Wilson Pereira <[log in to unmask]> tells of receiving a tape of this Rosenkavalier (Salzburg 1960) from a Mr. Brian Pinder. This, sadly, was the only response to my query. The 'pirate' CDs must have come and gone at the speed of light for indeed recording(s) do exist and one would assume there was some interest. Perhaps lawyers got to them! The sound on Paul Czinner's film (made that summer for the Rank Organisation) was not good at all and in VHS format it would have suffered anyway from the poor sound of that format. The film, though, had Schwarzkopf instead of della Casa. Did the film never make it to an LD issue in the USA? Like Mr.Pinder I was there too, but on 13th August. As more and more material from the archives of the ORF reach the market one may hope that this may appear one day via the DG Salzburg series. There are two Karajan recordings of Trovatore (DG/Salzburg & BMG/Vienna) and both, with wonderful casts, are truly sensational and should be acquired before it is too late. The sheer thrill of the live performances are captured in both these sets as no studio recording can; HvK's magnificent studio Trovatore with Callas on EMI is about as thrilling as it was ever going to get before these two broadcast versions appeared. John G. Deacon Home page: http://www.ctv.es/USERS/j.deacon Campobello: http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/campobello