Abe Gurvin


Abe Gurvin (Attleboro, Massachusetts, December 31, 1937 - Santa Maria, [Santa Barbara County], California, July 9, 2012) was one of the most prolific and interesting American artists, among the greatest representatives of 'psychedelic art' (which, in San Francisco, it was an evolution of 'groovy' art, and which drew inspiration from the systematic use of LSD). The news about his educational and professional training are totally absent from the websites, while his works are very well known, loved and awarded: he has designed album covers for artists such as Janis Joplin, The Zodiac, Federal Duck and Bread, but the historic series of Nuggets album covers for Elektra, represents an authentic masterpiece that sanctioned, and somehow closed, an extraordinary artistic era

Abe Gurvin's portfolio included advertising work for companies such as Toyota, Coca-Cola, Disney, Suzuki, IBM, Marantz, Scholastic, Kenwood, Time-Life Books, Sony Music, and many more. He has received awards from One Show, Communication Arts, New York Art Directors, Best of Show, LA Society of Illustrators, New York Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles Art Directors Club, Society of Publication Designers and The Belding Award.

We remember some graphic works by Abe Gurvin such as the unforgettable cover of Car & Driver of May 1968, where a psychedelic drawing had been transferred to the hood of a Porches; the collection of drawings for the Casserole Cookbook kitchen, for the Sci-Tech science fiction series and the numerous hand-drawn illustrations for an editorial project of fairy tales (still unpublished today) called I Am Being Me by Ann di Hope.

Abe Gurvin served on the board of directors of SILA (Los Angeles Society of Illustrators); in 1988 Gurvin moved to a mansion in Laguna Beach, California and later to Santa Maria where he died at the age of 74.

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Rivoli official discography

UMBERTO GIORDANO

Mese mariano

Lina Calavieri  • Vittoria Palombini  • Vittoria Calma
Teodoro Rovetta • Renata Villani • Ada Bignozzi
Margherita Elias Casals
Membri del Coro e dell’Orchestra del
Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Gianfranco Rivoli

Colosseum CLPS 1023

Recording: Milan, 1952

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NICCOLÒ PAGANINI

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Ricardo Odnoposoff, violin

Orchestre Symphonique De Radio-Genève

Gianfranco Rivoli

Concert Hall MMS/SMS-2205

Recording: Genève, 1954 circa (first published 1964?)

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THE MAGIC VIOLIN • GEIGEM ZAUBER

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise, Op. 83

PABLO DE SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

ERNEST CHAUSSON: Poeme, Op. 25

Ricardo Odnoposoff, violin

Orchestre Symphonique De Radio-Genève

Gianfranco Rivoli

Concert Hall MMS/SMS-2250

Recording: Genève, 1954 circa (first published 1964?)

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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI

Overtures: La scala di seta • Semiramide • La Cenerentola
Il barbiere Di Siviglia • L'Italiana in Algeri • Il signor Bruschino Tancredi

Orchestre Symphonique De Radio-Genève
Gianfranco Rivoli

Prestige de la Musique SR-9638

Recording: Genève, 1960 circa

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ADOLPHE ADAM

Giselle (Highlights)


Orchestre des concerts de Paris

Gianfranco Rivoli

Concert Hall MMS/SMS-2234

Recording: Paris, 1960 circa

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PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKY

The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (Highlights)


Orkest van Het Amsterdams Philharmonisch Genootschap

Gianfranco Rivoli

Concert Hall MMS/SMS-2237

Rec. Amstedam, 1960 circa

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WOLFGANG A. MOZART

Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K 459
Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, K 537


Lili Kraus, Piano
Orkest van Het Amsterdams Philharmonisch Genootschap

Gianfranco Rivoli

Monitor Records MC 2089

recording: Amstedam, 1960 circa

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37
Choral Fantasy Op. 80

 

Lili Kraus, Piano
Orkest van Het Amsterdams Philharmonisch Genootschap

Koor van Het Amsterdams Philharmonisch Genootschap

Gianfranco Rivoli

Prestige de la Musique SR-9646

recording: Amstedam, 1960 circa (first published 1963?)

