Tracklist

Act 1.
A1	Quest' Azzurro Sofa ... Son Sessant' Anni
A2	O Pastorelle, Addio
A3	Un Di All'Azzurro Spazio (Improvviso)
Act 2.
A4	Ecco L'Altare ... Eravate Possente ... Ora Soave, Sublima Ora D'Amore
Act 3.
A5	Nemico Della Patria
B1	Carlo Gerard? ... La Mamma Morta ... Perduto!
B2	Andrea Chenier ... Si, Fui Soldato
Act 4.
B3	Come Un Bel Di Di Maggio
B4	Benedico Il Destino ... Vicino A Te S'Acqueta ... La Nostra Morte

Companies, etc.

• Mastered At – Decca Studios
• Printed By – St. James Press
• Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Charles Gérard] – Ettore Bastianini
• Baritone Vocals [Fouquier Tinville] – Vico Polotto
• Bass Vocals [Major-Domo] – Michele Cazzato
• Bass Vocals [Mathieu, A Sansculotte] – Fernando Corena
• Bass Vocals [Schmidt, Dumas] – Dario Caselli
• Composed By – Giordano*
• Conductor – Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Engineer [Uncredited] – Roy Wallace
• Libretto By – Illica*
• Mastered By – E
• Orchestra, Chorus – Chorus And Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome*
• Producer [Uncredited] – James Walker
• Sleeve Notes – Quita Chavez
• Soprano Vocals [Maddalena De Coigny] – Renata Tebaldi
• Tenor Vocals [Andrea Chénier] – Mario Del Monaco
• Tenor Vocals [The Informer] – Mariano Caruso

Notes

This is the first UK version for this Category.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock
- "Made in England" at bottom
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1958"
- "B.I.E.M" in a box on both sides
- No speed indication on labels
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Fully laminated
- 'Half-moon' flipbacks (aka scalloped)
- Blue border on back
- Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo on front and on back
- Thin spine with no text on it
- "Printed in England" on bottom flipback
- Printing date on sleeve is August 1958 ("58.8")
- Sleeve notes in English on back

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 2014 on sleeve
- SXL.2014 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Excerpts from the complete recording which was first issued in mono with Category LXT 5411-2
- These highlights are the first stereo issue
- The complete opera was issued in stereo in 1960 with Category SXL 2208-10
- Recorded July - August 1957 in Rome
- Labelography code: ED1

Advertised as a new release in "Decca Stereo LPs for Issue 15th September", Gramophone magazine, September 1958.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - machine stamped - this variant): ZAL-4043-1E H RT 3 2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - machine stamped - this variant): ZAL-4044-1E K RT 2 1 CA
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side A): ZAL.4043
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side B): ZAL.4044
• Rights Society: B.I.E.M.
• Other (Printing company's code on bottom flipback): J.P.58.8

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SXL 2014, SXL.2014	Giordano*, Del Monaco*, Tebaldi*, Bastianini*, Chorus And Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome*, Gavazzeni*	Giordano*, Del Monaco*, Tebaldi*, Bastianini*, Chorus And Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome*, Gavazzeni* - Umberto Giordano, Andrea Chénier, Arien und Szenen ‎(LP, RP)	Decca, Decca	SXL 2014, SXL.2014	Germany	1958
SXL 2208-10	Giordano*, Del Monaco*, Tebaldi*, Bastianini*, Chorus And Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome*, Gavazzeni*	Giordano*, Del Monaco*, Tebaldi*, Bastianini*, Chorus And Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome*, Gavazzeni* - Andrea Chénier ‎(3xLP, BOX)	Decca	SXL 2208-10	Spain	1960
BR 3054, BR.3054	Giordano*, Del Monaco*, Tebaldi*, Bastianini*, Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome*, Gavazzeni*	Giordano*, Del Monaco*, Tebaldi*, Bastianini*, Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome*, Gavazzeni* - Andrea Chénier Highlights ‎(10", Mono)	Decca, Decca	BR 3054, BR.3054	UK	Unknown