Recordings
Numerous recordings survive of Gui's work either from the studio or as airchecks, including the last two Brahms symphonies and some Mozart symphonies, and numerous operatic performances. Among others, his 1949 recording of Verdi's opera A Masked Ball has been reissued on CD, as has his 1950 performance of Wagner's Parsifal with Maria Callas. His 1952 performance of Vincenzo Bellini's Norma with Callas on EMI is particularly prized, as is his pioneering 1937 complete recording of the opera with Ebe Stigniani, made in Turin. His superb 1962 Abbey Road Studio-1 stereo recording by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Rossini's The Barber of Seville has been released on the Great Recordings of the Century by EMI (5 67765 2). There is also a brilliantly lively recording of The Marriage of Figaro from Glyndebourne on EMI Classics (Gemini), with Sena Jurinac as the Contessa.
In 1954 he conducted Spontini's Agnes von Hohenstaufen at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with Franco Corelli, Lucilla Udovich and Giangiacomo Guelfi
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