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GIUSEPPE VERDI

La traviata


Elena Todeschi • Augusto Vicentini • Renato Cesari
Luciana Pio Fumagalli • Paride Venuti • Anna Galli

Wiener Staatsopernchor
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Gianfranco Rivoli

2 LPs Concert Hall SMS-2227

Recording: Wien, Staatsoper, 1960 circa

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RAFFAELLO DE BANFIELD

Colloquio col tango


Rena Garazioti • Alfredo Bianchini


GIANNI RAMOUS

Orfeo Anno domini MCMXLVII


Irma Bozzi Lucca • Giuseppe Lamacchia • Federico Davià

Orchestra ‘ad hoc’

(probably Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Milano)
Gianfranco Rivoli

Curci CEMED

(Carosello Edizioni Musicali e Discografiche)

Recording: Milan, 1962 circa

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CHARLES GOUNOUD

Faust


Léopold Simoneau • Pierrette Alarie • Heinz Rehfuss

Liliane Berton • Suze Léal • Dominique Weber • Paul Bicos
Wiener Staatsopernchor
Orchester der Wiener Festspiele (Wiener Symphoniker)
Gianfranco Rivoli


4 LPs Festival Classique CFC 60012

Recording: Wien, Bayerische Hofes, 8-12 June 1962

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GIUSEPPE VERDI

Messa da Requiem • Te Deum


Gloria Davy • Suze Léal • Glade Peterson • Heinz Rehfuss

Wiener Staatsopernchor
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Gianfranco Rivoli

2 LPs Concert Hall SMS-2336

Recording: Wien, Konzerthaus, Grosser Saal, 16-17 June 1964

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EDVARD GRIEG

Symphonic dances, op. 64

Lyric suite, op. 54

 

Orchester der Wiener Festspiele (Wiener Symphoniker)

Gianfranco Rivoli

Concert Hall SMS-2412

Recording: Wien, Konzerthaus, Grosser Saal, 16-17 June 1964

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EDVARD GRIEG

Peer Gynt. Suite No. 1, op. 46

Peer Gynt. Suite No. 2, op. 55

Four Norwegian dances, op. 35

 

Orchester der Wiener Festspiele (Wiener Symphoniker)

Gianfranco Rivoli

Concert Hall SMS-2277

Recording: Wien, Konzerthaus, Grosser Saal, 16-17 June 1964

GIUSEPPE VERDI

Rigoletto


Licinio Montefusco • Anna Maccianti • Michele Molese
Nedda Casei • Federico Davià • Friedrich Strack
Karl Neugebauer • Susanne Steffan • Karl Setzer
Nikolaus Simkovsky • Anna Vajda
Wiener Staatsopernchor
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Gianfranco Rivoli

2 LPs Concert Hall SMS-2371

Recording: Wien, Staatsoper, 1966 circa

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BALLET MUSIC FROM OPERAS

GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Guillaume Tell, Act I, Pas de six
GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Guillaume Tell, Act III, Soldiers’ march
GAETANO DONIZETTI: La favorite, Act III, Ballet music
GIUSEPPE VERDI: Les vêpres siciliennes, Act III, Ballet music
GIUSEPPE VERDI, Aida: Act II, Ballabile


Orchester Radio Zürich

Gianfranco Rivoli

Concert Hall SMS-25572

Recording: Zürich, 1966 circa

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LUDWING VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58


Nikita Magaloff, Piano
Orchester Radio Zürich
Gianfranco Rivoli

Concert Hall SMS-2536

Recording: Zürich, June 1967

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FRANCISCO ANTONIO DE ALMEIDA

La Spinalba, ovvero il vecchio matto


Ugo Benelli • Otello Borgonovo • Romana Righetti
Lydia Marimpietri • Laura Zanini • Rena Garazioti
Teodoro Rovetta • Fernando Serafim

laus von Wildemann, harpsichord
Orquestra de Câmara Gubelkian

Gianfranco Rivoli

3 LPs Philips 839710/12 LY

Recording: Salão Nobra da Reitoria da

Universidade de Lisboa, 22 May - 2 June 1966

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ANTÓNIO LEAL MOREIRA

Sinfonia à due orchestre in D major

ANTÓNIO CLAUDIO DA SILVA PEREIRA

Sinfonia in D major

MARCÓS PORTUGAL

Sinfonia in D major

ANONYMOUS

Harpsichord Concerto in D major

JOÃO DE SOUSA CARVALHO

Overture from Penelope


Cremilde Rosado Fernandes, harpsichord
Orquestra de Câmara Gubelkian
Gianfranco Rivoli

