, 182-3, 223-2 (8258, 8257, 8263, 8663)
Recorded 2nd November 1927, Milan
Available from March 1929 to April 1941
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Rossini – Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Overture
Milan Symphony Orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli
credited on label as Classic Symphony Orchestra
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Regal G 1066 (12")
Matrices WBX 204-2, 205-1 (8335, 8333)
Recorded 21st November 1927
Available from June 1929 to March 1941
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Cimarosa – Il Matrimonio Segreto – Overture
Milan Symphony Orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli
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Columbia 9695
Matrices WBX 207-2, 208-1 (8331, 8332)
Recorded 24th November 1927, Milan
Available from mid-April 1929 to January 1940
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Mascagni – Le Maschere – Sinfonia
Milan Symphony Orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli
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Columbia 9472
Matrices WBX 294-2, 295-1 (9563, 9564)
Recorded 15th May 1928, Milan
Available from mid-October 1928 to January 1940
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Respighi – The Fountains of Rome
1. The Fountain of the Julian Valley at Dawn
2. The Triton Fountain at Morn
3. The Fountain of Trevi at Mid-Day
4. The Villa Medici Fountain at Sunset
Milan Symphony Orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli
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Columbia 9833-4
Matrices WBX 331-1, 335-2, 346-2, 349-2 (10956, 10957, 10964, 10965)
Recorded 28th September, 1st , 4th , 5th October 1928, Milan
Available from September 1929 to January 1940
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Ponchielli – La Gioconda – Dance of the Hours
Milan Symphony Orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli
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Columbia DX 11
Matrices WBX 420-1, 421-1 (11473, ?)
Recorded late 1928?, Milan
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Gounod – Faust – Prelude & Valse
Milan Symphony Orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli
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Columbia 9878
Matrices WBX 464-1, 463-2 (11891, 11890)
Recorded 22nd January 1929, Milan
Available from October 1929 to April 1941
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Bellini – Norma – Overture
Milan Symphony Orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli
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Columbia DB 74
Matrices WB 1552, 1553 (29984, 29985)
Recorded c1930
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Rossini – La Cenerentola – Overture
Milan Symphony Orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli
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Columbia DX 704
Matrices CBX 1350-1, 1351-2
Recorded 1930s, Milan
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