Archiv 198 481

Recording: Salão Nobra da Reitoria da

Universidade de Lisboa, 9-12 January 1969

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JOÃO PEDRO DE ALMEIDA MOTA

La passione di Gesù Cristo


Luisa Bosabalian • Fernando Serafim

Benjamin Luxon • Richard Angas

Cremilde Rosado Fernandes, harpsichord
Coro e Orquestra de Câmara Gubelkian
Gianfranco Rivoli

3 LPs Archiv 2710 009

Recording: Salão Nobra da Reitoria da

Universidade de Lisboa, 8-16 January 1969

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GIOACHINO ROSSINI

Il barbiere di Siviglia


Christiane Eda-Pierre • Marco Stecchi • Luigi Alva

Andrew Foldi • Alessandro Maddalena • Nadine Denize
Henri Bodini • François Angeli
Antoine Gil, guitar
Chœurs De L’Opéra De Monte-Carlo
Orchestre National De L’Opéra De Monte-Carlo
Gianfranco Rivoli

3 LPs Concert Hall – SMS 2688

Rec: Salle Garnier, Monte-Carlo, 29 June - 3 July 1970

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ARIE DEL PRIMO OTTOCENTO

GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Tancredi, ‘Come è dolce all’alma mia’
GAETANO DONIZETTI: Lucrezia Borgia, ‘Com’è bello,

quale incanto’ • GAETANO DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor, ‘Regnava nel silenzio’ • VINCENZO BELLINI: I Capuleti e I Montecchi, ‘Eccomi in lieta... Oh quante volte’ • VINCENZO BELLINI: La sonnambula, ‘Ah, non credea mirarti’
GIUSEPPE VERDI: La traviata, ‘È strano... Sempre libera


Silvana Bocchino, soprano

Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
Gianfranco Rivoli

Fonit Cetra LPO 2002

Recording: Auditorium di Torino della RAI, 1974

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OMAGGIO A MASCAGNI

Cavalleria Rusticana, ‘Intermezzo’

Cavalleria Rusticana, ‘Voli lo sapete, o mamma’

I Rantzau, ‘Pel nostro amor’  • I Rantzau, ‘Intermezzo’

Zanetto, ‘Senti bambino... No, non andar da Silvia

Nerone, ‘Non danzare sull’orlo dell’abisso’ • Nerone, ‘Nè tu possa mai risvegliarti’ • Parisina, ‘Sono carica d’oro... Bene morrò d’amore’ • Parisina, ‘Commessa fu la mia colpa’

Parisina, ‘La notte ha la sua via


Maria Helenita Olivares, soprano

Český Symfonický Orchestr, Prahy (FOK) 
Gianfranco Rivoli

CBS 73537

Recording: Praha, Domovina Studio, Autumn 1975

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ITALIAN OPERA ARIAS

GAETANO DONIZETTI: Don Pasquale, ‘Povero Ernesto...

Cercherò Iontana terra’ • GAETANO DONIZETTI: L’elisir d’amore, ‘Una furtiva lagrima’ • GAETANO DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor, ‘Tombe degli

avi miei... Fra poco a me ricovero’

GIUSEPPE VERDI : Luisa Miller, ‘Oh, fede negar... Quando le sere al placido’

 GIUSEPPE VERDI: Don Carlos, ‘Io l’ho perduta’

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Rigoletto, ‘La donna è mobile’

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Il trovatore, ‘Ah sì, ben mio’ • GIACOMO PUCCINI:

La Bohème, ‘Che gelida manina’ • GIACOMO PUCCINI: Tosca, ‘Recondita armonia’ • GIACOMO PUCCINI: Tosca, ‘E lucevan le stelle’ • GIACOMO PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut, ‘Donna non vidi mai’

FRANCESCO CILEA: Adriana Lecouvreur, ‘La dolcissima effigie’

 

Jaime Aragall, Tenor

Orquestra Sinfonica de Barcelona
Gianfranco Rivoli

Alhambra - SCE 980 / London OS264997

Recording: Barcelona, 1976

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